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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 3978 - 3982
WESTWARD MOVEMENT (Cont'd)
wise, of territories to which such emigration flow should be considered.
The people and the location make the chief element of prosperity.
The prospective advantages of Kansas will cause it to be settled earlier
than other sections. Rise in real estate will be much greater and
channels of commerce more firmly fixed. Whoever secures a claim there may
consider it worth four times what it CGst him, whenever it comes into the
market.
"The suppositions based on its becoming a free state and on the fact
that the pecuniary and other interests of 'bona-fide' people, their bravery
and their 'Sharps Rifles,' all conspire to make it such despi te 'Judas
Iscariots' who betrayed its freedom by passing the Kansas-Nebraska
Bill." (4)
3978 - L Jan. 30: 2/1 - Chicago papers state the emigration from eastern
and middle western states to the west, was never more active than at
present.
During the year 1856 we may safely say that 500,000 persons will pass
west of the western frontier of Indiana. (1)
3979 - L Apr. 24:2/3,4 - In a letter to the editor, "Kansas," writing from
the Missouri river, says:
No letter had been wri tten before because the person who had been chosen
correspondent of the party (headed for Kansas fro@ Ohio) left the party
at St. Louis and started for Iowa, some believed that he left because
of cowardice, while some knowing of other circumstances, believed that
someone would be there to meet him. Captain Dix of the POLAR STAR said
that northerners traveling on his boat would receive the same protection
as southerners.
(8)
3980 - L July 3: ]/5 - Members of the Western Homestead associat ion No. 11
are to meet at the store formerly occupied by H. Wi lkins, Park Row, July
7 at 8 p.m. (2)
See also "['nited States Territories & Possessions
WHOLESALE TRADE
3981 - L Mar. 22: 1/4 - Water st. has become the most important street for
wholesale houses. Every week we find some new addition to the trade.
The wholesale houses on Water st. compare favorably with any in the country.
They have been bui It large enough for the amount of business that
can be done in Cleveland in the next five years. (2)
3982 - L Apr. 28: 1/4 - Webster, Spencer, and Mellon have taken one of the
finest stores in Paine's new block on Water st. They are engaged in the
wholesaling of oil cloths, oil carpets. boots, shoes, etc. They design
and furnish their patrons with a first rate article of Cleveland made
shoes. (7)