From Cabin to Palace Indiana Seat of Government
A sweeping history traces Indiana’s state government from Vincennes to Corydon to Indianapolis. It notes milestones: early cabins, the Corydon Statehouse, the old Indianapolis Capitol, and the present marble dome. Key figures include Harrison and Jennings. dates span 1727 to 1888.
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Old Statehouse
Indianapolis
Indiana
Capitola
Vincennes
Corydon
House of Authority
Valois
Bourbon
Congress
Great
Northwest Territory
Crown of France
Louis le Grand
Oulatenon
Wabash River
Tippecanoe River
Louis
William Henry Harrison
Indiana Territory
Beegan
New Territory
Henry Vanderburgh
John Griffin
Willam Clark
Harrison
General Court of
General Assembly
Territorial
Benjamin Parker
Illinois
Povey
Senate
Union of States
Big Indian Creek
Jonathan Jennings
Christopher Harrison
William Hendricks
Isaac Blackford
William Conner
West Fork
White River
Hamilton County
Jennings
Marion County
New Statehouse
Square 53
Board of Statehouse Commissioners
James D. Williams
John Love
Thomas A. Morris
Isaac D. G. Nelson
Fort Wayne
William R. McKean
Terre Haute
Francis D. Lee
St. Louis
Jared A. Smith
United States Engineer Corps
Francis D. Allen
Evansville
Edwin May
Kanmacher & Denig
United States
Statehouse
Why She Was Late at the Philadelphia Plant
A Philadelphia Telegraph item reports a new superintendent at a large northeastern manufacturing plant with 300 to 400 workers. One female employee, habitually late, gives a string of evasions until finally confessing the real reason for her tardiness, an odd and incomplete remark ending the tale.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Monday Gallery Gods at Empire Theater in Indianapolis
A reporter recalls the Empire Theater Monday gallery crowd known as gallery gods who disrupt burlesque shows with cheers jeers and raucous songs. The piece details their behaviors whistles tirades patriotic numbers and mockery of stage referees amid a rowdy afternoon crowd.
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London
Bowery
Midway Music Hall
San Francisco
Empire Theater
Empire
Empire Gallery
Indianapolis
Molly Darling
The Emperor and the Little Boy
A boy dressed as a baker's apprentice reached Emperor Francis Joseph as he left Saint Antonius. The boy handed a letter begging hospital admission for his ailing mother. The Emperor halted the carriage and the mother was later placed in a charitable institution.
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Leslie's
Francis Joseph
Church of St. Antonius
Emperor
Modern Baby Has No Cradle
A Philadelphia Inquirer essay recounts sailors noting babies rarely seasick. A ship steward claims babies tolerate rough seas because the rocking cradle conditions they know from infancy. The piece blends humor and observation on infant comfort at sea.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Rent and living costs rise in Washington boarding houses
Dear Place reports high living expenses in Washington with many boarding houses offering good accommodations but charging rates above those found in other cities.
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Washington
Washington Inn Life Shows High Costs and Odd Inducements
Washington visitors and new residents face high rents and scarce cheap lodging. A foreign waiter is surprised by Sunday liquor rules as Indians charm with “home like” offers. Boarding houses push meals and “home like” terms while rents climb, with seasonally adjusted rates during Congress sessions.
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Journal
Washington
Indianapolis
Indiana
Capitol
Congress
West
War Department
Camc
A Unique English Peddler Doll in Chicago Collection
A Chicago collector owns an English peddler doll from before Queen Victoria's marriage. The ten inch jointed china figure wears a blue wool frock, white apron, red cape, silk hood, and green flannel petticoat. Her basket holds about fifty doll-sized items, including bead necklaces, tiny crocheted lace, doll pins, a jewelled brooch, doll furniture, and numerous miniature accessories, all arranged to attract buyers.
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Curio
Chicago
London
Victoria
Tory
The Worm Turned in December Smart Set
A fragmentary prose sketch centers on a man torn by affection and pride as he endures a beloved’s teasing about his “arch” persona and his own imperfect yet endearing nature. The narrator hints at an engagement strained by personal vanity and social whimsy.
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Mollie
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Ind
State Capitol
Washington Street
Capitol Avenue
Ohio Street
Senate Avenue
Dear Place
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