Origin and respect for the Hoosier in 1839 New Orleans view
The piece traces early theories of the Hoosier name, notes 1839 New Orleans and Indianapolis Journal references, and quotes a lively 1839 Picayune article showing Indiana flatboatmen on the levee. It observes the term's historic respect in 19th century perceptions and its widespread acceptance today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Joseph A. Wright
Oliver H. Smith
John Finley
Indianapolis Journal
Finley
Meredith Nicholson
New Orleans Picayune
Willis
Irving
New Orleans
Abraham Lincoln
Questions and Answers from the era’s quiz sheet
A stacked Q and A page covering multiple topics. It lists names and figures on politics, science, and history such as secretary roles, presidential votes, Panama canal questions, horse ailments, match production, and notable figures like Van Buren and Blondel with brief life notes. The item reads like a period trivia column.
Hoosier Patriot: A Bright, Unpretending Peasant Hero
A historical portrait extols the Hoosier as fearless, liberty loving and untainted by fashion. The piece likens his independence to wild rivers and prairie paths, praising his devotion to liberty and raw, unrestrained character. His education is indirect yet bound to the creed of freedom and self-reliance.
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West
Specimen of graft in Colliers Weekly involves a Buffalo prisoner
The piece recounts George Bishop a sailor turned professional jail prisoner who bribes officers for time off. He describes paying cops for early releases then fleeing and returning under new names. The article notes rural New York officers are paid by fees for each arrest and jailers receive allowances.
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New York
States
Sailor tramp death tied to hoboes and officials
A witness described a scheme where hoboes were boarded by rural officers for free and kept idle, with tips of 50 to 75 dollars in winter to officials who sought arrests. The testimony connected to an Orleans county sheriff under investigation. the witness, Bishop, was later found dead on a freight car, skull crushed, near Medina.
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Bishop
Medina
Orleans County
New York
Brown system of railroad discipline gains wide adoption
Sixty U S railroad lines adopt a unified discipline plan built on a personal record book for each employee. Warnings precede any action and a public bulletin explains faults and remedies, aiming to reduce layoffs and improve employer worker relations while preserving integrity in cases of serious misconduct.
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United States
George R. Brown
Fall Brook
New York
Brown
Bulletin Notes
Hindostan Town to Rise Again With Hydroelectric Drive
Northern Indiana capitalists led by Jerome Herff plan to revive Hindostan Ind by leveraging water power. Indiana Hydraulic Co forms to manufacture with a dam and power house at Hindostan and Shoals as interurban lines and electric railway progress. Rival firms contest lands, with a spring start eyed and a heated legal battle anticipated.
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Chicago Chronicle
Hindostan
Ind
White River
Hondestan Stone Company
Vincennes
Henderson
Louisville
Indiana
Jerome Herff
Peru
Indiana Hydraulic Company
Shoals
Weet Essaden
Indian Springs
Forbidden Russian Rail Line to Kushkinski Post Disputed Passes
The New York Press details a secret Murghab branch of the Transcaspian Railway, opened near Merv to Kushkinski post, near Afghanistan. It notes its military purpose, secret permissions, and how only garrison personnel may travel, with two weekly slow trains today and speculation on future war-time use.
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New York
Europe
Asia
Murghab
Sven Hedin
Central Asia
Merv
Afghanistan
Herat
New Oasis
Kushk
Kushkinski
London Times
Mery
Russia
Ameer
Bokhara
Henry Norman
Great Britain
India
Murehab
Origin of Diamonds Strengthens Volcanic Theory
New evidence in the New York Tribune bolsters the volcanic origin hypothesis for diamonds. Geological findings identify altered peridotite hosting diamonds with carbonaceous shale, linking to Kimberley deposits and suggesting deep earth processes rather than meteoric delivery.
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New York Tribune
South Africa
Earth
Moissan
Kimberley
George F. Kunz
Tiffany & Co
United States
Bahis
H. W. Furniss
Canada
Hudson's Bay
White House Pardons and a Christmas Letter Tale
A Chicago Post piece recalls a Christmas season in which Mrs. Harrison influenced President Harrison to grant a pardon. A Fort Sheridan deserter wrote of hardship, and after Mrs. Harrison touched the President, the man was pardoned. The deserter left with funds and a gold watch, later shared with others who reported the tale to White House staff.
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Washington
Chicago Post
White House
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Benjamin Harrison
Son
Benjamin
F Company
Berg
Tit-for-Tat Lieges Ears Judge Joke in Canada Ireland
A Canadian judge known for anecdotes tries a joke on an Irish laborer aboard a train. He praises Canada as ahead of Ireland, prompting the man to tearfully insist Ireland is his true home. The judge then quips about enjoying a parlor car with a judge before Ireland would.
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London
Isie
John
Canada
Ireland
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St. Louis World’s Fair
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Millard Fillmore
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Hare
Gaey
la Rico
E. C
Aes
Samuel M. Lindsay
San Juan
Texas
John A. Wilcox
C. C. Herbert
P. W. Gray
Frank B. Sexton
M. D. Graham
B. H. Epperson
William B. Wright
Stephen H. Darden
A. M. Branch
J. R. Baylor
8. H. Morgan
Herbert
Sexton
Jaqueminot
L. R. Martin van Buren
Louis Phillipe
H. J
German Empire
North Holland
West Friesland
Netherlands
United States Geological Survey
North Carolina
de Lesseps
S. A
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique de
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France
Canal Company
G. W. C. Brokenwind
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Tammany Hall
Democratic Party
Blondel
Richard
England
Austria
Robert Walpole
Germany
Durrenstein
Norfolk
Cambridge
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Oxford
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Tanfod
Elbertus
Aurora
N. Y
Alice Moore
Concord
Mass
Wueres
Jéhana
Che
Zardon
Ris Fatren
George Norris
Orlthaca
Empire State
Charles Norris
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Denman Thompson
Central Union Telephones
Lessen
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Forbidden Railroad
Thimas
Mr. Smith
Fuanmmany Hall
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