Doctor Seale aids Lincoln to final farewell in Ford's Theatre
Dr Charles A Seale, first to enter Lincoln's box after Booth's shot, cared for the dying president and held his hand in farewell. His memoirs recount a humane gesture amid the tragedy, while other notes discuss mass production, morality, and global politics.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Charles A. Seale
Ford
Seale
White House
Dr. Seale
Booth
Henry Ford
Hindsight reveals 1956 stock movers and losers on NYSE
The Exchange magazine lists the top 20 stocks by percentage gains and losses for 1956 and shows hypothetical results for $11,000 invested in the best performers and $4,191 in the worst. General Motors and Jersey Standard Oil led turnover among 50 active issues, with splits boosting outstanding shares.
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New York
Lukens Steel
Consolidated Retail Stores
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
Sperry Rand
Steel
Jersey Standard Oil
Prairie City Town Plans From Cattle Scheme
After Civil War two Union cavalrymen hijack twenty five thousand in Confederate gold. They lure railroad investor Nathan Foss with a cattle town scheme on his Kansas to Colorado line, offering land stockyards and a hotel in Pawnee City. The swindle unfolds with squatter buys and bold talk as they map Main Street and stake claims.
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Andros
Bahamas
Andras
Sir Henry Morgan
Florida
Axel IL. Wenner-Gren
Wenner-Gren
Lighthouse Club
Selby
Mexico
Chad Morgan
Joe Jagger
St. Louis
Kansas
Jagger
Helen
Miss Jagger
Mr. Foss
Helen Jagger
Joseph
Mr. Morgan
Nathan Foss
Morgan
Foss
Lawrence
Kansas City
Colorado
Puffpaff
Bob
Main Street
The Day the Jet Crashed A Family Bereavement Chronicle
Dr. George W. Crane recounts the sudden death of a family friend in a July 1956 incident. He details the reactions of Mrs. Crane and the children as they cope with the shock and grief surrounding the crash.
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Danny
George
George IV
Hairy tongue and foot calluses raise reader questions
The column answers reader questions on hairy tongue caused by penicillin and shoe irritation linked calluses, plus common sty treatment and risks of public telephone germs. It also includes a personal memory about George Peeled’s fatal jet accident and brief crime and exile news notes from Dayton and Damascus.
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John Chamberlain
The
Freeman
Asia
Africa
Europe
India
Russia
Hungary
Nehru
United Nations
Kashmir
Pakistan
New Coelpi
By Sam Dawson
Artie Putipaff
Pawnee
Texas
Chad
By Frank Gruber
Frank Gruber
NEA Service, Inc
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
Marine Air Corps
Korea
Japan
Pensacola
Glenview
U. S. Marine Corps
Madison
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
David
Dayton
Ohio
Jack Redman
Ronald Tackett
Fairborn
Club Laredo
Damascus
Cairo
Jimmy Hatlo
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