Lincoln and New Salem 1831 37 era heritage revived
A portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s New Salem years 1831 to 1837, its founders Mill dam Rutledge Cameron Offut store and the people who shaped his rise. The piece notes Lincoln’s early jobs at the Offut store, his nickname Honest Abe, the 1831 flatboat voyage, and the restoration effort by the Old Salem Lincoln League to recreate the town.
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Lincoln
New Salem
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
New Saloun
Springfield
Congress
Blackstone
Ann Rutledge
Tincoln
Old
Lincoln Museum
William Randolph Hearst
Salem
Salém
Ss. Ark
Vandalia
John M. Cameron
James Rutledge
Sangamon
Clary’s Grove
Athens
Sugar Grove
Indian Point
Samuel Hill
George Warburton
Chrisman Brothers
Isaac P
William Clary
John
Clary
Doctor Allen
Hill & McNeill
Henry Onstott
Beardstown
Denton Offut
New Orleans
Main Street
Philemon Morris
Joshua Miller
Alexander Furgeson
Peter Lukins
Robert Johnson
Wheelirigh
Martin Waddell
Bale
Jacob Bale
Hill
Herndon Brothers
Jack Kelso
Henry Sinco
Doctor Regnier
Doctor Duncan
David Wherry
Isaac Burner
Edmond Greer
Isaac Gollamer
Robert
William
Graham
Tom” Reed
Maine
House of Representatives
Abe
Lfe
Peter Cartwright
White House
Poets Debate Free Verse In Modern Writing
Cincinnati Times-Star reports Carl Sandburg and scholars debating free verse. Viewpoints clash over originality and form with claims that ultra modern poetry uses American language and homely themes, while critics call it prose translations of unwritten poems.
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Ioners
Erskine
Columbia University
Patterson
Columbia
Amy Lowell
Pickpocket Returns Clergyman Sermon Manuscript
A Boston Transcript remark notes a New York thief stole a clergyman sermon manuscript but later returned it. The item implies thieves seek religious texts for value rather than devotion, highlighting the clerkly manuscript as the thief’s main interest.
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New York
Boston Transcript
Rumsey Sues Over Nude Sculpture The Pagan
Charles Cary Rumsey, wealthy society figure and sculptor, fights to exhibit The Pagan at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He claims art for art's sake as New York Supreme Court Justice Newberger rules in his favor amid headlines.
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Charles Cary Rumsey
Europe
New York
Mr. Rumsz
E. H. Harriman
Mr. Rumsey
Rumsey
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Supreme Court
Newberger
Kindergarten as nation’s first line of defense, Jordan asserts
Dr. David Starr Jordan, emeritus chancellor of Leland Stanford University, argues the kindergarten is the first bulwark of national defense and the starting point of Americanization for foreigners. He calls child culture essential and says future success lies in early education guiding higher schools.
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David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr
University, California
William Maclure
Philadelphia
Yale Chooses Dr. James Angell as New President
Dr. James Rowell Angell, born 1869 in Burlington Vermont, elected Yale University president. He studied at Michigan Harvard and Berlin, taught philosophy and psychology at Minnesota and Chicago, served as dean and acting president at Chicago, chaired the National Research Council and Carnegie trustees, and was a Sorbonne exchange professor.
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James Rowell Angell
Yale University
New England
Dr. Angell
Burlington
James Burritt Angell
University of Michigan
Harvard
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
Leipsic
Des Moines
Iowa
University of Minnesota
University of Chicago
National Research Council
Carnegie Corporation
Sorbonne
Mendel Beiliss Recalled In Historic Kiev Murder Case
The aged eight year old sensational case centers on Mendel Beiliss a dark swarthy man once famed in New York and linked to a 1908 Kiev murder alleged as part of a Jewish ritual. Vera Tcheberlak the key witness in the trial was executed by Bolshevik authorities at Kiev about six months earlier.
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New York
Mendel Beiliss
Kieff
Andrew Yushinsky
Russy
St. Petersburg
Wis
Vera’ Tcheberlak
Belliss
Suffragists Rathcreedan Advocate Anglo American Accord
Lady Rathcreedan and Lord Rathcreedan visit to promote Anglo American ties and Sulgrave ties ahead of a tercentenary. She defends independent female political life in America where women form clubs and groups without male input. She argues global suffrage hinges on English American女性 unity.
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Lady Rathcreedan
Lord Rathcreedan
Great Britain
Sulgrave Institution
America
England
Wife Takes Husbands Advice Ends Health Troubles
Springfield Massachusetts woman recalls doctor recommending surgery but declines and uses Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. After four months of limited work and illness, the husband encourages continued use and the eighth and final birth was the easiest. Mrs Natale shares gratitude and recommends the remedy to others.
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Springfield
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sime
Watonie Promises Relief for Stomach Troubles
C W Burton declares Watonie helped him after 20 years of stomach trouble. The ad claims Fatonie addresses acidity and gases by removing the cause, promising relief from sourness belching indigestion and related symptoms after meals. Box price described as a small cost with druggist guarantee.
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C. W. Burton
Weather Wit and War Time Linen Note
A brief adish quip from the era notes weather unpredictability and adds a wartime nudge about Red Cross Ball Blue for linen care. The snippet mentions war enriching linen value and promotes grocer selling at five cents.
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Red Cross
Incomplete Question Sparks Recall of Last Week’s Cook
Dialogue snippet shows Mrs A asking about a cook from last week while Mrs B queries which day. The exchange implies memory of a prior staffing or service event and timeliness of the inquiry. Further context would clarify whether this is a domestic, social, or service‑industry discussion.
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Rutledge and Cameron Mill
Lincoln’s
Mill Dam
Offut
R., J. Onstott
John Cameron
Rutledge Tavern
Springfield Road
Lincoln & Berry Grocery
Dr. John Allen
Hill & McNamer
Chrisman Bros
John Dickinson Sherman
John McNeill
John McNamer
New
York
Ann
McNamer
Carl Saudburg
Chicago
Sandburg
C. C. Rumsey
the Pagan
Dr. Jordan
Yale
Batonic
Qanalem
Holland
Boston Herald
Dean
Nebraska
Chardon, iNebr
Doan
Boz
Boz DOAN’S Vrus_ FOSTER-MILBURN CO
Buffalo, N
General Hospital
Lincoln Sanitarium
Occidental Blog. & Loan Assn
S. 18Th Street
Omshi
Neb
Mammoth
W. L. Declow
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Berry
WW. Berry
Michigan
W.N. Y
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