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2018 - H Oct. 16; adv:2/4 - The Young Men's T. A. Society, will meet in the Baptist Church, on Thursday evening, Oct. 16th, at 7 o'clock. As business of importance will be transacted a full attendance of members and others is expected. John L. Smith, Sec'y. (verbatim) (1)
2019 - H Oct. 18:3/2 - In a letter to the editor, M. W. Miller, president of the Young Men's W. T. A. society of Cleveland, says, "By publishing the following resolutions passed unanimously by the Young Men's W. T. A. Society of this city, at their last meeting on Thursday evening, you will much oblige.
Resolved, That this society hereby pledges itself to sustain all per- sons engaged in procuring evidence, and by other means endeavoring to secure the conviction of those who violate the liquor license law.
Resolved, That these tidings be published in all the local papers as a warning to all offenders.
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2020 - H Oct. 20; ed:2/4 - The economy of abstinence, if figured up well, will surprise all who have not thought of it. Say a person is a moderate drinker - two glasses a day will amount to $45.62 per annum. - With this sum, at present rates, he can purchase for himself - coat, vest and pants, $15; hat, $2; a dozen socks, $2; two pieces shirting muslin, $6; for his wife, 30 yards calico, 2.50; bonnet, $4; stockings and shoes, $4; an overcoat for self, $5; and a cloak for the wife, $3. (verbatim) (1)
2021 - H Oct. 22:2/2 - The annual meeting of the Cuyahoga County Total Abstinence society was held at the Congregational church in Chagrin Falls, Oct. 1, at 1/2 past 10 a.m. Hiram W. Graves, Esq., president, was in the chair.
The meeting was opened with prayer by Samuel Cozad, of East Cleveland. The minutes were read by the secretary, corrected and approved.
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The secretary remarked that he, together with others, was being held liable for libel in publishing the assertion that the prosecuting attorney had not collected a single fine for a violation of the license laws. The secretary then laid before the meeting a copy from the prosecutor's books, showing that $146.05 in fines had been collected.
Sidney Smith then said that he derived his information from a grand juror, who told him not that not a single fine had been collected by the prosecuting attorney, but that none had been paid in.
H. W. Graves, Esq., and Harvey White were appointed as a committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year. (11)
2022 - H Oct. 22:2/2,3 - The afternoon session of the temperance conven- tion at Chagrin Falls was taken up with reports of the townships. John Mapplebeck of Cleveland remarked that he never knew public opinion in the same condition that it is in now. He had been somewhat discouraged for fear we were falling back; but since Dean and McDowell had visited the city and had obtained several hundred names to the pledge of those who were on the "road to ruin," as he had formerly been, he thought things looked more favorable. These two gentlemen, by lecturing in the streets and before the taverns and doggeries, have produced such a revolution as he had never before witnessed. Several rum-holes have been shut up, and some rum taverns changed into temperance houses.
Mapplebeck also spoke of having come over the hill called the "Hog's Back" a few years ago, and of tumbling out of the buggy three times. Now, he is a sober man and can ride over it without falling out at all. Mapplebeck then gave a detailed report of the Cleveland society from which he is a delegate.
This report included an important document obtained from Seth A. Abbey, late marshal of the city of Cleveland, in which, after tabulating the number of arrests for drunkenness, he says: I have committed these persons without warrant, upon actual view, and a great proportion of them in the night time; some, quarreling with their wives, drunk, of course; some women, drunk, quarreling with their husbands and disturbing the whole neighborhood; some drunk and fighting, some wallowing in the mud, and I committed them to save their lives. Many of them I have drayed up the hill at 12 and one o'clock at night. They had been found, dead drunk, in the mud in the fall of the year and would otherwise have perished. By committing them, I have prolonged a miserable existence. In looking over my list, I find a number of them who have been drayed from the street to the jail, and from the jail to the poor-house, are now in their graves. (25)
2023 - H Oct. 23:2/2-4 - The reports of the various townships to the County Total Abstinence society annual meeting were as follows: Warrens- ville - There never was a township where the females are so devoted and the men so cross-grained. The largest proportion of their temperance society are women. There are three saloons which should be burned; Royalton . The young people here have organized a temperance group, and
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are determined to put down the lone grog-shop in the town. The regular society has 140 members. Orange: There was a society here, but none now. A few lectures would do the town good. Chagrin Falls: Curtis Bullard, president of the society here, confessed that the group of 350 had fallen down somewhat in their work. The most influential men in the town are against temperance. So what can be done? Even Burnet, a Campbellite preacher and disciple, sells liquor, though he promises to tear out his bar soon. Solon: S. D. Kelley, Esq., says the temperance organization here is three years old and boasts 350 members; there are no grog shops in the town, and no drunk cases on the docket. Bedford: H. W. Graves, Esq., reports the rum-sellers here are fast passing away. It is a shame, though, that abstinence men patronize any other place than Dunham's Fountain House, a temperance place. Drinking is looked on here as one of the lowest of crimes.
