History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
The "Hattie Brown" was built in 1884 and made a regular run from Warsaw to Madison, Indiana and back daily. She was converted to an oil engine in 1915; two years later she was lost in the terrible freeze of 1917-1918 when the Ohio River froze for...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Louisville...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
The Broadway Fountain features a maiden on a pedestal surrounded by four tritons and was built by the Janes, Kirtland Iron Company of the Bronx, New York. It was designed by J. P. Victor Andre of France and appeared at the Philadelphia Centennial...
The Broadway Fountain features a maiden on a pedestal surrounded by four tritons and was built by the Janes, Kirtland Iron Company of the Bronx, New York. It was designed by J. P. Victor Andre of France and appeared at the Philadelphia Centennial...
In 1851, John Brough, president of the first railway that ran through Madison and Governor of Ohio, built Cravenhurst. Three stories high, made of brick, the home was located on a ten acre farm on Michigan Road on the brow of the hill, in what is...
In 1851, John Brough, president of the first railway that ran through Madison and Governor of Ohio, built Cravenhurst. Three stories high, made of brick, the home was located on a ten acre farm on Michigan Road on the brow of the hill, in what is...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Louisville...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Bloomington (Ind.) -- History; McCalla, Elizabeth Wylie (1821 - 1900); Wylie Family -- Correspondence; Women -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Elizabeth addresses and mourns the death of "little Andrew" (Andrew Wylie's son), in addition to that of their mother. Worries about the health of others in the family, worries about the crops being poor again; mentions Mr. McCalla, Mr. Howe, and...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the 1963 February, March, April, and May issues of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human...
Illustrated postcard of James Whitcomb Riley poem. Alternate side is blank. Poem is about forgetting sorrow and being glad. Reproduced signature of James Whitcomb Riley
Indiana; Accidents, Railroad; Age-specific death rate; Air Pollution, Indoor; Arlington; Automobiles; Basements; Burn Injuries; Cable Cars (Streetcars); Carbolic Acid; Carpets; Carroll County; Case Reports; Cause-specific mortality rate; Cisterns;...
Abstract of mortality statistics for March 1905 p. 25 / Summary of morbidity and mortality in March p. 26 / Smallpox p. 26 / Tuberculosis p. 26 / Typhoid fever p. 26 / Pneumonia p. 26 / Deaths by violence p. 26 / A sad story p. 26 / Pullman car...
Indiana; Accidents ; Accidents, Railroad; Adams County; Age-specific death rate; Air Movement; Air Pollutants; Air Pollution; Airborne Diseases; Airborne Transmission; Animal-Related Deaths; Arsenic Poisoning; Asphyxia; Autopsy; Bathing; Brain...
Abstract of mortality statistics for October 1903 p.109 / The monthly statistics furnish the following summaries for October p.110 / Disease prevalence p.110 / Smallpox p.110 / Tuberculosis p.110 / Typhoid Fever p.110 / Pneumonia p.110 / Violence...
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Bloomington (Ind.) -- History; Wylie, Jane Melheme (Jen) (1836 - 1865); Wylie Family -- Correspondence; Women -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Writes about news of the war and the forming of militias in Wheeling, Virginia. Explains what she would do if the Rebels were to ever approach her. Describes her new living arrangements.
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Bloomington (Ind.) -- History; Boisen, Elizabeth Louisa Matelda Wylie (Lou) (1839 - 1930); Wylie, Rebecca Dennis (1812 - 1913); Wylie Family -- Correspondence; Women -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Louisa writes of prayer meetings, excitement about the draft. Lists men who are joining the effort, including the Hoosier Grays, and uses the term "secesh" for Rebel sympathizers. Describes witnessing a lunar rainbow.
