Lincoln Assassination Folio Recaps Ford Theatre Tragedy
The narrative depicts President Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre on April 14 1865 and the immediate chaos as Major Rathbone battles the assailant. It notes Booth's escape, Lincoln's death at 7 22 am, and the swift public mourning across Washington and Canada. It closes with Blaine and Sandburg reflections on the funeral journey to Springfield Illinois and the nation’s sorrow.
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Union
Ford
Washington
Laura Keene
Abraham Lincoln
Major Rathbone
Eee
President Lincoln
Peterson
Ford’s
Executive Mansion
Augur
White House
Gen. Grant
Philadelphia
Mr. Lincoln
George Ashman
Sherman
Lincoln
James G. Blaine
Congress
Canada
Confederate States
Capitol
Illinois
Georgetown
National
Carl Sandburg
Harcourt, Brace and Company
John Wilkes Booth
Harper’s Weekly
Around the House Tips and Housekeeping Advice
Practical housecare tips from the period include making a nourishing drink by mixing a beaten egg with fresh orange juice and nutmeg for convalescents. It advises boiling water over oranges to ease peeling and soaking dough bowls before wash. It also covers vacuum dangers, window maintenance after painting, and removing brown china marks with a soda boil.
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China
Abe Lincoln’s Fearful Firstborn Joke
Abe Lincoln and Mary welcome a son, prompting warm wishes from friends. Lincoln recalls being scared the child might inherit Mary’s leg on one side and his on the other. The anecdote preserves a light humorous moment from the period.
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Abe Lincoln
Mary
Abe
Lincoln
Embroidery Tips and Book Offer for Mrs Spears Patterns
Mother praises sewing in SEWING Book 2 for dresses and smocking ideas. It explains a honeycomb smocking trick in points and how to baste fullness from center front, plus instructions to stitch from the second tuck. Books priced 10 cents each with order number and free quilt block patterns with four booklets.
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Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Quick Trivia Challenge Headlines
Answers and clues to ten quiz questions test common knowledge from military to literature. Topics include country militaries, ranks, U S state join points, meanings of dugout, number of South American countries, age of dentures, amanuensis as a scribe, the henpecked philosopher, who first said nothing new, and bulb rupture sounds.
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United States
South America
Making Amends Over Papering Mix Up
Whitley had wallpapering in progress in his dining room and bathroom. The workers mixed up the rooms placing bathroom paper in the dining room. The dining room then showed a green tile design with purple water lilies. The paperhanger offered to move the bath but blamed a plumber’s job.
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Whitley
Answers to Ten Questions from the Quiz
A compact quiz key lists answers: 1 Iceland 2 a company officer appears horizontal and the file vertical 3 Utah Arizona New Mexico and Colorado 4 shelters for players a log canoe a hillside cave 5 Thirteen 6 Romans wore false teeth 7 Scribe 8 Socrates 9 Solomon 10 air rushing into a vacuum
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Iceland
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Scribe
Socrates
Solomon
True Greatness Belongs To The Race Quoted
Motivational quote attributed to Phillips Brooks stresses that true greatness requires feeling one’s life belongs to the race. The message frames dedication as essential to achievement.
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Phillips Brooks
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America
Elmo Scott Watson
Ford’s Theater
Mrs. Lincoln
Rathbone
Charles Peterson
Springfield
Sangamon
New Salem
Old Globe Tavern
Mary Todd
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Paperhanger
Prince Albert
Jim Smith
P.A
Capright
BJ. Reynolts Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N.C
Edwin Markham
Pubilius Syrus
Disraeli
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