After these several township reports, S. D. Kelley presented the following resolutions: That liquor drinking is immoral, unnecessary, and ruinous; that the liquor-seller is in effect a murderer; that it is better to keep the young from becoming drunkards, than to attempt a re- form among the old drinkers; that the youth of the nation should be organized into a cold water army, inimical to drunkenness; that all ef - forts be made to aid the grand jury in convicting liquor license law transgressors; that the aid of women be sought, especially since woman's influence is so. powerful in any cause; that a meeting of the state tem- perance society be held at Columbus in December.
The nominating committee then announced the following list of men, all of whom were elected officers by acclamation: S. D. Kelley, Esq., of Solon, president; John A. Foot, Esq., of Cleveland, vice president; C. T. Blakeslee of Cleveland. corresponding secretary; J. F. llanks, record- ing secretary; and T. C. Severance, treasurer. James A. Briggs, Esq., was then chosen delegate of the meeting to the state convention to be held this winter.
At the evening session, speakers Ahaz Merchant, W. F. Giddings, and others stressed the economy of abstinence, pointing out that of the 120 persons kept in the Cleveland poor house for the past year, only one was there for a cause other than dissipation in liquor. The speakers stated also that total abstinence could save the county $3.960 yearly, the sum needed to prosecute intemperance cases for one year here.
The convention then adjourned until the first Wednesday in January, 1846, when they will convene in Cleveland. (44)
2024 -H Oct. 23:2/5 - Temperance Notice. - There will be a Meeting of the Young People's Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society this evening, Sept. 23d, at 7 o'clock precisely, at the Baptist church. The Society will be addressed by the Rev. Mr. Buhre of the city of Baltimore. Also, the Committee of the Temperance Picnic Party will report. It is the wish of the Society that every member be present, as there will be business of important to transact. By order of the Society, John L. Smith, Sec'y. (verbatim)
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TEMPERANCE (Cont'd) 2025 - H Oct. 23:2/5 - The Young People's Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society of Cleveland announce their sponsorship of a Temperance Picnic Party at the Empire Hall, on the evening of Oct. 30. The eloquent Mr. Gally will be present, as will also the Chagrin Falls Temperance Band. Refreshments, on the Temperance Principle, will be served. (3)
2026 - H Oct. 23; ed:3/1 - The Young Men's Temperance group have bit upon a pleasant way to raise their winter expenses . at their picnic party in Em- pire hall. "As a people we too seldom enjoy holidays and festivals, and it is meet that we should more often unbend the mind and relax the brow, lest the vexation of life and anxieties of business curdle the 'milk of human kindness' which Nature designed should be kept sweet and nutritious so long as her cocoa-nut shell holds together." (3)
2027 - H Oct. 25:2/1 . The Maysville, Ky., EAGLE says of Mr. Gally, who is to speak at the picnic party of the Cleveland Young Men's Temperance group, Oct. 30: Mr. G. is a young man of fine talents and high promise. He has just completed his study of the law, and, we are glad to know, will make Kentucky his future residence. He draws full crowds at all times to his talks on behalf of total abstinence. (3)
2028 - H Oct. 30:2/2 - The Pic-Nic - Our Temperance friends have made provision for a grand entertainment at the Empire Hall this evening, and a crowd will be there. (verbatim) (1)
2029 - HI Oct. 31; ed:3/1 - The temperance picnic at Empire hall yesterday was a good one and undoubtedly netted a handy sum for the worthy Young Men's Temperance society. However, the program was too long. "The pro- duction was doubtless a good one, but to an audience tantalized by the 'savory smell of oysters,' it appeared as long as the Bucolics of Virgil and quite as pastoral." (3)
2030 - H Nov. 12:2/4 - The Young People's Washingtonian Total Abstinence society will hold its regular meeting at the Baptist church tomorrow. Addresses by prominent citizens may be expected, and the public is invited.
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2031 - HI Nov. 19; ed:2/4 - The Rev. E. Beecher of Boston said, in a recent temperance speech, that "there is not a muscle nor a bone in my frame that ever felt the power of alcohol."
