Fifty years and over of Akron and Summit County : embellished by nearly six hundred engravings--portraits of pioneer settlers, prominent citizens, business, official and professional--ancient and modern views, etc.; nine-tenth's of a century of solid local history--pioneer incidents, interesting events--industrial, commercial, financial and educational progress, biographies, etc., Part 42

Author: Lane, Samuel A. (Samuel Alanson), 1815-1905
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Akron, Ohio : Beacon Job Department
Number of Pages: 1228

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THE FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM.

In the meantime Akron, by reason of the rapid and enormous · increase of its postal business, became entitled to Free Mail Delivery, and the system was established here, under the auspices of Postmaster Storer, in March, 1879, Mr. Storer himself mapping out the routes, and under the directions of the Special Agent of the department, personally superintending the inauguration of the new system.

Mr. Harry J. Shreffler had been a clerk in the office from the commencement of Mr. Storer's administration, and had become so thoroughly familiar with the duties of the office, that on Mr. Storer's applying to the department for several months' leave of absence, in 1875, Mr. Shreffler was formally appointed Assistant Postmaster, Mr. Storer's bondsmen signifying their assent thereto by indorsing the same upon Mr. Storer's bond, which position he held to the end of Mr. Storer's term, the only appointment of that character in the history of the office.

Mr. George W. Smetts was appointed a inail route agent on the recommendation of Congressman Rufus P. Spalding, in Jan- uary, 1865, and again, after an illness of six months, on the recom- mendation of Congressman William H. Upson, at once becoming one of the most efficient officers in the service. At Mr. Storer's request, on dispensing with the services of Clerk William H. Bowers, early in 1871, Special Agent Jamin Strong (late Superin- tendent of the Northern Ohio Hospital for the Insane, at Cleve- land,) transferred Mr. Smetts to the Akron office, (Mr. Storer him- self being sick at the time), as chief clerk, which position he ably filled for four years, when, in 1875, on the recommendation of Congressman James Monroe, he was reinstated upon the road, from which time he never lost a day, by sickness or otherwise,

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until his resignation of the position in November, 1889, nearly 24 years, and was undoubtedly one of the most thoroughly posted and expert mail distributors in the State, his first work being upon the C. & P. Road, between Cleveland and Pittsburg; next, for many years, on the N. Y., P. & O., between Kent and Cincinnati, and from May, 1884, on the Valley, between Cleveland and Zoar Station.

On the adoption of the free delivery system, Mr. George W. Schick was made Superintendent of Carriers, which position, after twelve years of most efficient service, he still holds. In fact, so perfect were the arrangements made by Postmaster Storer, and his efficient aids, Assistant Postmaster Shreffler and Superin- tendent Schick, that, whereas, the city of Chicago, where the sys- tem had been in vogue for several years, was then delivering, by carrier, 90 per cent. of the mail matter received at that office, the Akron office attained to the standard of 93 per cent. the first year, the matter delivered direct from the office being mostly to parties living beyond the city limits, which ratio, notwithstanding the largely increased business of the office in the intervening years, is. still substantially maintained.

CAPTAIN JAMES H. MORRISON, -born in Lawrence county, Pa., May 14, 1834; in 1838 moved with parents to Wayne county, Ohio; worked on farm summers, attended school winters; father dying at 15, ran farm two years; clerk in West Salem one year; back to farm one year ; again clerk one year ; in Henry county, Ill., one year; clerk in West Salem again six months; in Fall of 1856 went to Iron City, traded team for land, returned to Ohio and engaged in sheep trade; in 1859 engaged in selling "Gunn's Family Medicine" in the South ; at the beginning of the war returned to Ohio; November 1, 1861, entered service as Corporal in Co. I, 16th O. V. I .; wounded in shoulder at Tazewell. Tenn., August 2, 1862 ; captured in hospital at Cum- berland Gap in September, 1862; one week in Libby Prison; detailed with 9th Independent Battery at London, Ky., six weeks ; discharged for wound January 12, 1863 ; in grocery trade at West Salem five years; traveled for Cincinnati cigar house 12 years ; removed to Akron in 1873; appointed postmaster by President Arthur in 1882, retaining the office and ably performing its duties four years ; now again on the road. September

CAPT. JAMES H. MORRISON.

