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CHAPTER I. - IN OLD CONNECTICUT |
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- Early Events in Southern New England
- Royal Land Grants
- Connecticut Cedes Most of Her Western Lands
- Sale of Western Reserve to Connecticut Land Company
- Personnel of the Connecticut Land Company |
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CHAPTER II. - THE QUEST OF THE PROMISED LAND |
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- Cleveland Buys Indian Land Claims
- At the Port of Independence
- "Stow Castle"
- Explorations of the New Land
- The Founding of Cleveland
- The Township of Euclid
- Exit General Cleaveland
- Seth Pease, Principal Surveyor
- Arrival of Judge Kingsbury |
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CHAPTER III. - IN NEW CONNECTICUT |
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- Lorenzo Carter Arrives
- Cleveland a General Hospital
- Industrial Birth
- Cleveland and Ohio in 1800 |
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CHAPTER V. - ROUNDING OUT THE FIRST DECADE |
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- First Justices of the Peace
- Leading Business Men
- The Local Militia
- Clouded Titles to Indian Lands
- Early Mails and Postmasters
- Beginning of Cleveland's Second Decade.
- Nathan Perry Comes |
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CHAPTER VI. - GETTING SETTLED |
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- Nathan Perry, Jr.
- Cleveland and Huron Highway
- Amos Spafford and Stanley Griswold
- Levi Johnson
- Creation of Cuyahoga County
- First Tanneries
- Pioneer Legal Matters
- Dr. David Long
- Clevelanders of 1811-12
- Kelley's Island |
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CHAPTER VII. - "CLEVELAND CITY" BECOMES A VILLAGE |
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- The War of 1812 at Cleveland
- The Firt Murder and Execution
- Capt. Stanton Sholes at Cleveland
- Cleveland Village Incorporated |
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CHAPTER VIII. - FIVE YEARS OF VILLAGE LIFE |
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- First Village Legislation
- Notable Arrivals of 1816
- First Church Family Organized
- Kelley's Large Stone House
- Cleveland's First Bank and Bankers
- First School-house Built in Cleveland
- Reuben Wood
- "Walk-in-the-Water" Makes Cleveland
- Cleveland Herald Founded |
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CHAPTER IX. - A GOOD BEGINNING AND A BAD ENDING |
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- First Presbyterian Church
- Old Stone Church
- A Pioneer Bridge Subscription
- John W. Willey
- The Cleveland Academy
- Rufus P. Spalding
- The Second Courthouse
- George Worthington
- Various Improvements and Happenings
- The Cleveland Advertiser Appears |
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CHAPTER X. - GROWTH OF MIND AND BODY |
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- The Fugitive Slave Law
- Local Anti-Slavery Sentiment
- First Baptist Church
- Black Hawk and John Stair
- Fire and Water
- Thomas Bolton
- First Western Locomotive Works |
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CHAPTER XI. - THE CANAL AND THE CHARGER |
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- William Bingham
- William A. Otis
- Moses Kelley
- The Canal Era
- "Boom" Following the Building of the Canal |
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CHAPTER XII. - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND AND THE CITY OF
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- Improvements in Cleveland and Ohio City
- The Bridge War
- Ohio City's First Election
- Mayors of the Two Cities
- In the City of Cleveland
- City Council, First Meets
- First Board of School Managers |
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CHAPTER XIII. - THE YEAR OF THE FIRST DIRECTORY |
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- Council Approved City Directory
- Churches in 1837
- Court-House Described
- Associations and Institutions of 1837
- Financial Institutions
- Newspapers
- Industries and Railroads
- Cleveland Harbor
- Leading Cleveland Hotels
- Stage Lines
- Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
- Government Officials
- Arrival and Departure of the Mails
- Rates of Postage
- An Ordinance to Provide for the Establishment of Common Schools
- Arrival of the Panic of 1837
- Ohio Railroad Put to Rest |
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THE BEGINNING OF THE RAILWAY ERA |
