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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
8
A condensed line from Edmund Clarence Stedman reflects on strength and ambition. The speaker notes sinewed fingers that grasp greatness and lines revealing a life of struggle and effort.
The text recounts Abraham Lincoln's path to the 1860 Republican nomination in Chicago, including his reluctant Decatur outside seating, John Hanks with rails as a symbolic gift, and the pivotal votes that put Lincoln just over the threshold. It notes campaign dynamics with Dick Oglesby, Simon Cameron, Caleb B. Smith, and the key ballots, ending with Lincoln's private letters outlining support and strategy.
Remarkable political letters attributed to Abraham Lincoln were published recently. Dated Springfield Aug 6 1860 the letters address Major Richard M Corwine and discuss Lincoln’s views and candidates for the presidency including Mr. Seward.
Lincoln told an Illinois audience that no army from Asia Europe or Africa could force a drink from the Ohio or carve a path on the Blue Ridge, even with vast treasuries and a Bonaparte commanding. His remark framed military power as ultimately unable to alter local geography or resolve strategic limits.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston awarded the prize for modern British eloquence to the American Abraham Lincoln. He did not specify which Lincoln work, but the Gettysburg Address is believed to be the intended master piece.
Walt Whitman notes Lincoln’s somber face and elusive expression in his Aug 12 1864 notebook. He praises Lincoln’s impact and links the president’s tragedy to epic drama far beyond classical writers.
A. G. Spalding reports Abraham Lincoln not only loved baseball but played it vigorously. When a committee went to Springfield to inform him of his presidential nomination he was in a nearby field and told them to wait as he hit another ball.
Frederick W. Seward relays how Lincoln drafted the Gettysburg Address. A bronze tablet in Gettysburg National Cemetery quotes Judge Will on dedicating the battlefield grounds, noting the sacrifice of soldiers and pleas for presidential remarks at the ceremony.
The article traces Abraham Lincoln’s lineage from Samuel Lincoln (1619 1690) in Massachusetts through Mordecai (1686 1746) who moved to Pennsylvania and notes his grandfather settled in Kentucky about 1780. It mentions Mordecai’s line as iron founders and cites a late incomplete line about an uncle in the legislature.
The excerpt traces Abraham Lincoln's ancestry noting no Diction ary of National Biography entry unless connected to Lincoln’s kin in Lincoln, Lincoln’s grandfather befriended Daniel Boone and was killed by Indians in Kentucky around 1780. It states Lincoln’s uncle Mordecai served in the Kentucky legislature and describes the grandfather’s murder and Lincoln’s father as a wandering laboring boy who later saved to buy a Hardin County farm by age 25.
A Kentucky resident recalls a house near Elizabeth town built by Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln. He says his grandfather Hardin Thomas occupied the home, and local elders report Thomas Lincoln did the carpentry. The house is currently vacant.
A list of training camps across the United States followed by a Philadelphia flag exchange ceremony. Mrs George J Guernsey Kansas State Regent presents a Kansas Daughters flag to Mayor Blankenburg, who responds with the Philadelphia Daughters flag. The event honors the 1861 unveiling of the first Kansas star flag. Also noted is the Minneapolis International Bowling Association championship with teams from Chicago St Louis Winnipeg Duluth and Victoria B C and new tourney features including a nightly high score prize and a women only day.
Members of the Washington Board of Trade will celebrate the organization s twenty fifth anniversary with a banquet tonight marking the milestone in the city.
A promotional feature extols Col Roosevelt and African Game Trails as thrilling natural history. It highlights true experiences, large color plates, animal photographs, and a coupon plan to obtain the $4 volume at minimal cost, with emphasis on accessibility for families.
Clarksburg Feb 11 Delegates hear Ira Aikin a Marion county railroad conductor argue against requiring schedules changes and public commission approval noting it costs the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad $17 000 per change and detailing the complex work of dovetailing divisions to meet regional transport needs. He cites 97 freight trains and predictably steady delivery times from New York to St Louis and Chicago.
This week turns busy for Valentine devotees as Sunday nears. The piece cites St Valentine as a third century saint and martyr with February 14 observed. It notes a possible link to the ancient Lupcalia festival where names of women were drawn from a box and gifts given.
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