25,1857, Captain Morrison was married to Miss Elizabeth B. Emery, of West Salem. They have four children-Ira I., book - keeper, with Twine and Cordage Company, Akron ; Mary C., stenographer in office of Auditor of State, Columbus ; Emery E., in Reed and Rattan Works, Akron ; Bessie E.,. student in Akron schools.

POSTMASTER JAMES H. MORRISON.

At the expiration of his third term, Mr. Storer making no further effort to retain the office, several new aspirants for the position appeared upon the tapis, only two of whom, Captain James H. Morrison and Hon. L. S. Ebright, seriously entered into the contest. Though each had abundant local backing, Captain

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Morrison, being himself a Wayne county man, secured the influ- ence of our then Member of Congress, Hon. A. S. McClure, and thus carried off the prize. Capt. Morrison retained Mr. Shreffler as his Chief Clerk for three years, Mr. George Schick also remain- ing at the head of the Carrier Department, while the Captain's son, Mr. Ira I. Morrison, officiated as mailing clerk and deputy postmaster.

Not because of any dereliction of duty, in his conduct of the office, but owing to the little circumstance that. Grover Cleveland, instead of James G. Blaine, was elected President of the United States, in 1884, Capt. Morrison failed to succeed himself, and on the expiration of his four years' commission, yielding gracefully to the inevitable, on the 16th day of August, 1886, turned the office over to his Democratic successor.,

WILLIAM CHAUNCEY ALLEN, -son of Alvin and Mercy (Hall) Allen, was born in Granger, Ohio, August 10, 1828 ; educated in Granger district schools and Akron select and Union schools, coming to Akron in 1844 ; in 1845 worked at map print- ing and finishing for Adams & Eggleston ; taught school in Granger in Summer of 1846; in Falor district, Coventry, in Winter of 1846, '47; Sum- mer of 1847 in map factory ; in Winter of 1847, '48 teaching in Bath; in Spring of 1848 resumed work in map factory, continuing till burned out, January 9, 1848; then worked in mill with brother -in-law, Mr. Samuel Dunkle, in Williams county, till Fall of 1849; clerk for Postmaster Frank Adams, and telegraph operator, till Fall of 1852, when he went to Cali- fornia, remaining there one year ; clerked in post office and telegraph operator under Postmasters E. ÎV. Perrin and Roland O. Hammond from 1854 to 1861 ; manager of Union Telegraph Office from 1861 to 1885; postmaster of Akron from August, 1886, to January 1, 1891. Mr. Allen has

WILLIAM CHAUNCEY ALLEN.

served two terms as member of the Akron Board of Education, being secretary of the board for the years 1858, '59, '60, and as clerk of Portage township for the years 1868, '69, '70, '71.

POSTMASTER WILLIAM C. ALLEN.

The whirligig of time and politics having, after an interregnum of almost a quarter of a century, again placed the Democratic party in the ascendency, in the nation, and Mr. William C. Allen, having, in the intervening years, embraced the Democratic faith, was, by the almost universal assent of the local patrons of the office, both Democrats and Republicans, very proper designated as Postmaster of Akron, by President Cleveland, on the 22d day of July, 1886, being confirmed by the Senate August 10th and entering upon his duties, as stated, August 16th. In his quest for the office, Mr. Allen was confronted by two life-long Democratic politicians-William Myers and Lewis C. Parker-but owing to the intimate personal and political relations existing between Mr. Allen and ex-Congress- man David R. Paige, and, in turn, the intimate personal and polit- ical relations existing between Mr. Paige and Senator Henry B.

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Payne, who dispensed the executive patronage of this district, under Mr. Cleveland's administration, Mr. Allen readily distanced his competitors and won the prize.

THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE OFFICE.