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- Dr. Jared P. Kirtland
- Municipal Officials of 1839-40
- City Record of 1840-45
- Young Men's Literary Association Organized
- Municipal Matters, 1846-48
- Railway Constructional Church
- The C. C. & C. Enters Cleveland
- Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad Completed |
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CHAPTER XV. - THE UNION OF CLEVELAND AND OHIO CITY |
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- Municipal Water Supply
- The Cleveland of 1853
- Ohio City of 1853
- Destructive Fires
- The Canal Bank Closes Its Doors
- Young Men's Christian Association Organized |
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CHAPTER XVI. - ON THE WAY TO CIVIL WAR. |
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- The Mayors of Cleveland
- Municipal Improvements
- The Courthouse of 1885
- Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Cases
- Monument
- Capture and Return of the Slave Lucy
- Lincoln Visits Cleveland |
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CHAPTER XVII. - AN ERA OF REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT |
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- Cleveland's Trade
- Commerce and Manufactures, 1865
- Leading Shipbuilding Port
- New Passenger Depot
- Educational and Charitable
- Founding of Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society
- A Projected City Hall
- Cleveland Work House and House of Correction
- East Cleveland Annexed
- Organization of Cuyahoga County Medical Society
- Origin of the Cleveland Humane Society
- Legal Matters of Moment
- Newburg Village Annexed
- The Panic of 1873
- Improvement of Water Supply
- Women's Christian Temperance Union
- Harbor of Refuge Constructed
- Hotels and Amusement Halls
- The Old City Hall |
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CHAPTER XVIII - ROUNDING OUT THE FIRST CENTURY |
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- The First High Level Bridge
- The Early Settlers' Association
- Leonard Case, Jr.
- Cleveland Music Hall
- James A. Garfield
- Flood and Fire
- The "Blinkey" Morgan Affair
- Second High Level Bridge
- Largest Shipbuilding Center in the Country (1890)
- Municipal-Federal Plan Adopted
- Regulating the Price of Gas
- Cleveland Wealth of 1891
- Revolutionary Descendants
- Historical Society and Chamber of Commerce
- The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
- Convention of Christian Endeavorers Anniversary |
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CHAPTER XIX. - THE CENTENNIAL YEAR |
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- Celebration of Cleveland's Centennial
- To the Women of 1996
- To Women Unborn |
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CHAPTER XX. - THE METROPOLIS OF OHIO |
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- War Emergency Committees, D. A. R.
- Clevelanders Off for Cuba
- Mayors McKisson and Family
- Real Queen City of the Lower Lakes
- The Mayor Johnson Era
- Struggle for 3-Cent Street Railway Fare
- The Tayler Franchise
- Natural Gas, Street Names, Etc.
- Belt Line Railway Not Electrified
- Moses Cleaveland's Burial Place |
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CHAPTER XXI. - THE SIXTH CITY |
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- County Centennial Celebration
- Home Rule Charter Framed
- Centennial Celebration of Perry's Victory
- Niagara Day
- Perry Day
- Conclusion of the Celebration
- Mayor Baker Enters the Wilson Cabinet
- First City in American Spirit
- Cleveland as a Twentieth Century Pioneer
- Increases of Ten Years |
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CHAPTER XXII - THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CLEVELAND |
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- Under the Board of School Managers
- Colored Children
- First Plea for High School
- The Schools in 1845
- Cleveland's First High School
- Greater Interest in the Public Schools
- Under the Board of Education
- The Mayflower School
- West High School
- First Elected Board of Education
- The Public Schools, 1859-62
- Andrew J. Rickoff
- Public School Record for 1867-72
- East Cleveland Schools Annexed
- Much of Newburg Township Annexed
- Tax Levy for Building Schools Increased
- Superintendent Hinsdale's Administration
- Manual Training School Opened
- Government of Schools Reorganized
- Columbus Day Observed
- The Schools Under Superintendent Draper
- Expansion of School System
- First Woman Elected to Public Office in Ohio
