... Charles F Charles F Brush and the First Public Electric Street Lighting System in America By MEL GORMAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF street lighting is one of the most important factors which can be considered in gauging the social history of urban life Until the middle of the eighteenth century there was very little incentive for the dweller to leave his house after dark but with the advent of the industrial revolution the tempo of life exerted more and more pressure of activities which could not be ...
... settlement was reached in April 1908 Municipal ownership was not the expected success however and a disastrous strike serious financial problems and an adverse referendum vote in October 1908 marked its early demise Yet within the following year and a half a modified version of Johnson's three cent plan was hammered into shape Although the Cleveland's Johnson 329 Cleveland's Johnson 329 mayor opposed this compromise known as the Tayler Plan ...
... OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR KENTUCKY-MOTHER OF UNITED STATES SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES This is the title of valuable compilation by A C Quisenberry published in The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society for January 192 0 It appears from this that Kentucky has given to other ...
... settlement of grievances He could not tolerate the very real possibility of a public fray over authorship and contributions to the Smithsonian's initial publication Accordingly he attempted a carrot-and-stick solution to the problem by delaying the release of Ancient Monuments on the one hand and directly appealing to Squier's ambition and vanity on the other 42 Whittlesey to Squier December 6 and 20 1847 SPLC For a supplement to Squier and ...
... LEONARD SCHLUP LEONARD SCHLUP The Sage of Athens Charles H Grosvenor and Presidential Politics in Ohio in 1908 Now largely forgotten by Ohioans Charles H Grosvenor 1833-1917 was an important political figure in Ohio during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries An Athens lawyer and veteran of the Civil War Grosvenor entered state ...
... John Henri Kagi--Biographical Notes 423 John Henri KagiBiographical Notes 423 at once raised a regiment of volunteers in Pennsylvania and served throughout the conflict with great distinction He was wounded a number of times and rose to the rank of brigadier general His son Edward entered the war as a private rose to the rank of captain and was killed in action Governor Geary in 1866 was elected governor of Pennsylvania a position which he held to within two weeks of his death which occurred ...
... northwestOhio community and call it home And while there were new problems and even signs of repression in the city the growth in population of AfroAmerican residents is suggestive of a personal understanding among these newcomers of the human and even spiritual implications conveyed in the following migrant folk tale An unemployed black migrant cold wet and hungry appealed to God for advice ...
... settlement was the frequency of outrages against Negroes and former Unionists in the South Negro leader Frederick Douglass sensed the growing indignation over southern outrages and urged that events in the South could only be viewed as one unbroken chain of argument in favor of a radical policy of reconstruction32 Capitalizing on the rising tide of indignation Thaddeus Stevens presented a bill calling for military rule in the South Negro ...
... settlements some fifteen miles settlement which for fifty years was recognized as the wealthiest and most important town in Hamilton county It became known as The Post Town between Hamilton and Cincinnati and the stage drivers teamsters drovers and travelers stopped here for their midday rest or to pass the night Mr Hoffman has the literary instinct and touch His recital of the early pioneer ...
... Battle Flags of Ohio Battle Flags of Ohio 249 If you will incorporate this letter I will be much obliged It will explain why I was not there and will also show that I appreciated the patriotic and significant character of the occasion Trusting that this will meet with your approval and again thanking you for the kindness you have shown me in this matter which I assure you is highly ...
... INDEX INDEX COMPILED BY LAURA RUSSELL ACE of Roosevelt The 74 Ahlstrom Sydney E 66 Albacete MJ Architecture in Canton 87 with D'Arti and Reeves Ohio Quilts A Living Tradition 87 Alexander Charles C Here the Country Lies Nationalism and the Arts in Twentieth-Century America rev 135-37 American City 21 American Institute of Architects 7 29 Angel William D Jr book rev 121-22 Athony Wayne Trail 33 Anti-Saloon League of Cleveland 71 Annual Meeting ...
... OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 127 OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 127 William D Overman Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was elected secretary Mr Cook's paper on Judge John Tyler--Pioneer Jurist will be published in the QUARTERLY later if not published otherwise Professor A T Volwiler's paper on Harrison Blaine and ...
... settlement with a people in settlement the school found supersensitive critics always ready to attack it frequently to the point of exaggeration Nevertheless it aided in molding public opinion against slavery38 True to the New England tradition the colleges while commonly denying sectarianism nevertheless insisted on religious training for their students39 Daily study the authorities ...
... OHIOOHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY HONORABLE JAMES R MORRIS Some years ago Judge James R Morris at the request of Honorable M B Archer now serving his second term in the Ohio State Senate wrote on parchment his recollections of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln This manuscript ...
... THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE TOLEDO BLADE By DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE The Toledo Blade is approaching its one hundredth birthday--a long life for a mid-western newspaper-- and it occupies still as it did during its infancy a commanding position in the life of its community In view of its long service the history of its beginnings becomes of special interest There is here presented a detailed record of the first decennium of its existence The Blade was not the first ...
... waiting for waiting for THE WAR'S END the letter of AN OHIO SOLDIER IN ALABAMA after learning of LINCOLN 'S DEATH edited b y LOUIS FILLE R Holiday Ames was a forty-three-year-old blacksmith in Ashland Ohio when he answered President Lincoln's call of July 1 1862 for three hundred thousand three years troops1 Made a second lieutenant in Company B of the newly organized One Hundred and Second ...
... settlements in various states settlement of the Michigan territory McKEE Russell Great Lakes Country New York Crowell-Collier and Macmillan Inc 1966 242p Marietta Gateway to Northwest Territory Ohio Genealogical Society Report VI October 1966 Issue contains specialized articles on Generals ...
... LLOYD SPONHOLTZ LLOYD SPONHOLTZ The 1912 Constitutional Convention in Ohio The Call-up and Nonpartisan Selection of Delegates Until recently little scholarly interest has been shown in the nonpartisan system and its place in the American election process neither advocates of the reform nor students of politics have examined the actual effect of elimination of partisanship from the ballot in
... 238 Ohio Arch 238 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR INFANTRY 1st Regt O V I 1 2nd Regt O V I 2 3rd Regt 0 V I 2 4th Regt O V I 1 5th Regt O V 1 6th Regt O V I 2 7th Regt O V I 3 8th Regt 0 V I Missing 9th Battalion O V I 1 10th Regt O V I 2 ARTILLERY Bat A 1st L Arty 1 Bat C 1st L Arty 1 Bat G 1st L Arty 1 Bat H 1st L Arty 2 Troop H 1st O V C 1 Respectfully ...
... northwest This meant that men northwestern states could raise 60000 men in four weeks--among the swarming millions there is but one pulse beating today-- but they needed a better military organization and a military head to which it can communicate its necessities without tedious and mischievous delays Unless the government took control-- the threat was pointed--there will be war between ...