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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02544 9783
Gc 977.102 C49KEN KENNY, DANIEL J. CINCINNATI ILLUSTRATED
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CINCINNATI ILLUSTRATED:
A PICTORIAL GUIDE
TO
CINCINNATI AND THE SUBURBS.
BY D. J. KENNY.
CONTAINING, IN THE BRIEFEST FORM, DESCRIPTIONS, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND CORPORATE BODIES, THE CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS, THE GREAT CHARITIES, THE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR ASSOCIATIONS, THE THEATERS, THE GREAT MUSIC HALL AND THE FOUNTAIN, THE PARKS AND THE CLUBS, THE FAMOUS SUBURBS AND RESI- DENCES, THE CEMETERIES, THE RIVER, THE STREET ARCHITECTURE, THE BUSI- NESS, COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES, THE RAILROADS AND RAILROAD DEPOTS, THE HILL TOP RESORTS AND INCLINED PLANES, THE REPRE- SENTATIVE BUSINESS HOUSES AND MANUFACTORIES, THE EXECU- TIVE OFFICES, AND ALL OTHER PRINCIPAL POINTS OF INTEREST TO THE VISITOR AND RESIDENT.
BLACK GOLD
ILLUSTRATED BY NEARLY THREE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS:
CINCINNATI: ROBERT CLARKE & CO.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by D. J. KENNY, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
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PREFACE.
The labor of aseertaining the facts and statisties necessary for the compilation of ILLUSTRATED CINCINNATI, has oeeupied many months of investigation into the great variety of the details which, in their aggregate, preseut a picture of the life of a great and busy eity. In the multiplieity of the topies thus examined it ean seareely be hoped that the result ean be absolutely free from errors, but no pains or expense have been spared to make them as few as possible. Recourse has beeu liad to the best available sources of information, both private and official, and the researches of a whole day have not infre- quently been compressed into a single paragraph. Such condensation, however, has been in accord with the general plan of a book, with its topies arranged in alphabetical order, and without making any pretentions to literary graees, designed to serve as a ready referenee for the visitors to Cineinnati, and a record of her social and artistie life, her commercial and manufacturing enterprise, her colleges and her sehools, her parks and her suburbs. A very large number of the most remarkable spots and elief attractions of the eity are illustrated in the aecompanying engravings, expressly prepared by the most competent artists. These eannot fail to give the visitor, or preserve for the resident, a memorial of Cineinnati as she really is.
I am happy to take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to Mr. Sydney D. Maxwell, and other gentlemen who have afforded me material assistance in the work which I now offer to the publie, in the hope that it may be found of some service to the community, and perhaps of future as well as present value, as indieating an era in the annals of Cincinnati.
GRAND HOTEL, CINCINNATI, 1879.
D. J. KENNY.
INDEX TO PART I.
CINCINNATI AND SUBURBS.
