Builders of a New Salem Welcome Abe and Neighbors
In a rough frontier tale, Samaon and Barat travel with children to the Sangamon country near New Salem. Abe Lincoln enters the orbit of a growing settlement as parley and mischief unfold, a romance with Ann Rutledge and a tense confrontation with McNeil’s gang shadow the community’s birth.
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Jem
Dik
Abe
Lincoln
Ameone
Traylors
Armetronde
Harry Neediew
Menoll
Armetrone
Harry
Jeader
McNell
Mrs. Cortes Alien
Lexington
Bim Kelso
Sameon
Graham
Keleo
Cnald
Lindey Murrey
Ann Rutledge
Harry Needles
John McNeil
John Cameron
Tom
Samson
Divorce case hinges on wife’s Indian war dance actions
In Fort Dodge a divorce suit cites Mrs Annie Collins’ participation in an Indian war dance on the Collins farm near Clare as grounds for separate maintenance denial. James P Collins denies wanderlust claims and says he was away long periods. the farm is valued around $125,000 with 800 acres.
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Fort Dodge
Annie Collins
James P. Collins
Collins
Mrs Collins
Collins Farm
Clare
Lenihan Named Assistant Attorney General by Daugherty
James J. Lenihan of La Berger Lenihan has been appointed as an assistant attorney general of the United States by Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. Lenihan, active in local politics, worked with the Chicago speakers bureau during the last nationwide campaign and plans to begin in Washington in about three weeks.
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Tedpar Rapids
James J. Lenihan
Laberger & Lenihan
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Venihan
Chicago
Lenihan
Washington
Mrs Tom Clark Wins Unopposed Seat in Southern Parliament
Mrs. Tom Clark secured a seat in the Southern Parliament in an uncontested trio of elections. Sinn Fein member topped the count with 125 votes, while Clark faced no opposition in her division.
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Tom Clark
Sinn Feiner
Native of Iowa Inventor of Most Deadly War Device
Waterloo readers learn of G. Elsperman a Iowa native and inventor credited with a war device that could annihilate within a wide radius The story notes his residence on a portable houseboat labeled No 15 and that the government paid him a large settlement plus royalties for the invention described as lethal to submarines and living targets. Elsperman born Maynard Iowa 38 and unmarried plans California move with father A C Elsperman of Winnebago County.
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Iowa
Waterloo
G. Elperman
Lowan
California
A. C. Elsperman
Winnebago County
Mr. Elsperman
Maynard
No. 13
Litchfield
Bleperman
Eleperman
Ford’s police speeding stunt ends in fine
J F Ford, while giving Cedar Falls Mayor A H Refshauge a town tour, claimed police incompetence and sped the car. An officer halted the run. Ford paid a $5 fine and $2.95 costs, revising his view of the law’s guardians.
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Cedar Falls
J. F. Ford
A. H. Refshauge
Ford
Refshauge
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