Bear Hunt Poem by Lincoln Featured in Bluefield News
A long fragmentary poem attributed to Abraham Lincoln, titled The Bear Hunt, is praised as a stirring frontier verse about a bear chase in Burkes Garden. The Bluefield Virginia News editor urges readers to preserve and recite the piece, inviting participation in a summer reader contest and recalling old deer stories and frontier days.
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Antipater
Burkes Garden
Bear
Bluefield Virginia News
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Blood and Bloodshed in a Hunting Feud
A dramatic fragment depicts a hunter dying from wounds as a crowd debates who first drew blood. A dog snarls, a bear appears, and lawyers argue over truth, with taunts at pompous rivals. The scene blends savage pursuit with posturing rhetoric.
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Thia
Real ball game sells the crowd on a comedy night
A crowd on the tower lot expected a comedy but watched a lively baseball game between the Fats and Leans. Highlights include Carl Ralston and Rev. R. B. Earley delivering strong plays, Witten and Thorne homering, and a final score of 7 to 6 for the Leans in a seven inning clash.
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Thorne
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Warden
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Witten
Sutton
Painter
Davidson
Wade
Brumfeld
Buchanan
J. Davidson
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