William E. SHIELDS, b. 1861 Covington, Kentucky, printer in Ohio, RI, MA, CO
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from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen"
p. LXXVIII.
"WILLIAM E. SHIELDS - Born Covington, Ky., April 30, 1861; learned printing in Wapakoneta, O., beginning in 1876; worked in Providence in 1885 on the Telegram and Star; delegate to I. T. U. from Washington Union, No. 101, to Boston in 1892, and afterward President of that Union for two years; now located in Denver."