ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

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Abstracts 286 - 292
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
CLOTHING TRADE (Cant' d)
286 - H&G May 26; adv:2/5 - Domestic Cloths. Morse & Dodge have just
received and for sale on Commission, a large quantity of Cadet Mixed,
Sheep's Grey and Brown Domestic Broad and Narrow Cloths, which they
wi 11 sell at the manufacturer's prices for Cash.
No's 3 & 5 Superior Lane. N. B. Ready made clothing wholesale and
retail constantly on hand. (1)
287 - H&G July 21; adv:2/6 - Stocks - Stocks. 200 - doz. Neck Stocks,
including a great variety of patterns, just received from an eastern
manufactory, and for sale cheap by Clark, Raymond & Clark. (1)
288 - H&G Sept. 5; adv: 2/5 - Fur Caps, Cloth Caps, etc. - A large assortment
of Fur, Cloth, Sealette, Hair Seal and Fancy caps, just received
and selling off cheap by the single or dozen at Hat & Cap Warehouse,
opposite the American House, by R. H. Worthington. (verbatim)
(I)
289 - H&G Sept. 7; adv:2/6 - Ladies - Fine Kid and Silk Picnic Gloves.
Just received by Clarke, Raymond and Clarke. (verbatim) (1)
290 - H&G Oct. 24; adv:2/4 - The Lake winds have been chilly enough to
remind people that winter was at hand for some days, and anon we shall
see the white messengers from black clouds. Those who want cold defenders
should give Dockstader or Worthington a call. They have "lots
to suit customers," and will show their animals without charge. (1)
See also Dressmaking; Tai loring
COAL
291 - H&G Jan. 1; adv:3/2 -Coal. Coal. The subscribers have succeeded
in getting on hand a much larger amount of Bituminous Coal than was ever
in this city at one time; and believe they have nearly attained the desirable
object of a full supply of this winter's consumption. Orders
for Coal left at the store of Strickland & Gaylord, will be promptly attended
to. Mendenhall & Richardson, I Central Block, Upstairs. (1)
292 - H&G Jan. 13; ed:2/4 - Since 1825, the increase in the anthracite
coal trade of Pennsylvania has been steady and constant, averaging on
the whole about 20 per cent per annum. The value of the bituminous coal
exported from Pittsburgh down the Ohio river in 1837 was $1,000,000.
The valley of this stream is almost one continued bed of coal as low
down as Portsmouth.
"We call the attention of our readers to the facts stated above, for
the purpose of showing the-future importance of the coal trade of Cleveland
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"No trade is of more importance in the aggregate, than that which furnishes
employment to the greatest number of hands, in proportion to the
value of the article on which it is based, and in this respect the coal