Indiana Centennial Reflections on Statehood and Growth
A century ago Indiana gained statehood on December 11, 1816 with November 7 as the first ready officers. The article traces naming of Indiana, early governance, anti slavery push, banks, population, and the move of the capital to Indianapolis. It notes education beginnings, early churches, and key towns while outlining 19th century challenges and progress.
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Indiana
Union of States
George S. Cottman
Max R. Hyman
I’yman
Indianapolis
Ward
Vincennes
Congress
Jonathan Jennings
Jennings
Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Indiana
Madison
Bank of
State Bank of
Indiana Territory
Vincennes Society For the Encouragement of Useful Arts
State Board of Agriculture
Father Rivet
Vincennes University
St. Xavier's Church
Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
William Harrison
Willam Hendricks
Hendricks
Corydon
White River
Lawrenceburg
New ‘Albany
Evansville
Bedford
Terre Hatta
Lafay
Indiana’s First Century Celebrated The Centennial Year
The piece traces Indiana’s growth from early settlement to a hundred years post statehood. It notes roads, canals, newspapers, and rail expansion, population milestones, and the Civil War era including Gov Morton’s stance and soldier totals. It highlights leaders Benjamin Harrison and several vice presidents as state achievements.
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Indiana
Cumberland
St. Louis
Madison
Ind
Trail Creek
Lake Michigan
Whitewater
New Albany
Indianapolis
Edinburg
Oliver P. Morton
Lincoln
Delaware
John J. Wiliams
Benjamin Harrison
Schuyler Colfax
Thomas A. Hendricks
Charles W. Fairbanks
Thomas R. Marshall
Hollow Pretense About Punishment and Progress
Fragmentary reflection questions humanitys drive for progress and the need to devise punishment for the constant urge to smite. The text hints at moral critique and the cycle of violence behind social advancement.
Elders in Washington toil amid war duties and birds on the Capitol
George Clinton notes diplomats and senior officials labor long hours in Washington amid Mexican border tensions. Ambassadors and staff bear heavy burdens beyond diplomacy, while springtime birds drawn near the Capitol intrigue lawmakers and observers alike.
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George Clinton
Washington
United States
Mexico
Secretary of War
America
Frontline Progress and Losses Mark War Year Milestones
In the week marking one year of war, French forces advance in Vosges Champagne and Notre Dame de Lorette while Germans halt French gains at Flirey. Russians fend off Stryj advances as Czar heads to the front. A Turkish torpedo boat sinks a British transport in the Aegean, Turkish craft destroyed. Ellispontis torpedoed in the North Sea. French airship targets Strasbourg and German planes strike Amiens.
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Vosges
Champagne
Notre Dame de Lorette
Flirey
Stryj
Czar
Russia
Aegean
Ellispontis
North Sea
Strassburg
Amiens
World War I updates mix of gains and retreats near Ypres
Germans repulsed English attack near Ypres and held Vosges positions. French successes across France and Alsace. Russians gained on Telepath heights. British B-15 wrecked at Dardanelles by own pickets. Riots flare in Vienna and Bohemia. Hill 60 forage gains south of Ypres. Fecht river and Burgkorp feld taken by French. Combres repulsed by Germans. Lemnos landings by British French. Von der Goltz named Turkish commander. Russian squadron shelled Turkish coast and sank vessels. French air raids on Rhine towns. Germans bombed Bel fort. Garros captured by Germans.
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Ypres
Vosges
France
Alsace
Dardanelles
Turkish
Rhine
Belfort
Heavy combat across Europe as forces clash on multiple fronts
Heavy artillery clashes in Champagne and the Argonne as German troops retake Embermenil. Russian forces repulse major German assaults east of Telepothh while fierce fighting for heights near Oravazil continues. Two Turkish torpedo boats destroyed by Russian mines at the Bosporus entrance. German air squadron bombards Bialystok in Russian Poland. An allied air victory over the Rhine is reported.
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Champagne
Argonne
Embermenil
Telepothh
Oravazil
Bosporus Entrance
Bialystok
Russian
Poland
the Rhine
World War I Updates Piercing Stalemate Shifts
German attacks on Hill 60 and Hartmannsweilerkopf repulsed. French gains at Flirey and in the Forest of Le Pretre checked. Russian advance in the Carpathians halted. Twenty thousand French and British boats landed near Enos on the Gulf of Saros. Germans driven back in Kameruns and Central Africa. British airmen bombarded Ghent harbor. Bulgarian irregulars invade Serbia. American government tells Germany it will not bar arms shipments.
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Hartmannsweilerkopf
Flirey
le Pretre
Carpathians
Enos
Gulf of Saros
Kameruns
Central Africa
Ghent
Serbia
Great battle near Ypres as Germans press canal crossing
German forces push across a canal near Ypres and seize several villages while French gains occur southward. In Bukowina Russians defeat Austrians but suffer heavy losses at Uzsok pass. Allied fleet shells Dardanelles forts. General Joffre retires after commanding 29 generals.
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Ypres
Bukowina
Uzsok Pass
Dardanelles
French Make Progress Near St Mihiel In WWI
French forces advance near St Mihiel while Russian cavalry cross into East Prussia near Memel. Heavy fighting reported in Uzsok pass as Britain declares a blockade on Kamerun in German West Africa. Russian aircraft bomb near Miawa and Plotsk.
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Forstat
St. Mihiel
East Prussia
Memel
Uzsok Pass
Kamerun
German West Africa
Great Britain
Butterflies Farm In England Turns To Exotic Raising
Fragmentary report notes a farm in England specializing in butterflies with annual sales exceeding 30,000. Other readable facts cite Canada’s 1914 fish catch valued at 32 207 748 dollars and a British cork demand of 10 000 tons.
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England
Canadian
Britis Isles
Cork An
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