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

[Stephen Goranson]

Friday, Jan. 3, *1902* (as in the subject).
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Subject: [ADS-L] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)

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
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https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__chroniclingamerica.loc.gov_lccn_sn84020274_1902-2D01-2D03_ed-2D1_seq-2D6_-23date1-3D1902-26index-3D0-26rows-3D20-26searchType-3Dadvanced-26language-3D-26sequence-3D0-26words-3Dgood-2Bhep-26proxdistance-3D5-26date2-3D12-252F31-252F1902-26ortext-3D-26proxtext-3D-26phrasetext-3Dhep-2Bto-2Bthe-2Bgood-26andtext-3D-26dateFilterType-3Drange-26page-3D1&d=DwIFAw&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=uUVa-8oDL2EzfbuMuowoUadHHcJ7pjul6iFkS5Pd--8&m=ULwa13MBP8fH4gKiwLWe3rkYDrNK0zyw0_XWUigios0&s=ZXiGjJsB6-a9LGuPhgRd8BufsGDsaVcy5ag3AObIrKo&e=

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



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