Lincoln as Lover of Mankind Compared With Chaucer and Scott
A Youth's Companion piece discusses Lincoln as a lover of mankind, likening him to Chaucer and Scott. It argues Lincoln’s life shows a rare, fully recorded character shaping world imagination, contrasting biography’s growth with myth and noting his patience, wisdom, and sacrifice.
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Lincoln
Chaucer
Walter” Scott
Cihtch
Scott
Lcott
Lockhart
Hole
New World
Binmu
Eyewitness Account of Lincoln Assassination at Ford's Theater
Doctor Maynard recalls the night of April 14 1865 at Ford's Theater when President Lincoln attended the play Our American Cousin. He describes sitting in the first gallery level with a clear view of the upper right box and the events surrounding the assassination amid Civil War turmoil.
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Abraham Lincoln
National Maxetum
Washington
George C. Mygnam
Ord
Doctor Maynard
Ford
Lincoly
Lincoln Assassination Night at Ford's Theater Recalled
An eyewitness recounts the April 14 1865 events at Ford's Theater Washington describing Lincoln's presence Laura Keene and Miss Hart performances Booth's shot Crown aftermath and the calm orderly evacuation as the President's body moved toward Springfield with cavalry escort and public mourning.
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Ford's
Tenth Street
Washington
Lincoln
Lincoln and Sumner Height Challenge in Harper's Weekly
The excerpt recalls President Lincoln boasting of his height and challenging Senator Charles Sumner to a measurement. Sumner refused, delivering a lengthy speech about unity against the enemy, while Lincoln quips that Sumner resembles a bishop in his tall, proud stance.
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Lincoln
Iren Charles Sumner
Sumner
Harper’s Weekly
As Lincoln Is Remembered in Regional Life
The piece reflects on Abraham Lincoln and his enduring legacy in local chronicles, portraying his memory as a warm, loving presence that resonates with the region’s history and spiritual reflection. It contrasts broad heroic deeds with the intimate, personal impact remembered by readers.
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Lincoln
Lincoln and a Bug Lesson in Humility
A fragmentary tale portrays President Lincoln pausing amid wartime burdens to aid a beetle stuck on its back. The anecdote highlights Lincoln’s humble compassion and belief in equal treatment for all creatures, reflecting his plainspoken character.
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Lincoln
Washington
Cut Lincoln Off His List General Huidekeper War Quote
Fragmentary historical note describes General Huidekeper blocking two companies to guard President Lingoty and an uneasy relation with Lincoln. The text includes garbled names and potential quotes about loyalty and trust, with a Philadelphia Ledger attribution.
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Lincoln
Huidekeper
Lingoty
Lie
Lucoln
Huidekepers
Pethond
Amsterdam
Girard
Philadelphia Ledger
Obsequies of Lincoln Marked by Spontaneous Nationwide Mourning
A vast, government light touch only a military escort accompanied Lincoln’s funeral. Across seventeen hundred miles in eight states with populations over fifteen million, an almost continuous sorrowful procession formed by the people. They mourned the fallen leader who freed the slave and uplifted national ideals.
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G. Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Epiphany Church
White House
Springfield
Ington
Lincoln
Union
Belover
Exemplar of Land of Opportunity by Robert Lansing
Ex-secretary of state Robert Lansing praises Abraham Lincoln as the national exemplar of a land of equal opportunity. He cites Lincoln's rise from a Hodgensville farm cabin to national greatness as proof that American environment nurtures seeds of greatness in any poor-born individual.
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Robert Lansing
Hodgensville Farm
Abraham Lincoln
America
Seals Versus Grebes In Maine Coast Water Race
A Penobscot bay tale recounts a seal chasing a pied-billed grebe along the shore. The grebe uses its wings to outrun the seal, skittering across the water and into knee deep surf where onlookers intervene to end the contest.
