Erie Canal wider debates and grand celebratory lore
Western and central New York push to enlarge and modernize the Erie Canal while two conventions in Syracuse and Rochester debate whether to simply widen for steam navigation or rebuild as a ship canal. The piece traces Clinton’s role, early surveys, and the canal’s grand public celebrations from Buffalo to New York City, ending with contrasts to the Union Pacific jubilee.
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New York
Syracuse
Rochester
Friends
Central West
Erie Canal
Annals of Commerce
de Witt Clinton
Colonial Assembly of
Western Inland Navigation Company
Seneca
Ontario
Lockport
State Senate
Utica
Rome
Clinton
Buffalo
New York City
Sandy Hook
Union Pacific
Erie Basin Pageant Shows Erie Canal’s Early Glory
A detailed recount of the Erie Basin ceremony with the Seneca Chief and Noah's Ark boats honoring the canal opening. Gov Clinton and officials aboard. The flotilla marked commercial union and highlighted canal economics and shifting transport in the 19th century, including tolls, tonnage, and railroad competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt Clinton
James Tallmaine
Stephen van Rensselaer
Albany
New York
Chancellor Livingston
Lake Erie
Clinton
New York City
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Life Sketch of Dr Standiford Kentucky Millionaire Politician
Dr. ER D Standiford of Louisville Kentucky died at 56 after a life from poverty to wealth He amassed large holdings in railroads and banking and served as president of the Louisville and Nashville road He was a two term congressman and a strong political force in Kentucky with a notable marriage history leaving seven children His death likely secures James Becks re election to the Senate
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EB. D. Standiford
Louisville
James Beck
United States
Kentucky
Beck
Standiford
Laura Scott
Paducah
Phillips
Dr. Standiford
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
N. A. and C
Louisville and Nashville
Farmers and Drovers’ Bank
Congress
L. and N. Railroad
Death of George H. Patch Globe editor and veteran advocate
Massachusetts mourns the loss of George H. Patch longtime military editor of The Boston Globe and ardent supporter of old soldiers. He served in the Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers and fought at Gettysburg. Patch later worked as a conductor for Albany Railroad before joining The Globe, leaving a wife and infant daughter.
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Massachusetts
George H. Patch
Boston Globe
Massachusetts Volunteers
Gettysburg
Patch
Albany Railroad Company
Globe
Grand Army
Republican Party
The Mormon Chief Dead John Taylor Dies in Utah
John Taylor successor to Brigham Young and longtime Mormon leader died after years as apostle and president. Born in England in 1808 he pursued Methodism and progressed through multiple faiths before joining the Mormons in 1837. He survived Illinois jail attack by a bullet through his watch and spent years as a missionary and editor before returning to Utah.
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John Taylor
Brigham Young
United States
Utah
Milnthoro
Westmoreland County
England
Canada
America
Campbell-Purcell
Ohio
Taylor
Kirtland
Missouri
Quorum of Twelve
Expositor
Nauvoo
Joseph Smith
Carthage
Hyrum
Illinois
Pratts
Salt Lake City
New York City
Twelve Apostles
Young
Disaster at Zug View After Sudden Swiss Catastrophe
European illustrated papers present a Zug Switzerland scene soon after a catastrophic collapse that sent two score houses and a new quay into the water with heavy loss of life. Scientists debate the disaster’s cause.
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Zug
Switzerland
Ohio Candidates Foraker Powell and Sharp Named Governors Nominees
The local note outlines 1883 Ohio gubernatorial candidates: Republican Joseph B. Foraker, Democrat Thomas E. Powell, and Prohibitionist Morris Sharp. Foraker, born 1846 in Rainsboro, Ohio, served in the 89th Ohio Volunteers and rose to judge at 33. Powell, born 1842 in Delaware, Ohio, was attorney general candidate in 1876. Sharp, a Washington Court House banker, is described as a temperance advocate aligned with the Prohibition party.
