City Directory Style Advertised Trades and Firms
A dense list of businesses and addresses from a city directory includes brass foundries Brash Founders Ww Co 247 and 249 West South Street Thos Grasow Co 200 and 203 Vinets. brushes and wire Bromwell Manufacturing Co 161 Walnut. various merchants and manufacturers across Walnut Street Sixth Street Vine Street Central Avenue and Main Street. Insurance lines include Royal Imperial Phoenix and others with agents and offices listed. Manufactures and retailers cover corsets hats furniture optics cooking stoves plumbing tools and more with numerous street addresses and partner firms.
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BRASS
Ww. & CO
St- Thos
Grasow & CO
NG Co
Alnut
Ag FE Co
Walnut St
Baouwant
J.G. Brerremaca & Co
B. Haymas
EL J. Webb
Pancy Grocers
Andrew
H. Reuss
Bens
J. Rickine
H. Closterman & Co
James
St. Jno
Leverone & Co
Main St
W. Mackelfresh
Eckenroth Brothers
Grorr & Draxkx
Vine St
J. C. Bubrele
St. Washington
Goodman
W. D. Mansfield
Vine
W. H. Murphy
J. Fitchner
T. F. Randolph
K. Kurreniog & Co
C. H. Fox
F.w.helmick
Adam Geib
Joanx E. Frobliger
E. Mendenball
Main
Brigel Brothers
Pearl St
Jas. Fosten, Jr., & Co
W. Cor
Race H. Ware
Aloe & Co
4Th Street
Joan
E.ay
Dally & Dyriz
Smire & Roligion
C. W. Howland
Peoples Gallery
H. Slatter
Rosser Clarke & Co
Franc F. Drax
C. Exurs & Mraz
Joux GiBson & Co
E. Cor
Kristonz
W. M. Shaw Ag
Elmst
Grover & Baxker
Rogers
Eee
Tue Bowe Machinee Co
WeeEp
M.co
J. Kardon
M'Ger
Domestic
E. L. Harper & Co
Agts
Davis
E. A. Weeks
M’ger
Ide Manvel Ronan Agian
Erica Neis
Iscox & GinBs SM. Co
McConnell
KE. G. Nives & Sox
St. Prav
M. A. McGuire
M. D. Flynn
Sholt, Keen & Co
Walnut Street
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Women's Tra Co
Sycamore
Broww; Me Atestale. Co
Benakb L. Paunis
F. Bray & Co
Spsnoveox Sc.ee
Death of King Charles XV and Greeley in Ohio
Special dispatch from Columbus reports very large crowds greeting Horace Greeley on his Ohio visit with trains on time and arrival slated for Cincinnati at 2 45 P M. The evening notes deaths of King Charles XV and a pope's brother, with other items from London and Indiana.
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Evening Star
Costumses
Greeley
Ohio
Cincinnati
Kecx
Commodore Scott Named Commander At League Island Station
The Navy orders Commodore Gustavus H. Scott to take command at League Island on October 5th, relieving Commodore J. C. Howell who moves to the navy yard at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Treasury reports New York Sub-Treasury defalcation pegged near 180000 dollars. Assistant Surgeon William E. Waters US Army shifts from East to Missouri.Departmental reassignments noted.
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Gustavus H. Scott
Naval Station
League Island
J.C. Howell
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Treasury Department
New York
Department of the East
Department of Missouri
New York news and political notes from Sept 20
Edward Wellington died last evening at Bellevue after being shot Sunday by Daniel Perkins. Perkins will be re-arrested awaiting the coroner's inquest, as reports of the case unfold. The Louisville Convention allied committee organized at Apollo Hall and will issue an address soon. President Grant visited Elizabeth and Newark, receiving a warm welcome and a serenade. Leopold, chief of the Sub-Treasury examining commission, said Johnson's books were checked but not found in a stated disorder. investigators pursue outside accomplices and broker names, with possible refunds rather than prosecutions. Counting money ends today. full exam may take two months. Hillhouse, Sub-Treasurer, doubts Johnson’s guilt but notes a discrepancy with internal revenue records. investigators pursue Johnson amid estimated defalcation up to 150,000 dollars.
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New York
Edward Wellington
Reddy
Daniel Perkins
Bellevue
Perkins
New York State
Louisville
Apollo Hall
Grant
Elizabeth
N. J
Newark
Leopold
Sub-Treasury
Johnson
Washington
Treasury
Hillhouse
Internal Revenue Department
Grand Rapids
Knights Templar
Sturgeon
John M
Memphis
Missouri
City Council of
Moase Sapapen
Greeley
Cincinnati
Nashville Railroad
United States
Mammoth Cave
Nashville
Cave
Exposition Building
Fahrenbech
Cleveland
Canadas
National Eclectic Medical Association
Indianapolis
Amon
John Mgs Z
E. Freeman
C. E. Miles
M. D
Boston
Pross
Jay
Whitford
Cook
Chicago
Ref
McClellan
Laborate
Abeele
Patrick
Z. Freeman
Credit Mobilier
Oregon
Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church of California
San Jose
Home National Bank of Chicago
East Tennessee National Bank of
Knoxville
Evangelical Alliance
Tammany Committee
Charles Kinsey
St. Louis
Edward Tomkins
California State University
Home National Bank
East Tennessee National Bank
Beaver
Salt Lake Territory
Wheeler
Butler
Res
Steubenville
London firm Fox and Co suspends payment at Mincing Lane
London reports John Fox and Co merchants suspend payment with liabilities around 500000 pounds. Mention links to Baltimore failures. Cape authorities report a major diamond robbery at the diggings, diamonds valued at thirty thousand pounds stolen, robbers fled. natives injured in the struggle. outrage grows as suspects head for seaport to escape to England.