- Many School Buildings Erected
- Conclusion of Superintendent Jones' Term
- William H. Elson's Record
- The Educational Commission
- Superintendent Frank E. Spaulding
- Present School Organization
- High Schools
- Junior High Schools
- Elementary Schools
- Special Schools |
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CHAPTER XXIII - OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS |
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- Western Reserve University
- Case School of Applied Science
- The University School
- St. Ignatius College
- Catholic Schools
- The Western Reserve Historical Society
- The Cleveland Public Library
- The Early Settlers' Association |
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CHAPTER XXIV. - STORY OF THE CORPORATION'S
DEVELOPMENT |
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- A City of the Second Class
- Water Supply and Protection Against Fire
- Trials of the Public Markets
- Growth of Fire and Police Departments During the Civil War
- The First Waterworks
- The Tunnel and Works of 1870-74
- General Municipal Code of 1870
- Home Rule of the Police Department
- Municipal Government by Boards
- Trial of the Federal Form
- Decadal Expansion of Police, Fire and Water Departments
- The Great Tunnel and Modern Water System of Today
- Series of Casualties
- The Waterworks as Completed
- The Filtration Plant and Other Works
- The Baldwin Reservoir
- Miles and Valuation of Water Works
- Zones and Area of Supply
- Progress of the Fire Department
- Adoption of the Federal Form of Government
- Charters Unconstitutional
- Home Rule Agitation
- The Fire Department Up to Date
- Methods Are Changed
- Motor Tractors Bought
- Present Fire and Police Divisions
- Department of Public Service
- Department of Parks and Public Property
- Department of Public Welfare
- Department of Public Safety
- Department of Finance
- Department of Public Utilities |
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CHAPTER XXV - MUNICIPAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION |
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- The Streets of Old Cleveland
- Expansion in All Directions
- The Bridges and Viaducts
- Getting the East and the West Sides Together
- First Permanent Bridge Across the Cuyahoga
- Other Bridges at the Strategic Point
- Direct Communication with Ohio City
- A Bridge Story of
- Mystery
- Other Cleveland Bridges
- Walworth Run Viaduct
- High-Level Bridge Demanded
- Building of Old Superior Street Viaduct
- Formal Dedication of First High-Level Bridge
- Greater Viaduct for Greater Cleveland
- Central Viaduct
- Kingsbury Run Improvements
- Brooklyn-Brighton Connection with the Southwest
- Other Bridges and Viaducts
- Proposed Lorain-Huron Bridge
- Street Car and Interurban Service
- The Advent of Electricity
- Grand Consolidation and Expansion
- The Connections Outside of Cleveland
- The Public Square and the Grand Group Plan
- Origin of the Group Plan and Plan Accepted
- Building Sites Purchased
- The Federal or Postoffice Building
- The County Building
- The Municipal Hall
- The City Planning Commission |
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CHAPTER XXVI - PARKS AND MARKETS |
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- Recreation Parks
- Old Clinton Park
- Changes in Park Management
- Franklin Circle
- Early Attempts to Found East Cleveland Parks
- Three City Parks Proposed
- Miles Park, Newburg
- The Old South Side Park
- Lake View Park
- Gordon Park
- Wade Park
- Fairview Park
- The Cleveland Park Plan Adopted
- Edgewater Park
- Brookside Park
- Garfield Park
- Ambler Parkway Connection
- Shaker Heights Park
- The Rockefeller Parks
- Other Connecting Boulevards
- Washington Park
- Parks in the Making
- The Parks Truly Popularized
- The Parks Statistically Considered
- The City Market Houses |
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CHAPTER XXVII - BENCH AND BAR OF CLEVELAND |
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- Justices of the Peace
- James Kingsbury
- Lorenzo Carter Breaches the Peace
- Samuel Huntington
- When Justice Was Young
- Dr. Samuel Underhill
- George Hoadley, the Elder
- John Barr and Other Leading Early Justices
- The Court of Common Pleas
- First Court, a Strong Body
- First Cases Before Court
- Daniel in the Lion's Den
- Alfred Kelley First Appears as Prosecutor
- First Civil Jury Trial
- First Session of Supreme Court in Cleveland
- Alfred Kelley, the First Active Lawyer
- Court Business During First Four Years
- Leonard Case, Sr.
