... THE CHINESE QUESTION 143 THE CHINESE QUESTION 143 gent of California which in the form finally adopted by the House on June 17 recommended that the President open negotiations with China to secure a change or abrogation of existing treaties that permitted the unlimited immigration of its citizens 29 Evarts had to await the arrival of two Chinese ministers in Washington Chen Lan Pin and Yung Wing on September 21 before he could even act upon the demands of Congress Then he hesitated until ...
... A CHAPTER IN EARLY DENTAL HISTORY A CHAPTER IN EARLY DENTAL HISTORY UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TABLET AT BAINBRIDGE OHIO On Monday afternoon November 30 1925 a tablet was unveiled in Bainbridge Ohio in memory of Doctors Chapin A Harris and James Taylor pioneer advocates of professional dentistry and founders of the first two dental schools in the United States and the world The inscription on this tablet sets forth so clearly and fully its purpose that there is little need of elaboration in this ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XX No 4 OCTOBER 1911 GENERAL BRINKERHOFF Elsewhere in this Quarterly we give notice of the death of General Brinkerhoff with an extended account of his busy and useful life and many of its prominent achievements But no written record of the life of such a man can adequately present what he really was to the world in which he lived The inestimable outflow of a beautiful and true character ever loyal to the highest ideals of life cannot be recorded cannot be duly ...
... THE TAMMANY SOCIETY IN OHIO THE TAMMANY SOCIETY IN OHIO SAMUEL W WILLIAMS ORIGIN AND HISTORY The Tammany Society was organized in the City of New York in the year 1789 and was designed to counteract the combined influence of the Federalists and the Society of Cincinnati The latter was looked upon as a species of aristocracy and hostile to democratic institutions Fears were entertained that its members might consolidate power in their own hands though they were certainly as loyal to the infant ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XXVIII No 2 APRIL 1919 TEMPERANCE AND CHURCH-BUILDING IN PIONEER DAYS ON THE WESTERN RESERVE By JUSTUS NEWTON BROWN OBERLIN OHIO In the fall of 1826 my mother's father Rev Joseph Edwards removed from Manlius New York where he had been pastor of the Presbyterian church to Greenfield Huron County Ohio The next year he preached the first sermon ever preached by an ordained minister in the township of Ripley in the same county to a congregation consisting of seven ...
... TRAVEL NOTES OF A MID-NINETEENTH TRAVEL NOTES OF A MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCHMAN By BERTHA RUTH LEAMAN Extended travel and a great variety of experience had left the curiosity of Jean Jacques Ampere a learned Frenchman of the mid-nineteenth century unsatisfied consequently in search of new information he came to America1 Landing in New York the French visitor traveled through the New England States went to Montreal and Quebec journeyed to Niagara Buffalo and Detroit and then proceeded to ...
... EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY June 5 1903 The eighteenth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the rooms of the Society Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at 230 p m June 5 1903 The following members were present Judge J H Anderson Columbus Mr G F Bareis Canal Winchester Gen R Brinkerhoff Mansfield Mr A B Coover Roxabell Col J W Harper Cincinnati Mr ...
... THREE CENTURIES OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY THREE CENTURIES OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY By M M QUAIFE The name Maumee is a variant of Miami and comes from the Miami Indian tribe When the French first came into the Northwest they found the Miami living in eastern Wisconsin Following LaSalle's advent in the Illinois country they moved southward around Lake Michigan and for many years c 16901702 one of their important towns was located in the presentday Chicago Loop Eventually they journeyed eastward to the ...
... OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY 1835-1858 OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY 1835-1858 FURTHER ASPECTS CONTRIBUTION OF OHIO PHYSICIANS TO THE MEXICAN WAR By LEON GOLDMAN MD One of the wars least interesting to and least popular with the people of the United States was of course the Mexican War of 1846 Yet this war should be of some interest to the physician for it was at this time that in spite of great difficulties definite advances were made by medical officers in the army Their conduct in the field went far to ...
... edited by edited by HELEN WINGATE AND DONALD SMYTHE SJ A Buckeye in the Great War The Wartime Diary and Letters of John J Miller EDITORS' NOTE John J Miller was born March 5 1889 in Chatham Ohio the son of Philo L and Mary Elizabeth Miller He attended public schools in Chatham until his family moved to Elyria Ohio in his senior year Graduating from Elyria High School he attended Western Reserve University and Western Reserve University Dental School graduating from there in 1915 Returning to ...
... OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 261 OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 261 and our record in military production would have been far more brilliant than it was In the afternoon session held in the Auditorium of the Ohio State Museum and presided over by Stanton L Davis of the Case School of Applied Science the following papers were read by James M Miller of Waynesburg College Waynesburg Penna and by Philip D Jordan of Miami University THE SPIRITUAL FORCE IN EARLY WESTERN CULTURE By JAMES ...
... edited by edited by ROBERT W HATTON Just a Little Bit of the Civil War As Seen by W J Smith Company M 2nd 0 V Cavalry Conclusion This is the second of two articles based upon the Civil War memoirs of Private William James Smith Company M Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry In the first article which appeared in the Summer issue of Ohio History Smith provides some information about his pre-war life and enlistment at the age of seventeen in the Dennison Guards prior to transferring to the 2nd OVC on ...
... BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES ARTIST GEOLOGIST ARCHEOLOGIST AND ART GALLERY DIRECTOR 1846-19-- The subject of this sketch was born December 1 1846 in the home of his parents Joseph and Mary Heberling Holmes near the city of Cadiz Ohio the home farm being one of the subdivisions of the original grant to his grandfather in 1800 The house was on the Cadiz -- St Clairsville road four and one-half miles south of Cadiz As recorded in Colonel Holmes' ...
... The Centennial of Jefferson County The Centennial of Jefferson County 329 EDWIN M STANTON Tuesday being designated as Stanton day the public mind was centered on the building in which E M Stanton was born Here the great war secretary lawyer and jurist was born December 19 1814 It is a two-story brick set back from Market street between Fifth and Sixth with a small enclosed yard between the house and the sidewalk In after years a three-story business house was built in front of the old house ...
... THE TOWN OF TALLMADGE--THE BACONS THE TOWN OF TALLMADGE--THE BACONS AND SHAKESPEARE BY T C MENDENHALL The two ends of my topic seem widely separated both in space and in time thousands of miles in space and hundreds of years in time The object of this paper is to bridge this gap to give some information about the one and to show how its story may be of tremendous significance to the other First then the Town of Tallmadge I use the word town in that larger finer sense in which it is generally ...
... Samuel A Samuel A Hudson's Panorama Of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers By JOSEPH EARL ARRINGTON John Banvard and John Rowson Smith were the pioneers in applying the panoramic art form of enlarged and continuous views to the western river system1 Samuel A Hudson followed close behind them with his panorama of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers the first to picture the majestic Ohio He had earlier created such a panorama of the Hudson River2 and later was to make one of the Gold Regions in ...
... Old Fort Sandoski and the De Lery Portage Old Fort Sandoski and the De Lery Portage 37 1 Indians which eventually led to his dismissal from the service His distinguished engineer Montresor was left to rebuild the fort which however was only partially accomplished There is not much more recorded concerning the portage of old Fort Sandoski until the War of 1812 when after the victory of Commodore Perry on September 10 1813 General Harrison with his entire army moved down from his headquarters at ...
... 418 Ohio Arch 418 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications exercises of the day were presided over by Mr Emil Schlup retiring president of the Pioneer Association The election of the officers for the ensuing year resulted in the selection of Mr Amos Nye as president and of the re-election of Mr Mark Karr as secretary An interesting program of music and speeches was successfully carried out Music was furnished by the Adrian Cornet Band composed of E K Ewing Eugene Ewing Fred Ewing Thomas Reardan ...
... ADDRESSES BEFORE THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEADDRESSES BEFORE THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT MARIETTA APRIL 5 AND 6 IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ANNUAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT F C SESSIONS THE invitation to hold the third annual meeting of this Society in Marietta came with singular appropriateness It is certainly gratifying to those of us who have seen the movement to celebrate this occasion properly to be permitted to participate in these exercises The few ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XXVL No 3 JUNE 1917 COLONEL JOHN W HARPER IN MEMORIAM In the death of John W Harper The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society lost a Trustee and loyal member of long standing conspicuous for his fidelity and support of historical and archaeological research He materially aided in the progress of the Society Colonel Harper was born February 11 1830 in Indianapolis the son of an old English family distinguished for its patriotism and loyalty to this ...