http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 XTF Search Results (docsPerPage=100;f114-subject=Telegraph -- United States -- History.) http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f114-subject%3DTelegraph%20--%20United%20States%20--%20History. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f114-subject=Telegraph -- United States -- History. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT Jeptha Homer Wade Family Papers. Wade, Jeptha Homer Family http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3292.xml The Wade family was a prominent nineteenth and early twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, family with business interests in the telegraph and railroad industries, mining, manufacturing, and banking. Jeptha Homer Wade spent his early life as an apprentice to a tanner and as a carpenter. He next turned his interest to the emerging telegraph industry. In 1849, he organized the Cleveland and Cincinnati Telegraph Company. In 1857, Wade moved to Cleveland as the Western Union Telegraph Company's first general agent. His business interests were extensive in Cleveland, including the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company and the Citizens Savings and Loan Association. Randall Palmer Wade worked with his father in the telegraph business, moving with him to Cleveland in 1857. His business interests included the Cuyahoga Mining Company; the Citizens Savings and Loan Association; the Cleveland Banking Company; the American Sheet and Boiler Plate Company, and the Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company. Jeptha Homer Wade II also worked ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3292.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT