Lincoln Gettysburg Address: praised yet deemed a failure
A historical look at Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address notes initial doubts by Lincoln and mixed North reactions to the two hour program. It contrasts Everett's praise with Lincoln's own modest assessment and highlights the hurried drafting and late delivery on November 1863 in Gettysburg.
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Braham Lincoln
Lincoln
North
Gettysburg
Edward Everett
Boston
The
Patriot and Union
Harrisburg
John Hay
Hay
Everett
Mr. Hay
Massachusetts
Mr. Lincoln
National Cemetery
Sean
Mr. Everett
David Wills
Feaiere
Lfe
United States
South
Pickett
Eggar
Gettysburg Address and Lincoln Notes Read in 19th Century Memoirs
The passage details Lincoln's Gettysburg Address draft and finish, the events at the consecration, and contemporary reactions. It mentions Everett sending the full speech, Lincoln's quiet response, and secretary Seward misplacing Gettysburg in Maryland. It recounts scenes of visitors, bands, and speeches the night before the ceremony.
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Everett
Lincoln
White House
Gettysburg
John G. Nicolay
Wills
Seward
Maryland
David Wills
Imports and exports temporary control bill before parliament
A three year extension of extraordinary government powers to regulate imports and exports is proposed by a bill titled imports and exports temporary control. The measure aims to preserve postwar trade control, detailing prohibitions and licensing to curb trade with specified origins and destinations.
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Board of Trade
Lords of the Council
Association of Chambers of Commerce of
United Kingdom
Cuban Aviators to France Organize First Cuban Air Unit
Col. Manuel Coronado of the Cuban senate announced in Havana the plan to organize an aviation unit named the Escadrille Cubaine to be offered to France with full equipment. Since Cuba joined the war against Germany on April 8, it has cooperated with the Allies in various ways.
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Manuel Coronado
Havana
France
Germany
Cuba
Escadrille Cubaine
Scientific American
Morning talk hints at campaign dynamics
Dialogue shows Jim greeting a senator and remarks on political support while noting an attractive woman seeking votes, implying ongoing campaign interactions and candidate popularity. The exchange emphasizes personal influence alongside policy exposure in a local political setting.
Penny Bank Tale Of A Cleveland Child And Tiny Deposits
A seven year old girl in Cleveland is described as a frequent depositor to a local bank that holds 850 depositors and a capital of 155.58 dollars. The depositors are part of the Countil educational alliance who save pennies to buy Liberty loan bonds vacations and presents. Some patrons literally have only a cent to their names.
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Cleveland
Countil Educational Alliance
One Failure
A wry reflection contrasts a mansion’s striking beauty with its failing clocks as a man ages and trades ideals for ideas.
Anuric touted as aid for rheumatism and kidney trouble
The ad promotes Anuric double strength from Dr. Pierce as a remedy for rheumatism kidney problems and urinary irregularities. It urges readers to act quickly to avoid dangerous kidney disease and offers the remedy at 60 cents a bottle or 10 cents for a sample and claims it eliminates uric acid.
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Pierce
Marvelous Herbal Tonic Promoted in Kansas City Ad
A Kansas City advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Discovery as a spring tonic and daily medicine for children. It claims benefits for a weak appetite and rundown health, notes no alcohol or narcotics, and lists tablet price at 60 cents. Customers are urged to send 10 cents for mail order tablets.
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Kansas City
Kans
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Yi
Harvest of the soul beyond the seasonal yield
The quotation contrasts earthly harvests with the inner harvest of virtue. It urges reflection on justice kindness patience humility and courage as the true measure of mankind, noting that personal effort shapes an infinite harvest beyond material crops. The author named is Coller.
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Earth
Coller
Grave Situation in a Punny Exchange
Marie is engaged to an undertaker in a playful line exchange. The joke hinges on the double meaning of engagement and love versus a funeral role, reflecting lighthearted wordplay typical of social gossip.
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Marie
Henry's Attitude Toward Labor Revealed
A man named Mr. Cobbles laments Henry's likely disappointment with Army life noting Henry opposed manual labor and jokes that trenches in Europe were dug by soldiers.
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Henry
Army
Lfe
Mr. Cobbles
Europe
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Systemic Relief
An ad describes catarrh as an acute head illness and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up the system, cleanses the mucous membranes, and prevents repeated attacks. It lists Fr. Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio as the maker and asserts internal action on all mucous membranes.
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Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Ad Teaches Clean Health
An advertisement urges readers to take Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for bowel liver and stomach health. A note mentions future shoes will be made of canvas and composition.
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Pierce
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