Page
Page
Page
Academy of Medicine
9
Board of Trade and Transportation
16
Coal Elevators
36
Adams Express
9 Bohemian Benevolent Association 16
College Hill 36
Advertising
9 Books of Reference . 16
College Hill Narrow-Gauge Railway 37
Aldermen
9 Bond Hill 16 College of Dental Surgery. 37
Allemania Society
9
Boundaries of Wards
16
College of Medicine and Surgery 37
Allemania Frauen
9
Boys' Protectory
18
College of Music, . 38
Alert Singing Club
9 Branch Hill
18
College of Pharmacy 38
Allen Chapel
9 Breweries
18
Colored Orphan Asylum 38
Amateur Press Association 9
Bridges
19
American Association. 9
Brighton
19
Columbia
38
American District Telegraph
Bricklayers' Union
19
Consuls. 38
Convent of the Good Shepherd. 38
American Express Company 10
Brothers of the Holy Cross 19 Convent of Notre Dame .. 38
Convent of St. Clare 38
Convent of the Poor of St. Francis. 39
Convent of the Sacred Heart 92
Convent of the Sisters of Mercy 39
Coroner's Office 39
Ancient Order of Good Fellows
11
Cabinet Makers' Union 22
Corryville 39
22 Costumers 39
A. P .. A. Maennerchor
11
California
22
Cotton Exchange 39
Cotton Trade
40
Arbeiter Ilall
Camp Washington
22 Courts of Law 40
Covington
40
40
Dayton
40
Debolt Exchange 40
Deaf and Dumb School 40
Deer Creek Valley 41
41
Depots
41
Dental College. 42
Deutscher Frauen Unstersteutzung Verein. 42
Deutscher Landwehr Verein. 4º
Deutscher Maenner 42
Bakers' Association 13
Church of New Jerusalem Library 29
Cincinnati Amateur Press Association 29
Bands
13 Cincinnati Baptist Union 29
Banks
13 Cincinnati Bar Association
Baptist Union
13 Cincinnati Board ofTrade & Transportation 29 Cincinnati Canoe Club 30
Drinking Fountains 44
Druiden Sænger-Chor 44
Druids 44
East Walnut Hills
44
Eclectic Medical Institute 44
Eden Park
44
Education, Board of 45
Bell Telephone Exchange
31
Bellevue
14
31 Cincinnati Turngemeinde 45
Elm Street Club
45
Bethel 14
Eighth Street Park
45
Bible Society, The Young Men's
14
City Commissioners 31 Expositions 45
Exposition Buildings 45
Express Company, Adams 45
Express Company, American 46
Express Company, United States 46
Express Company, Baltimore & Ohio 46
Expressmen's Aid Society 46
33 Expressmen's Mutual Benefit Association 46
Board of Firo Commissioners
15
Clerk of tho Courts
33
Board of Health, The
15
Cleves
33
Fairmont .
46
33
Farmers' College
46
36
Fatherhood of the Priests of St. Francis
46
Board of Public Works .: 16 Cuvier Club
Choirs
29
Deutscher Pionier Verein 42 42
Dispensaries
Dispensary of the Medical College of Ohio. Doctors 29
42 42
Bar Association
13
13
Cincinnati Ilospital. 30
Bartholomew Instituto
13
Cincinnati Ilomeopathic Medical Dispens'ry 30
Base Ball
13
Cincinnati Law Library 30
Baths. 13
Cincinnati News Company
30
Beer Brewers' Association
14
Cincinnati Orphan Asylum . 30
Beer Gardens
14
Cincinnati Police Relief Association 30
Beggars
1.
Cincinnati, St Louis & New Orleans Pilot Association 31
Elcetrical Society (Western Union Teleg.) 103 Elliston
B'nai B'rith 14
City and Suburban Telegraph Association and Bell Telephone Exchange
31
14 City Buildings 31 Emery Arcado
45
Bill-Posting 15
City Finanecs
31
Board of Aldermen 15
City Government
32
Board of City Commissioners
15 City Infirmary
32
Board of Control 15 City Officers
Board of Councilmen. 15 City Park
32
Board of Education 15
City Work-Ilouso
Board of Equalization
15 Clearing House
Board of Police Commissioners.
16
Clifton
30
Archery
11
Carpenters' Association
22
Art Museum Association .
11
Artists
12
Catholic Knights of America 22
Associated Press
12
Cemeteries
22
Athletics
Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph
12 Chester Driving Park
24
Aural Institute
12 Cheviot 24
Aurora ..
12
Chickering Institute.
24
Avenue
12 Children's Home
24
Avondale 12 Churches
10
Butchers' Melting Association 22
Ancient Order of Hibernians
10
Anderson's Ferry
11
Caledonian Society
Arbeiter Bund
11
Camp Dennison .
22
11
Arcade
Builders' Exchange 19
American News Company 10
American Railway Master Mechanics' Ass'n 10
Building Associations 19
American Sunday School Union
10 Burnet Woods Park 22
American Tract Soeioty
11 Canoe Club
.Cumminsville.
Carthage 22
11
Casino 22
Army
12 Chamber of Commerce 24
Delhi
25
Bakers' Union, No. 1 13
Drainage 43
Barrsville
Billiards
32
Colored Schools 38
American Eclectio Medical College 10 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 19
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INDEX.
Page
Page |
Ferries 40
Firo Alarm Telegraph
Medical Society 74
Fire Department
47 Horse Auctions
Members of Congress 74
Firemen's Benevolent Association
48 Hopkins Park 61
Mercantile Agencies
74
Fire Insurance
48 Hod Carriers' Union
61
Mercantile Library Association 74
Floating Batlis
48
llughes High School
GI
Meteorological Bureau
74
Florists
48
Harugari Maennerchor.
61
Miami Medical College
74
Flower Mission
48
Ilumanity Women's Society.
61
Miamiville
74
Foreign Consuls
48
Ilunt's Grove . 61
Milford 74
Military Organizations
74
Forbusville
48
Infirmary 6I
Militia
74
Fountains 48
Franciscan Brothers Protectory for Boys
52
Free Dispensaries
52
Freedmen's Aid Society of the M. E. Church 52 Freemasons 52
French Mutual Benefit Association 52
75
Fresco Artists. 52
52
53
Fortune Tellers 53
Furniture Exchange
53
Inclined Planes
62
Mount Ilealthy
77
Insurance Companies
65
Inundation
65
Inwood Park ..
65
Mount Washington
77
Gas
53
German Benevolent Association
53
German Butchers' Association 53
Music Hall and Exposition Buildings
78
Jaeger Unsterstuetzungs-Verein 66
Narrow Gauge Railroads. 80
Jewish Hospital
66
Nativities
80
Jewish Synagogues
66
Natural History Society. 80
Navigation. 80
Newsboys' Union 80
Newsboys' Home.
80
German National Association 53
German Pioneer Association 53
German Printers' Association. 54
54
German Veteran Society
54
Germania Mænnerchor.
54
Gilbert Avenue 54
Glendale . . 54
Glendale Female College 54
54
Landlords' Protective Association
66
Grand Army of the Republic
55
Grand Opera House
55
Grand Valley
55
Gravelotte
55
Greenwood Hall
55
Greuti Relief Association
55
Grocers' Association
55
Gymnasium 55
Gymnastic Associations
55
Hacks
55
Hamilton
55
Hamilton County Infirmary
55
Harrison
55
Hartwell
55
Harmonic Society. 56
71
Old Woodward Club 85
IIarvard Club of Cincinnati
56
Lodging Houses
72
Orangemen
85
Hebrew Union College
Longview Asylum.
72
Orphan Asylum 85
Heptasophs
56
Loveland ..
72
Over the Rhine 85
Hessen Darmstaedter Unsterstuetzungs- Verein
56
Henck's Opera House.
56
Hibernia Hall
F6
Ilill Top Resorts
56
Machinists and Blacksmiths' Union
72
Peddlers
87
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio
56
Madisonville
72 Peterboroughlı
87
Highland House.
56
Mail Boat and Packet Lines
72 Periodicals.
87
Ilildise Bund
56 Mainville
73
Pharmacy College.
87
Homeopathic Free Dispensary
56 Maennerchior Society
Ilorticultural Society
56 Manufactures
73 Philharmonic Society 87
Hotels
57 Markets
73 Philosophical Society. 87
Hospitals.