That Mr. Allen made a good officer, in every way, goes with- out saying, the clerical force of the office under his administration -all thoroughly proficient in their several departments-being as. follows:

William C. Allen, Postmaster; Charles W. Taneyhill, Deputy ; George W. Schick, Superintendent of Carriers; Edwin P. Humes, Mailing Clerk; George T. Mckean, Assistant Mailing Clerk; Frank A. Cummins, General Delivery Clerk; Carriers : John W. Sabin, Arthur E. Limric, William H. Kasch, Charles D. Steese, James K. P. Souers, Frank L. Butler, Harry A. Pardee, Patrick Flanagan, Harry C. Eichenlaub, Fred H. O'Brien, William A. · Caldwell, Charles C. Pomeroy, William J. Hoye, substitute ; John Garahan, special delivery.

WILLIAM B. GAMBLE,-son of Samuel L. and Eliza Jane Gamble, was born in Wabash, Ind., October 3, 1850, raised on farm, and educated in common schools; at 14, sought to enter the army, but pre- vented by father, as being too young; in 1873, came to Akron and with H. A. Gibbs and V. I. Morton, organized the stoneware firm of W. B. Gamble & Co., in the Sixth ward, the firm being changed to Gamble & Morton, in 1875. The works, being soon after- wards destroyed by fire, with no insurance and almost total loss, were rebuilt and continued until 1880, when the firm sold out; Mr. Gamble then operating as traveling jobber of stoneware until the organization of the Akron Stoneware Agency in 1883. Having been an active Republican, since attaining his majority, Mr. Gamble was elected Sheriff of Sum- mit county, in 1884, and re-elected in 1886, ably filling that responsible office four years, and officiating as deputy under his successor two years longer; is a director in Akron Savings Bank, vice president of Globe Sign Company; director and vice presi- dent of Akron Building and Loan Association; director in D. F. Morgan Boiler Co .; etc. In December, 1890,

WILLIAM B. GAMBLE.

Mr. Gamble was appointed, by Presi- dent Harrison, postmaster of the City of Akron, entering upon his official duties January 1, 1891. Jan- uary 1, 1872, he was married to Miss Clara S. Boardman, of Akron, who has borne him one child-Eva L., born January 14, 1874.

POSTMASTER WILLIAM B. GAMBLE.

Another political revolution bringing the Republicans again into power, in 1889, there were, as a matter of course, a number of patriotic gentlemen of that faith who were willing to become Mr. Allen's successor, the most spirited contest for the position being between ex-Sheriff William B. Gamble and Major Emmitt F. Tag- gart. So sharp was the competition that the appointment hung

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fire nearly six months after the expiration of Mr. Allen's commis- sion, Mr. Gamble finally securing the prize, his commission from President Harrison bearing date Jan. 8, 1891, and the office being formally turned over to him, by Mr. Allen, Jan. 10.

A few changes, only, have been made in the clerical force, the present roster (August, 1891) being as follows : William B. Gamble, P. M .; Andrew M. Smith, Assistant P. M .; George W. Schick, Superintendent of Mails ; Edwin P. Humes, Mailing Clerk ; George F. Mckean, assistant mailing clerk; Arthur L. Northrup, money order clerk; William H. Sperling, general delivery clerk; John Garahan, stamper; Letter Carriers: John W. Sabin, Arthur E. Limric, William H. Kasch, Charles D. Steese, William J. Hoye, James K. P. Souers, Harry A. Pardee, Patrick Flanagan, Harry C. Eichenlaub, Fred H. O'Brien, William H. Caldwell, Charles C. Pomeroy, Fred G. Steese, James C. Reherd ; Substitute Carriers : Charles E. Gostlin, Jolın W. Breiner, John H. Thomas.

LARRY C. EICHENLAUB, - whose full length portrait, in the uniform of a gov- ernment letter carrier, is given herewith, is one of Uncle Sam's highly popular and wide-awake postal messengers in Akron. He is a son of Alois and Catharine (Waelde) Eichenlaub, was born in Cleveland Feb. 14, 1859, removing with his parents to Akron about 1864, his father being Akron's pioneer manufacturing confec- tioner, prosecuting that business on Howard street, until within a few months of his death, March 4, 1873. Harry was educated in Akron) public schools; striking out early for himself, for a time clerked in saddlery hardware store of George S. Scott, 102 North Howard street; later as key clerk at Sherman House, Chicago, and still later three years in the clothing store of Hoffman & Moss in Akron. In the Fall of 1886, Postmaster William C. Allen placed him on his staff of letter carriers, the duties of which position he so faithfully discharged that Mr. Allen's successor, Postmaster William B. Gam- ble, re-appointed him thereto in 1891, Harry having hosts of warm personal friends among the local members of both political parties. He is also a member of one of Akron's most popular business and social institutions-The "Citizens' Club."