"What father would not be proud of such a speech as this from his son, and what a generation shall we have in America, when all our young men can use the same language?" (2)
2032 - H Nov. 27:2/4 - Temperance Meetings. . The Y.P.W.T.A. Society will hold their Regular Meeting at the Basement of the Baptist church, this evening, at 7 o'clock. J. S. Herrick, Sec'y. (verbatim) (1)
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TEMPERANCE (Cont'd) 2033 - H Nov. 28; ed:2/1 - A petition is going the rounds throughout the state, requesting that the Ohio legislature leave the question of liquor license grants to the various cities and villages, i.e., that each commu- nity should be given the opportunity to declare, by formal vote, whether or not the courts are to grant liquor permits in that certain locality.
"We hope our citizens will generally sign and forward this petition to the Legislature, at an early day in the session, and that that body will have the sagacity and moral courage to pass such a law as is there asked for, promptly." (7)
2034 - H Dec. 3:2/4 . The Young Men's Washingtonian Total Abstinence society will meet tomorrow in regular session at the Wesleyan Methodist church. A number of addresses will be given.
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2035 - H Dec. 5:2/4 - The Cuyahoga County Total Abstinence society will hold its next quarterly meeting at the 2d Presbyterian church, in the city of Cleveland, on Wednesday, the 7th of January, 1846, at half past 10 a.m.
Let delegates pour in from every society in the county, ample accommo- dations for whom will be made by the temperance folks of the city.
Several interesting speakers are expected to be present, and a report of the state convention will be read. J. F. Hanks, Sec'y. (verbatim) (1)
2033 - H Dec. 11; ed:3/1 - The delegates have been appointed in several parts of Ohio to attend the state temperance convention at Columbus on Dec. 17.
"Is Cuyahoga County to be represented in this Convention? If so, who will go?"
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2037 - H Dec. 11; ed: 3/1 - The Clermont COURIER says that in four of the five counties of which that Judicial District is composed, the decision of the courts have been adverse to licensing establishments for the retail of intoxicating drinks. The president judge of the district remarked that the only case of assault and battery that has been brought before him was com- mitted in the county that continued to grant licenses.
"Such facts ... have been adduced to show the necessity of decisive ac- tion on this subject."
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2038 - H Dec. 20; ed:2/1 . Today's issue contains a story of the ruin brought by alcohol, and is written by A. Y. N., one of the best women writers. We trust parents will not fail to read it. "Would that the wine-cup might be banished from all the friendly calls and approaching holiday festivals in our city. Will not the Ladies of all ranks discoun- tenance its use, and thus set an example so worthy American women?" (2)
2039 - H Dec. 20:3/1,2 - In a letter to the editor, dated Dec. 11, "A. Y. N." says: "Those who had the privilege of listening to Mr. Gally's elo- quent address to the Ladies, on the subject of Temperance, will recollect
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the almost unbounded power ascribed to female influence .... No careful observer can fail of perceiving that woman wields a power in the forma- tion of human character, that is inconceivable great; and that her re- sponsibility is proportionably increased."
Beware of attaching ridicule to the temperance pledge, for it is the only pledge of safety to thousands.
"If the responsibility of forming the infant mind rests principally upon the mother, recollect that it is a reflected influence that she exerts." (24)
2040 - H Dec. 22:2/3 - A business meeting of the Young People's W. T. Abstinence society will be held at Liberty hall on Dec. 24. Important business will be discussed.
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2041 - H Dec. 27:2/3,4 - The Ohio State Temperance society met in the First Presbyterian church on Dec. 17. The meeting was called to order by the president, Governor Bartley.
At the afternoon session J. M. Clarke was appointed assistant secre- tary. There was an animated discussion, extending through the afternoon and evening session upon resolutions reported by the business committee.
The convention re-convened on Dec. 18, with S. Galloway, Esq., in the chair. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions for the adop- tion of the convention.
At the afternoon session S. B. Hubbard, Esq., was called to the chair. The following resolutions were adopted: This convention solemnly vows to wipe out from our statute books all laws which encourage the sale of intoxicating drinks; the practice of distilling grain in our state is a great and growing evil; any person selling grain to a distiller for the purpose of distillation is guilty of a gross immorality; this convention recommends mass meetings of the friends of the cause; no member should aid in any way the retailing of intoxicating liquors; we regard the in- fluence of many of the wealthy and influential classes of the community as one of the greatest obstacles to the advance of our reformation; it is highly improper for temperance men to patronize places where intoxi- cating liquors are sold.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, the Hon. H. H. Leavitt; vice president, Samuel Galloway, Esq., recording secretary, John Greiner, Esq .; corresponding secretary, S. M. Smith, M. D.
