Eyewitness at Ford's Theatre recalls Lincoln assassination
A National Museum curator recounts the April 14 1865 night at Ford's Theatre in Washington detailing Booths escape to the stage the reaction of the audience and the swift response of officers and spectators. He describes the funeral procession and Washingtons somber mood the next day.
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Lincoln
Ford
Abraham Lincoln
National Museum
Washington
George C. Maynard
Ford's Theater
Doctor Maynard
Ford’s
Incoln
Tenth Street
Military Telegraph Corps
War Department
D. B. Bates
G Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Epiphany Church
Springfield
Exemplar of Land of Opportunity speech excerpt
Robert Lansing describes Abraham Lincoln as the national exemplar of equal opportunity. He praises Lincoln’s humble origins at Hodgensville farm and argues that America’s environment nourishes seeds of greatness in the lowly.
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Robert Lansing
Hodgensville Farm
Abraham Lincoln
Hilaife
America
Estate of Geo W Fithian Opens Falcon Inventory
Judge A L Lowe, John Kasserman and Dr Roe Fithian travel from Robinson to Falcon Mississippi to inventory the Fithian estate. The large holdings include 8000 acres in two states, general stores, Brush Creek farm near Newton, and other personal property valued between 500000 and 1000000 dollars.
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A. L. Lowe
Robinson
John Kasserman
Roe Fithian
Falcon
Miss
Geo. W. Fithian
Mississippi
Green Briar
Crawford County
Brush Creek
Newton
Newton Mentor-Democrat
Greeks Kissed Constantine Harness Face Heat on Hood
Abe Martin quotes a playful line about Greeks who kissed King Constantine’s harness and ponder how they would handle a hot auto hood in a humorous rural column.
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Constantine
Abe Martin
Hog raiser touts mineral line mix over costly stock foods
EH H Beckstead, Iowa hog producer, asserts minerals surpass expensive feeds and remedies. He claims five pounds of mineraline mixed with bran yields a hundred pounds of hog weight, and offers to mail a full mineraline batch for two dollars from The Mineraline Chemical Co. in Chicago.
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EH. H. Beckstead
Mineraline Chemical Co
North Wells St
Chicago
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Knowles
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Clinton Scollard
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Booth
J. B. Steward
Bu Durham
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