Valentine Card Sent To Self From Dated Verse
A Detroit Free Press item reflects on a childlike Valentine note sent to the writer. The author, recalling a seven year old cousin, imagines crafting a message starting Dear Gracie praising neatness and kindness, but notes the sentiment may be aspirational rather than exact.
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Art Lisle
Bell
Almoet
Detroit Free Press
One Lingela Birthday in Washington’s War Year
In a sunlit side street near Pennsylvania Avenue, Madge tended a lunch basket for her invalid father and sick brother Bennie. A steady stream of officials and workers bought her sandwiches as she awaited news of the war’s end and glimpsed a Lincoln lookalike approaching, stirring her hopeful heart.
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Lincoln grew up learning to speak and debate in Indiana
A McClasy writer recalls Abraham Lincoln's boyhood in Gentryville and nearby areas. He debaters, scribes, and public speakers, earning early fame as a backwoods orator. Lincoln read aloud from school readers, attended trials, and impressed local mentors with temperance essays and political commentary.
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Presidential Valentines at the White House Pages a Nation’s Jest
A lengthy note discusses the flood of presidential valentines mailed to the White House each year. Most are playful or harmless, with a few venting grudges, and rarely does a malicious card reach the president. Examples mention Chester A. Arthur and historical references to Mr. Harrison.
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Lincoln
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White House
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Woman’s Health Letter Praises Pinkham Compound
A Buffalo woman reports years of menorrhagia and pain eased after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She announces her improved health, appetite, and urges others to try the remedy, noting free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Young Woman’s Temperance Association of
Buffalo, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Neill HoLues
No. Division St
Buffalo, N.Y
Irene Crosby
East Savanah, Ga
Drar Mans
Pinkran
Lydia Sk. Plaibam
Miss Inunxe Cnosny
East Chariton St
East Savannah
Brees. Pinkham
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