[Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)

[Stephen Goranson]

In a race track scheme story with "slang." Open access, so I'll type only a little. Here, "man of mines" is a long-shot bettor rich from lead and zinc mining.

The Republic, St. Louis, MO, Friday, January 3, 1901, page 6, col. 2. [1]

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The understanding that Fessenden had was that he was to get $800 of the plunder for putting the man of mines "hep to the good thing."
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Stephen Goranson
http://people.duke.edu/~goranson/

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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1902-01-03/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1902&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=good+hep&proxdistance=5&date2=12%2F31%2F1902&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=hep+to+the+good&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

PS. A (new?) etymological proposal may follow, but now mere reporting.



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