Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga CountyThe Association, 1928 - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
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... east and Ohio City west of the river , and great trouble arose about the bridges across the river . The bridge that I first remember was not a bridge at all , it was a boat and when a vessel had to go through it swung around the boat ...
... east and Ohio City west of the river , and great trouble arose about the bridges across the river . The bridge that I first remember was not a bridge at all , it was a boat and when a vessel had to go through it swung around the boat ...
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... East 107th Street . He passed away at the age of seventy - nine years and six months on February 15 , 1928 , after a week's illness at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital . Besides his widow Mr. Kaber was survived by four daugh- ters , one ...
... East 107th Street . He passed away at the age of seventy - nine years and six months on February 15 , 1928 , after a week's illness at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital . Besides his widow Mr. Kaber was survived by four daugh- ters , one ...
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... East Cleve- land , one of the busiest corners in Greater Cleveland now . While working for his father , Abner Mellrath , owner and proprietor of the tavern , O. P. Mellrath twice dined with Abraham Lincoln and also heard the only speech ...
... East Cleve- land , one of the busiest corners in Greater Cleveland now . While working for his father , Abner Mellrath , owner and proprietor of the tavern , O. P. Mellrath twice dined with Abraham Lincoln and also heard the only speech ...
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... East- man , head librarian said . Mr. White was prominent as an advisor for corporations , but he was as well known for the keen interest he took in his hobbies as he was for success in his profession . His library on chess was ...
... East- man , head librarian said . Mr. White was prominent as an advisor for corporations , but he was as well known for the keen interest he took in his hobbies as he was for success in his profession . His library on chess was ...
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... East 111th St. 1868 Baker , Elbert II . Cleveland Plain Dealer 1865 Ball , J. T. 1708 E. 70th St. 1869 Bard , Harry A. 1408 E. 111th St. 1869 Barker , Raymond H. 729 Prospect Ave. 1874 Barner , Geo . T. 1962 E. 107th St. 1877 Came to ...
... East 111th St. 1868 Baker , Elbert II . Cleveland Plain Dealer 1865 Ball , J. T. 1708 E. 70th St. 1869 Bard , Harry A. 1408 E. 111th St. 1869 Barker , Raymond H. 729 Prospect Ave. 1874 Barner , Geo . T. 1962 E. 107th St. 1877 Came to ...
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Page 26 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men...
Page 26 - THE man of firm and righteous will, No rabble, clamorous for the wrong, No tyrant's brow, whose frown may kill, Can shake the strength that makes him strong...
Page 37 - ... when dumb animals rejoice? Then let us, one and all, be contented with our lot; The June is here this morning, and the sun is shining hot. Oh ! let us fill our harts up with the glory of the day, And banish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow fur away! Whatever be our station, with Providence fer guide, Sich fine circumstances ort to make us satisfied; Fer the world is full of roses, and the roses full of dew, And the dew is full of heavenly love that drips fer me and you.
Page 9 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house : and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 23 - The name of one of my poor fellows who was killed ought to be registered in the book of fame, and remembered with reverence as long as bravery is considered a virtue. He was a black man, by the name of John Johnson. A twenty-four-pound shot struck him in the hip, and took away all the lower part of his body.
Page 37 - ... to-day, And the clouds of the wet spell is all cleared away, And the woods is all the greener, and the grass is greener still ; It may rain again to-morry, but I don't think it will. Some says the crops is ruined, and the corn's drownded out, And propha-sy the wheat will be a failure, without doubt ; But the kind Providence that has never failed us yet, Will be on hands onc't more...
Page 26 - As they coasted close along the shore, overhung by a dense green forest, mirrored in the waters over which they were passing, the mouth of the river disclosed itself, as a small opening, between low banks of sand. The man who controls the party, is seated in the stern, steering his own craft; which is gracefully headed into the stream. His complexion was so swarthy, his figure so square and stout, and his dress so rude; that the Indians supposed some of the blood of their race had crept into his...
Page 33 - I Thaddeus Kosciuszko. being just in my departure from America, do hereby declare and direct that, should I make no other testamentary disposition of my property in the United States, I hereby authorize my friend. Thomas Jefferson, to employ the whole thereof in purchasing negroes...
Page 33 - ... condition, in the duties of morality which may make them good neighbors, good fathers or moders, husbands or wives, and in their duties as citizens, teaching them to be defenders of their liberty and Country, and of the good order of society, and in whatsoever may make them happy and useful, and I make the said Thomas Jefferson my executor of this.
Page 23 - The other was also a black man, by the name of John Davis, and was struck in much the same way : he fell near me, and several times requested to be thrown overboard, saying he was only in the way of the others. While America has such sailors, she has little to fear from the tyrants of the ocean.