Lincoln and the bone philosophy of Herndon memory
A memoir recounts Lincoln’s return to law with Herndon, his moral rigor, and public service. It covers his early dissent on slavery, the 1856 Bloomington meeting, the Lincoln Douglas debates, the 1860 Chicago convention, and the end with his assassination, seen through a close friend’s eyes.
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Lincoln
Herndon
Mr. Lincoln
Bill Herndon
Congress
William H. Herndon
Mary
Tgt
Billy
Paris
Nebraska
Kingcraft
Sumner
Free State
Herald of Freedom
Kansas
Republican State Convention
United States Senate
State House
New York
Seward
Weed
Greeley
Seward, Weed and Greeley
Ocean
Bloomington
Ilinois
Douglas
Washington
Ottawa
Illinois
United States
Senate
Chicago
Michigan
America
Niagara
Abe Lincoln
Dennis Flanagan
Traylor
The
Falls
Abraham Lincoln
Horace Greeley
Son
Menard County
Harry Needles
Ford
Mrs. Lincoln
Abe
Harry
Rats Use Crabs as Dinner On Coral Island
Captain Moncton narrates a New Guinea resident magistrate’s odd observation on a barren coral island inhabited by many rats. While watching from the shore, rats reach the water edge, dip their tails, and leap to grab crabs, devouring them before returning to the rock.
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Moncton
New Guinea
The Velocipede Pioneers and Early Inventors
The velocipede sparked many claimed inventors as it evolved into the bicycle. Blanchard the aeronaut is credited with early innovations in 1779, Niepce is a strong second, and Baron von Drafts, a German, ranks third for his 1818 draisena patent.
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Blanchard
Nicephore Niepce
Baron von Drafts
Women Athletes Warn Against Overdoing It Says W Ballants
A quote from W Ballants warns that women in athletics may be overly energetic and need balance. The remark frames women's athletic enthusiasm as a caution about overexertion and focus on moderation.
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Ballants
Harding nominates envoys to Germany Austria and Hungary
President Harding sent to the Senate three nominations to represent the United States in Europe. Alanson B. Houghton would be ambassador to Germany, Albert Henry Washburn envoys to Austria, and Theodore Brentano minister to Hungary. Houghton, a Corning native and Harvard graduate, heads a glass works and speaks German and French.
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Harding
Senate
United States
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Alanson B. ‘Houghton
New York
Albert
Henry Washburn
Massachusetts
Theodore Brentano
Chicago
Austria-Hungary
Washington
Vienna
Budapest
Alanson Bigelow Houghton
Corning
N. Y
Cambridge
Harvard
Gottingen
Berlin
Paris
Woman with the serpent tongue captivates American audiences
Mrs Margot Asquith arrives in America amid a media flurry with photographers reporters and telegrams as she gathers impressions for a forthcoming reminiscences book. Her magnetic presence and refined bearing charm interviewers and crowds alike.
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Margot Asquith
America
Canunteyn
Lorkken
Asquith
Sky Pilot of the Lumberjacks: Rev Jack McCall
Reverend Jack McCall, once a lumberjack, serves as a mobile preacher among camps in western Montana and northern Idaho. He travels on foot with a Bible, song books, and a phonograph, using a bunkhouse as his church and stopping meetings for discipline when needed.
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Jack McCall
Presbyterian Board of Missions
New York
Michigan
Mel ‘Trotter
Francis E. Higgins
Timber
Minnesota Woods
Montana
Idaho
Capper Heads Agricultural Bloc as Kenyon Leaves Senate
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas likely leads the agricultural bloc in Congress after Senator William Kenyon of Iowa resigns to become a United States judge. Capper earlier introduced a resolution for a District of Columbia Knickerbocker theater disaster probe, alleging building code violations and possible collusion between contractors and inspectors affecting DC safety.
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Arthur Capper
Kansas
Congress
William §. Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
United States
Senator Capper
Senate Committee
District of Columbia
Knickerbocker
Senate of
United State
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