Communism and Civil War Prisoner Recruitment
In the Civil War era as Union forces pressed Indian uprisings, a Pennsylvania politician suggested Lincoln recruit captured Southern soldiers into frontier regiments rather than hold them in federal prisons. The idea was adopted and proved immediately successful, illustrating a provocative view on wartime policy from a family memoir of Lincoln.
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Pennsylvania
Q Amart
Abraahm Lincoln
Lincoln
Estherville aims for crops and industry growth noted
The piece discusses hopes for a big corn crop and a new local plant bringing fifty families to Estherville, plus highway paving updates on No 17. It blends editorial musings on life, communism, self improvement, and personal anecdotes with a list of autos purchased, a vocational ad, and reflections on character and honesty.
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Estherville
Connecticut Yankee with Maxim silencer for radio announcers
A Connecticut Yankee aims to profit from an improved Maxim silencer for radio announcers. A friend trading in Wall Street cash remarks on the heat record. Also mentions Mankato Commercial College inviting enrollment starting September 1 with a request for a catalogue.
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Connecticut
V.R
Wall Street
Mercury
Eork
Fragments Describe August Events at Templed Venue
The readable text hints at an August gathering featuring the Al G. fan club and others, with references to a performance and a date bureau concept. It mentions a college fraternity and an annual event tied to a long history, though much of the OCR is garbled.
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Stevenson
Homecoming services at Iowa log cabin church
In Davie county near Flotis southeast of Ottumwa, Iowa's oldest log cabin church held a Sunday homecoming service and program. The church remains in good condition and unchanged, reflecting its historical character and community value.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
Flotis
Davie County
State loss from bootleg cigarettes tops half a million
Edward F. Rahm, head of the state cigarette and liquor tax division, estimates that bootleg cigarettes cost the state about $500,000 annually in lost revenue. The figure underscores the illicit trade affecting tax collections and law enforcement efforts in the town.
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Atate
Edward F. Rahm
Atate Cigaret and Boor
For Rent Three Room Apartment in Modern Home
FOR RENT Three room apartment in modern home furnished or unfurnished. Bath adjoining. Adelaide Nichols, Phone 76 or 776. FOR SERVICE Large Jack also extra good sorrel stud E. B. Benson Route 5 Estherville Iowa.
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Adelaide Nichols
E. B. Benson
Route
Estherville
Iowa
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