Fireside gathering reveals Lincoln vision and Yankee pride
Abe shares stories by the fire as Kelso, Sampson, and Doctor Allen discuss Lincoln, Webster, and abolition. A wandering trader Eli arrives with a surprise: Kelso’s daughter Bira emerges from a Trojan horse pack, linking a lively, evolving frontier scene to Abe’s growing sense of justice and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelso
Gome
Eli
Jack Kelso
Abe
David Barney
Mr. Traylor
Bira
Ann Rutledge
Making of a New Home in the Woods
Two groups cut timber for a newcomer's home in the woods at dawn. Abe, Samson, Harry and Joe haul logs and prepare boards while a ceremonial audience of forest men watches a heavy lifting feat. A singing migrant and a quilting party in a nearby village frame life in New Salem as John McNeil arrives and Abe withdraws, troubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Needles
Samson
Joe
Abe
Frog City
Harry
Honest Abe Synopsis Travelers to Sangamon in 1831
Samson and Sarah Traylor with their children Josiah and Betney journey from Vergennes Vermont to the Sangamon country in Illinois. At Niagara Falls they join other immigrants including John McNeil. Fever and ague afflict the party but Sarah saves Harry Needles. They reach New Salem and meet young Abe Lincoln who welcomes them as they decide to settle there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samegon
Hogarth
Abe
Ispahan
Traylor
Samson
Stephen Nuckles
God
Isles
Esquimaux
Hottentots
Mammon
Kentucky
Sys
Haynes
Kelso
Bowlin’ Green's
Lincoln
Ophir
Webster
Plymouth
Midlands
West
Doctor Allen
New World
Bim
Joe
Martin Waddell
Sarah
Ann Rutledge
Ann
New Salem
John McNeil
Traylors
Niagara Falls
Long Shore
Michigan
Sarah Traylor
Josiah
Betney
Vergennes
Land of
Plenty
Illinois
Harry Needles
Abe’’ Lincoln
Compromise Scene Aboard The Jester
Rising cabin scene hints at a continuation titled A Compromise. The note mocks college men who overstate their virtue to professors and underplay it to their girlfriends, using a playful tone about self image.
Peace Portal at Blaine Commemorates Century of US Canada Peace
President Harding lauds a 3000 mile unfortified boundary with Canada as a symbol of global wisdom and peace in a letter read at the dedication of the Pacific Peace Portal near Blaine Washington. Samuel Hill of Seattle conceived the portal and the Pacific Highway Association aided construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States
Canada
Harding
Blaine
Wash
America
Great Britain
Samuel Hill
Seattle
Hill
Janus
Britain
Caling
British Empire
Pacific Highway Association
Peace Treaty Brings Alley Dwellers Dilemma to District
After war relief, the District faces housing pressure as 9 500 alley residents must find homes. The 1914 law requires abandonment of alleys within a year of peace, but officials may seek delays as residential shortages persist. Surveys show 80 alleys could become minor streets, but only 2 000 residents would be housed, leaving 7 100 still displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
iHeys
Congress
Aly
Board of Commissioners
Washington
Resi
Harding to Golf With Newspaper Men
President Harding plans to join the annual newspaper golf tournament next year. Washington correspondents anticipate a lasting golf association forming, with notable players from McCallum to Capt Leo Re-Sack. The piece notes Harding’s democratic approach to golf partners and that he would be the first president to play in a golf tournament while in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Washington
McCallum
The
Star
Leo Re
Cleveland Press
Charles S. Albert
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ani Uinor
William. J. Taft
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Wilson
Washington Country Club
Women Scrub Capitol Statue of Pioneer Suffragists
National Woman's party members visited the capitol at six to urge janitors to clean the statue of Susan B. Anthony Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the rotunda base. They pressed for dust removal and better care of the memorial, with Elsie Hill leading and contacting senate library committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Woman’s Party
Capitol
Susan B. Anthony
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Congress
Woman's Party
Charwomen
C. L. Robey
Chaiman
Eighth Congressional Disstrict
Virginia
Levinia Eagan
Louisiana
Washington
Woman’s Party
Senate and Library Committee
Elsie Hill
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Irving Bacheller
New England
Theodore Parker
Irving Basheller
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