A Man for the Ages in New Salem and Lincoln’s Circle
Fragmented account follows the Traylora and Feo family traveling to New Salem Illinois. They meet Abraham Lincoln and others as tensions rise with Armstrong and McNell. Harry aids two slaves while Bim amid a landscape of affection and danger unfolds.
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Pala
Gamson
Trey Love
Ganasaya Batsey
Ergennes
Sangamon
Biinain
AL Ag
John Sa Fell
Barah
Harry Neadlea
Traylora
New Salem
Ilinois
Abe Jancoln
Dack Kelso
Bim
Samson Talaeshi
Lincoln
Armstro
Harry
McNell
Avinir
Eliphalet Biggs and Bim Kelso Tale of Love in Illinois
In a frontier tale set around Rutledge tavern and Offut's store, Eliphalet Biggs from St Louis woos Bim Kelso, wins her heart with kindness and a future promise, while Abe and Kelso weigh danger in slavery era tensions and small town loyalties. Samson Traylor aids fugitives, and Ann Rutledge witnesses budding romance amid perilous times.
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St.18
Grover
Varely
Brimstead
Samson Traylor
Vermont
Liph Biggs
Rameon
New Salem
New
America
Samson
Mr. Biggs
Biggs
Samaah
Doctor Allen
Offat
Aba
Abe
James Rutledge
Rutledge
Hyo- Land
Hopedale
Kentucky
Ann Rutledge
Jack Kelso
Bim
Mr. Kelso
Ann
Kim
Bho
Tucker
Elm
Lfe
Henry
Kelso
Kel- 80
Cervantes
Eliphalet Biggs
Ann Ther
Jack Kelgo
Offut
Zane
Traylor
Kelgo
Chen
St Louis
Glne
Tiphatet Bigga
Graham
Vanishing Indian Language Diversity Dims in California
The Pacific coast languages face rapid extinction with many dialects known to only a handful of speakers. Each year witnesses a dialect dying with the last speaker. Efforts aim to record these tongues to illuminate ancient Pacific history, noted by Suo and the New York Herald.
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America
California
Pacific Coast
Suo
New York Herald
Modernity and the Old Masters in a Boston Tram Script
A fragmentary glimpse at a Boston tram script where old masters are mocked as outdated. The text juxtaposes modernity with revered painting names, noting language play and nostalgic tone.
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Newrich
Boston
Princeton Wit Scott Fitzgerald Responds At Army Meeting
The piece notes Scott Fitzgerald, the bright young novelist, as a witty figure at Princeton during a military meeting. A Salvationist speaker vows nonviolence, and a student playfully questions a kiss on the cheek with a sharp quip about reciprocity.
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Scott Fitzgerald
Princeton
Gayly
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Advert reads that kidney trouble is common and often undetected. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as effective relief, citing a life insurer's interview about undiagnosed kidney issues causing insurance declines. Offers sample bottle for ten cents and sale at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Dreadful Pictures Prompt Old Inquisition Troll Tale
A dentist in a psychology vignette explains that grim pictures illustrating torture from the Spanish Inquisition would not feel out of place in a waiting room. After patients view past suffering, a tooth filing seems trivial by comparison.
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Dendat
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Restores Hearing Function
Catarrhal deafness is caused by inflammation of the mucous lining and the Eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a constitutional remedy that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal hearing. Distributed by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Enlightening Willie Pad Your Mother and Sister Line
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt features a jokey exchanges about a padded cell with Willie and Pa, the father warning and teasing about family as a metaphor for confinement. The dialogue portrays a ribald, darkly comic edge in a newspaper humor context.
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Willie
San Francisco Chronicle
There You Are Blues Dialogue in a Fractured Exchange
A clipped exchange reveals a struggle for happiness between two speakers. The lines hint at emotional tension and miscommunication, with a stray reference to male fame and a curious aside about shark meat used as canned human food.
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Irving Bacheller
Biggs and bin
Samaon
Bim Kelap
Biman Food
Stearns
U.f
46Th Street
Wrest
Elite Trunk Factory
Spring Valley
Arkers Wayes Dandraf-Auipe Bale Paul
Erie
Alsen Chem
Bore
Hindercorns
Ghaures
Gomfurt
Inopy Chemical Works
Putchugis
N. Mista
Crenco Taincante & Dey
Mfg. Co
Dept
Ashland
Hafest Yorm
OM Investment
Tramendoud Funatbttsty
Orcutt-Harris & Co
Oklahoma City
Chicago
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