A Story of the 3 Irving Bachellor continues
In a long chapter a Chicago panic unsettles Elm and Kelso families. Bim accepts Lionel Davis’s aid while Lincoln helps Abe’s law start in Springfield. Samson and Sarah relocate to New Salem as Harry Needles news shocks them. Brimstead hints at a dangerous note tied to Lionel Davis.
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Loni
Harry
Abe Lincoln
Lincoln
Tampa
Fla
Democrat
Robert Deming
Tenth Cavalry
Everglades
Harry Needles
Davis
la Salle Street
Bim
the Traylors
Springfield
Samson
Chicago
North
John T. Stuart
William Butler
Joshua Speed
Honest Abe
Speed
Sangamon County
New Salem
Salem Hill
Rutledge
Pete
Colonel
Sambo
Sarah
Letsey
Josiah
Kelsos
New City
Joe
Brimstead’s
Henry
Dorado
Tyre
Babylon
Brimstead
Fl Dorado
Lionel Davis
South Water Street
River
Portrait of Gandhi and the non-cooperators in India
A U.S. writer outlines Mahatma Gandhi known as the Great Soul leader of the non-cooperators in India. The piece notes his Tolstoyan non-resistance creed, mass adherence to non-cooperation, and recent disturbances during the prince of Wales visit, followed by Gandhi's call for penance and reparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Tagore
Prince of Wales
Bombay
Stanfield Rising: Oregon Sheep King Enters National Spotlight
The piece profiles Senator Robert Nelson Stanfield of Oregon, born 1877, highlighting his rise from ranching beginnings to becoming possibly the nation’s largest sheep owner. It notes his 800,000 wintering sheep, ascent to state politics, and early leadership roles, including the speakership.
Advertisers at First Sky in Early American Newspapers
The text traces advertising’s rise after 1850 in the United States. Early efforts by John Campbell in Boston, then William Bradford, Peter Zenger, and Benjamin Franklin faced slow uptake, with ad columns growing only gradually before newspapers gained strong support in the mid-19th century.
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First Sky
America
John Campbell
Boston
Boston News Letter
William Bradford
Peter Zenger
New York
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Portrait of Mrs W L George on second lecture tour
The latest portrait of Mrs W L George wife of English novelist on his second lecturing tour. She is Kath leen Geipel daughter of Herbert Geipel J P of Old Hill Coxwold York with tennis music and film credits. She served three years in the ministry of munitions during the war and was first woman to reach section officer rank. Mr George says his affections for America spread across New York Washington Dayton Nashville and New Orleans with Chicago a particular inspiration. He calls America a life force radiating vitality.
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Illinois
Samson Traylor
The
Democrat
Jackson
Kelso
Bim
Jack
Lionel Davis
Samson
Sarah Traylor
Tazewell
Chicago
Sycamore Woods
Jack Kelso
Ajax
Achilles
Ilium
Kinzles
Wisconsin
Mr. Davis
W. L. George
Kathleen Geipel
Herbert Geipel
J. P
Old Hill
Coxwold
York
Ministry-Of- Munitions
George
America
New York
Washington
Dayton
Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
Lfe
Americas
Mrs Margaret Wintringham Louth MP Silent but influential figure
Lady Astor's fair colleague Mrs Margaret Wintringham becomes the second woman MP in the House of Commons and the first British born woman to sit there. Widow of the late MP for Louth, she avoided active campaigning, though she remains an experienced public speaker and active in social and educational movements.
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Margaret Wintringham
Louth
Lincolnshire
House of Commons
Grimsby
Women's Liberal ‘Association
Lindsey Federation of Women’s Institutes
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Irving Bacheller
Traylors
Milwaukee
Lorda
Col. Taylor
Elm
Academy
Larson
Breuit
John T.” Stuart
Vandalia
A. Lincoln
Chicigo
Mr. Lincoln
Chicago” Democrat
Stanfield
U. S
Robert Nelson Stanfield
Oregon
George A. Chamberlain
Congressional Directory
California
Illnois
Bob
Stanfields
Lady Astor
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