At the evening session the following resolutions were adopted: We memorialize the legislature to amend the present laws regulating the sale of intoxicating drinks so as to submit whether the licenses shall be granted in the respective wards, precincts, and townships of the counties in this state; the secretary be directed to present to the senate and house a copy of the resolution on the license question. (26)
See also Alcoholic Liquors; Hotels & Inns; Intoxication; Theaters TEXT BOOKS. See Schools & Seminaries - Text Books
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TEXAS. See Annexation & Expansion - Texas
THEATER
2042 - H May 13; adv:2/4 - At the Apollo Hall. Theatre. Under manage- ment of Messrs. Chapman & Hamilton of the New Orleans and Southern Theatres and late of the Detroit Theatre. Tuesday Evening, A new comedy called, THE FEMALE HUSBAND. Songs With the farce: SOLDIERS RETURN. Prices reduced to 25g. Commence at 7-1/2 o'clock. (2)
2043 - H May 20; adv:2/3 - At the Apollo Hall tonight, the comedy, LOVER TO LEND, will be acted, after which, the Interlude of DUMB BELLE. The performance will conclude with the farce of LUCK IN A NAME. Price 25 cts. - Commence at 8 o'clock. (2)
2044 . H May 21; adv:2/3 - At the Apollo Hall, to-night, will be acted the comedy, PERFECTION. The performance will conclude with the farce, NATURE AND PHILOSOPHY. Price 25 cts. Commence at 8 o'clock. (2)
2045 - H May 27; adv: 2/3 - At the Apollo Hall Theatre, Tuesday, Wednes- day, and Friday Evenings, May 27, 28, and 30 - The Drama of the FRENCH SPY - With musical accompaniment. Price 25g, 8 P. M. (2)
2046 . H June 2; adv:2/4 - At the Apollo Hall on the 2nd of June, for Miss C. Chapman's benefit, a play entitled LUCILLE will be given, with the farce of the RENDEZVOUS. Price 25 cts. - Commence at 8. (2)
2047 - H July 24:3/1 - Messrs. Hough & Scoville open their Temperance exhibition in the Apollo hall to-morrow evening with Prof. Ingraham's drama of EDWARD MIDDLETON OR THE HUSBAND'S RETURN. (verbatim) (1)
2048 - H July 26; adv:2/4 - Hough & Scoville's Western Temperance Exhi - bition. This Association having returned from a highly successful tour through the Eastern States, will open at Apollo Hall, this Evening with the great moral Drama, EDWARD MIDDLETON, OR THE HUSBAND'S RETURN.
This Drama was repeated over 100 nights at the Boston Museum, and to the largest audiences ever congregated in that city. The Drama is the production of Prof. Ingraham.
Admittance 25 cts. - Children half price. Doors open at 7-1/2. Per- formance commences at 8. (verbatim) (1)
2049 - H July 29:3/1 - The favorite Temperance Drama of THE BROTHERS OR THE FALLEN SAVED will be performed at the Apollo this evening, by the Western Temperance company. The Drama was written expressly for the Company, and its former representations have drawn full and approving houses. (verbatim) (1)
2050 - H July 31:3/1 - Mr. Hough, one of the Managers of the Western Temperance Drama, takes a berefit tonight, on which occasion EDWARD MIDDLETON and the BROKEN MERCHANT will be performed. (verbatim)
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2051 - H Aug. 2:3/1 - Hough & Scoville's "Western Temperance Company" close their exhibitions in this city tonight, with two of their best Dramas - the TEMPERANCE SAILOR and the BROKEN MERCHANT.
The Company go from here to Detroit, and from thence up the Lakes to Chicago. They will be liberally patronized wherever they go. (verbatim)
See also Entertainment; Music
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TOBACCO
2052 - H Jan. 3; adv:4/1 - The Virginia Tobacco Agency, No. 20, Superior st., Cleveland, Ohio. Frederick A. Keppler has always on hand a full assortment of all brands and descriptions of Virginia Manufactured Tobacco, direct from the Virginia Factories, as well as a large stock of all kinds of Imported Segars and Leaf Tobacco; for sale at New York prices. (1)
2053 - H Jan. 3; adv: 2/7 - Tobacco & Snuff - Mrs. Miller's and other Manufactures Fine Cut Chewing and Smoking, in pound, half pound and small papers. Maccoboy and Scotch Snuff, for sale low by the quantity at No. 6 Merchants' Exchange, Superior st. (verbatim)
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2054 - H May 3:2/2 - In a letter to the editor, P. J. says: Two strangers called on a friendly family a short time since, and were put up for the night. They were soliciting money for the purpose of erect- ing a seminary for the benefit of people of color. The next morning, after receiving aid, they left. 1 heard the hired girl complain that these men had given her some extra work in cleaning up their tobacco spittle, left in their sleeping rooms.
