Journey of Sam Traylor Family to the Land of Plenty 1831
In early summer 1831 Samson Traylor Sarah and their two children with dog Sambo left Vergennes Vermont for the Sangamon lands. They travel by double wagon with provisions and a violin. They visit friends in Malone and Canton, trade oxen for horses, and push west through forests toward a new homestead while facing frontier hardship.
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Sam
Henry Traylor
Sambo
Adirondack
Land of Plenty
Samaon Traylor
Sarah
Vergennes
Vermont
Congregational Church
Samson
Vercennes
Paradise
Sampson
Boston
Samson Traylor
Josiah
Joe
Betsey
Burlington
Chateaugay
Sarah Traylor
Lawson
America
Sangamon
Pottawatomies
Elisha Howard
Malone
Franklin County
New York
Pete
Colonel
Black River
Canton
Captain Moody
Silas Wright
DelXalb
Richville
Gouverneur
Antwerp
Sammson
Right View of Life on Travel and Humility
The piece argues travel reveals no single country holds virtue or misery. It rejects comfortable boasting and urges recognizing others possess valued qualities. It cautions against self-importance and promotes crediting others for admirable traits we admire in ourselves.
Fashion, Wifey and the Elbows Out at the Knees
The piece riffs on decorum with a humorous line about wives and daughters being out at the elbows and knees in a satirical tone from American Legion Weekly. It reflects light social commentary on propriety and gendered expectations.
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American Legion Weekly
Lodge to Attend Washington Disarmament Conference
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican Senate leader, is named by President Harding as a delegate to the Washington conference. He urges a general armament reduction but opposes unilateral cuts, saying the United States should not further curtail defense without a broad international agreement.
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Henry Cabott Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Harding
Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
United States
Lodge
Every Man His Own Censor in the Congressional Record
The article recounts a Senate dispute between Reed of Missouri and McCumber of North Dakota over the bonus bill. John Sharp Williams acted as moderator, but the Congressional Record omitted the full proceedings due to self censorship by Reed and McCumber.
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Congress
Senate
Jim” Reed
Missouri
McCumber
North Dakota
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Reed
Blackgeard
Reed-McCumber
Congressional Record
America
Reed and McCumber
Wood and the Philippines Army rank politics in governor general selection
The house military affairs committee tabled a resolution granting Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood authority to retain his army rank while serving as Philippines governor general. He would likely resign from the army to take the post. Sen. Wadsworth proposes officer civil appointments in administered territories with administration backing. Wood gets leave of absence from the University of Pennsylvania through September 1, 1922 amid a claimed national emergency in the Pacific islands.
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House Military Affairs Committee
Leonard Wood
Philippines
New York
Senate Military Committee
University of Pennsylvanian Board of Trustees
General Wood
Weeks
William C. Sproul
Cuido
Pacific Islands
Women and disarmament delegation clash over qualification
The National League of Women Voters and the National Woman's Party push for a woman on the U S disarmament conference delegation in Washington. Rep Alice Robertson of Oklahoma rejects the idea, saying no woman meets the needed international diplomacy and social criteria. Florence King also opposes, arguing the conference outcomes hinge on business considerations, not gender.
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National League of Women Voters
National Woman’s Party
United States
Washington
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Florence King
National Woman's Association of Commerce
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Irving Bacheller
Chapter
Tostab
Heart O' Gold
New York State
Wood and
The
U. S
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