Lincoln Portraiture Through the Eyes of Collectors
A wide look at Lincoln portraiture notes many unknown photographs and over 200 engraved likenesses. It highlights a Pennsylvania justice collection ambrotype taken before the Douglas debate, showing a grayer, more world wise Lincoln at age 49. An Italian engraved full length, titled Abroamo Lincoln, Presidente Della Republica is also described as rare and notable.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
James T. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Douglas
Chicago
Philadelphia
Presidente Della Republica Degli Stati
America
Italy
Lincoln as Dictator Amid Civil War Power Shift
Detroit Free Press notes Lincoln wielded extra legal powers during the Civil War while preserving constitutional restraint. It contrasts his war measures with Caesar and Napoleon and highlights his humane acts at army headquarters, including fondling three stray kittens.
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Lincoln
Oliver Cromwell
Caesar
Napoleon
Bowers
Union
Detroit Free Press
Lincoln Portraits and the Beard That Changed His Image
A review of early Lincoln portraits and beard introductions, noting the 1848 daguerreotype and 1861 beard, contrasts with the popular image. It cites collectors like Robert T. Lincoln and Geo Schneider and mentions engraver John Sartain and Scribner's Magazine observations.
Lincoln's Prayer At Gettysburg Reveals Faithful Leader
Gen Dan Sickles recalled how Lincoln, after Gettysburg wounds, visited him in hospital and wept while recounting battle slaughter. The President described praying in a private room as armies converged, expressing deep reliance on Providence.
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Lincoln
Dan” Sickles
Gen. Sickles
Gettysburg
Lincoln and the kittens in Grant's tent tale
Generals Grant and Porter recall Lincoln soothing three orphaned kittens in the tent after their mother died. The president picked them up and whispered that they would be cared for, stroking their fur as he comforted the tiny wanderers.
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President Lincoln
Gen. Grant
Gen. Porter
Lincoln Thought of the Common People in War Time
The excerpt notes Abraham Lincoln often spoke of everyday citizens during the Civil War. A Western congressman once apologized for a constituent petition, but Lincoln replied God must love the common people since he has made so many of them.
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Lincoln
Proverb Insight on Truth and Time
A succinct aphorism contrasts truth telling with consequences. It suggests swift reward for honesty and notes that prudence matures others over time, implying truth spoken earns immediate relief while wisdom matures later.
Clash of Arms in the Far East Deepens Diplomatic Break
Tokyo reports Japan has severed diplomatic ties with Russia after delays in the Russian note. Baron de Rosen prepares to depart. Kurino demands a passport and warns of imminent war. Censorship tightens as Moscow notes potential military action and plans for the czar’s journey to Moscow unfold. London notes Mrs. Maybrick serves out her life sentence in Truro under an assumed name.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
Baron de Rosen
Legation
Seoul
Paris
the Figaro
M. Montono
London
the Times
Manchuria
The
Daily Graphic
Baron Komura T
St. Petersburg
Moscow
M. Kurino
Count Lamsdorff
Korea
Day-Old Happenings Briefly Summarize Foreign
Japan receives the Russi note and waits for war as Russia plans leave for Tokyo. London rumors claim a naval battle sinking Asian and Japanese ships, with confirmation pending. US adds naval and military attaches to Russia and Japan, while Germany aims to profit by war. Japanese laws strike American insurers, Mrs. Maybrick is located at a Truro convent, and domestic notes report asbestos monopoly plans and libel damages against Harper & B. with a Chicago police chief death. Washington cites naval appointments and possible early congress adjournment. New York reports cotton slump and talk of operatic company changes. Chicago notes late-night liquor halls and a theater fire investigation and retrial plans.
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Japan
Pacific
Baron de Rosen
St. Petersburg
Tokio
London
Russia
United States
Germany
Rctory
China
Maybrick
Sisters of Epipha
Truro
Cornwall
The
Standard
Sarah J. Lippincott
Greenwood
Harper & B
Julian Hawthorne
Richard G. Moulton
University of Chicago
Hanna
Edward Butler
St. Louis
Deela
House of del
Gates
Washington
T. N. Jamieson
Chicago
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Congress
New York
Calve
Pid
Geri Opera Company
Avshall
Milwaukee Avenue
H ‘ Street
Mary Novak
George Sakay
Twenty-fourth Street
Sarmento Avenue
Joseph Kipley
Ripley
Harrisons
Lef
Walter W. Keith
Prableme
Munificent Reward and murder indictments swirl in 1900 cases
Frank Bay of Hammond rescued Eichner a Colorado miner who slipped under a moving train gaining a 26 cent reward. In Rock Rapids a grand jury indicted Charles er and wife for the murder of ust Schrader found dead in his barn June 13 1900 as authorities hold man and wife for trial.
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Chicago
Frank Bay
Hammond
Eichner
Colorado
Bay
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Charleser
Ust Schrader
Macon County Republicans Hold Convention Details
Macon County Republicans in Decatur Illinois reported a convention held on March 18 with events planned for March 17. The brief item notes party activities and local organizing efforts.
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Macon County Republicans
Decatur
M County
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Robert T. Lincoln
Emerson
Geo. Schneider
Staats Zeitung
West
Isaac N. Arnold
Waale
Schneider
H. W. Fay
de Kalb
Justice Mitchell
John Sartain
Hberator
Seward
Stanton
Valandigham
Scribner's Magazine
Vicksburg
Sickles
le ‘Lincoln
Lincoly
Lincoln and the Kittens
Walfa
Far East
Chicago Board of Trade
Jay Weess
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