59 Masonic.
73 Pilot Association 87
Ilouse of Refuge
60 Mechanical Engineers 73 Pioneer Association. 87
Home of the Friendless
61 Mechanics' Institute
73 Plainville 88
75 75
Increase of Population 61
Independent Benevolent Association of Harmonia 61
Montefiore Mutual Benefit Society Montgomery Station
75
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith 61
Independent Order of Foresters 61
Mount Airy
75 75
Industrial Occupations
Independent Pilots' Association
62
Mount Ilarrison
77
Gambrinus Relief Association 53
Garden of Eden 53
77
Iron Moulders' Union
65
Musical Club
77
Music College
78
German Carpenters and Cabinetmakers' Re- lief Society 53
German Coopers' Association
53
German Frauen and Yung Frauen Verein . 53 German General Protestant Orphan Asylum 53 Germau Immigration aud Aid Society 53
German Literary Club 53
Knights of America
Knights of Honor 66
Knights of Loyola 66
Knights of Pythias
66
Newport Bridge.
82
Knights of St. Crispin
66
New Post-office and Custom House
83
Knights of St. James 66
Newtown.
83
Night Schools 83
Normal schools
83
Lady Teachers' Association
66
Norwood
83
Government Buildings
54
Lane Theological Seminary.
G6
Nurseries. . 83
Latonia Springs 66
Laundries
Law Library Association
Lawrenceburg
66
Obstetrical Society 83
Law School
C6
Occupations 83
66 Odd Fellows 83
67
Odd Fellows' Ifall 83
Licenses
69
Odd Fellows' Maennerchor 84
Licking River.
69
Odd Fellows' Protective Association 84
Life Insurance
69
Ohio College of Dental Surgery 84
Ohio Mechanics' Institute .. 84
Lineoln Park
70
Ohio River 84
Linwood .
Literary Club
Ohio State Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals
85
Lockland.
Omnibus Lines 83
Hebrew General Relief Association
56
56
Lookout House
72
Orpheus. 85
Herwegh Maennerchor
56
Ludlow.
72
Ludlow Grove
72
Passionist Fathers 87
Lynd Institute.
72 Parks.
87
Paupers
87
Madeira
72 Pendleton
87
Knights of St. Martin 66
Ladies' Union Bethel Aid Society
66
North Bend
83
Number of Dwellings 83
Oakley
83
83
Levee.
Libraries.
News Companies
80
Newspapers
80
Newport.
82
German Protestant Relief Association.
Jones Station 66
Justices of the Peace
66
Monuments
75
Independent Order of Good Templars. 62
Mount Auburn
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 62
Mount Auburn Young Ladies' Institute 62
77
Mount Pleasant
77 77
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Mt. St. Vincent Academy.
Gardeners' Union Relief Association 53
Italian Mutual Aid Society 65
Iron Trade 65
Page 73
Ilonse of the Guardian Angel 6I
Medical College of Ohio
47 Ilome of the Women's Christian Assoc'n .. 61 61
Fosters Crossing
48
Improved Order of Red Men 61
Millercek
Millcreek Valley
75
Mount Adams
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Friends of Pleasure ..
Good Samaritan Hospital
66 66 Observatory.
Lineoln Club
Little Sisters of the Poor
73 Phocuix Club. 87
7
Page
Plasterers' Union
88
Seminary of Mount St. Mary
94
Tributaries of the Ohio 100
Pleasant Ridge 88
Sewerage
94
Turner Hall 100
Police Court. 88
Sharon 91
Police Forec.
88 Sharonville 95
Police Relief Association
88
Sharpsburg 95
Polish Relief Association
88
Signal Service Bureau
95
Typographical Union
100
Polktown
88
Population.
88
Society for the Suppression of Vice 95
89
Pork Packers' Association
89
Sodality of the Holy Family
95
Unity Club .101
University of Cincinnati 101
United Order of Red Men 101
Public Halls.
90
Southbend
95
Publie Library.
90
South Covington
95
Pulte Medieal College
90
Southside .
95
Physio-Medical College.
