Booth Falsehoods and Lincoln Assassination Truths Revisited
Elmo Scott Watson reviews Francis Wilson’s John Wilkes Booth Fact and Fiction of Lincoln’s assassination. The book argues Booth died by suicide in the barn after a failed escape, debunks impostors and ghost sightings, and clarifies burial details and wartime myths.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Concord Bridge
Massachusetts
Pord
Washington
D. C
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Houghton, Mifflin Company
Francis
Casta
Misa Laura Keene
Ford
Grantis
John 8. Clarke
South
Lee
Hooth
White House
Borni
Booth
Lewis Payne
Wilson
Boston Corbett
Lfe
Stanton
Penitentiary
Baltimore
John Wilkes Booths
Mints L. Bates
Memphis
Tenn
Bates
John St. Helen
St. Helen
Irving
David
George
Oklahoma
Enid
Oklahe
Meade
Johnnie
John Wilkea Booth Ale
Car Crash Leaves Driver Trapped After Tree Collision
In Plainville Connecticut a women driver collided head on with a tree during a rainstorm. The wrecked car became wedged and could not move. Rescue workers had to saw off the handle and free her from the vehicle.
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Plainville
Conn
Trea
Fragmentary note on town stage play and partner
The readable text hints at a town stage player at a club with a partner, a confrontation or inquiry about a plan, and a wartime reference. The fragmentary phrasing limits clear facts, names, dates, or outcomes.
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Pstage
Reagond
Jong
Tr Pana
Governor’s remark sparks a wary nod in tense meeting
The governor, described as not among the more dynamic leaders, addressed a crowd with a clipped good fellow line. The exchange hints at underlying tension and uncertain outcomes as discussions proceed.
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Agolta
Fragmentary Financial Note Mentions Stocks and War Era Prices
A garbled OCR snippet references markets and war era prices with unclear figures. It hints at shares or commodities rising, but lacks coherent names, dates, or events to identify a specific item or outcome.
Deathfish Gobies Inflate for Defensive Theories
A historical note considers the globefish, known as the deathfish, and its poisonous flesh or spines as potential protection. It examines whether air swallowing to fill a buoyant stomach is an adaptive defense, though this behavior may increase predation risk by humans.
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Ha- Wall
Hard Shell Baptist Tale Shared by Justice Black
At a New York banquet Justice Black recounted a hard shell Baptist and a Methodist clergyman once at odds who reconciled. The Methodist urged forgetting past differences and they claimed to be doing the Lord's work together, despite divergent approaches.
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William Harmon Black
New York
Justice Black
Detroit Pree Press
Mayor Welker Remarks At Palm Beach Luncheon
A New York mayor spoke at a Palm Beach luncheon praising a popular novel and quipping about why women prefer a strong silent man. He noted the book’s success and added a light joke about listening to women. The piece also mentions tougher winter coal use for laundry work and Tad Cross Ball Blue as a cleaner.
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Mayor Welker
New York
Palm Beach
Walker
Andy
Natural Increase Business Echoes With Growing Demand
A quick chat notes rising demand for children's clothes as customers grow daily. The exchange highlights a shopkeeper's confidence and steady sales in a tight market.
Lend Me a Quarter Bridge Joke Quooted
A brief Border Cities Star quip laments misreading a line as a proposal for a sisterly bond. The playful exchange plays on the phrase lend me a quarter and yields a lighthearted pun.
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Sis
Border
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