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American Gillie Protective Association
Arthur L. Penniman
Maine
Penobscot Bay
Penniman
Guatemala Plans Agricultural Drive For Foreign Capital
President Terrera of Guatemala creates a new agriculture department headed by Antonio Botrienrol to develop 15 000 square miles of unexploited territory. Both leaders focus on farm support and attract foreign investment by promoting Guatemala as a safe, well governed place with much undeveloped land.
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President Terrera
Guatemala
Department of Agriculture
Antonio Botrienrol
Hare
Toth
Snowflake Expert Bentley Cites Unique Designs
For 35 years Wilson Alwyn Bentley of Jericho Vermont has studied snowflakes. He made about 3800 photomicrographs and found no two are identical. His work is used in universities and arts shops for jewelry design.
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Wilson Alwyn Bentley
Jericho
Puzzle for Chemists on Jerusalem Artichokes Yield
The article describes chemists seeking a method to extract a substance from Jerusalem artichokes that can be turned into a sugar sweeter than cane sugar. It claims per acre yields could exceed beet and cane sugar per acre, presenting an alluring opportunity to boost land value with a hot product.
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Jerusalem
Wheat and the Consumer Weighs Farmland Wit
A humorous exchange between a ready-made philosopher and Farmer Corntossel on market timing and grain prices. The farmer jokes that if they depended on mills, the price of four would never come due, reflecting cost concerns in agricultural markets.
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Corntossel
Head of Americanism Board Henry J. Ryan Named Chairman
Henry J. Ryan of Boston is named chairman of the Legion's reorganized Americanism commission at Indianapolis national headquarters. He succeeds Arthur Woods and brings a record as a Liberty Loan orator and Navy veteran. The commission includes members serving one to three year terms from multiple cities and will coordinate Americanism efforts with the Y M C A Red Cross Knights of Columbus and other groups, with a Washington conference planned.
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American Legion
Henry J. Ryan
Boston
Mass
Navy
Arthur Woods
New York
Army
New York City
Legion
Reorganized Americanism Commission
National
Indianapolis
Ryan
Floretia H. LaGuardia
New York Cty
William B. Follett
Portland
Ore
Eb, K. Bixby
Muskogee
Okla
Edgar MH. Baird
Philadelphia
Garland W. Powell
Cumberland
Richard F. Beirns
Richmond
Peyton H. Hoge
Ijr
Louisville
A. H. Gansser
Bay City
Mich
Col
Gordon Johnson
Gen. Leonard Wood
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Will Percy
Greenville
Miss
Dwight Fravis
St. Louis
F. O. Horton
Des Moines
Lindsey Blayney
Houston
Tex
Leonard Withington
Honolulu
Hawaii
Mr. Ryan
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Mason
Man of travel life serves as Kansas Legion adjutant
Frank Samuel, a traveler who visited many continents, settled as assistant state adjutant of the American Legion in Kansas with headquarters in Topeka. Born in Downing, Missouri in 1889, he earned a 1912 college degree and served in the 300th gun, 53rd infantry of the 89th division before returning to civilian life. He was re elected adjutant for a two year term.
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North America
Europe
Asia
Frank
Samuel
American, Legion, Department of Kansas
Topeca
Downing
The
Legion
Kansas
General's Wife Leads Massachusetts American Legion Auxiliary
Mrs Clarence R Edwards of Newton Mass was elected president of the Massachusetts department of the women’s auxiliary of the American Legion at a recent state convention. She succeeds in a role that mirrors her husband Maj Gen Clarence R Edwards Twenty sixth division leader admired by New England veterans.
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Clarence BR. Edwards
Twenty-sixth
States
New England
American Legion
Clarence R. Edwards
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Iere
Clinton Scollard
Times
Miss Hart
Mr. Emerson
Dunfrenry
Nonrth
Edunt
J. B. Steward
Lauran Keene
Booth
Withal
Mrs. Lincoln
Military Telegraph Corps
War Department
D. F. Bates
Seal
Pursuer
Nature
Legion's Reorganized Commission
Department of Kansas
Clarence Edwards
Massachusetts Department of Auxiliary
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