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THEN AND NOW.

In the early days, the postmaster received as compensation a commission on the amount of business transacted, amounting, during Mr. Frank Adams' administration-1849 to 1853-to about $1,000 per year-the postmaster fitting up his own office, paying rent, clerk hire, etc. Postal rates, in those days, were on a sliding scale : under 30 miles, six cents ; 30 to 150, twelve and a half cents ; 150 to 400, eighteen and three-fourths cents; over 400, twenty-five cents, and, as late as 1850, the postage on letters between Ohio and California

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was 40 cents. This, too, be it remembered, was on "single" letters, without regard to weight. Thus, a letter on a light note sheet, containing a dollar bill, or check, though the whole did not weigh over one-fourth of an ounce, would be subject to double postage, while a letter written on a single piece of paper, as large as a bed blanket, and weighing several ounces, called for single postage only. This, of course, required the utmost vigilance, on the part of postmasters, to prevent frauds upon the government. Commencing about 1851, postage rates have been gradually re- duced, so that now a letter, not exceeding one ounce in weight, no matter how many pieces of paper it may contain, will go from Florida to Alaska for two cents, with a fair prospect that a one- cent rate will soon be established.

Now, the government pays for fitting up office, rent, fuel, lights, clerk hire, incidental expenses, etc. The present net salary of the postmaster, based upon his gross receipts, is $3,100, with an- other hundred to be added when the gross recipts reach $60,000 per year. The present allowance for clerk hire is $5,000 per year, exclusive of the carriers, twelve of whom are paid $850 per year, and the remaining two $600.

A FEW INTERESTING STATISTICS.

The Department reports, covering the seven years from June 30, 1884, to June 30, 1891 so far as relates to the Akron office, are as follows: Year ending June 30, 1885, gross receipts, $31,056.81; salary, $2,800; clerk hire, $3,200; rent, light and fuel, $998.75 ; other incidental expenses, $29.00; free delivery, $5,488.45 ; total expenses, $12,510.20; net revenue, $18,539.61; per cent. of expenses to gross receipts, 40.

Year ending June 30, 1886: gross receipts, $35,923.13; salary, $2,800 ; clerk hire, $3,200; rent, light and fuel, $1,567; other inci- dental expenses, $84.33; free delivery, $5,900.89; total expenses, $13,552.20 ; net revenue, $22,370.92; per cent of expenses to gross receipts, 37.

Year ending June 30, 1887 : gross receipts, $38,600.10; salary, $2,800 ; clerk hire, $3,333.15; rent, light and fuel, $1,570; other inci- dental expenses, $11.46; free delivery, $7,010.72; total expenses, $14,755.33; net revenue, $23,853.77; per cent. of expenses to gross receipts, 38.

Year ending June 30, 1888: gross receipts, $+4,882.47; salary, $2,900; clerk hire, $3,400; rent, light and fuel, $1,570; other inci- dental expenses, $121.36; free delivery, $7,885.69; total expenses, $15,877.05 ; net revenue, $29,005.42 ; per cent. of expenses to gross receipts, 35.

Year ending June 30, 1889: gross receipts, $49,018.48; salary, $3,000; clerk hire, $3,691 ; rent, fuel, etc., $1,570; incidentals, $127.02 ; free delivery, $9,729.31; total expenses, $18,117.33; net revenue, $30,901.15 ; per cent. of expenses to receipts, 37.

. Year ending June 30, 1890: gross receipts, $50,394.84; salary, $3,100; clerk hire, $5,000; rents, etc., $1,380; incidentals, $148.63; free delivery, $10,522.15; total expenses, $20,150.78; net revenue, $30,244.06 ; per cent. of expenses to receipts, 40.

