The Whitecaps of Indiana A Bloodied Legacy of Fear
A historical account traces the Whitecaps rise in Indiana and Ohio from vigilant bandits to a feared lynching gang. It chronicles their methods including whippings and murders, notable attacks in Harrison County, Corydon area, and the 19th century crackdown that gradually diminished their terror. It ends with a last court suit in Brown County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Thys
Whitecap
Whitecaps
Edward Bingham
Bingham
Harrison County
Ind
Corydon
Brown County
Largest wheel ever cast operated by one man
The largest commercial wheel ever cast stands 63 feet in diameter and weighs over 1,000,000 pounds. Built by Robert Pool & Rons Company in Baltimore for Calumet & Hecla Mining, it will be tested before shipping to Michigan. It features 550 buckets on the inner rim to haul away mine refuse.
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Robert Pool & Rons Company
Baltimore
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Michigan
Krupp
Phair
Hiram
Daily News
Baltimore World
Mira Gray
Pate
Bravery on the Fire Engine and Siberian Travel Tales
An account of Bill Brown stabilizing Engine 29 amid a blaze with burning debris and an imminent explosion, risking his life to keep water flowing for his four trapped comrades. Also included is Frederic Palmer’s travel note from Siberia about stamps, officials, and an army officer enforcing a coat law aboard a steamboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brown
Cleveland Moffett
Brown
Siberia
Frederic Palmer
Amoor
Leutenant
The Last Equality
A Baltimore American poem compares rich and poor, asserting both die alike. It contrasts wealth’s comforts with mortality, noting money cannot shield death or grant lasting status. The piece emphasizes shared fate, ending with Old Death’s impartial judgment.
Hypnotic wager ends in a yearlong slumber
In Waverly, Professor Markman a Japanese literature scholar plots to save his daughter Fusa from a perceived fate by hypnotizing her for a year. The abduction, revelation, and aftermath unfold as Fusa awakens to confront the tale and its consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fusa
Fosa
Jarbran
Licely
Markman
Fara
Japan
Jarbraw
Fea
Waverly
Early Morning Wit of Mones Coit Tyler at Michigan
A Current Literature anecdote recalls Mones Coit Tyler, later Cornell history professor, as a playful figure in a gray dawn seminar. The tale shows him turning an early roll call into a light remark about routine morning dullness, highlighting his boyish humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
Robbins
Mr. Robbins
Rothine
Mones Coit Tyler
Cornell
Servant Announces Plans To Marry After Tea Surprise
In a light exchange, a servant confesses plans to marry, prompting the mistress to remark on the idea as a tea time surprise and a chance to improve herself. The dialogue centers on a domestic moment and forthcoming nuptials.
Untitled collage of comic quotes and snippets
A fragmented pasted page shows a mix of humorous quotes, sensational lines, and brief notices from various papers. It includes misquoted dialogue about murder, a joke sequence about pills and cough medicine, and scattered items from comic sections like Tit-Bits and Puck with people named in a roving, nonspecific fashion. The overall mood is a collage of late 19th or early 20th century gag lines and fragmentary captions.
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THE
Mutual Benefit Society
WP Vers
Cornfield
Hipping
Baltimore American
Wai
Willie Wat
Phil Brick
Phil Ovilfer
Sen
Casdy
Gansidy
Borra
Davey
Philadelphia
Herald
Indianapolia News
Upton
Norah
Kaward
Blanche
Mataral
Wil
Bobby
Willie
Helen
Prian
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