90 Southern Railroad
95
Southern Railroad Bridge
Voters
102
Queen City Club 90
Railroads 91
Spring Grove
96
Warsaw
102
Railroad Depots. 91 Spring Grove Avenue
96
Washington Park 102
Railroad Ticket Offices
91
Spring Grove Cemetery
96
Water Supply
.103
Railroad Ticket Brokerage. 91
Steamboats
96
Water-Works Park
.103
Reading.
91
Stock Yards.
96
Wesleyan College
.103
Red Bank
91
Stone-Cutters' Union
96
West Fairmount 103
Relief Union.
92
Stone-Masons' Society
96
West End Club .103
103
Restaurants
92 Street Railroads
96
Western Union Telegraph
103
Studios
Westwood. 97
104
Superior Court
97
Wholesale Grocers' Association 104
Supreme Court
97
Widows' Home 104
Sacred Heart, Convent of 92
Safe Deposit Company 92
Sanitarium 92 Summer Resorts
St. Aloysius Sodality 92 Sunday Sehool Union of the M. E. Church 97
St. Ann's Benevolent Association 92 Suspension Bridge 19
St. Bernard 92 Symmes Station 98
St. Cecilia Maennerchor
93
St. Francis Xavier Association
93
Tailors' Union 98
93
Tailors' Relief Union 98
Work-house .105
St. Francis Xavier Orphan Society 93 Trautmans. 98
St. Xavier Total Abstinence Society
93
Teachers' Association
98
St. Joseph's College
93
Telegraph Companies
98
St. Mary's Hospital
93
Telephone Exchange
98
St. Peters Benevolent Society 93 Theaters
Schools
94
Theological Seminaries
99
Young Men's Christian Association
.106
School Board
94
Topography of Cineinnati ..
99
Young Men's Library Association ..
106
School of Design
94
Trade, Commerce and Manufactures.
100
Sedamsville
94
Tramps
100
Zoological Gardens
106
.
Page
Page
Undertakers' Society 100
Post-offiee
Union Bethel 100
Priee's Hill
89 90
Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Association 95 Sons of Temperanee 95
Union of American Hebrew Congregations101
United Railroads Stoek Yard Co 101
Vine Street Opera House
.102
Spring Dale 96
Spring Garden 96
Walnut Hills 102
Remington. .
92 Stone-Masons' Union
96
Riverside
92
Suburbs
97
Winton Plaee .101
Suburban Railroads 97
Women's Art Association of Cincinnati: .104
108
Women's Christian Association 105 Women's Christian Temperanec Union .105
Woodburn 105
Woodward Alumnal Association 105
Woodward Club .105
Woodward High School 105
St. Xavier College
St. Xavier Conference
93 Tanners' Association . 98 Workingmen's Hall 105
Workingmen's Benevolent Union Associa- tion
.105
Wyoming
.105
98
Young Men's Bible Society. 106
Turngemeinde 100
Tuseulum 100
Tyler Davidson Fountain 100
Sisters of the Good Shepherd 95
Society of Natural History 95
Probate Court
96
Western Tract Society
River Packets
92
INDEX
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INDEX TO PART II.
BUSINESS HOUSES AND MANUFACTORIES.
Page
Allison, Smith & Johnson 148
Amazon Insurance Company 149
Anchor White Lead Co 150
Architectural Iron and Jail Works
151
Atlantic & Great Western Railroad
152
Baldwin, D. H., & Co 153
Belding Bros. & Co 110
Benziger Bros. 111
Bradford Mill Co 154
Bromwell Manufacturing Co
155
Burkhardt, A. E., & Co ..
156, 157
Caldwell & Co 158
Camargo Manufacturing Co
159
Loth, M.
Chatfield & Woods 160
Church, John, & Co 112
Cincinnati Cooperage Works 113
Cincinnati Spice Mills ..
161
Clarke, Robert, & Co
162
DeCamp, Levoy & Co 140
Duhme & Co 114, 115
Enterprise Insurance Company .
