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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

A great many writer's in the last few
years have written short sketches Of
DIR. Lincoln's birth and early history,
none OF which agree in all partio1-
lars. For the want Of proper informa'
ton many OF these writers have
Bumped 81 conclusions.
First OF all was the shameful, dam
aging report that Thomas lincoln and
Nancy Hanks were never married.
They lived In Hardin county, KY,
nov I.auer county, and were supposed
10 have been married there. No mar
riage license could be found on rec
ord. hence the false report-no mar
riaEe.
The article appearing in the Larue
Herald says;
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
were married in Washington county,
KY, came to Lsrue from Washington
county. and their oldest child, Sallie,
was probably born there"
So far so good. II also says Thomas
Lincoln and Nancy Hanks lived in
Laura county until Abe was about 10
years old"
Frequent mention has been made,
too, in articles or sketches referred TO
of Mr. Lincoln's associates in Larue
county. These could have been true
but for facts in history. Mr.. Lincoln
was born in 1909, and his parents
moved 20 indiana in 1916. There was
AN uncertainty about Mr.. Lincoln's
birthplace, claimed in Larue county,
and on inquiry OF Mr.. Lincoln about
II he said he was not born at the
place suggested in letter; was told
by his parents 1t occurred at another
place, and his recollection was OF the
Knob Greek place.
Al article Of recent date about Lin
coins Neglected Birthplace" says:
There never would have been any
question about the place II II had not
been for fact which is perhaps gen.
crafty unknown. There is no record
in Hardin county or Larue of Thomas
Lincoln as a land owner"
II says they claim a document in
the form OF a bond for 500 from
Thomas Lincoln for the support of
Nancy Hanks.
Now the facts are these as related
by Mr. W. F. Broker and William
srdesty-Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
Hanks we're married In Washington
coanty, KY, June 10, 1906, at the nome
of Richard Berry. Thomas Lincoln
did not realize the Importance this
marriage could be to his son and failed
10 impress upon him the date and
place. Il had been forgotten and the
prominence Of MIR. Lincoln brought It
TO the recollection of the few living
when 1t came to be a matter of great
moment.
To Mrs. C. II. Vawter of Indianap-
oils, Ind, must belong all the honor
for the finding of the marriage license
OF Thos. Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
First she visited an old lady, Mrs.
Lltsey. living near Buchland p. o. and
got a statement from her of the mar.
riage Of Thomas Lincoln to Nancy
Hanks. This was the first statement
ever published in regard to the mar
riRge. Mrs. Vawter, then Miss Char
lotte Hobart, boarding in my fathers
house and teaching school in Wash
ington county, continued her plead
ing for search in the clerks ofIic,
for said license until they were found
Mrs. Vawter wrote the first articl,
in Vindication of Nancy Hanks whel
it was stated she was never married
Twenty years after this she receives
q letter from a lady in Cambridge
Mass. saying she had done more t
yindicate Nancy Hanks than any one
In letter to me last fall she says:
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

''The work involved In this plan has
been supervised By Messrs. Hartman
and Kruttschnitt Of the Southern Pa
cific. and Messrs. Burt and Berry OF
the Union Pacific, and these two rail-
roads have spent in the last three
years somewhere near $4,000 900 in
repairs and improvements aside from
the expenses OF operation or mainten-
ance."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

aad pushing away a lot OF documents
Of state from the desk In front OF
him. NO, ! put It on top OF the gate
post-that high one"
We'll" exclaimed the visitor, ''meb-
be yon did. Couldn't nobody else have
put it there. aAd none OF us ever
thought to look there for it."
The soldier was then on his way
home. and when he got there the first
thing he aid was 70 look for the Whet.
stone. And, sure enough, there il
was, just where Lincoln had LAID It
fifteen years before The honest tel
lev wrote 4 letter 70 the chief MAIDS.
trate Of the nation telling him that
heiai9ae AZ been sound and
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

ders gives the following curious sta
tistics: IF all the people Of England
and Wales had to pass through Lon
don in procession, four abreast, and
every facility were afforded for their
free and uninterrupted passage, dur
ing twelve hours daily, Sundays ex-
cepted, it would take nearly four
months and half for the population
to file through at quick march, four
deep. The length of this vast col
umn would be 1888 miles. To count
them singly at the rate OF one sec
Ond would take nearly two years and
a half, assuming that the same num-
Der of hours daily we're occupied, and
that Sundays also were excepted"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

