People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1897 — The Battleship Indiana [ARTICLE]

The Battleship Indiana

When a great battleship was named Indiana; the bosom of Hoosierdom swelled with pride. We would back her in a fight with the British navy, with that same loyalty and- devotion we would give a< home horse in a race. Butalfis! there comes the sad news that the Indiana started out yisterday and as soon as she was out of sight of land she became ;ea-sick and had to be taken home. She acted just the same as any other Hoosier would do on a ;ea voyage. It is hoped that the pride of the state will be doctered and nursed back to health and coached as a war vessel shou d be. The state is still loyal to he-, but is, nevertheless, somewhat ashamed of her exhibition, whic.i was unbecoming to a lady of high rank.