Lincoln Letters and Lincolniana Spotlighted in New Book
A Washington April 10 1865 Lincoln photo, a Decatur Ill letter denying Know Nothing ties, and inaugural desk items highlight a feature on Abraham Lincoln. The piece reviews Paul M Angle’s New Letters and Papers of Lincoln and traces Lincoln’s compassionate acts, poetry, and presidential clemency with multiple cited letters and manuscripts.
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Lincoln
Alexander Gardner
Washington
Charles E. Davia
Decatur
Ill
Edward Lusk
Meredosia
United States
Stephen A. Douglas
Know Nothing” Party
Order of United Americans
Ku Klux Klan
Lusk
C. M. Smith
Springfield
Lit
Illinois State Historical Library
Centennial Memorial
Guardian Decree Removes Medford Kellum From Anna Kellum
New Haven judge deposed Medford R. Kellum as guardian of Anna Kellum, nine, and appointed Harriet L. Greenway, aunt of Polly Lauder Tunney, as custodian. The ruling follows testimony of Kellum’s drinking and alleged cruelty, ending a two-decade romance involving Elizabeth Lauder Kellum and Kellum rooted in Carnegie family history.
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New Haven
Conn
John L. Gilson
Medford R. Kellum
Anna Kellum
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
Connecticut
Elizabeth Lauder
Florida
Gilson
Kellum
Probate Court
Virginia
Pelican Guest at Miami Beach Hotel and a Wealthy Sailor
Bill the pelican at the Hotel Pancoast in Miami Beach is cared for by Mrs. Burrell White Jr. who honeymooned there with her husband Kellum. Kellum, once married to one of America's wealthiest women, built real estate wealth in Florida before a Honolulu voyage and a later barquentine expedition. Their marriage later dissolved, and Kellum now spends time fishing at Tavernier, Florida.
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Daniel Stevens Dickinson
New York
Chicago
Alton
Hyde
Washington
Republican Party
George Latham
Robert
Harvard University
Springfield, Is
South Atlantic
Mexican Gulf
Miami
I la
George Lander, Sr
Kellum
Florida Keys
Bill
Elizabeth
Florida
United States
High Seas
Honolulu
Sean
Hawaii
South Seas
Bernice P. Bishop
Pacific
Kellums
Reno
Tavernier
Fla
Planes to Carry Gold From South Sea Mines
An air transport company is formed to carry gold from mines in the South Sea island to the coast. Airplanes can make the trip in forty minutes, versus eight days by native carriers through jungles swamps and over a 10 foot mountain range. The plan uses tri motored Junkers planes, each making two daily flights.
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Rabaul
British New Guinea
South Sea
Canat
Kansas First School Building Now a Church
Lawrence Kansas notes that the first free school started in an 1856 building now housing the Unitarian church. Boston abolitionists funded construction. the 75 year old church was Kansas first. Governor Robinson promoted it. classes and town meetings rang by a bell from a sunken Mississippi river steamboat.
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Lawrence
Kan
Unitarian Church
Boston
Kansas
Robinson
Mississippi River
New Motor Theft Sign Warns Pittsburgh Cops
Pittsburgh mechanic Frank Sfara has devised a rear lighting device that activates when a stolen car is moved. The illuminated sign reads stolen as soon as the brakes are applied, signaling police as the vehicle slows or stops.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Sfara
Sfara
Customs Seize 56000 In Dope From Asama Maru Hoard
U S customs agents recovered narcotics valued at 56000 after a guard saw five packages dumped from the Asama Maru into San Francisco Bay. Ching Yung a cabin steward confessed ownership and Wong Ching a steerage cook was held as a suspect. The cans totaling 350 held about six ounces of narcotics each tael.
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San Francisco
United States Customs
Asama Maru
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Ching Yung
Wong Ching
P. L. Scholl
Scholl
H. H. Harris
Mayflower Millstones Placed in Hastings Museum
Worn millstones reputed to have come to the United States on the Mayflower have been put on display at the Hastings museum. The stones were long kept by the McConnell family of Kearney and once served in an old Philadelphia mill near the center of colonial activity. They ground much meal for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and remained in use during the Civil War era. B J Olson of Kearney arranged for the stones to be transferred to the museum after learning of their history from the McConnells.
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Hastings
Neb
Hastings Museum
McConnell
Kearney
Pennsylvania
Mit
Philadelphia
Me Connell
Nebraska
Polle
B. J. Olson
McConnelly
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Elmo Scott Watson
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Association
Paul M. Angle
Houghton Mifflin Company
Nicolay
Brown
Brown University
Angle
Pierpont Morgan
New York City
Illinois
Indiana
Andrew Johnston
Quirky
Albert J. Beveridge
Johnston
Beveridge
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
C. U. Schlater
A. Lincoln
George
Sinop
Bob
Henry E. Huntington
California
Mr. Angle
George R. Dyer
William Griffin
Joseph Holt
Gabriel Wells
Simon Ready
Dad
New England
Elizabeth Lauder Kellum
George Lauder
Anna
Harriet L. Greenway
James C. Greenway
Department of Health
Yale University
BIRD
Launder- Carnegie Clan
Fort Eustis
United States Army
U. S
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