- Various Presiding Judges of the Court
- Harvey Rice
- Brilliant, Eloquent and Versatile Sherlock J. Andrews
- John W. Allen
- Mayor John W. Willey
- Henry B. Payne
- Samuel Cowles
- Samuel Starkweather and Horace Foote
- During the Civil War Period
- Relief form Over-Crowded Docket
- Samuel B. Prentiss
- Robert F. Paine
- President Garfield's Significant Compliment
- Superior Court Established
- Court Abolished as Insufficient
- Seneca O. Griswold
- William E. Sherwood
- Now Twelve Common Pleas Judges
- The Probate Court and Judge Tilden
- Henry Clay White
- The Circuit Court
- Charles C. Baldwin
- John C. Hale
- The Municipal, or Police Court
- Col. O. J. Hodge
- Bankruptcy Courts and Registers
- The Insolvency and Juvenile Court
- Clevelanders as Judges of the Higher Courts
- Chief Justice and Governor Wood
- Rufus P. Ranney
- Franklin J. Dickman
- John H. Clarke
- United States
- Court for the Northern Ohio District
- Hiram V. Willson
- President Garfield and His Sons
- John Hay, Diplomat, Statesman and Scholar
- Newton Diehl Baker
- Called to the United States Senate
- Judge and Governor Huntington
- Myron T. Herrick
- Governors Loosely Identified with Cleveland
- Lawyer Congressmen from Cleveland
- Rufus P. Spalding
- Richard C. Parsons
- The Cleveland Bar Association
- Law Library Association
- The Crowell Law School
- The Cleveland Law College
- The Franklin T. Backus Law School
- The Cleveland Law School
- Some of the Early Practitioners |
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CHAPTER XXVIII - PHYSICIANS AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS |
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- First Physician in Cleveland
- First Physician of Cleveland
- Pleasing Tales
- Other Pioneer Physicians of Cleveland
- Nineteenth Medical District Society
- First Prominent Homeopathic Physician
- Organization of Cleveland Medical College
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Academy of Medicine
- The Medical Library
- Cleveland School of Pharmacy
- The Pioneer Homeopaths
- The Homeopathic Institutions
- Cleveland Hospitals
- A Few Representative Physicians. |
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CHAPTER XXIX - POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIAL AND
RELIGIOUS |
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- Social Work and Writings
- Academy of Natural Science and Its Founders
- Dr. John S. Newberry
- Dr. Theodore D. Garlick
- Dr. Elisha Sterling
- Pioneer in Lake Superior Mineral Regions
- Professors Morley and Michelson
- Dr. Cady Staley
- Professors Charles S. Howe and John N. Stockwell
- Worcester R. Warner and Ambrose Swasey
- Charles F. Brush |
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CHAPTER XXX. - ART AND ARTISTS IN CLEVELAND |
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- Music and Musicians
- Cleveland Vocal Society and School of Music
- The Old Bohemians of Cleveland
- Cleveland School of Art
- The Art Museum
- Early Cleveland Painters
- Sculptors Matzen and Niehaus
- Clara Morris as a Cleveland Girl |
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CHAPTER XXXI. - AUTHORS AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS |
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- First Literary Societies and Lyceums
- Dickens Hits Cleveland Jingoism
- The Ark and the Arkites
- The Western Reserve Historical Society
- The Libraries
- Contributors to General Literature
- Benjamin F. Taylor
- Constance Fenimore Woolson
- Sarah K. Bolton
- Edmund Vance Cooke
- Cleveland Lawyers as Authors
- Educational and Historical
- Colonel Whittlesey and Judge Baldwin
- Identified with the Western Reserve University
- Harvey Rice
- Samuel P. Orth
- James H. Kennedy
- Leading Educators as Writers |
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CHAPTER XXXII - NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR BUILDERS |
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- First Newspaper Not a Success
- Cleveland Herald and Eben D. Howe
- Josiah A. Harris
- A. W. Fairbanks
- Division of the Herald
- Founding of the Plain Dealer
