COLLINS, JAMES WALTER (16 Sept. 1889-16 Aug. 1971) filled what he regarded as the most important job in metropolitan journalism for 33 years as city editor for the Cleveland PLAIN DEALER. Born in Portland, Me., he was the son of James and Olive Fogelin Collins. While still in high school, he began writing for the Brockton (Mass.) Times.
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The COMMERCIAL BANK OF LAKE ERIE was the first bank in Cleveland and briefly played an active role in the town's early economic life. Incorporated by 8 Clevelanders with $45,000 in capital and a 25-year state charter, the bank opened for business on 6 Aug. 1816 in a house at the corner of Superior and Bank (W. 6th) streets.
The COMMUNIST PARTY in Cleveland was a small, disciplined group of men and women involved in both political and labor activities who promoted the overthrow of American capitalism by revolutionary means in order to establish proletarian rule. The local Communist party was founded by Ohio and Cuyahoga County socialists belonging to the left-wing section of the national Socialist Party.
The CONFERENCE FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL ACTION (CPPA) was held at Cleveland's Public Hall 4-5 July 1924 and endorsed the candidacy of Sen. Robt. M. LaFollette for president. The 800 conference delegates, largely made up of farmers and trade unionists, felt the senator represented their interests better than Republican and Democratic parties, who, in their view, had failed in their obligations to the American people.
CONTINENTAL, A DIVISION OF DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK, began operation as the South Side German Bldg. & Loan Assn. 18 Jan. 1892 with Phil Voelke as president. The Association, serving Cleveland's German population, met weekly in quarters at the corner of Clark Ave. and W. 25th St. until 1910, when it built its own offices at 3112 W. 25th St. In 1920, with assets totaling $1.5 million, the bldg.
COOK UNITED, INC. was at one time one of the country's leading home-service route supermarket and discount department store chains. Max Freeman and Hyman C. Broder started the firm as the Cook Coffee Co. in 1921 and incorporated it 4 years later. For its first 30 years, Cook grew by operating retail truck routes that sold coffee, tea, and other grocery and household items in 15 states.
COOK, THOMAS A. (7 January 1912 - 25 Nov. 1996) was a businessman and civic activist. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama, to Montry and Daisy Cook. The family moved to Chicago, where Cook's mother died, then to Cleveland in 1917. He graduated from Central High School, then joined a side show band with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, working summers as a trumpeter.
COON, JOHN (28 July 1822 - 24 Sept. 1908) was an attorney, businessman, city official, newspaper publisher, and a leading politician in the local Whig and early Republican Parties.
CORRIGAN, JAMES W. JR. (7 Apr. 1880-23 Jan. 1928), who inherited the Corrigan-McKinney Steel fortune, was born in Grybow, Polish Austria, the son of Capt. James C. and Ida Allen Corrigan. He was educated at the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, Mich., and Case School of Applied Science.
The CORRIGAN-MCKINNEY STEEL CO., once one of the outstanding steel companies in America, traced its origins back to Corrigan, Ives, and Co., dealers in iron ore and pig iron, established in Cleveland ca. 1890. One of its founders, James W. Corrigan, had made a fortune with Standard Oil. Corrigan-Ives went into receivership in 1893, and was reborn as Corrigan, McKinney & Co.
COTTON CLUB BOTTLING AND CANNING CO., a soft drink processing firm, began in 1902 as Miller and Becker, bottlers, at 272 Forest (now E. 37th St.). Founders of the company were Isaac Miller and Eli Becker. By 1906 the company had moved to 5908 Woodland and had been renamed the Miller-Becker Co. The company relocated to 6411 Central Ave. by 1928 and remained there for over 20 years.
The COVENTRY VILLAGE BUSINESS DISTRICT is situated on Coventry Rd. between Mayfield Rd. and Euclid Hts. Blvd. in CLEVELAND HTS. Coventry Rd. was originally built as a part of Patrick Calhoun's 1890s suburb of Euclid Hts. The Coventry business district was established and grew to serve the rapidly increasing populations of Euclid Hts. and the adjacent Mayfield Hts. developments.