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Year ending June 30, 1891: gross receipts, $58,178.56. Total expenses for year not reported at date of compilation of this arti- cle. From the figures above given, it will be seen that the busi- ness of the office is rapidly increasing, year by year, to which will undoubtedly soon be added that of the Sixth Ward, so that more room will, in the near future, become an absolute necessity, and the long talked-of Government Building, now almost in sight, a blessing that will be duly appreciated by both the entire people of Akron and the local government officials.

WESENER BR DRY GOODS C

PIANO-FORTIS

BENEDICT & COCHI.

East side of Howard Street, looking North from near Cherry Street. From photo by E. J. Howard, 1873.

CHAPTER XVI.

AKRON'S FIRES, FROM 1839 TO 1891-HUNDREDS OF HOUSES, SHOPS, STORES, MILLS, CHURCHES, ETC., DESTROYED-MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF VALUABLE PROPERTY GIVEN TO THE DEVOURING FLAMES-INCENDIARISM RAMPANT-THE BUCKET BRIGADE, THE CRANK AND BRAKE ENGINE AND THE TIRELESS STEAMER-DISASTERS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF HALF A CENTURY-A CHAPTER WORTHY OF PERUSAL.

AKRON'S EARLY FIRE COMPANIES.

PREVIOUS to 1839 there was no definitely organized fire depart- ment in Akron, other than the appointment, by the Council, of five fire wardens to look after the safety of stoves, chimneys, etc., and to take charge of the " bucket brigade," on the occurrence of a fire, alarms being sounded by passing the cry of fire from mouth to mouth, or from house to house, and by the ringing of the bells in the towers of the original Baptist and Universalist churches, after 1837, '38.

In the meantime certain public-spirited citizens, feeling the need of some more efficient mode of extinguishing fires, or at least of checking their spread, formed a stock company, and in 1839, pur- chased a small rotary hand engine, at a cost of $600, in shares of $25 each, three only of the twenty-four original stock-holders being now (1891) alive-Nahum Fay, Frank Adams and Samuel A. Lane. The "North Akron Fire Company" was organized December 11, 1839, with 32 members as follows: Nahum Fay, Samuel Manning, Levi Manning, Sylvanus G. Gaylord, Elias L. Munger, Elisha N. Bangs, Charles Bateman, Lucius V. Bierce, Harvey H. Johnson, Samuel A. Lane, Arad Kent, Cyrus Shumway, S. L. Shaw, John Kidder, William Tarble, John C. Kidder, Samuel C. Bangs, Frank Adams, Francis Rattle, Abram Smith, Leverett J. Ives, Henry L. Lane, Alfred R. Townsend, William E. Wright, Benjamin R. Man- chester, James Baldwin, John G. Darby, Charles Earl, Norman Lewis, Reuben A. Kinney.

The company, furnished itself with fifty feet of leather hose, paid its own running expenses, rent of room for housing its machine, meetings, etc., until the erection by the town, in the latter part of 1841, of the front end of the diminutive building shown in the accompaning engraving, just 10x 15 feet in size, and located over the race in Mill street, fronting on Howard. This machine was purchased from the stockholders, by the town, for the munificent sum of $200, in January, 1846, on a credit of one and two years.

NIAGARA, NUMBER Two .- In 1845, the village had purchased a new and larger engine, run by side brakes, and in December, 1845, Niagara Fire Company, No. 2, with 47 members, was presented to. the Council for acceptance, the first foreman of the company being the late Charles Webster, the only original members now living, so far as known, being James Christy, Thomas H. Goodwin and.

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Levi Allen, Jr. After allowing this company to skirmish for quar- ters, for a year or two, in the latter part of 1848 the Council caused to be erected for its use the small two-story brick building, after- wards for some years used as a lock-up, and still standing, on Tallmadge street, between Howard and Main.

TORNADO NUMBER THREE .- January 30, 1847, a hook and ladder company, under the above title, was accepted by the Council; of its 32 original members six only are now believed to be living-James M. Hale, Robert Baird, Webster B. Storer, James B. Taplin, Ambrose Chapin, George Mather. A house for this company, 12x30 feet, was built along side the original house of engine company Number One, on Mill street.