163
Erkenbrecker, A., & Co. 116
Evans, C. B., Mantel and Grate Co 117
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
120
Favorite Stove Works 118, 119
Foerster, D
121
Nonotuck Silk Co.
144, 145
Phoenix Insurance Co.
183
Page
Rankin, C. S., & Co
184
Reis Bros. & Co.
185
Schultzc, F., & Co 130
Sharp, Joseph
186
Simpson & Gault 187
Snider & Hoole
188
Snyder, Louis, Sons
189
Stevens, Geo. E., & Co 190
Stewart, Chas.
191
Strobridge & Co
192
Teasdale's Dye-House
131
The George Fox Starch Manufacturing Co 193
Utz, L. H.
194
Van, John, & Co
195
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.
132, 133, 134
Warren, J. T., & Co 196
Wayne, Jr., J. L 197
Werk & Son
.135, 136
Werk & Co
203
Western Methodist Book Concern 198, 19
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co 200
Wilstach, Baldwin & Co
201
Witt & Brown
202
Woolley, R., & Sons.
138
Worthington, A. F., & Co
139
Freshman & Bros
164
Page
Greenwald, I. & E.
141
Pickering, T. & A.
129
Post & Co. ..
.146, 147
Hall's Safe and Lock Co 165
Hecla Iron and Mining Co 166, 167, 168
Holland, John
169
Jeffras, Sceley & Co 170
Kirkup, W., & Son 171
Knost Bros. & Co 172
Krebs Lithographing Co 122
Krohn, Feiss & Co.
173
Lane & Bodley Co 142, 143
Lawson, F. H., & Co
174
175
Lunkenheimer, F
123
Miami Oil and Soap Works 124
Miller, F., & Co. 176
Mosler, Bahmann & Co 177
Mowry Car and Wheel Works 125
Mudge, H. B. 126
McDonald, Alex., & Co .. 178
McGowan, John H., & Co. 127
McHenry & Co.
179
MeIlvain & Spiegel
180
McNeale & Urban
181
Nelson's Business College 204
Newhall, Geo. D., & Co
128
Wilson Bros.
137
Nicolai, John V.
182
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KENNY'S CINCINNATI ILLUSTRATED.
ACADEMY OF MEDICINE .- An association of regular physi- cians, organized in Mareh, 1867. Its object is the reading of essays, reporting of interesting cases, and the discussion of topies of interest to the medical profession. Until three or four years ago, the Academy numbered about 120 members, among them the most ennnent physicians of the city and county, and its sphere of usefulness was great. Four years ago, however,- dissension arose among the learned doctors on a point of medical ethics, and there was a split. A number of the most prominent members seceded, and formed a new society -the Cincinnati Medical Society. This weakened the Academy somewhat in the extent and ability of its diseussions, but there are still many shining medical lights on its rolls, and its transac- tions are of great interest, and widely quoted in the medical literature of the day, although its reports are rigidly excluded from the daily press. The Academy mects every Monday even- ing at the Dental College, on College street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Dr. George E. Walton is the President, and Dr. F Kebler. Secretary. The entrance fee and yearly dues are merely nominal.
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY (See Express Companies).
