Lincoln and Mary Todd's Kentucky ties shape a presidency
Lexington and Louisville narratives illuminate Abraham Lincoln's rise and the Civil War era. The Townsend study argues Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd and his Kentucky upbringing gave him firsthand insight into slavery and politics, influencing his stance and leadership. Breckenridge presided over the 1861 electoral vote count in a tense Capitol scene.
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Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
Mary Todd
Lexington
United States
Lincoln
Todds
Blue Grass
Robert Wickliffe
Robert J. Breckenridge
Cassius M. Clay
William H. Townsend
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Jncoln
Illinois
Congress
Mr. Townsend
Globe Tavern
Washington
Henry Clay
Ann Rutledge
Mary Owens
Sarah Rickard
Sangamon
John ©. Breckenridge
Mary Todd Lincoln
Buchanan
Shreckenridge
General Scott
Capitol
House
Senate
John C. Breckenridge
South
Stars and Bars
Jupiter
Council of Olympus
Breckenridge
Maine
South Carolina
Lincolns
White House
Downsend
Emil
Drum Major Ross And The Rainbow Division In World War I
Vivid anecdotes describe Drum Major Ross famed for fire and dash leading the Fifty fourth infantry during Chickamauga reviews and a Rainbow division unit aboard the Covington. Memorable incidents include Ross dropping his baton deliberately and saluting as he marched past a bored general while troops faced shipboard abandon ship drills. Base Hospital No. 4 sailed to Europe in May 1917 and joined the British BEF, later returning and demobilizing in 1919.
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Ross
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Presidio
San Francisco
Chickamauga
Brotherton House
District of Columbia
Forty-second Division
Rainbow
France
Covington
America
High Seas
Henry Buffington
Oklahoma
Buffington
Bryson
Crick
Base Hospital No. 4
New York
Orunda
Liverpool
Buckingham Palace
George
Republic
Europe
Cleveland
Ohio
No. 9 General Hospital
B. B. FB
Agamemnon
United States
Western Nowanaper Union
What Is a Book Series of Little Printed Signs
Anatole France argues a book is a collection of small printed signs requiring the reader to supply forms colors and sentiments. The reader decides if the book is dull or brilliant hot with passion or cold as ice.
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Anatole
France
Health program boosts school and community in Little Rock
A five year health effort in Little Rock elementary schools described by Martha G. Allis in Hygeia Magazine shows extensive corrections in dental work, tonsil and adenoid operations, and vision efforts. The program operates in sixteen white and seven colored schools reaching about 7,000 white and 3,000 colored children with improved health habits.
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Little Rock
Ark
Martha GC. Allis
Hygeia Magazine
Allis
Easy to Remodel Home by System of Changes
The article explains upgrading a home gradually by remodeling one room each year or tackling the most needed changes first. Spreading costs over time helps homeowners pay from income and allows old houses to compare with newer ones without heavy upfront expense.
How cities to curb smoke nuisances in winter months
Four professors at the University of Illinois College of Medicine warn the modern city is the dirtiest age in history due to dust smoke and grime. They foresee abhorence growing even before water power and industrial segregation progress. The question remains how the public can curb urban smoke nuisances in winter without awaiting generations of development.
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University of Illinois College of Medicine
Kansas City Star
Vines for Every Purpose
Vines can be grown anywhere if planted properly and chosen by habits. Varieties include annuals perennials hardy and tender shade lovers sun seekers evergreen and deciduous. Some feature blossoms others fruits and berries, offering screens climbers or ground covers.
Public Health Service Investment Stressed by Dr Dublin
Dr Laula I Dublin statistician of Metropolitan Life told the American Public Health Association in Fort Worth that national health is a dollars and cents asset. He argued that absence of disease makes a city more desirable to live in and attracts citizens and industrial growth.
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Laula I. Dublin
Metropolitan Life
American Public Health Association
Fort Worth
Texas
Community Action Initiative Targets Roadsides
Residents and local groups unite to clear objectionable debris from roadsides and village fringes. They plan zoning measures to protect roadside areas, patrol rural roadsides, and beautify with landscaping to improve the rural landscape.
Quotations on Righteousness and Vanity
A compact line notes that every man recognizes righteousness, and his own vanity about this virtue exposes his self view and pretensions. The terse reflection implies innate judgment of conduct and ego within moral self perception.
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Y Elmo Scott Watson
Mary Ann Todd
Health Service
St.Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s
Grippe
Deans Pills
Broadway
Times Square
Central Union
Dixie Hotel
Gregory Taylor
Montclair
Buckingham
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