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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
4
A collected portrait lauds Abraham Lincoln as a model of judicial temper and moral clarity. Taft extols his fairness and practical vision, while Hughes emphasizes Lincoln as a principled liberty advocate shaped by constitutional faith.
An unnamed narrator recalls waking before dawn to his mother praying for Abraham Lincoln’s success and for freedom. He expresses gratitude for physical freedom and a larger freedom of soul, rejecting racial hatred and repression. The fragment hints at a personal enslaved past and a hopeful path to liberty.
The Springfield public refutes rumors about Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, insisting their marriage was happy. Accounts from John W. Bunn and Dr William Dayne challenge maligned impressions, noting Lincoln’s rise, his courtship with Mary Todd, and their long life in Springfield. The Lincoln home remains largely as it was, now state property with caretakers.
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