Lincoln and New Salem Preserve Lincoln Era Village
The Illinois General Assembly has authorized an Old Salem State Park of sixty two acres to open this spring. A New Salem museum will house Lincoln relics with a frame house built to mirror the era. The town once vanished after 1840 but has been rebuilt to feature the store, mill, and huts from Lincoln era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Iit
New Salem
Ilinois
Henson Offnutt
Glory
Springfield
Menard County
James Rutledge
John Cameron
Rutledge
Ann
Offpun
Petersburg
Sangamon River
Salem
Illinois
Old Salem State Park
Old Salem
Old Town
Sangamon
State Museum of Lincoln
Breakfast table tilt ends with comic suspender sting
A man recalls an attempt to reconcile with a gift of a box at breakfast. He reveals it contains clothing suspenders but his partner rejects the gesture with a light sniff, ending with the question of whether the item is the suspenders she claimed she needed.
Amusing anecdotes and small town oddities in old North Carolina and West Virginia
A compendium of humor and trivia recalls a tedious elderly visitor who outstayed hospitality in North Carolina, lists West Virginia county seats with populations under 1,000, and humor about daring sea dives. It closes with a quip about old maids and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Berkeley Springs
Clay
Elizabeth
Fayetteville
Franklin
Glenville
Grantville
Hamlin
Madison
Middlebourne
Moorefield
Petersburg
Pineville
Ripley
Summersville
Union
Webster Springs
Wayne
Winfield
Conscience as a Moral Guide Said to Matter
A proverb notes that a sound conscience is valuable while a guilty conscience, though not ideal, still holds some value. The saying contrasts clear moral standing with the burden of guilt, urging mindfulness of one’s actions.
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Dodge Bros
F. C. B. Shepherdstown
United States
Goodyear
Firestone
Michelin
Hassler
Boyce
Ford
Macbeth
Violet Ray
National
Willard
Jefferson Sales Company
Shepherdstown, W. VA
W. E. Herr
L. A. Ambrose
Essor
Shepherdstown Plumbing, Heating and Tinning Co
Icecream
the Model Bakery
Shepherdstown
W. Va
P. O. Dunaway
Charles Town, W. VA
Eggs and Poultry
Tmy
Benj. Hartzell
Cumberland
W. H. Knode
M. C
E. D Suman Keedysville
Mno. H. Schoppert
Fancy Grocer
Exchang
Welshans
Main Street
Shenandoal Junction
Shepherdstown Chautauaua
Arange
Richard Burton
the New “Salem
Dicenton
Jed Ashby
McKinney
Texas
Thedford’s
Thedford
North Carolina
Mr. Chugwater
Josiah
Mrs.Chugwater
Pennsylvania
Waverly Oil Works Company
Pittsburgh
Blackford
Shenandoah Junction
Sas
Galvan
Crossett
Lew A. Cromer
Wey Maters
North Abington
Man
S.J. Hodges
Shepherdstown, W Va
Norfolk & Western
Bristol
Broiler Patlor Cario Bristol
Roanoke
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cage
Shemandoat
Hagerstown
Sheldoah Junction
Willamsey
Winston-Salem
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Flagerstown
Farot
Futedelphia
Mhildelphia
Bevill
W. C. Saunders
Miss Loud
Manns
W. V
Diehl & Bro
Charles Town
Reliable Marble and Granite Works
Raf
Fletcher
Castor
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