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Joseph Benson Foraker
Ben
Foraker
Eighty Ninth Ohio Volunteers
Ohio
George Hoadly
Rainsboro
Thomas E. Powell
College
Delaware, CO
Wales
Theson
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Morris Sharp
Washington Court House
Aberdeen
Brown County
Kentucky
Fayette County
River Navigation and the Rise of Western Steamboats
A retrospective on early river travel from Fulton's Clermont in 1807 to the Great Republic on the Mississippi. It traces steam power from primitive trials to rapid western expansion, notes the Ohio and Mississippi growth amid rail competition, and highlights the Great Republic as a premier river liner while foreshadowing the impact of interstate commerce policy.
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Clermont
Fulton
Hudson Highlands
Mississippi
Great Republic
New York
Hudson
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Blasco de Garay
William Henry
Chester County
Conestoga River
D’auxiron
Perier
France
Marquis de Jouffroy
James Rumsey
Potomac
John Fitch
Delaware
Great Britain
Robert Fulton
Seine
America
Albany
Fulton and Livingston
Pittsburg
Clyde
Scotland
Cairo
Florence
New Harmony
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Missouri
Omaha
Yankton
St. Paul
Falls of St. Anthony
Anson Northrup
Red River
Manitoba
Lake Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Ilinois
St. Louis
New Orleans
Memphis
Memphis and St. Louis Packet Company
Late Gen. Dunn Remembered As Indiana Statesman
The death of Gen William McKee Dunn recalls a prominent Indiana reformer and builder of state institutions. Born 1814 in Indiana Territory, Dunn trained at the state university and Harvard, served in Congress during the Civil War era, aided Lincoln, rose to judge advocate general, and retired to Virginia where he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKee Dunn
Indiana
Dunn
Robert Dale Owen
Blackford
M’kee Dunn
Morton
Colfax
W. M. Dunn
State University
Harvard
Lincoln
McClellan
West Virginia
Fairfax County
Water power use by manufacturing branches
Five branches share 8 per cent of all water power used. Flouring and grist mills consume 88.4 per cent, sawmills 22.7 per cent, cotton mills 12.1 per cent, and woolen mills 4.4 per cent. Iron industry shows very little water power usage.
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Iron Indy
Doston Budges
Messenger to London Delivers Souvenirs From New York Actor Circle
A 14 year old American district messenger named Eugene B. Sanger sails on the Germanic to London to deliver souvenirs and congratulatory letters to Ell.en Terry Edmund Yates Nat Goodwin and many others connected with The Highest Bidder. He will receive a special carriage ride to the first train and return to New York after completing deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
New York
London
Sothern
Maddason Merton
Robert Reece
Dan Frohman
Ed. Sothern
Lyceum Theatre
E. A. Sothern
Edmund Yates
Henry Irving
Ellen Terry
Eugene B. Sanger
Buffalo Bill
Nate Salsbury
Emily Faithfull
Nat Goodwin
Toole
Clement Scott
Young Sanger
John Buil
Indorser of Ericsson dies. Kitching famed merchant and promoter
John B. Kitching of New York, born in 1815 and an influential merchant, supported the Ericsson ship and the Atlantic cable. He invested in suburban New York property and left six children, including Gen. J. Howard Kitching who fell at Cedar Creek.
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John B. Kitching
New York City
Ericsson
Mr. Kitching
New York Bay
Jocosely
England
United States
Cuba
Gen
J. Howard Kitching
Battle of
Cedar Creek
The Life of Gen James M Comly Ohio Journalist
Gen James M Comly a Toledo editor and Civil War officer spanning Ohio journalism and public service. Born Perry county March 3 1832 he served as lieutenant colonel and brevet brigadier general and edited The Ohio State Journal before leading The Toledo Commercial. He later served as minister resident to Hawaii before ill health forced retirement.
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James M. Comly
Toledo, O
Ohio
Perry County
Henry Comly
Philadelphia
William Penn
Columbus
Supreme Court
Forty-third Ohio Volunteers
Twenty-third Ohio
Ohio State Journal
United States
Hawaii
Toledo Commercial
Tha Son
Gen
Cointy
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New England
Erie
Canal
Tidewater
DR. E&. D, Standiford
ER. D. Standiford
Joseph B. Poraker
River Navigation
Indorser
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