Story of the Builders Democracy Chapter I– Lincoln era tale
A serialized tale follows Samson Traylor and family from Vergennes Vermont to New Salem Illinois, meeting Lincoln era figures. Abe Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, Bim Kelso, and Harry Needles appear amid romance, drama, abolition talk, and early Springfield political life as the story tracks Lincoln’s growth as lawyer and politician.
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Niagara Falls
John McNeil
Sarah
Harry Needles
Traylors
New Salem
Illinois
Abe” Lincoln
Samson
Jack
Lincoln
Armstrong
Youn Harry Needles
Bap McNell
McNell
Bim
Harry
Biggs
Ere
Abe
Traylor
Springfield
McNamar
Chicago
Lionel Davis
Abe Lincoln’s lawsuit method in Brimstead v Davis case
Abe Lincoln’s complaint in the Henry Brimstead et al. vs Lionel Davis case represented seven clients and a claim over twenty thousand dollars. With papers in his pocket, he traveled to Honey Creek settlement where he found that many of Davis notes were located in Tazewell county.
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Coln
Tazewell County
Harry
Abe
Mr. Davis
Nehemiah
Nim
Mr. Nimble
Dixon
Davis
Abe Lincoln
Lincoln
Samson
Lionel Davis
Kelso
North
Middle Counties
Tazewell
Harry Needles
Bim
John
Wentworth
Nuckles
Wisconsin
Eliphalet Biggs
Biggs
Springfield
Chicago
Henry Brimstead
Honey Creek
Presents of Individualism in the New Capital and Lincoln Courtship
A fragmentary item notes a Pleasant Comedy of Individualism in the New Capital and the Lincoln Mary Todd courtship. It mentions Samson with "Mr Nimble" and a straw pad in motion across the prairies, hinting at staged or humorous scenes.
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Samson
Harry
Davis
Samson Traylor
Lincoln
Mary ‘Todd
Noted Outlaw Is Killed Tom Slaughter Shot
Tom Slaughter, famed outlaw, dies after being shot in Saline county hills by A. C. Howard, a forgery convict who waited for his chance. One captured accomplice says Slaughter led five Negroes to liberty from the state prison, while another fugitive Negro dies beside the bandit’s body. Howard, already jailed, admits he intended to kill Slaughter.
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Tom Slaughter
Little Rock
Ark
Saline County
Liberty
Slaughter
A. C. Howard
Howard
Lorenz to Close Clinics in New York Relocation Planned
Dr Adolph Lorenz famed Austrian surgeon says he will discontinue free clinics in the United States due to opposition from the medical profession and plans to return to Vienna as soon as possible.
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New York
Adolph’ Lorenz
Venna
Tragic Ranch Deaths in Stevensville Montana
Stevensville Montana report says George G Rice, his wife, and two water spaniel dogs were found dead at their ranch home five miles northwest of town. The wife lay in bed as if prepared for burial, a bullet to the brain, while Rice lay in a heap on the lawn clutching a high powered rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Harry
Davis
Lincoln
Larson
Calhoun
Lamborn
Thomas
Webster
Douglas
Burke
Byron
Shakespeare
Burns
Irving
Walter Scott
Dickens
Speed's
Thompson Campbell
Joe
Steve” Douglas
Achilles
Stevensville
Mont
George G. Rice
Rice
Here
Pedestrians Debate Rights and Sidewalk Demonstration
A choleric old gentleman and a meek man argue over standing up for pedestrians rights. The meek man urges action but suggests staging demonstrations from the sidewalk to avoid disruption.
Hearsay Rub Six Hoys A Day Is Enough For Any Man
A terse exchange records a curious remark about endurance and inquiry as two figures discuss how much toil suffices and how the truth emerges from conversations in a terse, period style.
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Dub
Roadside Episode Reveals Quirky Ferry Owning Millionaire
A motorist asks for Perkins ferry directions and is met by a shrewd, independent ferryman who is described as a queer old duffer. The reply comes from a man claiming to own the country and the ferry, in a Birmingham Age-Herald style vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins’ Ferry
Millionary
Talent North How to be in Movies Comedies
A fragmented snippet suggests talk of someone named Brown entering film comedies and a note that theories may work after general agreement to try out. The text is garbled with punctuation and quotes, preserving few clear facts.
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North
Brown
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Sarah Traylor
Josiah
Betsey
Vergennes
Land of Plenty
Sangamon
Jack Kelso
John McNeill
Ann Rutledge
Ann
St. Louis
Bim Kelso
Harry Needies
Ann Rutile
John McNeil Io
Mar Ann
McNeill
Vandalia
Elijah Lovejoy
Underground Railroad
Abraham Lincoln
Gnicese
Brimstead
Eli Fredenberg
Abe Lin
Steve Nuckles
Nimble
God
Joshua Speed
Win Church
Logan
Baker
Browning
Havana
Jude Douzlas
Renin
Fustice
Prairie
F E. D. Baker
Mary Todd
Kentucky
Ninian W. Edwards
Mary
Mr. Edwards
United States
Speed
Todds
Mr. Lincoln
Sangamon County
C.D. Smith
Linton, N. D
Wolverton Hospital
W. C. Wolverton
M. D
W. H. Hinton
Prop
J. H. Shoemaker
Strasburg Auto CO
Distributors of
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DELCO
A. L. Portz & CO
Linton
Chas
Coventry
North Dakota
Birmingham Age-Herald
West
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