mr.. ". +. Booker gives the best
reasons ever given for believing that
A. Lincoln was born In that old cabin
IN Washington county Ky.--a fact
which she never heard disputed until
about thirty years after Mr.. Ldncoln's
death"
M. w. r. Booker was clerk OF
washington county. KY. when Mr.
Lincoln FIRST came into prominence,
hes held the once continuously since.
ana probably there q no man now
living more familiar with the early
hisiory 81 Th0s. Lincoln, his marriage
ana IS hirfhplace ~ A. Lincoln. The
reeads - dc clerks oflee were not
he - nor e1s rra - dates
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

the settling Of iill-ins and trestle work.
This was caused BY the salt Of the
flow Of the Bear river having collected
for centuries over the bottom OF the
lake and having formed salt wall Of
100 feet Il took 900 tons Of rock
IN piles which appear to have reached
the bottom Of the lake proper and
which has resulted "a hrm and
Griandid road bed
g speech which henade az tie
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

over the waters Of Great Salt Lake. Il
presents a practically level track OK
cept for q short distance on the west
end near Lucin. Nevada where Q
slight grade Is encountered.
The use Of this cuton viii throw
out the trahs-continental trafic over
tie old line nom Ogden 70 Iucin
Nevada. around the lake This strip
81 track Is enc 81 the most expensive
81 no Harriman system Pc mas Unm
ado over Csc c utloI tI|l 81
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

pleasure it would have given him to
have known It all. we can only inn
agine.
Who he was and what he was came
too late when the marriage license,
solemnized and returned by Jesse
Head were brought to light from their
long resting place in the clerks once
of Washington county. Even some,
claiming great intimacy with Mr.. LIN
coin when boy In Kentucky. claimed
the widow Johnson. his stepmother, as
HIS real mother.
To correct this mistake Mr. LIN
coin wrote from Illinois saying his
laiheFs nane was Thos Iincoln and
- nqihesa udiden name Res nancy
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11
SAVED LIFE OF LEE.
LINCOLN sRARgp SON or CON-
FEDERATE cHIEFTAlN.

ersattiesrtsd President, Touched By
the HesoiSm Of Southern otfieer, De
ferred ENsoutlon-WRr's Ending
ssttled the Matter for All TINA
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

Colossal crowds,
In an introduction to his Digest OF
the Results OF the Census OF England
and Wales in 1901" Mr.. William San
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-11

| ing the last week Of October. This
great work has cost over $4,200,00O.
The cutoff runs from Ogden west
fifteen miles over level country be-
fore reaching the lake proper, then
across the east arm Of the lake nine
miles to Promotory. Then FIVE miles
of solid road bed and then nineteen
miles west over the west arm Of the
lake toward Lucin and thence across
the Great Salt Lake desert to Lucin,
Nevada. Across the east arm Of the
lake, it will be almost continuous
fill-in supported by trestle. Near the
middle Of this will be a gap Of 600 feet
of open trestle work left for the Bear
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07
lALnwaukee sentinel.l

LeOnidas, the Spartan. was a noted
father. famous for his ability TO stand
punishment. and the author of House
hold Hints" and Passes Which L Have
Held"
His father was an alderman for many
years, and Len as he was known
among his intimates, was thus given
an opportunity TO study the habits and
characteristics Of the various brands Of
passes
Before Leonidss became of age he
Travelled some years with a circus. TAX
ing tickets at the gate, and it was here
that he gained the skill at handling
crowds that afterward made him IA
nous at ThermoDylae.
His feat at Fhermopylae consisted IN
holding, with shout 500 fellow Spartans,
a narrow pass which the PersiaDs We're
seeking to force. Before proceeding
further with this treatise ii might be
wen to define the word Spartan A
Spartan is a man who can lay down
full house when he suspects that his
friend on the right has four little ones,
For time Leopidas was successful,
but when he found that q treacheroUs
guide had brought half of the Persian
army around to his rear, he almost i'm
mediately came to the conclusion that
he was surrounded.
"Ha.7 said ne, things have come to
a pretty pass
With this jest upen his lips he whet-
ted his sword upon the bald head Of
his. nearest Zoe, assumed the Jeffries
crouch and resorted to mixing tactics,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07

