Hoosierisms and Southern Dialects in Indiana Lore
An Illinois article surveys fading regional manners as railroads and telegraphs homogenize the nation. It catalogs Hoosier speech quirks from Southern Indiana, noting terms like sprin kling passel plunder and fixin resonant with Irish and Southern roots, and explains quirky spellings and usages observed by T. A. Wylie.
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United States
Indiana
Toledo
River Plum
Carpenters
Masons
Louisiana
Forehead myths and the sprightly elderly gentleman
A discussion debunks the belief that a high forehead signals intellect, noting brain regions and skull shape myths. The piece then contrasts the modern sprightly elderly gentleman with the traditional elder, praising steadiness over youth’s pretenses and recalling adventures and social duties.
Elderly Gentleman Remains Elderly in Ordinary Report
Martha Cornell Woodward notes in the Current that the old style elderly gentleman will stay elderly. The remark reflects a playful editorial stance on aging and social perception.
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Martha Cornell Woodward
The Rich and the Famous in a Dictionary Volume
A 19th century review contrasts wealth with fame in a biographical dictionary, noting Shakespeare and Lincoln gain more lines than wealth magnates like the Rothschilds and Astors. It argues ideas govern society, not money, and calls for continued wealth with restraint. It also covers advertising of beauty in fruit sales and health advice on diet and hygiene. It traces presidential fortunes from Washington to Cleveland and Carried anecdotes of Andrew Jackson as planter and master.
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Leadville
Pike’s Peak
Colorado Springs
Shakspeare
Luther
Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Rothschilds
Astors
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Paganini
Fiddler
A. T. Stewart
Daniel Lambert
Girard
George Peabody
Moses Montefiore
United
John Wesley
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New York Star
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
South Carolina
Congress
Madison
Payne Todd
James Monroe
Virginia
New York
John Quincy Adaimus
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Martin van Buren
James IX. Polk
John Tyler
White House
Mr. Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Freedman’s Bank
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
New York Sun
General Jackson
Jackson
Hannah
James Parton
American Agriculturist
Vision of Real Estate Inspires Laborers to Buy Homes
The text argues that securing a small property with a home turns daydreams of wealth into practical ambition. A 100 by 200 foot lot with a snug dwelling drives early rising and constant work, fostering frugality and self discipline through the prospect of the final mortgage payment. It urges every worker to own their house and convert earnings into real estate.
Successful Domestication of the American Buffalo
A Manitoba herd owner begun with four heifers and one bull in 1878 now keeps sixty one buffalo and halfbreeds. The herd thrives on snow covered prairie with minimal care, producing ten to fourteen pound fleece yearly. Buffalo are strong draft animals and nearly immune to disease, though milking is weak. Opposed crosses may lose pure fur, but hybrid trials continue. The plan is to restock prairie ranches where wild buffalo grazed.
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Stony Mountian
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Bedson
Pital
Dentists Pioneering Tooth Transplants in San Francisco
Experiments by Dr Younger in San Francisco, inspired by John Hunter, show freshly drawn teeth transplanted to cook’s combs retain vitality for a month and survive in warm water for about two days. Placed in natural sockets from which teeth were taken they become fixed and grow as if native. New sockets can also be drilled to insert teeth which take hold of surrounding bone and function as mastication. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated.
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San Francisco
Younger
John Hunter
Frank Leslie
Night after Night Preaching Helps Throat and Lungs
Rev. W. F. Wagoner reports relief from throat and lung trouble after using White Wine of Tar Syrup sent by Dr. C. D. Warner. The medicine is praised as excellent for throat care and is sold by Crowder & Reed. Also advertised are Dr. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pills for biliousness and related symptoms, 25 cents, sold by S. A. White city drug store.
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Dr. Bigelow
8. A. White
C.D. Warner
W. F. Wagoner
Pink Hill
Crowder & Reed
J. H. McLean
5. A. White
City Drug Store
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Saint Stephen
Dornick
Kentucky
Stanford
T. A. Wylie
Wm. H. Mays
Gower
Stockton Asylum
Hancock’& Conkel’s
H. B. Bashell
G Reed
Simi. White
Dickens
Trollope
James
Saratoga
Beauty
Children and Manufacturing
Chicago
Knights of Labor
Scientific American
Anyiene
Richard Owen
St. Jacobs
Ion
James Harlan
Louisville
Alwaysis Eicomor
Sullivan Planing Mill
T. H. Depot
J. F. Hoke & CO
Rural Machine Works
Oliver
Dalene
Rost & Robbins
North Broad Street
Sullivan, Ind
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