Visit to Kelso's and news of Ann in Illinois
Harry and Abe visit Kelso at Hopedale where Bim and Annabel charm the group. A political discussion on slavery and future Lincoln rises as Ann falls ill, and Abe's heartbreak signals a turning point. Ann Rutledge dies, shaping Abe into Abraham Lincoln and fueling his devotion to purity and justice.
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Alon
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Sangamon County
Chicago
Abe
Hiinels
Harry
Samton
Kelso
Bim
Hopedale
Brimstead’s
3Im
Kelee
Leonardo da Vinci
Samson
Feng
Percy Brimstead
Annabel
Elm
Parsons
Stuart
Springfield
Ann
Samson Traylor
Doctor Allen
Young Lincoln Passes Danger, Finds Path Toward Manhood
The narrative follows Abe Lincoln’s distress after a personal loss in New Salem. Bowlin Green helps him recover with meals and rest as Lincoln contemplates life, returning to surveying in October and attending a Vandalia session in December. Samson visits, and a letter from Lincoln describes Vandalia’s rough politics and his effort to stay true to moral study amid a drinking, rowdy milieu.
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Abe Lincoln
Samson
Bowlin Green
Mr. Green
Beardstown
Springfield
Bowlin
Mr. Lincoln
Uncle Bowlin
Abe
Doc Allen
Ann
Vandalia
West
Lincoln
Washington
Clay
Webster
Shakespeare
Burns
Del’ce
Scott
Blackstone
Parsons
Magnificent but Not War: British Observer on San Juan Hill
Sir Arthur Lee of Fareham, then Capt. Arthur Lee as a British military observer, watched American troops ascend San Juan Hill in Cuba. He later called the action magnificent but not war, reflecting on the Spanish-American War. Lee, born 1868, served in Royal Artillery, married Ruth Moore, earned KCB, and became MP for Fareham.
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Sir Arthur Lee
Fareham
K. Co. B
Admiralty
San’ Juan Hill
Cuba
Lord Lee
Arthur Lee
Sir Arthur
Royal Artilery
Washington
Ruth’ Moore
New York
Hampshire
Canada elects Liberal majority pro reciprocity in Canadian parliament
W L Mackenzie King leads Liberals to a clear House majority favoring reciprocity with the United States. Progressives back reciprocity and reduced tariffs, Meighen’s high tariff party collapses. Quebec Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island deliver Liberal strength. Ontario shifts toward Liberals. Meighen loses seven seats. Crerar’s Progressives sweep west with tariff revision and reciprocity sympathy.
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Canada
United States
House of Commons
W. L. MacKenzie King
Dominion
Progressives
Meighen
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
King
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
New Progressive Party
T. A. Crerar
Manitoba
Lre
How far off is hell as told by a preacher
A San Francisco Argondut humor item recounts a folk tale in which a preacher answers a layman asking how far hell is away. The old colored preacher jokes that hell is sixty years off if the man’s age is sixty four, implying time passes with life until judgment.
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Brer Jenkins
Hell
Thomas
San Francisco
Argondut
Kind to His Mother and Wife in Ponzi Tale
Mrs. Charlies Ponzi defends her husband the financier as a victim of misfortune and justice. She says he was honest and kind to family, returns money to investors, and hopes for his parole while staying loyal amid public condemnation.
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Charlies Ponzi
Ponzi
Charlie
Guatemala Overthrows President Herrera in 1920 Revolt
The Guatemalan government under Carlos Herrera was toppled after fighting that killed three and wounded several. A provisional regime led by Jose Maria Lima General Orellana and Miguel Larrave took power and claimed to have imprisoned key officials as efforts began to form a legal congress.
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Guatemala
Jose Maria Lima
Orellana
Miguel Larrave
Luis Aguirre
Emilio Escamilla
Zelaya
Congress
Rafael Pinos
Unionist
Guatemala City
Washington
Francisco Sanchez Latour
America
Liberty Party
Herrera
Estrada
Cabrera
France
United States
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