Biggs and Bim. Traylor Family Trek to Sangamon County
Samson and Sarah Traylor with two children Josiah and Betsey travel from Vergennes, VI to the Sangamon country in Illinois. They meet John McNeil at Niagara Falls who joins the journey. Harry Needles is saved by Sarah’s ministrations and travels with them. In New Salem Lincoln, Tuincoln, Kelso and Kim greet them. Samson builds a cabin as Lincoln slugs Armstrong. Harry fights McNeil’s attackers as Bim drives them off with a shotgun. Lincoln loves Ann Rutledge but stays silent. Harry loves Bim. Traylor helps two enslaved people from St vis and Eliphalet Biggs’s arm is broken by Traylor.
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Samson
Sarah Traylor
Josiah
Betsey
Vergennes
Land of Plenty
Sangamon
Illinois
Niagara Falls
John McNeil
Sarah
Harry Needles
Traylors
New Salem
Ilinois
St.vis
Eliphalet Biggs
Traylor
Mr. Biggs
Biggs
Abe
Kelso
Allen
Cervantes
Bim
Ann
Jack Kelso
Bim Kelso
Offut
Mrs. Kelso
Sve
St Louis
Pigo
Sauces
Ted
Eliphalet Biggs Meets Bim Kelso in a Frontier Tale
In 1832 at Rutledge’s tavern in St. Louis Missouri Eliphalet Biggs visits Jack Kelso and woos Bim Kelso. Ann Rutledge notices their courtship while Abe Lincoln notes the political dangers of slavery as tensions rise between North and South.
Vanishing Indian Language Study Urges Recording
The Sun and New York Herald note California faces rapid loss of many Indian languages. Some dialects survive only by five or six speakers while others have 20 to 30 left. Efforts are underway to record these languages to illuminate Pacific coast history.
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America
California
Pacific Coast
Sun
And
New York Herald
Dogs wear sunshades during London heat wave
The London Answers notes a novelty born of the protracted heat: light crepe sunshades hung over dogs by wire. A dog hid in a railway tunnel for two days, frightened by trains, while horses retained straw hats from earlier campaigns.
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London
Highbury Tube
Cattle Raising Leaders and Texas’s Leading Role
The United States tops the cattle-raising nations with 56,592,000 head. Australia ranks fourth with 11,819,000 head. Texas leads U S cattle production, about equal to Australia’s output and perhaps slightly higher.
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United States
Australia
Texas
Time Signals With Wireless Outfit At Jewelry Shops
Radio News editor H Gernsback argues a simple wireless time-receiving setup would aid makers and repairers. He notes jewelers adopting the device to attract trade with show windows and loud talkers outside facilities as noon time signals echo to nearby passersby.
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H- Gernsback
Radio News
New York
South
Lost Stella Seeks Heart Return
Bella reports Stella has misplaced her heart and asks for its return after one question.
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Stella
Bella
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