Honest Abe Emerges in Traylor Home Saga
In 1831 the Traylor family settles near New Salem Illinois after travelling from Vergennes Vermont with two children. Abe Lincoln impresses as a future leader during the campfire stories and hard work shaping a new log cabin community amid frontier kinship and early romance with Ann Rutledge.
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Samson
Sarah Ylor
Siah
Betsey
Vergennes
Land of
Plenty
Illinois
Niagarans
Ohn McNeil
Sangamon
Sarah
Harry Needles
Traylors
New Salem
Abe” Lincoln
Abe
Compromise and Self-Image In A Troubled Tale
A fragmentary note explores a character posing a better face to a professor while confessing harsher truths to his girlfriend. The text hints at rising tension as plans toward a cabin raise unfold, with a cliffhanger ending.
Birds of Tobago Describe Island's Wildlife and People
The Los Angeles Times writer Dudley S. Corlett surveys Tobago's fauna from flamingoes at sunset to bluebirds and parrots in mangrove swamps. He notes birds, forests, and the friendly nature of locals, with Tobago’s creole history and Scots-descended estates shaping the society.
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Tobago
Trinidad
West Indies
Dudley S. Corlett
Los Angeles Times
Venezuela
Macaw
Cobalt
Polar Explorers Endure Antarctic Island Ordeal
The New York Sun notes two British explorers W Bagshawe and C M Lester spent a year on an Antarctic island with no shelter except an overturned boat. They faced severe hardship as their companions left for the north and a rescue ship arrived just in time. The piece reflects on the sporting impulse behind Arctic and Antarctic ventures and the pull of the icy seas.
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W. Bagshawe
C. M. Lester
North
Stefansson
Polar
Arctic
New York Sun
Irish O Not An Abbreviation In Surname Claim
Francis O Sullivan tighe argues the Irish O is not a contraction of of but a contraction of ua meaning the descendant of. He notes o should not be capitalized unless the Christian name is omitted and that tighe denotes the house of his family within the O Sullivan clan. In private life he is simply Sullivan but prints O Sullivan on title pages to avoid anachronism.
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Samson
Hogarth
Abe
Ispahan
Mr. Traylor
Stephen Nuckles
Isles
Esquimaux
Hottentots
God
Mammon
Kentucky
Kelso
Eli
Jack Kelso
Francis O Sullivan Tighe
Sic
American milkman method spreads to oil business overseas
American methods used by a U S oil company in Belgium and Holland apply the milkman system to oil sales. Through its Belgium unit the firm markets oil products in bottles in Antwerp Brussels Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Bottles are exchangeable and dog cart delivery mimics milk routes.
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Holland
Belgium
Antwerp
Brussels
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
California Fig Syrup Calms Ailing Babies
A vintage advertisement promises California Fig Syrup cleanses the liver and bowels, restoring a well playful child within hours. Mothers are urged to say California to avoid imitations, with directions printed on the bottle for babies and children of all ages.
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California
Humorous Witness Testimony Quips About a Past Conviction
A witness tells the prosecutor he was convicted once for waiting on himself in a grocery store. The exchange appears in the New York Globe as a light courtroom remark.
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New York Globe
Bayer Aspirin Safety Label Adeking to Physicians
The notice instructs taking aspirin only as directed by Bayer and highlights the Bayer Cross safety stamp on each package. It notes aspirin prescribed by physicians for over two decades and promotes proper directions for quick relief.
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Bayer
Must Have Seen
A London Tit-Bits line features a bold challenge as a woman confronts a man over marriage motives. The exchange centers on accusations that money influenced the union, highlighting themes of desire and regret characterizing the era’s social satire.
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London
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Webster
Plymouth
Haynes
Bowlin’ Green's
Lincoln
Ophir
Midlands
Doctor Allen
New World
Joe
Frog City
Harry
Martin Waddell
Ann Rutledge
Ann
John McNeil
Niagara Falls
Robert Emmet
Long Shore
Michigan
Jester
West Indian Island
Excello
Nu-War Streeh Suspender Co
Mfrs
Adrian, Mich
Fey Pitts
Samuel P. Benton
Central Ave
Hot Springs
Ark
Dodd's
Dodd's Medicine CO
Buffalo
Netherland
Rhode Island
Anconas
United Chick Hatcheries
Holland, Michigan
Bruce
East Est
Coalinga
Minard Company
Amingham
Mass
W. F. Youn, Young
Temple St
Springfield
N. Y
Milwaukee
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