Lincoln’s Toy Shop Near the White House Reveals Tad’s Playground
A plain frame toy shop near the U S capital holds memories of Abraham Lincoln and Tad Lincoln. Lincoln often visited with Tad to buy wooden soldiers and toys while Pendel the White House aide assisted. The shop founded by Joseph Stuntz in 1855 remained under family ownership, serving generations of presidential children and even Lincoln’s moments of respite after battles.
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National Capital
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Washington
Lincoln
Lfe
Tad
Thomas Pendel
Pendel
Tom Pen
Joseph Stuntz
Napoleon
Tad Lincoln
Stuntz
Waterloo
Wer
Stanton
United States
Pender
Ford’s
Fredericksburg
Little Shop
Dipping Sheep and Vat Setup From Early Guide
Scabby sheep should be dipped promptly to protect wool and vitality. Instructions cover prepping thick scabs, dipping times, and repeated dipping within 10 to 14 days. Details describe vat dimensions, placement, and safety features at Kentucky experiment station, plus cost and DIY options.
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Edwin
Kentucky
Lincoln Anecdote About Vanity and Height
A fragment about President Lincoln noting his height and vanity. It includes a joke where a taller man is said to look down on him and a remark about a woman’s gaze making a man feel diminished. The piece mixes quotations and stray phrases.
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Lincoln
Wade
Proper care given swine
A livestock guidance piece by A J Lovejoy on raising pigs for meat and breeders. It covers feeding from birth, early weaning, transition to corn and milk feeds, pasture crops for late summer, illness signs, worm prevention, and balanced rations for breeders. It also outlines summer and winter feeding plans including sweet corn, tankage, milk, and alternative feeds like clover and beets.
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A. J. Lovejoy
Wrigley Defense Parlor Maid Tale Reflects Scandal
In a humorous exchange Walter Lonsdale defends Dr. Cook while likening the other side to a parlor maid's weak defense. Lonsdale plans Copenhagen travel as he recounts a mistress testing the maid about her husband’s late return. The banter reveals sharp social ridicule and private loyalties.
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Walter Lonsdale
Fog-Eye Smith’s Odd Protest Over Liquor Humor
Fog-Eye Smith of northwest Wyoming harshly warns a pallid stranger about immediate changes or he will send the neophyte home in a market basket. Minutes later he gropes for his glass eye under a poker table muttering and claims to hate a man with no sense of humor. Cemetery janitors are later mentioned tending vegetables in graveyard mold.
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Fog-Eye
Fog-Eye Smith
Wyoming
Mr. Smith
Coffee or Postum? California wife touts Postum cure
A California wife explains how quitting coffee and switching to Postum eased her nerves and weight gain while her husband slept better after coffee caused insomnia. She cites a friend who found headaches vanish after stopping coffee and praises The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Calif
Java
Wellville
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