Abe Lincoln circles Springfield for public image and funds
In the summer of Abe Lincoln’s early political career he debates liquor policy, canvasses for votes with Harry Needles, and faces Ann Rutledge’s heartbreak as John McNeil McNamara’s truth emerges. Abe and Harry travel to Springfield to seek a fifteen dollar bond issue for public improvements and plan attire to fit a respectable citizen image.
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Abe
Traylors
Sarah
Samson
Jing
Aliphaler Biggs
Sire
John Barleycorn
America
Inglander
Isaiah Sayys
Harry
Pappsville
Sangamon County
New Salem
Ade
Ann Rutledge
Anna
Ate
John McNeil
Trishman
Frank
Derly
Abe Lincoln
Simson
Jack Welso
Rutledges
Tie
Ann
Jack Kelso
Harry Needles
Annn
Till
McNeil
McNamar
John
Springfield
Soch
Samson Traylor
Kelso
Welse
Dante
Prestane
Kirkham
Burns
Shakespeare
Blackstone
Starkie
Coud
Jack Armstrong
Bill Berry
Black Hawk
Eant
United States
East
Land of Plenty
Pancdsace
New Salem merchants amid livestock pageant and wardrobe chatter
In New Salem Abe and Eli inspect a long sign at a store offering a mix of fabrics and leather goods. Eli headlines his shop as El Fredenberg's laaperium while Abe weighs blue jeans for a practical suit as townsfolk react to an unusual fashion scene and a pending backstory.
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Abe
New Salem
Marseilles
Eli
Peter's Bluff
Clary’s Grove
Beard
Fredenberg
Abraham O Lincoln
Ikelso
St. Louis
Paris
Biges
Presen
Spelling Rebel Creates Sound Based English Script
A university professor and eminent scientist adopts phonetic spelling in a new volume from the anthropological department. The work translates a Kerchi Indian legend of Guatemala by Robert Burkitt, an English researcher, and includes quirky examples like Wiz hair waz stil black and The two rilings when they wer don.
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Anthropological Department of the
University Museum
Chuzthe
Guatemala
Robert Burkitt
To Make a Cashmere Shawl
A historical note describes a cashmere shawl made in three stages over six months. It mentions ten heads of thread and a lengthy, careful process to produce the final shawl.
Types of Baby Beef Cows for Calf Rearing
In selecting cows for baby beef, focus on beef blood influence, weight and frame size, and milk production. Cows should carry beef heritage, be 900 pounds or more in good condition, and provide enough milk to fatten calves to weaning without extra feed. Consider constitution, breed uniformity, color, and early maturity.
Evansville Girl Praises Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
In Evansville Indiana Stella J Wiler states that after months of irregular periods backache cold drowsiness and cramps she found relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She says the cure made her period days free of sickness and urges other women to try the remedy endorsing its benefits and sharing her experience
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Evansville
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stella Juinkwiler
Second St
Indiana
Linxwiler
Lydia KB. Pinkham
Racial Map Figures From Prewar Global View
A broad count estimates 1.7 billion people with 550 million white and 1.15 billion colored. The colored populations thus outnumber whites by more than two to one across the globe before the war.
Cuticura Ad Promises Soothing Baby Rashes
Advertisement touts Cuticura products as soothing for itchy burning baby rashes. It describes hot baths with Cuticura Soap, followed by Cuticura Ointment, and a dusting of Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Prices listed at 25c each.
Jerusalem Cisterns Expanded To Hold Five Million Gallons
Four cisterns near Jerusalem dating to Pontius Pilate have been enlarged to store 5,000,000 gallons. Prior to this work the city relied on scarce rainfall and many cisterns had not been cleaned for a century or more.
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Jerusalem
Fondus Pilate
Holy City
Governor Tests Forger In Prison Trade Script
A Pearsons Weekly item describes a governor addressing a newly arrived forger in prison. The forger offers to forge signatures after a week's practice to sign official papers, amid odd ads about handkerchiefs and Red Cross soap.
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Red Cross
Pearson’s Weekly
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