- Quaint, Lovable "Artemus Ward"
- Benjamin F. Taylor
- The West Side Produces Newspapers
- Young Edwin Cowles Introduced
- Joseph Medill and Edwin Cowles Associated
- Becomes the Leader Under Cowles
- Edwin Cowles, Premier Cleveland Journalist
- Evening News Founded
- John C. Covert
- The Present Cleveland News
- Cleveland Press and the Scripps-McRae League
- Cleveland Newspaper Field, as a Whole |
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CHAPTER XXXIII - RELIGIOUS, DENOMINATIONAL, ETC. |
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- Distinctive Religious Bodies
- Trinity Episcopal Church of Cleveland
- The Presbyterians
- The Congregational Churches
- Methodist Organizations
- A Summary of Methodism
- Baptist Activities
- Disciples of Christ, or Christians
- United Presbyterians
- Lutheran Churches
- Evangelical Organizations
- German Baptists and Methodists
- The Unitarian and Christian Scientists
- Catholicism in Cleveland
- The Diocese of Cleveland
- First Bishop of Cleveland
- Homes and Convents
- Bishop Gilmour's Administration
- Last Administrative Acts
- Appointment of Rev. Ignatius Horstmann
- Apostolic Mission Organized
- Golden Jubilee Observed
- Death of Bishop Horstmann
- Bishop Horstmann's Successor and Associates
- German Catholic Churches of East and West Sides
- Irish Catholics
- Other Catholic Churches in Cleveland
- Jewish Congregations
- Making Christian American Citizens
- Institutional or Community Churches
- Cleveland's Foreign Groups in Figures
- The Work of the Federated Churches
- Growth Shown in Figures
- Charitable and Benevolent Institutions
- Cleveland Associated Charities
- The Children's Fresh Air Camp
- Other Institutions
- The Homes for the Dead
- Social Development in Cleveland
- The Cleveland Young Men's Christian Association
- The Great War
- The Last Year's Record
- The Young 'women's Christian Association |
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CHAPTER XXXIV - MILITARY AND WAR MATTERS |
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- Capts. Lorenzo Carter and Nathaniel Doan
- Cleveland in the War of 1812
- Mexican War Organizations
- Cleveland Grays and Cleveland Light Artillery
- First Ohio Light Artillery
- Company D, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Cleveland Grays)
- Other Commands in Which Women's Relief Work
- Originality of Civil War Campaigns
- From the Civil War to the War with Spain
- The Spanish-American War
- Military Organization When the World War Opened
- Training School for Civilians
- Reckless Americanism
- Pen Picture of Cleveland's Military Service
- Prominent War Civilians
- Big Work in General
- Individual Home Workers
- First Army Unit to Go Abroad
- Lakeside Base Hospital
- First University War Unit
- Consolidation of War Funds
- The Y. M. C. A. War Work
- Facts About the Victory Chest Campaign
- Special Contributions from the Foreign Sections
- Investments in Government Securities
- Municipal War Work
- A Hint of the Women's War Work |
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CHAPTER XXXV - TRADE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. |
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- The Ante-Canal Period
- The Decade 1827-37
- The Worthington Interests
- Industrial and Ornamental
- Origin of Two Great Iron Industries
- Three Good Banks
- Stabilizing Cleveland's Finances
- Other Early Banks of Stability
- Panic of 1857 "Gets" But One Cleveland Bank
- Cleveland Industries of 1840 and1860
- Iron and Steel Industries Up to the Civil War
- Mining and Handling Iron One
- Marcus A. Hanna in Business
- Cleveland Clearing House Association
- The Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
- Coal Mining and Trade
- Oils and Paints
- The Carbon Industry
- Manufacture of Auto Accessories
- Increase in Manufactured Products, 1904-14
- Finances and Commerce Since 1876
- Comparative Summary, 1907-17
- The Chamber of Commerce
- Official Roster, 1848-1918
- The Chamber of Industry
- The Standard Oil Company
- The Canal Period in Cleveland's History |
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