Unnamed Story Fragments Highlight Abe Lincoln Circle
Vivid diary entries capture Harry, Abe, Sarah, and Kelso in a frontier town winter. Scenes include tavern debates on internal improvements, a girl named Luc, and a chicken dinner with James Rutledge and Doctor Allen. The narrative centers on friendships, loyalties, and coming of age amid political talk and rough justice.
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Harry
Sarah
Samgon
Abe
Alexander Ferguson
Henry Clay
Laingon
Mia
James Rutledge
Ann
Abe Lincoln
Doctor Allen
Hong
Kelgo Wan
Hielao
Aristotle
Abe and Ann's Love, War News Shake Sangamon County
In Sangamon County Abe embraces public service aiming for the legislature while urging voters to trust his candidacy. A Black Hawk scare pushes Governor Reynolds to mobilize volunteers as Abe joins a volunteer company and prepares to train. Family scenes unfold with Amos, Harry, and Billy amid courtship, loyalties, and anticipated upheaval as western life tests ambition and love.
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Abe
Kelao
America
Kelso
Samson
Sangamon
Samegon
Black Hawk
Mississippi
Rock Iver
Reynolds
Abo
Sangamon Journal
Harry Needles
Hichland
Bim Kelgo
Alda
Harry
Ann
Sparling School
Apron Fashion in Czecho-Slovak Villages Draws Eyes
In rural Czecho-Slovakia women wear aprons mainly as eye catching adornments rather than work badges. Aprons, often heirlooms, feature green as a favorite color with gold, yellow, silver, pink, blue, cerise, and flaming rose on dark fabrics. White sleeves are embroidered, outfits include short black skirts, knitted bright designs, lace trim on busts, and color coordinated head shawls.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Fragmentary ancient note on evil and discontent
A garbled OCR fragment discusses evil and discontent spreading like ink in water, filling minds with darkness and clouding judgment. The text appears as a broken meditation on inner unrest and the trouble of overcoming it.
Pastore Will Carry Message Into Rural South
More than 5,000 country pastors will carry a United States Department of Agriculture rural message into southern districts. The effort, prepared with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, uses a stereopticon lecture from 70 lantern slides by the Bureau of Animal Industry to promote better live stock and outreach to countryside communities.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Board of Wissions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Rural Survey
Bureau of Animal Industry
Cause For Unthrifty Pigs From Worms At Tow a Station
Young pigs failing to thrive may suffer roundworm infestation. A 100 pound shore at the Tow experiment station was unthrifty and killed for examination. It harbored 63 worms weighing two-fifths of a pound in half a foot of intestine. Prevention includes good feeding, clean housing, drained pastures, and rubbish removal. Emergency treatment suggests santonin and calomel. free access to lime, charcoal, coal, sulphur, glauber's salts, and salt in separate self feeders.
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Towa
John M. Bvyard
Denver Horse Shortage Warns of Rising Costs
Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse Association of America warns in a communication to the animal husbandry division at University Farm that Denver voters rejected an ordinance proposing a horseless city. He says demand for draft horses is at historic highs and without increased breeding a shortage will push up production and transport costs in coming years.
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Denver
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse Association of America
Sags
Animal Husbandry Division
University Farm
Feed foals grain as pastures dry up
As pastures dry, feed a little grain to foals to maintain milk fat and steady growth. Working mares should have a separate grain box and foals on pasture deserve a creep space so grain is always accessible. Following these methods, colts will continue to gain and not shrink at weaning.
Ewes and Their Lambs: Practices to Induce Bonding
A 19th century discussion describes methods to force a ewe to accept an orphaned lamb. Techniques include penning the ewes, allowing suckling, moistening the lamb with ewe milk, and shutting the ewe with her lamb to encourage bonding.
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Gomstlines
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Charms a Reader's Relief
A letter from Enizasera C Corley of Edmund South Carolina describes months of nerves and female troubles. After trying medicines with no relief she used two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reports she can manage housework again. The testimonial urges other women to consider the remedy.
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Edmund
3.C
Lydia E
Enizasera
C. Corley
A. P. Corley
S. C
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Mosaic tables and Tales at Wayside School of Medicine
The fragment hints at an event or feature tied to the Oid School of Medicine and Wayside Tales. Mosaic tables appear as a motif or exhibit, suggesting a chronicled or satirical piece. No clear date or full names are provided in the readable text.
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Oid School of Medicine
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Irving Bacheller
Tiarry
Orfwt
John McNell
Mils
Bra
Traylor
John McNeil
Bim
Rutled
Louisiana
Evward
Iowa Station
Dinsmore
Horse Association
Bellans
Belfor
Bince
Coe
Sox
Edmund Burke
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