A NEW NUMBER ONE .- In 1852, a new brake engine was pur- chased, by Council, to take the place of the rotary, and a new engine house built on the present site of the city building, the old machine and house being turned over to a company of public- spirited boys, ranging fromn 15 to 18 years of age, who organized themselves into "Protective Fire Company, Number Four," which continued in operation about two years, when both house and engine were taken to the West Hill and planted on Myrtle Place, where, for several years, it was maintained by an independent com- pany of " West Hillers"-the writer among the number, who now retains as a relic, the two pieces of siding, on which was originally painted, by his own hand, in 1841, "Fire Co. No. 1," the "1" after- · wards being changed to "4."

VARIOUS OTHER VOLUNTEER COMPANIES .- Though there was no pay, a vast amount of hard work, and a very great lack of apprecia- tion, connected with the life of the ancient volunteer fireman, a service of five years working exemption from poll-tax and local military and jury duty, organizations of this character, of very great efficiency, were kept up until the advent of the steamer era, and the adoption of the pay system. Besides those mentioned, with their various metamorphoses, a German Hook and Ladder Company, under the name of "Washington, No. 3," with Philip A. Bierwirth as foreman, succeeded Tornado, No. 3; the Germans being in turn succeeded by Mechanics' Hook and Ladder Company, No. 3, which, with Eagle Hose Company, organized in June, 1866, after the purchase of the first-steamer, and composed of the very best young business men of the city, had an efficient existence of nearly ten years, both companies being disbanded on the adoption of the pay system, in 1876.

With four commodious fire stations, three provided with first- class steamers, double hose reels and hook and ladder apparatus, and the fourth with a fine two-horse hose carriage, and all provided with fine well-trained horses, and experienced men, the Akron Fire Department is now one of the very best of its class in the State.

AKRON'S FIRES.

In connection with the old Firemen's Celebration, in May, 1888, the writer gave a brief history of Akron's fire department, from the "bucket brigade" of the early thirties, the crank and brake engines of the forties, to the splendid equine-electro-steam- hydraulic-paid system of the present, a summary of which is given above.

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And now, as a part of this work, though details cannot be largely indulged in, a brief review of Akron's inost destructive fires during the past half century, will not be out of order.

BURNING OF THE M. E. CHURCH. -Though some minor fires had previously occurred, the burning Akron's First Fire Engine House, Erected of Akron's original Methodist church, a frame building standing on the site of the present brick structure, but facing to the west, was the first public calamity that came upon the good people of Akron. The fire occurred at 2 o'clock on the morning of March 17, 1841, one of the very coldest of that winter, there being fully a foot of snow upon the ground. The cold was so intense that in the slow process of supplying our little hand engine with water, by drawing it with hook and bucket . from the parsonage cistern, and passing it from hand to hand by the bucket brigade, we soon froze up, and while nothing could be done towards saving the church itself, we did save the parsonage, a few feet distant, by throwing snow upon the roof and against the sides. Loss $3,300-insurance $2,200.

MIDDLEBURY CARRIAGE WORKS .- The latter part of March, 1844, the carriage factory of Collins & Co., in Middlebury, (now Akron's prosperous Sixth ward), corner East Market and Kent streets, was burned at a total loss of $5,000, about half covered by insurance.

HOTEL, BARN AND EIGHT HORSES BURNED .- One of Akron's early hotels was the Ohio Exchange, a three-story brick, on the present site of Woods' block, corner Market and Main streets. Pas- sing into the hands of Mr. Charles B. Cobb, the name was changed to Cobb's Exchange, in 1844. The large barn, connected with the hotel, about where Kryder's feed-store now stands, in addition to housing the horses of the guests, was also largely devoted to livery purposes, Mr. Cobb also running tri-weekly lines of coaches to Canton and Wooster, for the transportation of the mails, passen- gers, etc.

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Author: Lane, Samuel A. (Samuel Alanson), 1815-1905 Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Akron, Ohio : Beacon Job Department Number of Pages: 1228

Author: Lane, Samuel A. (Samuel Alanson), 1815-1905
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Akron, Ohio : Beacon Job Department
Number of Pages: 1228