Abe the Fighter
Samson and Sarah Traylor travel with two children from Vergennes Vermont to the Sangamon country in Illinois. At Niagara they meet immigrants including John McNeil and face fever. In New Salem they meet Abe Lincoln who helps them settle as Samson and Abe cut timber for their cabin. John McNeil arrives.
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Samson
Sarah Traylor
Josiah
Betsey
Vergennes
Land of
Plenty
Sangamon
Illinois
Niagara Alls
John McNeil
Sarah
Harry Needles
Traylors
New Salem
Mlinois
Abe Lincoln
Jack Kelso
Abe
Traylor
Old Salem homestead raised as Clary's Grove cast fights
The logs for a New Salem house are raised on a warm September day. Abe and Samson Waddell lead the project while Jack Armstrong and the Clary's Grove gang drink and quarrel. Abe challenges Armstrong to a friendly wrestle and subdues the bully, restoring order as neighbors help finish the build and celebrate with a shared meal.
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Martin Waddell
Samuel Hill
John Cameron
Peter Lukins
Beardstown
Samson
Jack Kelso
Kelso
Alexander Ferguson
Anton
Abe
Sarah
Clary’s Grove
Offut
Jack Armstrong
Doctor Allen
New Salem
Thousand Friends of
Thebes
America
Encyclopedia Britannica
United States
Euphrates
Europe
New World
Gecko
Long Flashing Debate on Democracy and Thebes in New Salem
In a New Salem gathering, Bim Kelso and Abe discuss democracy as a shared virtue. They extol schools weaving democracy, rails and industry weaving a national fabric, referencing Thebes and future American unity with sweeping historical foresight.
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Bim Kelso
Rhetoric and plow horses contrast in a Civil War diary
Passage recounts a diary entry from Samson Henry Traylor describing Gettysburg speech by the President and a field plowed and fertilized by war. It then shifts to everyday tasks as Abe and neighbors prepare for work, praising a young man named Harry and a budding romance around Jack's daughter, with Septembers dawn over a vast plain awaiting harvest.
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Samson Henry Traylor
Gettysburg
Everett
Kelso
Abe
Lawson
Harry
Jack
Clary’s Grove
Samson
Bim
Alexander Ferguson
Derivation of the word April cited by authorities
Readable fragments discuss authorities' notes on the derivation of the month name April. The text mentions word origins and possible Latin roots without clear attribution or a definitive explanation.
New Generation Envisions Dreamer Age Eighty Rise
A stylized proclamation predicts a new generation will not question life but raise it to eighty. It frames struggle as noble effort toward a beloved ideal and transformative self as an aspirational mission.
Classic Custard Dishes From A Historic Recipe Notebook
A collection of old kitchen notes outlining custard basics and variations for pies custards and coffee custard with sugar flour and eggs. Also includes caramel sauce potato timbale tomato sauce popovers and a poetic ribbon about sails and fate by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Gleaming Fruit and Marshmallow Salads From Old Recipes
A historical collection describes fruit salads including a yellow musk melon ball dessert with nutmeg orange juice and mint garnish. It also covers ginger flavoured melon combos, marshmallow and apple salad with whipped cream, date and orange celery and nut meat mixtures, and pear apple celery lettuce head combos with French dressing.
Tanlac bottles sold in New York set record sales
625000 Tanlac bottles sold in New York since its introduction, a sales surge that experts say may exceed 750000 bottles annually in the state alone. George B. Evans of Gibson Snow Co. notes Albany Buffalo Rochester and Syracuse branches selling at about 500000 yearly in their trade territory. Tanlac is distributed by leading druggists nationwide.
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New York
East
George B. Evans
Gibson-Snow Company
Albany
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Evans
Tanlac
Lot's Wife Allegedly Responds To Mystery Woman
A fragment suggests a scene where Lot's wife observes another woman while turning back to glimpse what she possesses. The line implies a confrontation or comparison without further detail.
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Lot
Aspirin Bayer Brand Warning in Genuine Tablets
The ad touts Bayer Aspirin as genuine tablets with the Bayer cross. It claims safe, physician approved dosage over 21 years and urges avoiding substitutes. It highlights twelve tablet tins as inexpensive and notes larger packages from druggists.
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Bayer
No Ornament Won’t the New Stenographer Work
Dialogue fragment shows a supervisor questioning a stenographer’s suitability. A terse exchange reveals a hiring bias and a decision to dismiss the stenographer over appearance rather than performance.
Catarrhal Deafness Relief Promised by Constitutional Remedy
Catarrhal deafness is linked to inflammation of the Eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a constitutional remedy acting through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. Circulars free. all druggists carry F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Armstrong
Rassle
Bap McNell
Young
Allen
Western Newspaper Union
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Dean
Indiana
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Ind
Foster- Milburn,co
Mupfalg
N.Y
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