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Hamilton Has About 250 StreetsHow They Come To be NamedTurn, mmTheLongestStreetsSecondHamilton has approximately twoj High street with a width of eighty of the river, was narti Ired streets and the nainitn* of. This is an advantage to any I**. -.1 illikin, the father-hundredthem is known to but fewr* — j ;of the lt;*1older residents of the city, especially those in the older jMirtion of the city. There are hundreds of |K*ople in Hamilton as in many other cities whohave hut little alt;*rfiiaitanee with the streets of the eilv outside of theirown immediate neighborhood.the eit-vfromistheThe longest street in‘Second street extendingsouth to the north eorj oration line, with High and Main streets corn-lnned coming a close second extending from the east to the west corporation line.ity and the |eaple of Hamiltonshould appreciate the fact that its main thoroughfare has the lt;pro}or-tions of an avenue.d for Dr. K,of the lateThomas Miliikin.On the east side of theBurnett,.Jacobwho atriver,one timeAnother fact that should le appre-ciated by the people of Hamilton is that if has very few streets 'hullt overowned much of the property on the west side of the river; John Caldwell,the hills. The only hilly streets are jn and Mr.who erected tie brick house on the old basin bank cast of Fourth streetwhoon the west side of the river wherethe hills are not steep and are notthe cause of inconvenience.(Stephens,kiln of brick inburned the firstHamilton, and was the father-in-lawof the late William B. Van llook.When Hamilton ami Rossvilie 1 each have street* named for them.were separate towns each had its own system of sheets and forHamilton fortunate!v luis but fawImanyyears there were numbered streets on both ddes of the river. When itBurnett street is south of SycamoreFront to therunning east fromCaldwell street is a continua-• «crooked streets. Dayton, Heaton, t became necessary to have some svs-Vine and Ludlow are practically the tcm about the names of streets, whenthe free mail delivery serviceonly streets in the city which do not take a direct line and follow it,w a srivei,Lion of Ludlow street he.vond Fourthstreet and lies just north of F/ast Ludlow street, while Stephens streetstreetalthough there are shorter and lessimportantstreetswhich have Various turns in them,namely Monument avenue.The widest street in the eitv isintroduced alwmt twenty years ago, several other j it was found necessary to changethe names of many streets and then it was that the numbered streets on the west side of the river were giventhe names of letters and now insteadlies just south of Sycamore and runs west to the riverf romFront street.What Time Is ItBy YOUR StomachIf Your Stomach Does Not Strike “Meal Time! ’ * Three Times a Day, It Usually Means.Dyspepsia.Kevenih street, north of Heaton, was at one time known as Solimidt-Thia street was namedof having in that section* of the eitvFront, Second, Third, etc., streetwe have A. B, I, F and F streets.A street on the west side of theWater streetHow To Be Happy Hungry.\s a rule all hour* of 'the dav lookriver was at one tuneas was Monument avenue on the east side but when the names had to bechanged for tIk* convenience of themail service Water street on the west side of the river became A street,while a few years ago after the Soldiers* Sailors’ ami Pioneers' mon-beeaJme an assured fact theman street.for the genial host of the old Sohmidt-man house. Woods street, running from the Columbia bridge to Fifth street, was named for John Woods,while Higdon street, which, if it werenot for the C„ H. D. railroad wouldbe a continuation of Wood street, wasAlstonnamed for Ijaomi Higdon.street was named for Montgomery P.Alston.FAMILY NAMES.alike, and feel alike, to the dyspeptic.There is no hankering for breakfast.no growing for lunch, and no mouthwatering tor dinner. Disgust takesamentname of the Wafer street on the east side of the river was changed to Monument avenue which carries withAsid* from these streets which bear names that have become historic inmany that bearHamilton, there are the names of honored farailbNotably among these are Wilof thlt;C11 V.it more of dignity and refinement.What is now Market street was atHam and BeekHR -‘trects, named forone time Stable str«*et and was also known as Hydraulic street, but when the wise ones planned that a markethouse might some day be Iwiilt over j ike hydraulic which Hows down the etnrgr of this thoroughfare they named if Market street although the i market i- .till held around the court house square.the late William Beckett. Many |s*r-sons think that William street is reallv Williams street, but this i- not true. The name is Wiliam and was the firstname of the late Mr. Beckett. Streets bearing the names of other familiesare Owen street, named for the Lit**street, named foravenue, just south of Grand boulevard; Brosev avenue, in Lindenwald;Fa Id we If, running east from Fourth,south of Maple avenue; Chrisman ave* , In Edge wood; Cleveland avenue.unlt;med for President Grover FI eve-Job Owens; Lane Clark Lane, the donor of Lane Fro.