COVERT, JOHN CUTLER (11 Feb. 1837-14 Jan. 1919) answered to the callings of journalist, politician, diplomat, and civic leader during a lifetime of 8 decades. He was born in Norwick, NY and brought in his youth to Cleveland, where he learned the printing trade in the job office of Timothy Snead and EDWIN COWLES.
COWELL AND HUBBARD CO. is Cleveland's oldest jewelry store. The firm started in 1861 when Geo. Cowell and his son, Herbert, took control of the silversmith shop of Royal Cowles, which had opened in 1849 under the Weddell House at Superior Ave. and Bank (W. 6th) St. H. Cowell & Co. sold clocks, watches, silverware, lamps, fine jewelry, and notions.
COWLES, EDWIN W. (19 Sept. 1825-4 Mar. 1890), a prominent newspaper editor, was born in Austinburg, Ohio, and came to Cleveland in 1839 as a printing apprentice. In 1844 Cowles and Timothy Smead formed a printing partnership.
Cowles, John Guiteau Welch was born in Oberlin, Ohio, March 14, 1836. The son of Rev. Henry and Alice Welch Cowles, he was educated in public and preparatory schools of Oberlin and entered Oberlin College, where he studied for the ministry. He received his AB from Oberlin College in 1856, his AM from the Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1859, and an honorary LL.D. from the College in 1898.
COX, JACOB D., JR. (1 Nov. 1881-16 Feb. 1953), president of the Cleveland Twist Drill Co., was a pioneer in profit sharing and employee stock participation planning. Born in Cleveland to Ellen Prentiss and Jacob D.
COX, JACOB DOLSON (15 May 1852-23 Feb. 1930) co-founded the Cleveland manufacturing firm of Cox and Prentiss, an ancestor of the ACME-CLEVELAND CORPORATION. He was born in Warren, OH, to Jacob Dolson and Helen Finney Cox. His father, a lawyer, was the 22nd governor of Ohio (1865-67) and Secretary of the Interior under President Grant.
COZAD, SAMUEL III (4 April 1794-23 May 1870) Western Reserve pioneer that settled the Euclid Ave.-Wade Park area, was born in New Jersey, the son of Samuel Jr. and Jane McIlrath Cozad. He and his family arrived in the Western Reserve in 1806 to settle land purchased by his father at $1 an acre extending from DOAN'S CORNERS (E.
CRC PRESS, INC., an internationally known and respected publisher of scientific handbooks, texts, and reports, was begun in Cleveland in 1903 as the Chemical Rubber Co. Three brothers—Arthur, Leo, and Emanuel Friedman—formed the company as a means of financing their college educations.
CREECH, HARRIS (26 Feb. 1874-18 May 1941) was president of the Cleveland Trust Co. for 18 years; his leadership during the Depression ensured the company's continuance as the premier banking institution for many years. Creech was born in Cleveland, the son of James and Carabelle Simmons Creech and was educated in the city's public schools.
CROGHAN, GEORGE (1720-31 Aug. 1782) was a frontiersman, trader, and Indian agent who was born in Ireland and came to Pennsylvania in 1741. He served as a captain under Gen. Braddock, and later as Sir Wm. Johnson's deputy superintendent of Indian affairs.
CROWELL, JOHN (15 Feb. 1801-10 Mar 1883) was a well-known attorney, supporter of the Republican Party, and public speaker.
CULLEY, PAUL EUGENE (18 June 1924 – 12 Jan.
CULLEY, RAY (12 Oct. 1904 - 18 Sep. 1983) and BETTY (BUEHNER) CULLEY (16 May 1914 – 4 June 2016) are the founders of Cleveland-based CINECRAFT PRODUCTIONS.