Lincoln anecdotes reveal his focus on the nation's needs
Chauncey M. Depew recounts an 1863 interview with President Lincoln in which the president stressed serving the country over personal comfort. He recalled using stories to defuse crises, defended not inventing tales, and described cabinet tensions with Seward and Chase while stressing plain people’s trust in humor.
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Chauncey M. Depew
United States
Scribner's Magazine
Lincoln
Grant
Andrew Johnson
Seward
Chase
Commodore Vanderbilt
Mr. Depew
Washington
de Pew
Andrews
New York
Depew
Mr. Chase
Lincoln on crop labor per bushel and per acre
Abraham Lincoln questions labor differences in farming outputs by comparing 50 bushels of wheat and 100 of corn per acre with smaller yields. He asks whether intensive cultivation increases labor per acre more than per bushel and whether producing 50 bushels from one acre costs more labor than from five, noting countrywide crops.
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Abraham Lincoln
Public sentiment shapes fate of laws and deeds
Abraham Lincoln states that public sentiment is everything and governs what statutes and decisions can be carried out. He argues those who mold opinion influence outcomes more than those who enact laws or issue rulings.
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Abraham Lincoln
Sunday School Attendance Report and Ferguson Amnesty Debate
A Cameron Pastor's Association meeting orders weekly Sunday School attendance tallies from each church to be compiled by the Secretary. The text also covers James E. Ferguson's political status and ongoing amnesty repeal battles, noting I D Fairchild's remarks and anticipated House action.
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Pastor's Association of
Cameron
James E. Ferguson
Senate
Fairchild
Ferguson
Senate Move to Bar Jim Ferguson From Office
Austin Texas February fifteenth. The Fortieth legislature votes eighteen to six to engross Senator Tom Love's bill abrogating the Ferguson amnesty act previously sought by the Thirty Ninth legislature. The move triggers warnings of renewed conflict with supporters of Ferguson nicknamed Farmer Jim and Ma Ferguson.
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Austin
Texas
Ferguson
Jim
Ma” Ferguson
Senate
Tom Love
Moves Insurance Office To New Location
Mack L. Harvey owner of Mil am Mutual Insurance Association moved the offices from E. O. Schiller drug store to the Sampson building used by Quality Tailors. Harvey bought fixtures from Gause State Bank and installed them to improve the business and convene policyholders. Paul Ramon was hired to assist in directing the business as a capable office man. The firm now offers mutual plan insurance with a $5000 liability policy for business men and aims to double membership this year.
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Mack L. Harvey
Milam Mutual Insurance Association
E. O. Schiller Drug Store
Sampson
Quality Tailors
Mr. Harvey
Gause State Bank
Paul Ramon
Harvey
Brownsville couple visit Cameron after wreck injures kin
Mr and Mrs Robert Green of Brownsville arrived in Cameron last week to visit their mother Idella Green and sister Pearl Clement who were injured in an automobile wreck.
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Robert Green
Brownsville
Cameron
Idella Green
Pearl Clement
Trade With Us and Save on Superior Chick Starter and Feeds
Advertisement lists prices for 100-lb sacks of chick starter growing mash baby chick egg mash mix chick feed dairy ration bran fine chops shorts maize oyster shells and meat scraps with quantities and per 100 pounds pricing.
Battle Creek Sanitarium Foods Price List Features Flour and Supplies
A compact listing from Battle Creek Sanitarium Foods showing prices for a range of staples and goods. Items include Diamond K Flour at $2.15 for 48 pounds, Gold Lily Flour $2.10, 8-pound pail lard $1.25, three and a half pounds Good Rio Coffee $1.00, Van Camp Catsup 20¢, Kraut 55¢ per gallon, pork and beans cans, cleaning products, galvanized pails, brooms, and tires priced from 50 cents to $7.25.
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P. B
Spice & Span
Local Store Lists Wide Range of Household Goods
The notice catalogs groceries, tinware, galvanizedware, glassware, aluminumware, tableware, dishware, seeds of all kinds, garden seeds and field seeds as available items.
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Atriot
ST. Gaudens
Crant Park
Tl Am
Sunday School Report
I. D. Fairchild
Lufkin
Methodist
Baptist
Presbyterian
Christian
Episcopal
Hue
Evangelicals
Jim Ferguson
Superior Stock & Pool
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Battle Creek Sanitarium Foods
Zwiebock
Cero Vita Melrose
Parmers Graham Crex Whole Wheat Wafers
Minute Brew Te
Saveta Loxa Agar
Rome
Pai
Felix Matula
Cameron, Texas
Alice Joyce
Dolores Costello
Warren Baxter and
Zasu Pitts
Gloria Swanson
Paramount Picture
New
Hefley
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