*of Hamikim andland; Edison avenue, in Fast Hamil-HIBTOIUC NAMES.the place of desire, and the clock itself at mealtime reflects tin* owner's« 9face.rump'If Ik*fore (breakfast, before dinner and before aupper you do h*h feel ahappy-hungry feeling and longing for food, and feel that vou could eatThe history of the earlv da vs of* * •Hamilton elingx to the names of some ' of the streets of the eitv. For in-stance Bighnm street, west of Miami street, out in the old Fifth ward, is named after*a family who at n*ie timewan (imminent in that section of theeitv and owned much*Erwin street, which isof the landa I nn*: anything put before you, youhave a symptom of dyspepsia.If during your meals you still have au aversion to food, or feet hungryt he iH*a boa's, jusi north of Dayton and lAiutli ofBuekeve is named after the late John W. Erwin who will be remembered by many of the older residents of thelibrary to the eitvtin* Children's home to Butler fjougf street, named for the late John SI Lon ar; Wilson street, named for the late John W. W'ilson; I5ek avenm named for 1. Frank Dick; Booth a venue, named for 'William Booth; Hancock avenue, East Hamilton, named for James E. Hancock; MeGlynn avenue, named for Daniel M«*Glynn; Black street, named for the late Frank X. Black; Campbell avenue, named for the late Hon. Lewis D.toi. named for Thomas A. Edison, flu*c 11 \.Campbell, at one time congressman from this district and owner of theRentschler buildingthewizard of electrieittv; Elble avenue, Lindenwald; Gordon avenue, running of! of North B street, named for Col. Alexander Gordon of the Niles ToolWorks company; Harmon avenue. East Hamilton, named in honor ofJud son Harmon, of Cincinnati; Jaek-the west side; Lincolnsoustreet, on the westavenue, East Hamilton, named for tin*first martyred president of the United States; Mason avenue, on the west side, named for the late Martin Mil-Minor avenue, Lindenwald, naru-Ilt;..Krtureiavenue is hut a square ong and runs from Central avenueII. A: D. railway south ofbut it was named by t of control in honorandnot hungry at the wine time, you have a very pronounced ease oflyapepwii.If after vour mealt■vou feel bloated, or gaasv, or vou have heartburnami pains* in your stomach, or yon feel gitrglv brash• •io t in* iLon# si reel, the recent .land where thenow stands; Hensley street, in Fourth ward, named for the late D.H. Hensley, one of Hamilton s |K»st-masters and honored citizens; \\**b-|n cnue, La- Hamilton,ster avenue in Edgewood, named forPuthoff street,ed for Oscar Minor; Morrison, named for the late James Morrison at one ;iine a member of the eitv council;wParrish avenue, East Hamilton, named for Postmaster O. V. Parrish; Paternamed for* hero of the Boer I named foiJames R. Webster;the lat»Hon. Joseph J. Pater; Peek avenue,in South Hamilton, named for tin* lute;vourwtwins inmthroat, you have a chronic ease oi dvsjh*|»»ra, and you have had it along time, probably without realizingof Paul Kruger, Ludlow street was named after lone of the mayors of Hamilton; Rheawar.F. B. PutholT.IJohn P. P. Peck; Phillips avenue,Edgewood, named for Col. George II.JIsrael l.udlow who had much to do I avenue on Prospeefc Hill, named lor with the laving out of early H ami I-1 Thomas Rhea, who at one time own*Phillips; Reily street, named for thefirst clerk of the court of Butler eoun-ton.u.For all *:bes§ things there is a sureeuiv, a cure that will make mealtimean awaited piea.sure, ami the meal itself a soothing luxury. This is true“ ~K 9rhee.uisc !ht* cure, Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets, contain ju*t the dements whichVa good, strong, healthy stomach bas.Each little tablet is enough todigest 3,000 grains of food thoroughly and well—just as though you had no stomach ml all.Dayton street extending from theriver to the eastern boundary line of the eitv was named after Jonathan Daviou of New Jersey who was asso-ed practically all of the land now Ity; Bee avenue, named for James W.Hill; Gray I See, the well-known consulting engi-e ated with John Cieve •Syniine* in the original By mines purchase.What is now Park avenue onconstituting Prospectavenue, named for Henry C. Gray,than whom there is perhaps no manbetter known