Early Manhood and the Spoiled Life of Abe Lincoln
The fragment recounts Abraham Lincoln reading Weems Life of Washington, slipping a damaged copy from Crawford, and working to repay the debt. It recalls his youth in Indiana and Illinois, his kindness at home, and his early talent for memory and public speaking as told by relatives and contemporaries.
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Illinois
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Thomas Lincoln
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Trier
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Matilda Johnston
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John Johnston
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Homeroade
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Linsey Woolkey
Holle
August
Sally Bush
Ninex Hanks
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Aaron Grigsby
Sind
Crawford
Pigeon Creek
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Johustons
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Abe Lincoln in Pigeon Creek Neighborhood Life
Abe Lincoln grows amid the Pigeon Creek community near Gentryville, earning bread from nearby farms and forming lasting ties with the Crawfords and Grigsbys. He gains a reputation for wit, works varied labor, and endures local feuds while absorbing family and neighborly dynamics shaping his character.
Lincoln family ties and Dennis Hanks in the Pigeon Creek era
The excerpt chronicles Abraham Lincoln and John D. Johnston’s ties through the Pigeon Creek period, highlighting the close bond with Dennis Hanks. It notes Lincoln’s reverence for his mother, Dennis’s role in the Lincoln circle, and John’s troubles, with details of their youths, travels, and later paths.
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New Orleans
Catarrh Cure Promises Medical Breakthrough
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming internal action to reach blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers one hundred dollars if it fails and invites testimonials, listing Toledo, Ohio as the address and noting 75 cents per bottle with Wall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Thiereby
F. J. Cheney & CO
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West Bedford Notes and Local Moves and Visits
West Bedford notes list changes in the mercantile trade with Harry Howlett and Park Wheeler joining the business. Miss Nelfie Orr misses school due to illness. A quarterly meeting is planned at New Guilford next weekend. Various social visits include Thao Lee to see her mother, Dan Buxton welcoming a son, Anni Trainer at Tid hall, Edgar Thompson and family at John Melz’s, and Mary Jones hosting a dinner for her Colorado nephew William Jones and Noah Barrett from Coshocton visiting local friends.
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West Bedford
de Mesars
Harry Howlett
Park Wheeler
Nelfie Orr
New Guilford
Thao Lee
Dan Buxton
Anni Trainer
Tidhall
Edgar Thompson
John Melz
Mary Jones
William Jones
Colorado
Noah Barrett
Coshocton
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Patent Medicine Ad
An advertisement claims a guaranteed cure for piles including iche pain and bleeding with PAZO OINTMENT. Druggists offer money back if it fails to cure in six to fourteen days. The notice emphasizes quick relief for Siching and other sufferers.
Ohio Legislature Aims for Pruned Yet Powerful Reforms
Ohio lawmakers move to trim radical provisions in the Republican led sessions. The Little resolution aims to empower committees, with cautious support from Cincinnati senators who seek advance notice on committee memberships. Finance work progresses. adjournment hopeful by early April. Constitutional amendments draw ire. sprinkling bill for macadam streets passes. Governor Pattison discussed by his physician as stable with no fever. County salaries set on population basis, with proposed $8,000 cap and term constraints for current officials. Next week Wertz to push probate judge pay to among state’s top salaries.
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George Little
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Cleveland
Aiken
Lawmakers weigh steep booze tax and two cent fare debate
Ohio legislators confront a proposed revenue tax hike on liquor sales with a $1000 cap and a rival $300 raise, while Cleveland Mayor Johnson lobbies for city code amendments and a two cent fare measure faces railroad opposition but clears the house. Senate action and inheritance tax developments loom.
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