Lincoln Remembered as a Living Myth in 1948 Birthday Echo
In a 1948 reflection the author blends memory and history to honor Lincoln on his birthday. He recalls his mother and grandmother at the Chicago tomb, the guard with the blue uniform, and the nation's shared myth of Lincoln as a living, guiding symbol across America’s epic story. He links Lincoln’s spirit to awakening civic action amid troubled times and notes a culture of reverent memorials at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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Lincoln
Merlin
Chicago
New York State
West
New York
New England
Catafalque
Chos
America
Washington
Union Station
Lincoln Memorial
Daniel Chester French
Tory
Nazi Soviet Pact Ties and Hoover Plan Stir Debate
A U S state department release of captured Nazi Russian records reveals 1939 to 1941 alliances and plans to exclude Britain and the U S from Europe. Hoover urges against a four year European recovery and calls for limited Marshall Plan aid under a bipartisan commission. Roy A Roberts predicts Eisenhower will soon step from the political scene.
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Marshall
U.S
Russia
State Department
Foreign Office
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
V. M. Molotov
Britain
U. S
Europe
Asia
Africa
Stalin
Finland
Dardanelles
Middle East
Soviet Russia
Balkans
Balkan
Central Asia
Poland
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Roy A. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Roberts
Eisenhower
Alf Landon
Holiday calendar quirks for 1948 and beyond
A discussion of how 1948 lands on Saturdays and Sundays for major holidays and the resulting impact on time off. It notes Christmas and New Year 1949 fall on Saturdays, Monday observances for Labor Day and Thanksgiving, and the rarity of three Sunday holidays aligning, which last occurred in 1920 and will recur in 1976.
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Old Mill
W&o
Pretty Bunny Ball Crochet Pattern Advertised
A brief crochet pattern ad promotes the Pretty Bunny Ball pattern by ABY. It touts simple cotton crochet, embroidered features, and ears attached to the head, promising easy turnaround. Readers are asked to send 20 cents and their details for pattern 5667.
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Aby
Bunny Ball
Cain
Splendid Cough Relief Made At Home From Pinex Solution
A home used cough relief method combines three cups sugar with one cup water to make a syrup, then adds 444 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle to create a full pint of medicine. The mixture claims quick throat relief, loosening phlegm and easing breathing, with money back if not pleased.
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Pinex
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William P. Fessenden
Abraham Lincoln
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F. Farter Byal
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Clifford Edgar Truman
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Ind
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Robert Rizzone
Paul Shafer
Rep
Mich
George Marshall
State Marshall
Virginia
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United States
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Philadelphia
Doyle Sims
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Tenn
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Life
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Senate
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Owen Brewster
John Overton
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Betty Green
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Finkham
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