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London
Messrs. John Fox & Co
Mincing Lane
Baltimore
Cape of Good Hope
England
King Charles XV of Sweden Dies in Malmo
STOCKHOLM Sept 20. His Majesty King Charles the Fifteenth of Sweden died at Malmo night before last. The royal household is in deep gloom. Charles Louis Eugene, King of Sweden, was born in 1826, son of Oscar the First, and married Princess Wilhesima in 1850. He ascended the throne on his father’s death in 1859.
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Stockholm
Charles the Fifteenth
Sweden
Malmo
Charles Louis Eugene
Oscar the
Norway
Wilhesima
Frederick
Netherlands
Pope's eldest brother Giuseppe Mastai dies in Rome
In Rome on September 20, Giuseppe Mastai, the pope's eldest brother, has died. The loss casts His Holiness into deep affliction as the family mourns the tragedy.
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Rome
Guiseppe Mastai
Treasury defalcation unlikely to harm government
Washington reports no loss to the government from Johnson’s defalcation in the New York Sub-Treasurer’s office. Assitant Treasurer Hillhouse and bondsmen will cover the shortfall. Meanwhile Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans a Baltimore Pittsburg and Chicago extension, with surveys done and 100 miles from Havana to Defiance by contract, linking to Lake Erie and Central Ohio lines.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Johnson
New York
Hillhouse
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pitt
Lake Erie
Central Ohio
Cardago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Defiance
Ohio
Great
Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad
Shenandoah Va Railroad
Front Royal
Warren County
Hiateata
Brooklyn Democrats and Liberal Republicans Meet in Academy of Music
In Brooklyn on September 4, a joint mass meeting led by W. W. Gradzich urged incorporation of national reform ideals into city government. Resolutions backed Greeley as honest and capable, Brown for equality, Kernan for governor, and Depew and others on the State ticket. Kernan Kilpatrick and Depew spoke at length.
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Brooklyn
Academy of Music
W.W. Gradzich
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Greeley
Illinols and Iowa State Fair draws large crowd
Illinois and Iowa papers report record attendance at the State Fair with exhibitors praised as the finest in years. In Jacksonville a fugitive, George Lewis, confessed to killing Enoch B. Hardcastle of Green County and was moved toward Carrollton to await trial amid threats of lynching by an enraged mob.
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OrTrawa
Jacksonville
George Lewis
Enoch B. Hardcastle
Green County
Ill
Carrollton
Lewis
Hardcastle
Wisconsin Nomination Sets Dr A Smiedell for Congress
Wisconsin Republicans in the Eighth district at Stevens Point nominated Dr A Smiedell President and Superintendent of the Insane Asylum as a congressional candidate. His election is presented as a fixed fact.
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Madison
A. Smiedell
Insane Asylum
Stevens’ Point
Congress
Flour mill fire in Alaska Michigan destroys property
Michigan Detroit Sept 20 A large flouring mill at Alaska Mich belonging to John W Boyton of Grand Rapids was burned last Sunday morning Loss estimated at 25000 insured.
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Detroit
Alaska
Mich
John W. Boyton
Grand Rapids
Democratic State Convention Reorganizes Indiana Party
The Straight-out Democratic State Convention met in Indianapolis and elected Dr. Sherrod chair after reorganizing plans. A State ticket was unanimously endorsed with Edgarton for governor and Durbin for lieutenant governor, plus a full State Central Committee. Major Moreau spoke at Masonic Hall later, denouncing the Greeley split as police kept order.
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Indianapolis
Senate
W.C. Moreau
Sherrod
Orange County
Major Moreau
Louisville
Democracy
Indiana
Smith
Wills County
Greeley and Brown
A. P. Edgarton
Green Durbin
Alfred Parsons
Otto Boetticher
Dr. McBride
Thos. Branner
W. C. Moreau
W. F. Sherrod
Dr. Graham
N. Fitch
Chas. Reeves
James Millison
T. J. Foster
Masonic Hall
Will C. Moreau
Greeley
Moreau
Put claims challenged in bankruptcy case in Chicago
In Chicago on September 20 creditors for Chandler Pomeroy and Co held a bankruptcy hearing. The Register ruled put claims legal, despite many leading lawyers contending puts were a gambling connivance on the Board of Trade. The issue moves to the United States District Court and then to the Upper Court for decision.
