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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1949
Page
5
A Detroit woman described breakfast bacon tasting from a church event after an all night vigil. Police frowned on the midnight stunt as the party extended into the night.
During the Civil War Edwin Stanton faced a plea for clemency from the mother of a condemned private. President Lincoln overheard the secretary and rebuked him, saying to listen to a woman speaking for her son's life. Lincoln then pardoned the boy. The piece also recalls Madame de Stael valuing conversation over places and choosing dialogue with genius over travel.
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