Valentine Plot Reverses Hearts in Clover Devotion
Peggy Candor plans to choose a suitor on Valentine's Day among Ray Langdon and two others by promising her hand to the man who sends her favored artificial clover blossoms. The scheme unfolds with friends debating pansies versus clover as the token of affection. Peggy reveals Langdon sent a poem about clover, proving sentiment beats real flowers, and the trio resolves to meet again after Valentine’s Day.
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That Valentine of Memory by Harlan Babecotk in Chicago Journal
An artist recalls a romantic Valentine crafted by memory with rosy hearts and bold lines. The speaker married another, later watching the former beloved in a family scene, reflecting on love lost and the passage of time.
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Harlan Babecotk
Chicago Journal
Returned Soldier Seeks Better Chance in Postwar World
Frank Comerford reflects on Europe's fatigue and the demobilized soldiers who, scarred by war, demand meaningful work and humane treatment. He argues for patient hearings, fair wages, decent clothes, education, and family time as essential for sane recovery and continued democracy.
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Understanding albinism and its features across races
The term albino, coined by the Portuguese for coastal African negroes with white spotting, now defines a person with congenital pigment deficiency in skin hair and eyes. Albinos occur in all races with milky skin, very light hair, and red pupils with pink or blue iris.
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Africa
Orator bows as ape crowd questions high cost lecture
The speaker blends irony and humility addressing a skeptical audience. He acknowledges possible error even among great men and asks the League of Nations audience to understand the issue, promising a clearer explanation tomorrow on combating the high cost of living.
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League of Nationeady Ie
Little Drops of Water
A fragmented, quirky assertion about world oceans and capacities. It cites how the Pacific and Atlantic cover vast areas and weights, with numbers and dimensions that appear inflated and inconsistent. The passage reads like a playful if erroneous factoid on seas and tanks.
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Making Haste Slowly
Quote from Spdvey Surith on the value of deliberate speech and thoughtful understanding. Emphasizes that speed in appearance harms clarity and relationships. Encourages patience, clear aims, and listening before speaking.
Gettysburg Address excerpt on dedication and liberty
The speaker reflects on the Civil War and the battlefield at Gettysburg, honoring the dead and urging renewed devotion to the nation’s cause. He asserts that democracy must endure and that the living must dedicate themselves to a “new birth of freedom” for a government “of the people, by the people, for the people.”
Memories of Lincoln's Day in Springfield Reflections
Joan Lyman Child, eighty two, recalls Lincoln era in Springfield with abolitionist family ties and Dolorean stories. She describes Lincoln and Douglas meetings, political tensions, river of names and a vivid tableau at Lincoln's death. She notes her father in law helped hide escaped enslaved people and recounts Mary Todd Lincoln's plain dress and Lincoln's kindness to the poor.
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Lincoln
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Logan County
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Tie
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Katherine Pope
Lincoln’s Library The Bible in Lincolns early life
An Exchange piece notes Abraham Lincoln began with three books the Bible Aesops Fables and Weems History of the United States The Bible shaped his literary style the fables aided his storytelling and the history acquainted him with national figures without it he would not have become the renowned leader the world knows today
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Frank Comerford
Europe
No Man’s Land
AE Pilin
Dal
Lincoln
Abraham Linin
Aesop
United States
Shoth
Abraham Lincoln
Right Views on Good and Evil and God Citizenship
A compact reflection on moral clarity and civic duty attributed to Abraham Lincoln, asserting that evil must be not only detected but destroyed and that rightful moral knowledge should prevail in governance and personal conduct. The snippet emphasizes the responsibility of citizens to uphold virtue and oppose wrongdoing within the nation.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Ancestry Revealed in Fifth Abraham Generations
A genealogical chart posits Abraham Lincoln is related to Samuel Lincoln who sailed from England to America in 1607. The chart traces the Lincoln line to Hinghams in England and Massachusetts. A Revolutionary era anecdote notes Lincoln observing Seward inspecting new troops and joking about their jobs.
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Abratar Lincoln
Abraham
Lincoln
United States
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Edward Lincoln
Hingham
England
America
Lincoln portrait and final day miseries
Lincoln is depicted in a small tin type with a cheerful mood on April 14 1885 the day before his assassination as he and his wife reflect on a war ending Willie Lincoln’s death and the couple’s sorrow. The piece notes his bright spirits despite personal tragedy.
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Lincoln
Willie
Lincoln Tintype Stickpin Bearer in Norway Story
Mrs Freeland Young of Norway preserves a Lincoln tintype stickpin with a small gold frame and the inscription For president 1864. A Civil War era keepsake linked to her family's memory, tied to Abraham Lincoln and a Nebraska origin tale.
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Freeland Young
Norway
Lincoln's Reasoning on Demonstration and Authority
Confused excerpt discusses two methods to justify a claim: reasoning and appeal to historical authorities. It cites Lincoln contrasting demonstration by logic with passing judgment by the weight of great men's opinions. The fragment suggests debate on persuasion methods in public discourse.
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