Local Woman Receives Lincoln Farm Abstract in Tama County
Eliza Hickok reports Mrs C G Hall of Tama County received a copy of the abstract of title for Abraham Lincoln’s land in Tama County from 1854. The document notes Lincoln located a military warrant on the NW quarter of the SW quarter of Section 20, Township 84, Range 15, and traces subsequent transfers and heirs through 1874.
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Abe Lincoln
Tama County
Eliza Hickok
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace
AAA
Iowa
Lincoln
Garwin
C.G Hall
Sixth Avenue SE
Charles H Hall
Nevada
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
United States
Buchanan
Mary Lincoln
Robert T Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln
Adam Brecht
Acorn designed pillow top from quilt motifs
Nancy page presents a pillow top option using appliqued blocks from unbleached muslin and yellow calico. She outlines choices for backing, color contrasts, and finishing, and notes that a pattern leaflet provides one fourth of the design titled The Acorn with optional buttonhole or turned edge stitching.
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Nancy
Divorce Petition Filed In Tama County
Dorothy Draper of Tama files for divorce from Donald Draper, operator of the Pink Elephant tavern. She cites cruel treatment, claims ownership of tavern property, seeks attachment, $5,000 alimony, costs, and a restraining order to prevent harassment. The couple wed in Kansas City on August 20, 1924.
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Toledo
Tama County
Dorothy Draper
Tama
Donald Draper
Pink Elephant
Kansas City
The Old Fashioned Night Shirt
A poem recalling family tradition and resistance to changing clothing norms. The speaker contrasts nightshirts from pajamas, citing a stubborn lineage and lingering affection for the old garment. Leaving fashion to others, the speaker vows to wear the nightshirt to the end.
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Nellie
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