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    James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier...
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    The James Whitcomb Riley was a passenger train that operated between Chicago, Illinois, and Cincinnati, Ohio, via Indianapolis, Indiana. Originally operated...
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  • James Whitcomb Riley House may refer to: James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home, the author's adult home Riley Birthplace and Museum, the author's childhood...
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    Little Orphant Annie (category Poetry by James Whitcomb Riley)
    poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. First titled "The Elf Child", the name was changed by Riley to "Little Orphant...
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    The James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home, one of two homes known as the James Whitcomb Riley House on the National Register of Historic Places, is a historic...
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    addition, Riley has two helipads for rapid transport of emergent pediatric care. Riley Hospital for Children is named for James Whitcomb Riley, a writer...
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    James Whitcomb Riley High School is a high school in South Bend, Indiana; serving most of the city's south side. The school is named in honor of the "Hoosier...
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  • Shortnin' Bread (category Poetry by James Whitcomb Riley)
    dating back at least to 1900, when James Whitcomb Riley published it as a poem. While there is speculation that Riley may have based his poem on an earlier...
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  • Riley Memorial Association was founded in 1921 to honor beloved Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley. The group's first project was to purchase Riley's Lockerbie...
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    The Riley Birthplace and Museum, one of two homes called the James Whitcomb Riley House on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 250...
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  • The Raggedy Man (category Poetry by James Whitcomb Riley)
    The Raggedy Man is a poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and first published in 1888. The poem was the inspiration for the Raggedy Ann doll, and two films...
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    founding of manufacturing plants and other industries. A statue of James Whitcomb Riley, which stands in front of the Hancock County Courthouse, was erected...
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    dedicated in 1964. The Lilly Library has the personal papers of James Whitcomb Riley in a variety of manuscript collections. There are also miscellaneous...
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  • c. 1977), American novelist James J. Riley, American mechanical engineer James Whitcomb Riley (train) James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, a children's...
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    and Amish communities and was a favorite treat of the Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley. In more recent times, the snickerdoodle cookie has transformed into...
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    dialect. The work attracted the attention of James Whitcomb Riley, the popular "Hoosier Poet". Both Riley and Dunbar wrote poems in both standard English...
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  • the zipper James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), American writer and poet Whitcomb, Indiana Whitcomb, West Virginia Whitcomb, Wisconsin Whitcomb Heights, Indiana...
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  • Baseball Fields, located on the western side of the neighborhood where James Whitcomb Riley Elementary (closed in 2005) once stood. Schleicher is dominated by...
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    biological processes that occur in a real living duck. Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) may have coined the phrase when he wrote: When I see...
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    strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York Daily News...
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    Railway (Big Four) (including the James Whitcomb Riley. Amtrak continued only the City of New Orleans, James Whitcomb Riley and moved the South Wind to Central...
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    complex's parking structure. The complex is named for famed poet James Whitcomb Riley, whose museum home stands in the nearby Lockerbie Square Historic...
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    strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley. Its most notable adaptation is the 1977 musical Annie that won 7...
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    century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Booth Tarkington...
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  • (which in turn was inspired from the poem Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley). The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly...
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    Mercury, making its last run on July 11, 1959. A fourth train, the James Whitcomb Riley between Chicago and Cincinnati, used the same design for its train...
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    John Dillinger is another internee. The gravesite of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley overlooks the city from "The Crown". Many of the cemetery's mausoleums...
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    Owl James Whitcomb Riley ‡ Cincinnati – Chicago May 1, 1971 (1971-05-01) November 14, 1971 (1971-11-14) Inherited from the PC James Whitcomb Riley; merged...
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    (later Penn Central) James Whitcomb Riley and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) George Washington. The James Whitcomb Riley was a daytime all-coach...
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    the James Whitcomb Riley to Chicago and the George Washington to Washington and Newport News.: 38  Less than three months later, on July 12, the Riley and...
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