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DAYTON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Montgomery county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., at the confluence of See also:Wolf See also:Creek, Stillwater See also:river and Mad river with the See also:Great See also:Miami, 57 M. N.N.E. of See also:Cincinnati and about 70 M. W.S.W. of See also:Columbus. Pop. (189o) 61,220; (190o) 85,333 ; (1910) 116,577. In 1900 there were 10,053 See also:foreign-See also:born and 3387 negroes ; of the foreign-born 682o were Germans and 1253 Irish. Dayton is served by the See also:Erie, the See also:Cleveland, Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, the See also:Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis, the Cincinnati, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton & Dayton, and the Dayton & See also:Union See also:railways, by ten interurban electric railways, centring here, and by the Miami & Erie See also:Canal. The city extends more than 5 m. from E. to W., and 32 M. from N. to S., lies for the most See also:part on level ground at an See also:elevation of about 740 ft. above See also:sea-level, and numerous See also:good, hard See also:gravel roads radiate from it in all directions through the surrounding See also:country, a fertile farming region which abounds in See also:limestone, used in the construction of public and private buildings. Among the more prominent buildings are the See also:court-house—the portion first erected being designed after the Parthenon—the See also:Steele high school, St See also:Mary's See also:college, Notre See also:Dame See also:academy, the Memorial See also:Building, the See also:Arcade Building, Reibold Building, the See also:Algonquin Hotel, the See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, the public library (containing about 75,000 volumes), the See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association building and several churches. At Dayton are the Union Biblical See also:seminary, a theological school of the See also:United Brethren in See also:Christ, and the See also:publishing See also:house of the same See also:denomination. By an agreement made in 1907 the school of See also:theology of See also:Ursinus College (Collegeville, See also:Pennsylvania; the theological school since 1898 had been in See also:Philadelphia) and the See also:Heidelberg Theological seminary (See also:Tiffin, Ohio) united to See also:form the Central Theological seminary of the See also:German Reformed See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, which was established in Dayton in 1908. The See also:boulevard and See also:park along the river add attractiveness to the city. Among the charitable institutions are the Dayton See also:state See also:hospital (for the insane), the Miami Valley and the St See also:Elizabeth hospitals, the Christian See also:Deaconess, the Widows' and the See also:Children's homes, and the See also:Door of See also:Hope (for homeless girls); and i m. W. of the city is the central See also:branch of the See also:National See also:Home for disabled volunteer soldiers, with its beautifully ornamented grounds, about 1 sq. m. in extent. The Mad river is made to furnish good See also:water-See also:power by means of a See also:hydraulic canal which takes its water through the city, and Dayton's manufactures are extensive and varied, the establishments of the National See also:Cash See also:Register See also:Company employing in 1907 about 4000 wage-earners. This company is widely known for its " welfare See also:work " on behalf of its operatives. See also:Baths, lunch-rooms, See also:rest-rooms, clubs, lectures, See also:schools and kindergartens have been supplied, and the company has also cultivated domestic See also:pride by offering prizes for the best-kept gardens, &c. From See also:April to See also:July 19o1 there was a strike in the already thoroughly unionized factories; complaint was made of the hectoring of union men by a certain foreman, the use in See also:toilet-rooms of towels laundered in non-union shops (the company replied by allowing the men to See also:supply towels themselves), the use on doors of springs not union-made (these were removed by the company), and especially the See also:discharge of four men whom the company refused to reinstate. The company was victorious in the strike, and the factory became an " open See also:shop." In addition to cash registers, the city's manufactured products include agricultural implements, See also:clay-working machinery, See also:cotton-See also:seed and See also:linseed oil machinery, filters, turbines, railway cars (the large Barney-See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith See also:car See also:works employed 1800 men in 1905), carriages and wagons, sewing-See also:machines (the See also:Davis Sewing See also:Machine Co.), automobiles, clothing, See also:flour, See also:malt liquors, See also:paper, See also:furniture, See also:tobacco and See also:soap. The See also:total value of the manufactured product, under the " factory See also:system," was $31,015,293 in 1900 and $39,596,773 in 1905. Dayton's site was See also:purchased in 1795 from See also:John See also:Cleves Symmes by a party of Revolutionary soldiers, and it wa* laid out as a See also:town in 1796 by See also:Israel See also:Ludlow (one of the owners), by whom it was named in See also:honour of See also:Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), a soldier in the See also:War of
See also:Independence, a member of See also:Congress from New See also:Jersey in 1791-1799, and a United States senator in 1799-1805. It was made the county-seat in 1803, was incorporated as a town in 1805, See also:grew rapidly after the opening of the canal in 1828, and in 1841 was chartered as a city.
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