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Curcaco
Chandler, Pomeroy & Co
Register
United States District Court
Board of Trade
Greeley Arrival Prompts Louisville Reception Trip
The Committee of Reception for the National Exposition leaves Louisville for Cincinnati to greet Horace Greeley. Greeley arrives Saturday night after a planned half fare rail excursion for supporters. Exposition attendance tops fifteen thousand and door receipts reach $2,200 on Saturday. A special Lexington train departs after the races at 5 PM, reaching Louisville at 9:30.
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Louisville
Horace Greeley
Cincinnati
Frost and Fire Reported in Small Towns and Start of Steamship Era
A frost touched Dusuque Wednesday night while McGREGORY reports a fire at Evans House in McGREGORY burning stables, two horses, wagons and carriages with a $3000 loss. The excerpt recalls the Savannah first crossing in 1819 and later Great Western and Sirius arrivals in 1838, noting speeds and routes between England and America. It also mentions Cunard Russia’s near eight day run and the Star Ad in 7 days 18 hours. The rainbow is a semicircle due to sun ray angles.
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Atlantic
Savannah
Liverpool
Great Western
Sirius
New York
England
America
Queenstown
Russia
Ite
Adin
Swindle, fairs, and political notes across cities
The article reports on a Philadelphia city swindle involving $20,800 in city bonds diverted to a broker via the Farmers' and Mechanics' Loan and Transfer Agency, with Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Fury implicated. It notes races in Nyack, a New Hampshire Patriot sale, St Paul State Fair, Grand Rapids Union Fair, a Memphis bathing death, Derby news, and various political and bank actions including Greeley greetings, railroad excursions, and bank authorizations in Chicago and Knoxville.
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Cit
Philadelphia
Charlotte Parker
Treasury
Charlotte 8. Parker
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Loan and Transfer Agency
Fury
Parker
St. Paul
Barnum
International News Roundup from Berlin to London
Berlin reports Bismarck visiting Varzin and American officials thanking Geneva authorities. Paris notes Strasbourg authorities restrict visits to Edmond About’s wife. Communist leaders executed at Satory. London covers Sir Wilfrid Lawson praising Disraeli over Alabama claims, Sarmatian passengers to Quebec, City of Hamilton mutiny, Internationalists Congress closing with Hague condemnation, and John Fox & Co suspending due to Baltimore failures.
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Alabama Claims Arbitration Tribunal
Council of State of
Geneva
Paris
Strasbour
Edmond
L’olive
Deschamps
Deainville
Satory
Ie Republicaine
London
Wilfred Lawson
Carlisle
Ashpatria
Cumberl
Disraeli
England
America
R ‘Ilty
Quebec
Canada
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Ryde
Isle of Wight
Congress of Internationalists
Congress
Hague
John Fox & Co
Mincing Lane
Baltimore
Parrot Lessons and the Aurora Mystery
A tale of a vicar teaching a parrot prayers and a neighbor's parrot learning curses, followed by a note on the aurora borealis. The piece asserts electricity as the cause, citing magnetic needle disturbances during bright auroras and the involvement of electric matters with telegraph lines.
Newport Citizens Hear Plans for Ringgold Property and Public Works
A Newport meeting discussed building a pump house and road work on Ringgold and adjacent streets, with residents choosing to establish a savings fund and appoint committees to review papers. Repairs at Madison and Columbia intersections were ordered, and $8068 in claims were approved as work crews paused at Gaylord's foundry. The Short-line train to Louisville will stop about ten minutes on Saratoga Street to allow Mr. Greeley to pass through.
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Ana
Reerty Ringgold
Ned Ai
L. D. Evant
Page
Pumpins House
H. D
Law Hiei
Helm
Dria
Acte
Air
Madison
Columbia
Rickey and Ringgold
Washington Avenue
Madison Street
Gaylord
Newport
Peiny Mr. Greeley
Louisville
Saratoga Street
City Council notes and Greeley tribute in Covington
Covington council debates finances and debt, appoints a committee to honor Horace Greeley on his Cincinnati arrival, and discusses education for colored children. Deputy posts and law committee tackle warrants, taxes, and borrowing powers. Red Snow observed on Alps indicates Arctic snow coloration.
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Alps
Arctic
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Daily Evening Star
Charles XV
Columbus
Swedar
Brooklynnn
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiaia
Dusuque
Ater
Lake City
Cekgio
Inca
Allen
Pennsylvania
Fk Bete Peacen
Hureday
Ohio River
Ripley
Tammany Hall
Louisville Exposition
Jay Gould
Democratic Party
A.P. Edgerton
PLC
Tweed
Andrew J. Garvey
Connecticut
Smit
Europe
Sacramento
Internal Revenue Bureau
Berlin
Bismarck
Coder
Varzin
Piet
Ouvangtor
Jesse R
Howe
Easto
Jesse
Toad Fered
Covington
Homerace Greeley
We Council
Ley
Oreada Fecker
Meake Ieessrs
Foster, Ey
Howell and
Bartlett
Beieige
Citizens Council
Ante
Committee On Law
Cincinna
Covingt
Butts
Creigh
Cael Ae Neem
Greeley Club
Col
Lexington
Breckinridge
Palatine
Covin
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