Beadle in Indiana and the Hoosier speech
Corrpox Junction Ind May 21 Hoosier dialect formed from old English Negro English and Pennsylvania Dutch roots. Early settlers spread from 1820 to 1840 bringing 30000 newcomers. The piece notes geographic speech variation across Virginia and Indiana, recalls John Mackinney teacher, and praises Indiana’s literacy rise and dialect figures Whitcomb Riley Ridpath and Lew Wallace.
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Corrpox Junction
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Allegheny Mountains
New York
Alabama
Virginia
Piedmont
Yeomanry
Shenandoah Valley
Hills
Plains
North Carolina
Georgia
Indiana
Connecticut
South
Highland South
Wabash
Crick
Carolina
John MacKinney
Hoosier
Central
Palatinate
Whitcomb Riley
Ridpath
Lew Wallace
J. BH. Brapie
Notes on the Chinese from the Poet of the Sierras
In San Francisco on May 16 Joaquín Miller describes Chinese residents and workers with stark stereotypes. He portrays Chinatown as dismal, notes gambling among men, and observes that most house servants are Chinese. he contrasts polite demeanor with dehumanizing language and comments on the Chinese New Year influx to hotels and debt payment habits. He cites a Lincoln Nebraska women’s mass meeting promoting school board ideas and underlines women’s role in education.
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San Francisco
Thei
Chi
Lfe
Butler
Bootblack
Todd
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Warren Ledger Ad Messages Goodrich & Feldman Distribution
The notice proclaims Goodrich & Feldman of Warren distributing multiple brands of coffee crackers and foods including Sea Foam Salt Water Wailers and Crown Acme Of safe, water white fuels and White Cloud Flour. It cites exclusive Warren sales and city retailers.
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Warren Ledger
Gemen
Peaole
Warren
Goodrich & Feldman
Acme Oil CO
Goodrich & Felman
P. Schumacher Milling
New England lodges show highest average membership
The report notes New England states lead in lodge membership averages with Massachusetts at 105, Connecticut and New Hampshire high single figures, and District of Columbia and Wyoming among top jurisdictions. Details cover Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias communities, lodge funds, and the selection of Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the Odd Fellows home.
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Newsland
New Enghind
Massichusetts Levis
New Slampshire
Rhole
District of Columbia
Arkansas
New Hain
Od Fellows
Unionport
XN. IL
Gd Pellows
Knights of Pythias
Pranklin
Cyrus Bailey
New York
Snhordingwies
Oud
Louisiana
Odd Fellows
Green Bay
Wisconsin
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Beadle
Joaquin Miller
Rehlman Brothers
Bostos
Mass
Winston, Rand & Watson
Goodrich & Feldman Winslow
Rand & Watson
New York City
Akron
Fehlman Brothers
Wm. Spinner
Oneida Valley
N. KK. Wendelboe’s
Woman's Work
Athens
Emil Amans
F. M. Lesser
Amann
Carver House
Water and
Hickory Streets
He C. F
Johnson
Johnson& CO
Austen
Providente
John Sill & Son
Providentia
Tvo-Te
Castoria
L. G. Noyes
Dolly
Haentze’s
Nervalin
H-Ze Medicine Co
Philadelphia
Morris & Mullen
C.&h.bartsch
Water Street
Liarwood Block
Siegel's
Aco
Augusta
Maine
al Astoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Ostroop
Lowell
Sam
J. F. Riscuc Oz
Conway, Ark
TI. A. Ancnen
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N.Y
Asien Hosprian Axp Dispensary
Boston
Auten
Sara, Pres
the Centaur Company
T! Murray Street
Chars
Chaia
Northwestern
Pennsyania
Front Street
Peter Greenland
Warren, Pa
T. W. McNett
Second St
Geo. S. Davis’ Drug Store
Short Street
Penn
LG. Noyes
Gowanda
Wiard
Bissell
Amora
Robison
R. Edmonds & Son
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