ADVERTISING appears a very simple affair, but it is really a difficult art, and is becoming yearly more difficult. It is still possible, with a comparatively small sum, judiciously expended, to produce an almost startling result. On the other hand, there are few things more easy than to fool away $1,000 in advertise- ments without prodneing any result at all. A man who could spend say $50,000 a year in advertising anything broadcast would probably make his fortune. But these are the Napoleons of Advertisement, and need not be catered for here. The ordi- nary advertiser must be careful so to lay out every dollar that it shall insure at the least a fair hundred cents' worth of publicity. To this end, he has three points to consider: First, the nature of the things advertised; second, the special public to which the advertisement may be advantageously addressed; and third, the particular organs best calculated to reach that special pub- lic. The subject is too large to be exhaustively discussed here, and indeed would require a volume to itself. But a glance at the list of leading Cincinnati newspapers will give as good an idea of the organs to choose in each case as can be given by anything but actual experience. One special desideratmn of the skillful advertiser is what is termed " display," and to get the best effect from the space he pays for; herein lies the art which experts best understand. There is an adage which runs, " Display your advertisement to catch the eye, and word it to catch the understanding." To condense an advertisement, and make every costly word count, is an art. To slap the reader in the face, as it were, as the eye turns upon a page of meaningless business announcements, is an art which but few possess. Every community, however, holds such a Genius, and most cities of metropolitan pretensions several, whose talents in this direction should be utilized by advertisers. It is said to be a constant surprise to publishers that men of good business ability and habits, who regularly expend large sums of money in the newspapers, give the matter so little thought and attention. It is not at all uncommon for a concern whose business in other respects is carefully taken care of, with a watchful econ- omy practiced in all its departments, almost neglecting its great expense in newspaper advertising, giving it only hurried and careless attention, or handing it over to some young clerk-
almost any one being thought good enough to take control of perhaps the largest expense the house is subject to; this negli- gence is terribly expensive. With the most pains-taking care, the proper person, possessing ability and experience in prepar- ing advertisements, should be found, and the department of ad- vertising of all large houses delegated under instructions to his control. This is the secret, and nothing will be found to pay so large a measure of profit.
ALDERMEN (See Board of Aldermen).
ALLEMANIA SOCIETY .- This prosperous club, now numbering 220 members, of the Jewish faith, was founded in December, 1849, with but few members and limited accommodations. The first club house was at the corner of Sixth and Main streets, but as it became larger and stronger, a house of greater dimensions was required. In 1863 the Melodeon building, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets was leased, repaired, and ornamented at a cost of $28,000, and the club occupied it until the begin- ing of the present year, when it removed to the elegant Springer building on the northwest corner of Fourth and Central Ave- nue. The present quarters are admirably arranged for the purposes of the club. There are supper rooms, billiard rooms, ball rooms, drawing rooms, for both ladies and gentlemen, and a large hall in the third story for the entertainments given by the club. The ladies of the members' families are privileged visitors at all hours of the day, and find the club a pleasant resort at all seasons. Weekly amateur dramatic and musical performances are given, and a grand masquerade ball onee a year. The initia- tion fec is $35; monthly subscription, $3. The president of the club is Mr. Henry Lauer.
ALLEMANIA FRAUEN. - The Ladies' Allemania Society, a musical association of Ladies, holding weekly afternoon mect- ings in Arbeiter Hall. Membership abont 60.
ALERT SINGING CLUB .- Mcets every Tuesday evening, at the Hall, on the northwest corner of Wade Street and Central Avenue. It numbers about forty members, and is a purely social organization.
ALLEN CHAPEL .-- Situated on the southeast corner of Sixth and Broadway. The present church edifice was formerly known as the Jewish Synagogue, and was built about thirty years ago by members of the Jewish faith. The building is a large one, with considerable pretensions to architectural beauty. It was purchased in 1868 by a Methodist Colored Congregation, and christened Allen Chapel, that having been the name of their old church building, which gave way to the march of improvement in Deer Creek Valley. The congregation worshiping there, numbers now some 300 communicants, and is presided over by the Rev. P. A. Johnson. Services twice cach Sunday, morning and evening ; Sabbath School in the morning.
AMATEUR PRESS ASSOCIATION (See Cincinnati Amateur Press Association ).
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION .- A sceret order that holds its meetings every Friday evening, at Odd Fellows' Hall, corner of Fourth and Home streets. The membership is large. Its object is mutual benefit.
AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPHI .- The office of this compa- ny is at No. 167 Vine street, in the building occupied by the Western Union Telegraph Company. The officers are Geo. L. Phillips, President and Treasurer ; L. C. Weir, Vice-President;
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