Voorhees and the Greenbackers in Indiana Politics
In Indiana's gerrymandered district, Daniel W. Voorhees rose as a magnetic figure while facing rivals like Mose Dunn and Thomas Nelson. The piece recounts joint debates, a famed quote about the Indianapolis Journal, and his stance on the Greenbackers as a balance in Senate contests.
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Voorhees
Mose Dunn
Bedford
Dunn
Congressional Record
Indianapolis Journal
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Faimer
United States Senate
Greenbackers
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Npen
Senate
WW. P. Wimmer
Clay
Pui de Vseget
Padi Courtios
Voorhees admired for magnetic appeal in era politics
In a Terre Haute Tribune piece Mique O'Brien notes Voorhees drew votes from Republicans in Indiana districts yet partisans refused to admit voting for him. Colliver recalls Voorhees’s popularity and says he influenced party lines, even sparking talk of honorary custodianship of the congressional library had he lived.
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P. O. Colliver
Russell Township
Putnam County
Congressional Library
Mique O’brien
Terre Haute Tribune
Voorhees and remarks about union soldiers stir county politics
In Sullivan county rumors spread about Daniel Voorhees allegedly saying union soldiers should wear collars branded A Lincoln. A county Democrat chairman sought to erase the impact by obtaining an affidavit from Major Hawkins of Graysville, father of Hosea Hawkins, but the elder Hawkins replied with an old Northern dialect remark.
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A. Lincoln
Sullivan County
Graysville
Major Hawkins
Hosea Hawkins
United States
Grover Cleveland
Indiana
Hawkins
Edard
Terre Haute Daily Star and The Sullivan Union Offer One Year In Paper
The two newspapers publish a combined one year subscription option priced at four dollars total for readers in Terre Haute and Sullivan, Indiana. This offer invites residents to receive both papers through a single billing arrangement.
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Lickskillet Items From Bloomington Star
A jumble of small town notes reports a blind fiddler drawing $1.79 at a Bloomington event before heading to Gosport. The Sewing Circle serves a luncheon, a political poll favors Wilson over Bryan and Taggart, and local oddities include a one-suspender candidate and various town chores and squabbles.
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Eli Perkins
Brown County
Constable St Plum
Hacker's Woods
Woodrow Wilson
Willian Jennings Bryan
Tom Taggart
Jim Slivers
Endurance Through Faith and Litany of Hope
Fragmentary verse reflects endurance through faith and loss. The lines imagine resilience as a guiding light amid darkness, with references to a hopeful sun and stars. the speaker invokes Richard Burton and a Bellman context to frame spiritual struggle.
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Richard Burton
Dispenser of Happiness
A Washington Star quote extols letter carriers as among the happiest people when they contribute to others happiness outlining the joy found in serving the public through mail delivery.
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