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Newspaper
Cincinnati Emporium
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1826
Page
2
The text appears as a fragment from a New York city date in June, naming Oren Miller as president and John Co Kelley as secretary. It reads as a call to Erean relations and societies to solicit their tele Faereties, indicating a social or organizational invitation.
The Ohio State Journal details canal work from the Cuyahoga to Lake Erie and beyond. Contracts from 1825 to 1827 cover forty locks, bridges, and aqueducts, with completion hoped by mid 1827 and potential savings for future improvements.
A Vermont Champlain to Lake Ontario route is surveyed with 96 miles of canal, reducing Boston to Ogdensburg distance to 356 miles and New York to Erie by about 200 miles, signaling a push to start next spring and complete other segments across Vermont and Connecticut river areas. The piece weighs political debate on administration critics and highlights Jersey City porcelain factory progress with U.S. materials and French-trained workers, praising domestic artistry and potential moral benefits from such manufacturing.
The Dayton Board of Canal Commissioners meets August 7 1826 with Isaac Miner president and other members. They authorize contract work from Licking summit to Muskingum valley and from Rockey Fork to Muskingum, and to continue Miami Canal work to Middletown in 1827. They also assign a committee to engrave and print Alfred Kelley map. editorial notes from Spirit of the Times urge civil discourse in elections.
The issue recounts three major blazes within two weeks in July. One behind Sycamore and Race Streets destroyed about twenty buildings, another on Walnut Street consumed around thirty, and a third near Bairds Alley with over twenty houses burned or blown up. Despite late hours and strong winds, water access and fire crews saved many iron structures.
A Cincinnati letter questions General Findlay's support for Andrew Jackson, analyzes his pledge to back Jackson, and warns against party demagoguery while noting local reactions to electoral promises and presidential preferences amid West interests and Clermont County politics.
A Hamilton County meeting at the Globe Inn on Tuesday evening August 15 1826 unanimously adopts resolutions nominating David Morris Esquire for a congressional nomination.
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