Abe Lincoln courtship and Lukins honor in New Salem era
In New Salem Abe Lincoln contemplates love with Ann Rutledge while Peter Lukins seeks a colonial title through Abe's influence. The narrative follows Abe's moral and financial struggles, his appeal to friends like Coleman Smoot, and social life in Vandalia, ending with plans to support fugitive helpers and the Kelsos’ relocation.
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Abe
Ann
New Salem
Peter Lukins
Lukins
Coleman Smoot
Springfield
Smoot
Coleman Smoot’s
Vandalia
Smooth
Abe Lincoln
Jack Kelso
Bim Kelso
New Orleans
Rutledge
Ann Rutledge
Chapter XIII Passages on the Underground Railroad Survey
The autumn night with Elijah Lovejoy reveals vivid tales of slavery’s cruelties. Lovejoy journeys from Alton toward the North and speaks alongside the Traylors by the fireside about the harsh realities of bondage.
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Elijah Lovejoy
Alton
Traylors
Ancient Persian temple and modern refinery beside gas channels
In Beku area ruins of a 2500 year old fire cult temple show gas channels hidden in masonry feeding fissures in the earth. Pilgrims visited the temple until the late 1800s, while today a contemporary refinery sits beside the old walls, starkly contrasting old and new uses of oil and gas.
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Old Persia
Beku
After the Promoters Targeting Ex-Service Men
The American Legion Weekly warns of swindlers posing as relief groups for unemployed veterans. These promoters form bogus organizations, diverting funds from needy ex service men and using sham accounting to shield themselves. The Legion urges vigilance and endorsement checks before donating.
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American Legion
Legion
American Legion Weekly
Woman as state adjutant first for American Legion
Honorah Sue Gittings of San Francisco becomes the first woman to hold the California American Legion state adjutant post awaiting a permanent election. She joined the Navy as a yeomanette in 1917 and served early in World War I.
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Honorah Sue Gittings
San Francisco
Legion
Cal
American Legion
California
Niss Gittings
Navy
Senator Clarence Seymour Resigns Senate to Lead Connecticut Legion
Clarence W. Seymour of Hartford resigns from the Connecticut Senate to accept the Connecticut Department of the American Legion commander role. A Yale graduate in arts and law, Seymour served in the Connecticut cavalry on the Mexican border and in France with the 118th Field Artillery, 31st Division, and had been a member of the 1971 general assembly military committee.
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Clarence W. Seymour
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of the
American Legion
Legion
Seymour
Mr. Seymour
Yale
Connecticut Cavalry
Plattsburg
France
One Hundred and Eighteenth Field Artillery
Tie
197L General Assembly
Pioneer Policewoman Rose F Taylor Served in War
Mrs. Rose F. Taylor, the lone woman member of the Lafayette Post of the New York City police, served overseas in World War I. Stationed at the 47th Street station, she joined a hospital unit in 1917 and served twenty months in France with mobile hospital No. 10. A nurse graduate, she also led a bureau to locate missing girls and inspected venues where they might be found.
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Rose F. Taylor
United States
Savenay
Paris
Taylor
New York Post Graduate Hospital
New York
Minnesota’s First Woman Vice Commander Amy Ware Elected
Mrs Amy Robbins Ware of Robbinsdale Minnesota becomes the first woman in Minnesota to hold the state vice commander post at a convention in Winona Minnesota. She was nominated by Dr M I Withrow who served with her in the Argonne forest. Her family has a Civil War nursing legacy and she wrote Echoes of France while in France.
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Amy Robbins Ware
Robbinsdale
Minn
Army Nursing Corps
Minnesota
American Legion
Ware
Legion
Winona
Rankin Drew post boasts 90 publicity men in legion
The Rankin Drew unit in New York City leads with 90 publicity men among about 11 000 American Legion posts across the U S and 14 foreign countries. The post honors the first American actor killed in France and draws actors, motion picture people, and 35 playwrights for its annual New York Hippodrome show whose profits go to charity.
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American Legion
United States
Rankin
New York City
The
Post
France
New York Hippodrome
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Mr. Lovejoy
Harry
Kelsos
Tazewell County
Kelso
Ittle
Hopcaute
John Peasley
Hopedale
Mr. Peasley
Vergennes
Peasley
Henry Brimstead
Henry
River Jordan
Brimstead
Sand Flats
Annabel
Flea Valley
Harry Needles
Sangamon
Peters
Peasleys
Mei Ang
Land of Plenty
Sarah
Booster
Bert Hutchings
Kanene City
Kansas City
Albert H. Hutchings
Trutchings
Rotary Club
Automobile Club
Tenth Federal Reserve District
Missouri National Guard
Motor Transport Corps
Regular Army
Camp Meigs
Camp Merritt
Headquarters Motor Command No. 86
Goodby
American Legion News Service
Senate
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New York Post
S. Rankin Drew
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