at the present time inButer county; Wallace avenue, named for the late William H. Wallace;tneer with offices inbuilding; Shillito sheet, named forthe Shillito family of Cincinnati; Shuttle HentsehlerJler avenue, East Hamilton, named forkthethe late Asa Shuler; Stewart street,oftSt ill waugh avenue, named for th*‘ late | north of High street, and east w (*st side of the river was formerly | Jacob Stiliwaugh, for many years a j Tenth, named for the late Frank P.prominent brick manufacturer of the j Stewart; SvmmesnBoudinot street and was named b\ Alexander Delorae afterLinden-half breedStuart’s Dy*j**[*ia Tablets actual* lv do ail the work of a healthya voungftIndian who accompanied him on his trading tr*{» from here to the Cherokee*. Ross avenue wasi h i after a Pennsylvanian whowhen thecity; Morrison avenue, named forJames Morrison, who served for -ev-stonnwih. They digest if your stomach can’t. They digest everything.Take one or t wo after each meal and know what it is to h-a-ve the luxury of a perfect digestion, and sroj» irritation, belching, bloat amibra-ii, and that itun»p of lead” feeling. Thev cure dys»|epsia, indigestion ami ail atoanaeh trouble*. They contain absolutely nothing harmful. They are made ( of golden seal, diastase, and similar digestive agents.Try several 'today and let yonrstomach be convinced, let your mind be a! ease, and vour face lie rosv.hadfriends living hereFranklin street,street was named.thoroughfare ofafteranotheithe we*!side wasFranklin.Main street was at one time named Morris street but for whom it is named i* beyond the memory of anyone now living.Ludlow street now one of the mostnamedBenjamineral years in the city council; llnrm street, named for L. P. Hunu; HoweM avenue, named for the late T. llo-well, one of the leading and pjoneermerchants of Hamilton; Bend#r avenue, named for Major F. W. Bender of the J. F. Bender «5c Bros, com-a ven ue,w*ald, named in honor of the well-known Svmme* fujxiilv of which theix*Ipany; Cornell avenue, in East Hamilton, named for the late John B. Cornell. for vears cashier of the I irstNational hank; Imlav avenue, namedare inanv members in Butler county:* * *Vau der Veer avenue east of thecanal, named after the late Gen.Ferdinand Van der Veer; Washingtonstreet, named for the first presidentof the United Btate*; Wavne avenue.aou the west side, named for Mad»»tAnthony Wayne, the Indian figiiier; M itt man street, dow n in the SecondC]tnamed after the well knownyou rSmart’s l)ys]H*p-ia Tablets at any drug store on earth, 50c a box.Send us your name and address Imlav and we will at once send vouused streets of the city was named for Israel Ludlow' w*lu had much todo with the laying out of the townof Hamilton.O’-»ained its name fromlleaton street Judge Heaton who was one of Hiefirst settler^ of Hamilton.Ilueston strum, one of the shorterstreets south of Hoss avenue on theAd-by mail a sample package free.150 StuartIres?, F. A. Stuart Co.,M ieh.lildg., Marshall,A all druggists, 5(b*. a bos.west side of the river, was name l foifor James T. Imlav; Kahn avenue, in East Hamilton, named for La/ardKahn, of the Estate Stove eompar v,and one of Hamilton’s most prominent manufacturers; Parrish avenue inwarn.Witt man family.nPLANTS HONORED.Tn the naming of Hamilton’s streets£tEast Hamilton, named for Hamilton'present postmaster. O. V. Parri-h;Shuler avenue, one of the chief thoroughfares of East Hamilton; named for the late Asa Shuler, the weal11 vplant life has not been forgotten. There are several street* that bear thename-, of trees, namely, Cedar avenue,Chestnut street. Elm street, Linden street, Magnolia street. Maple avenue.Oak street. Pine street, Laurel street,i1banker and manufacturer of woolenPoplar street Sycamore sire* Buekeve st reot.andShoMat.hew Hurston, who was also an earlv settler and who was n commissary of the trpo(]vs stationed at Ft.Hamilton. tM'Kikin street, almost the mostacutherlv of streets on the west sidegoods; and Urban street, named torthe senior founder of the MacNeah Urban 8a fe company.Other fa tn i I v names that will hOulv one -tate has suceeeded in ’aav*uing a street in Hamilton named for itand that \lt; far-off California.carried down into history becan eChristian names were only slightUnslt;*d in naming Hamilton streets, butstreets of the Greater Hamilton hawfew of them bring u#ed. Those thatIwere usod are Ann, Be-*, Charles,been filmed aftar them, are Bonackt Martha, Inna, Lulu and John,♦ I 1lt;attt
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Hamilton Democrat Sun
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Thu, Dec 19, 1907
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