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Chicago. The following year, his mother died in a cholera epidemic. In Chicago, Frederick and his father had to eke out a living; for a while they worked as waiters and busboys. Frederick soon gave this up, however - because he had enjoyed his voyage to America, he decided to become a cabin boy on a Lake Michigan steamer. By the time he was 21, Pabst had earned his pilot's license, and was captain of one of these vessels. In this capacity, he met Phillip Best, the owner of

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