Lincoln Portraits and Legends Sharpen Lincolnian Image
A long, detailed essay notes Freeman Thorp’s 1881 life study of Lincoln and examines later biographers Carl Sandburg and W. E. Barton. It debunks sleeping-sentinel myths, recounts Bixby letters misstatements, and highlights Lincoln’s enduring aura amid new Lincolniana and iconoclasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Braham
Lincoln
George Washington
Illinois
Carl Sandbure
Abraham Lincoln
William FE. Burton
Sandburg
Stuart Sherman
Western Hemisphere
W. E. Barton
Barton
Extremes of Zeal and Luther’s Diet Extremes
The text notes zealots like St Bernard St Francis and Savonarola harming health through ascetic fasting while Martin Luther, after monastic hunger, later overindulged to counter monasticism. It cites Luther drinking wine “to spite the devil” and urges balance between bodily care and temptation, per Selectific Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
St. Francis
Savonarots
Martin Luther
Rome
Not for Father This Girl Buys Pine at Elgar Store
A girl in a downtown Elgar store tells the clerk she wants to buy a pine “for my father.” The brief encounter centers on a gift choice and a personal motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgar
Eigar Store
Woman Returns Pipe Fails to Draw at Store
A woman, choosing a pipe already “broken in,” left content that her father would see it. She later returned with a new clerk at the counter and admitted the pipe would not draw, correcting the mistaken intention of giving it to her father. The Pittsburgh Post records the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ittsburgh Post
In Peace Valley Ned Carter Angles Into Dabbs Household
Claude Melnatte Dabbs returns from New York to his general store in Peace Valley Pennsylvania with Ned Carter a stranger Dabbs introduces to Aunt Lyddy as a nephew Carter claims a past with his family and their ultra pacifist stance. Carter reveals a broken engagement and a vague New York past. Ned starts delivering groceries and reconnects with Dorothy Selden his former fiancee as mysteries deepen about his true identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Melnatte
Dabbs
New York
Peace Valley
Ned Carter
Lyddy
Carter Io A
Carter
Ned
Clover Hollow
Dorothy Selden
Rangelay
Johnston
White Moune
Ned Promdees
Dorothy
Chapter III-Continued Scene at the neglected farmhouse
Ned and Jenny hurry along while Dorothy doubts her read of the maid and lover. Claude Dobbs visits Ettie Pulsifer at the dilapidated homestead, where Ettie and children work, William Penn Pulsifer plans to paint Bert Oakley’s house, and Claude hides his own bachelor unease as Jenny and Ned arrive with Butie and the returning crowd.
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Ned
Jenny
Dorothy
Clover Hollow
Peace Valley
Claude
Ettle
Etttle
Tyre
Willian Penn
Hide
Iere
Jie
Butie
Tun
White House workload and Clover Hollow move plans
Ned returns to Peace Valley at one o clock to help with Clover Hollow house duties while Claude and Ettie weigh neighborly aid. Ned recalls Dorothy Selden and the Johnston family as he prepares to meet at the White House with Miss Johnston and the Clover Hollow household, hoping to keep the spellbound girl from trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Ettle
Ned
Ettie
Mrs. Miifer
Claude
Jenny
Dorothy Selden
Hig
Hapuezel
Claude Dobbs
Peace Valley
Johnston
Teter
Claude Ty
Enely
Coe
Tussifer
Furi Elowever
William Penn Volstter
Penny Nad
Johuston
Feulalfer
Mary
Mrs. Pulsifer
Nad
Wakes Sunday Festival Traditions In England
A fragmented account describes the historical Wakes Sunday festival in northern Binghund and Herefordshire. It traces origins in parish dedications, shifts to October dates, and its evolution into a broader celebration paired with days like Thmming Moviday and Happlng Sunday, reflecting changing religious observances.
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Binghund
Herefordshire
Woman Popularized Inoculation Across Empires
Mary Wortley Montagu wife of a British ambassador to Constantinople promoted variolation in Turkey and influenced physicians. Her advocacy helped gain support for inoculation in Britain under Edward Jenner, who later established it on scientific grounds.
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Mary Wortley Alantagy
Turkey
Maitlind
Edward Jenner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freeman Thorp
Thorp
Iife
Lyalh Bixby
Bixby
Boston
Wer Department
Henry C. Bixby
Gettysburg
Edward Bixby
Chicago
George’ Way Bixby
Petersburg
Sleeping Sentinel
William Scott
Company Kk
Third
Vermont
Chain Bridge
Potomac
Wiam FP. Smith
Scott
Swift
McClellan
Lee’s Mill
Congress
Kellogg
Muller
Fuller
Charles L. Hagar
Young Kellogg
By Ah
Shadaow
Dow
Pacis
Wavtonamd, Anne Lema
DRE Akdt
Willa Scott
Margaret Turnbull
hMargaret Turnbull Service
Etthe
C. M
Howe
Ned Claude
Bubbs
Peach
Mr. Dabbs
Attie
Tor
Dubbs
Dabba
Claine
Chiude
Efrat
Chapter
Clauda Melnette Dobbs
England
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