"We could not help expressing our regret that a part of the money bestowed for a charitable purpose should be expended in such a 'needless self-indulgence' as the filthy and disgusting practice of chewing tobacco." (6)
TRANSPORTATION. See Canals & Canal Boats; Railroads; Roads & High- ways; Shipbuilding; Shipping & Ships
TRAVEL
2055 - H Jan. 8; ed: 2/2-4 - "We find in the New York TRUE SUN an inter- esting sketch of Mr. Cushing's journey round the globe, with some of the way-side adventures of that gentleman. The narrative is no doubt authen- tic and reliable, and gives a bird's eye view of a long trip which has proved to be a successful mission." (33)
2056 - H July 28:2/1 . In a letter to the editor, "Dock" says: "Toss your scissors out the window, kick over the paste pot, tell the devil to take over the helm of the HERALD, and jump on board the first steam- boat bound for the great west to join our party of 20 Clevelanders who are bound for Chicago on a pleasure trip. We left Cleveland on July 25
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and we are enjoying excellent meals and service aboard the EMPIRE. The Cleveland belles, noted as much as their city for attractiveness, have brought much attention to our party, and as a result social life aboard the steamer is abundant with waltzes, Spanish dances, and spirited flirtations such as can at any time be found in the deep re- cesses of an old fashioned window. We slumber but little, for pretty girls and moonlit nights are great antagonists to sleep. You know a thing or two in these matters, if my memory serves me right, but in your early days in the great west the frolics had their home principally in the sleigh ride; and if you will give me your experiences on my return, we will compare courting by steam now-a-days with courting by snow 20 years back, and see if the style and form are about the same. More later. We are now in Detroit. (13)
TRESPASSING
2057 - H July 3:3/3 - The common council on June 30, adopted a resolu- tion to provide payment of $30 to John G. Stockley as an abatement from the lease be bas on a Bath st. lot which is constantly being trespassed.
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UNITED STATES ARMY 2058 - H Aug. 9:2/4 - General Order, No. 2 - Head Quarters, Ist Brigade, 9th Division, Chagrin Falls, Aug. 9, 1845 - Ordered, That the 1st Brig. 9th Div., will meet at Dunham's, 2 miles east of Cleveland, on Thursday Aug. 21st, at 10 o'clock A.M., armed and equipped as the law directs, for three days Encampment. Commandants of Companies will notify their respective commands accordingly. Commissioned officers who have held office under the law of 1837, who are equipped, are by law entitled to attend said encampment, and are respectfully invited to do so. By order of Jas. Griffith, Brig. Gen. Ist Brig. 9th Div. O. M. D. L. Wood, Brig. Maj. and Inspector. (verbatim) (1)
2059 - H Sept. 4; ed:2/1 - The force ordered en route for Texas is said to number 5,000 regulars, with more reinforcements of volunteers expected to fall in along the way. It is said, too, that General Taylor will increase this force if circumstances demand it.
"This Texas business will prove a Florida war channel for Government revenues, beyond a question. The same reckless extravagance in expendi - ture marks the commencement of the campaign; troops are concentrated from the extremes of the Union at a heavy expense, on the strength of mere rumors of what the Mexicans will do, while the Texans themselves, who know something of the real Mexican character, and of their empty bluster, are 'calm as a summer morning' apparently, and take no more interest in the war than the Patagonians." (12)
2060 - H Sept. 11; ed:2/1 . The second battalion of the 5th reg., U.S. inf., is in the city enroute from Detroit and the Northwest to Texas and the Mexican scare. They will leave today in canal boats for Ports- mouth, thence through New Orleans to Corpus Christi.
"What a wretched policy is pursued by the Administration in calling the handful of troops stationed on the extreme North Western frontier to the extreme South West, because weak and powerless Mexico chooses to play the blustering braggart.
"Mexican threats of repossessing Texas have regularly appeared for years now, and each time have exploded as mere nothings. There is no use in concentrating our land and naval forces on the southern border when there has not been so much as a formal declaration of war.
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