Birthplace of Lincoln debated by historians and printers
Connecticut historian Jol Barr and the Dunlap letters reveal the Kentucky frontier wealth and land purchases tied to Lincoln lineage. New evidence from Captain Dunlap and Lt Claypoole letters, plus Louis A Warren’s book, challenge the poverty legend of Lincoln’s youth and show a prosperous start in Virginia and Kentucky land ventures connected to the Lincoln birth region.
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Dunlap
Claypoole
America
Continental Congress
Jol Barr
Connecticut
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Historical Society
George Chapman Breight
Haymarket
Philadelpha
Duniap
Kentucky
Lincoln
Virginia
Philadelphia
Louis A Warren
Hodgenville
Burr Hais
Abraham Lincoln
Bluegrass
John Dunlap
James
George Relghily
Wo Tam Orr
Michael Megas
United States
TAM Aeres
Puniap
Vlalfed
Elisabethtown
Lincoln Memorial Plan Erected In Indiana Knoll
A monument to Abraham Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln is planned on a knoll in Indiana. Thomas Hibben of New York is selected as architect, endorsed by the Indiana Lincoln Union. The design features four open courts around a 200 by 200 foot building with a 150 foot shaft, and grounds aimed to mirror Lincoln's boyhood landscape.
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Indiana
Umestone
Abraham Lincoln
Nancy
Hanks Lincoln
Thomas Hibben
New York
Hibben
Lincoln
Lincol
Thomas Lincoln
Elizabethtown
Samuel Haycraft
Terrnny
Wis
John Dunlap
Philadelphian
Nancy Hanks
Hodgenville
Deeds
Lincoln Memorial
Kentucky
Leonard H. Arnold
Philadelphia
Lincoln and Keightly massacre notes in early nation
Leonard H. Arnold recounts a scattered 1780s frontier tale linking Abraham Lincoln’s birth region to Indian attacks. The letter describes Keightly’s 1784 death near Hodgenville, the 15 mile fall distance, Daniels and Johnston wounded, and Lincoln kin’s survival and wealth from land. It ties Lincoln’s emergence to a perilous border society.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
George Keightly
James Dunlap
Keightly
Philadelphia
Falls
Daniels
Johnston
Lower County
Mordecai
Thomas Linecoln
Mordecai Lincoln
Virginia
Kentucky
Hungary to Use Films in Educational Work
Hungary will require pupils from primary to agricultural post graduate levels to watch monthly educational film exhibitions. The Hungarian Dutch Pedagogical Co will arrange showings supervised by the Ministry of Public Education, with Budapest schools exempted. The interior ministry orders theaters to host showings where no cinema exists. Films run during school hours and students pay 40 cent annual or 5 cent per film admissions.
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Hungary
Toust
Budapest
Ministry of Public Education
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Health for Children
An elderly Los Angeles woman testifies about her son Leroy Young and how California Fig Syrup eased his stomach and bowel troubles. The advertisement extols the product as a trusted, vegetable remedy used for colds and upset spells and notes four million bottles are sold yearly. Reading urges mothers to look for the California label to ensure authenticity.
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Leroy Young
Georgia St. Los Angeles
Leroy
Ile
California
Indianapolis humorist buys five-foot shelf on deferred plan
A renowned Indianapolis newspaper man known for drolleries acquired a set of the five-foot shelf books via a deferred payment option. A collector at the typewriter proposed settlement as the humorist quipped I’ve paid for three feet and read not an inch yet.
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Indianapolis
New Talk Filing Promises Full Player Sound Reproduction
London Humorist notes a claim that the new talk ing filing will reproduce every sound by players including the splash of tears in close ups.
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Do the good prosper If they are clever enough they do
A reflective line compares virtue with fortune, suggesting that intrinsic goodness paired with wit leads to success and favorable outcomes. The statement implies a causal link between moral restraint and clever action and eventual prosperity.
Red Sea of California Turns Blood Red Water
A small lake 15 miles south of Maricopa California has water that is blood red and heavily impregnated with diatoms. University of California chemists say the color comes from the sarine vegetation, the diatoms, making the water unfit for drinking.
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Maricopa
Calif
University of California
Red Sea
Looking Hopeful Wife Quarrel Exchange in London Tit Bits
In a London Tit-Bits snippet a tense quarrel unfolds as a hopeful wife declares life with her partner unbearable. The reply asks how soon before a change is possible, reflecting domestic friction in a period piece.
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Quiurrel
Lishand
London
Wandering Tour Conversation Hints at Personal Chaperone
Brief exchange reveals a traveler asking about personal chaperone for a tour and mentioning his wife joined the outing. The dialogue implies a hosted visit with a companion present.
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