Canal for Indiana Congress Asked to Appropriate Funds
Indiana legislature asks Congress to fund a survey for a ship canal from the south that participated in the engagement. A memorial memo requests an appropriation for expenses of a commission to survey the route and to provide a tablet bearing the state seal. Each tablet features relief depictions of the respective armed service.
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Congress
Indiana
Secretary of War
Arm of Service
Early 19th Century Canal Routes from Michigan to the Wabash
The article surveys several proposed Lake Michigan to Wabash canal routes near Logansport and Michigan City. It cites 1831 Stansberry figures at 157 miles with 37 locks costing 3.94 million dollars, plus alternative paths via Trail Creek, Little Calumet, Wolf Lake, and other basins with costs around 3.0 to 3.4 million.
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Lake Michigan
Wabash Hyex
Logansport
Heart Point
Arling
Lewis Caas
Warder
Jackson
J*aneberry
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Stansberry
St. Joseph
Tippecanoe
Wabash River
Michigan City
Trail Creek
Monon Creek
Tippecanoe River
Bronze Tablets Inspected for Chickamauga Monuments
Chief Ordnance Inspector Thompson of the War Department in Chicago inspected memorial bronze tablets to be used with Indiana bronze seals on stone monuments marking Indiana troop positions at Chickamauga.
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Chickamauga
Thompson
War Department
Chicago
State of
Indiana
Memorials Rise at Chickamauga Battle Grounds
Monuments in Chickamauga National Military Park honor Indiana and Illinois troops who fought in the bloodiest modern battle. The article notes the ground’s sanctity from those soldiers’ sacrifices, reflecting on the war’s defining struggles and the gallant men who died there.
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Tle
Chickamauga
Chickamauga National Military Park
Indiana
Tlinois
Memorial Tablets Honoring Regimental Valor and Sacrifice
The Infantry Tablet stands as a symbol of patriotic devotion and self-sacrifice. Thirty-nine memorial tablets mark the fallen and injured, highlighting infantry, a forged regiment, and supporting units such as cavalry and artillery, across modern battlefields.
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Wounsted
Battle Tablet Describes Regiment Movement and Losses
A tablet etched in raised letters records the regiment’s movements in the battle and lists the losses by killed, wounded, and missing, preserving the terse, formal tone of battlefield notices from the period.
Death reveals a secret vanity of William H. English
The Indiana financier William H. English dies exposing a hidden desire tied to a cherished vanity. In life he hinted to a Chicago friend that he longed for a statue, revealing a private ambition linked to his broader presidential hopes.
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William H. English
Indiana
Chicago
Lee
Indiana statue scheme and rival towns over fame points
A historical note describes a plan by Hancock and English to erect two eight foot four inch bronze statues at a $1,800 cost each. One statue was to be sent to English, Indiana after county seat battles. The four great fame points around an Indianapolis monument already host George Rogers Clark and a figure of Gen. William Henry Harrison, with two others reportedly decided.
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Hancock
Indiana
Indianapolis
English
Ind
Supreme Bench
George Rogers Clark
Continental Army
Clark Street
Chicago
William Henry Harrison
Among the Cubans in Havana in War Time Courting and Life
The article surveys Havana’s rich houses with high stone rooms and iron barred windows, the lively street life at night despite the war, and the contrast with poor neighborhoods. It notes courtship customs, Sunday gaiety, religious devotion, and the omnipresence of lottery touts, while observing Cuban tastes in goods and the economy centered on sugar and tobacco.
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Havana
Havani
Parente
Lfe
Atara
Tropics
Gomez
Cuba
Why There'll Be No Leap Year in 1900
The calendar explained cites Rolfe and Ginet on why 1900 is not a leap year. It describes Julian and Gregorian reforms, the 400 year rule, and how century years are skipped unless divisible by 400.
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Rolfe and Ginet
Aries
Julius Ceasar
Gregory XIII
Real Names in Army Enlistment Tales of Deception
A veteran anecdote explains that some applicants enlist under assumed names to avoid family stigma. It recalls a noted Irish corporal who rose to corporal as Philip Sidney, then confessed his real name was Philip Bidvey de Montmerency after his service, highlighting military officers respect for honest motives.
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United States Army
Philip Sidney
Ceptain
Philip Bidvey de Montmerency
Blood the kidneys and harmless remedies urged
The inactivity of the organs causes impurities to remain and harm the system. Blood cleansing remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bit are advertised to prevent degradation of organs and treat malarial, dyspeptic, bilious, nervous and rheumatic complaints.
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Bright
Finest afloat sparks playful chat on ocean voyage
On board a ship, Agnes asks if cattle travel on the ocean line and receives a brisk reply that it is one of the finest vessels. The dialogue contrasts peerage with steerage, humorously noting the divide between highborn passengers and common travelers.
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Agnes
Perfect Passenger Service on the Nickel Plate Line
Uniformed train porters assist first and second class travelers while sleeping cars run between Chicago and New York City via the Nickel Plate. Dining car service is described as unexcelled. The text mentions the practice of labeling poor children in Japan as a safety measure while mothers perform domestic duties.
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Japan
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the Supreme Court OF Indiana
James H. Jordan
L. J. Hackney
James M'Oabe
Thomas E. Howard
L. J. Monks
CANAL
Northwestern
Antillery
Custom House
Hood
C. J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Masa
Henry Senior
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York
Ripans Chemical Co
Senior
Ripans
Fond
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