Geneseo, New Jersey, who owned a
hotel on the Oklawaha river that didn't
pay. and hoped to brace up a bad in
Vestment by the establishment in the
vicinity of a center of culture Prof
Zero receives ten dollars a week, and
with his wife and three pupils Consu-
tutes the whole faculty, board of tTus-
tees, janitor, and student body of the
University said the Idiot Mrs. Zero
dresses on nothing a year: cares for
her FIVE children on the same basis, and
IS happy. They are the principal pat
rons Of the Oklawaha hotel
WELT she IS happy?" said the
BibIiomanic, What business is fl OF
anybody else? I think if Prof. zero
makes her happy he's the right kind Of
a man."
You couldn't make Zero the right
kind of a man." said the Idiot. He
isn't built that way. He wears mems
clothes and he has sweet manners, and
a dulcet voice. and the learning OF the
serpent, but when il comes to manhood
he has the initiative Of the turtle, lack
ing the cash value of the terrapin, or
the turtles mock brother; he wears a
beard. but t is the beard of the bearded
lady who up-to- date appears to be a
useless appanage Of the strenuous life.
ana WnGu You lfN 20 5-t Of MS Auitti-
eanism, if he has any, he flies of into
stilted periods having to 90 with the
superior virtues of the Cipgalese. And
Margaret Perkins that was hangs on
his utterances as though he were a very
archangel'
Good. CALCULATED AIr. Brief. I am
glad TO hear that she is happy
so am ], said the Idiot. But such
happiness"
wei. what's it all got to do with
Leap Year. anyhow" asked the BIB
Homaniac.
Nothing at all, except that it proves
that girls aren't fitted really TO choose
their own husbands and that therefore
the speciaf privilege conferred upon
them by the recurrence of Leap Yesr
should be rasc.nded by law said the
Idiot That privilege owing TO vo-
Tans incapacity tC choose correctly
and mans weakness in the use Of neg
atives is "A standing menace 10 the fu-
ture happiness Of the people
"Hoity- toity." cried Mrs Redagos.
What a proposition. Tell me. Mr.
idiot. if a woman is not capable of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07

selecting her own husband who on
earth is? Man himself-that embodi-
ment Of all the wisdom and all the
sagacity Of the ages?'
Il didn't say 60" said the Idiot. And
] don't really think so, he added
The whole institution of getting en-
gagged TO be married should be regu-
lated by the public authorities. Every
county should have its Matrimonial
Bureau, whose duty il should be 10 pair
of ali the eligible candidates in the
matrimonial market, and in pairing
them off it should be done on a basis
Of mutual fitness Bachelors and old
maids should be legislated out Of eXis-
tence, and nobody should be allowed
to marry a second time until everybody
else had been provided for. It is per
fectly scandalous to me to read in the
newspapers that q prominent widow iu
q certain town has married her third
husband, when ii is known that that
same city contains 5000 old maids who
state steps in and helps them out.
What business has any woman to work
I'd q corner in husbands. with 50 many
of her sisters absolutely starving matri-
monially?"
=
nothing to say about it, eh2" asked Air.
Brief.
'Oh, yes-they can put in an applica-
ton 10 the bureau stating that they
want 10 wed. and the board of man
ayers can consider the desirability of
issuing permit" said the Idiot. And
they should be compelled to show cause
why they should not be restrained from
getting married. 1t is only ia such a
way that the state can reasonably
guarantee the permanence Of a contract
TO which it IS in a sense u party. The
state, by the establishment Of certain
laws demands that the marriage cOu-
tract shall practically be "a life affair.
il should therefore take it upon itself
10 see 20 it that there Is q tolerable
prospect at least that the contract is
q Just one. Many a poor woman has
been bound TO a lifelong obligation
o. misery in which no consideration
whatever has been paid by the party Of
The second part If q contract without
consideration VIII not sand in COM
marce. why should X IN matrimons
What you ought 20 go In for is Nor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07

Ethelinda. 7 cannot be yours be-
cause my heart is set on a stTengthful
damsei with raven locks and eyes OF
coal, with lips a shade less cherry
than thine, and "a cheek more like the
apple than the peach. who can so out
on the links and play golf with me.
But if YOU ever need a brother in
your business 1 am the floor walker
tEat viii direct you TO the bargain
counter where you'll find the latest
thing in brothers at cost. I'd simply
cave in on the instant and say: All
right, Ethelinda; call a cab and Wen
trot around to the Little Church
Around the Corner and tie the knot
that is. my love. if you think you can
support me in the style to which I
am accustomed
AR Brief laughed. Il wouldn't
bother if>I were you, AIr. Idiot" said
be. Women don't tie up very strong
y to idiots
"Oh. don't they?'' retorted the Idiot
We'll, do you know I had sort OF
notion that they did. The men that
some Of the nice girls I have known
in my day have tied up 10 have some
how or other given me the impression
that woman mas a special leaning
toward idiots. There was my old sweet
heart. Sallie Virgins. for instance-
that wasn't her real name, of course,
but she was one Of the enest girls
thar ever attended q bargain sale. she
had q mind far above the ordinary.
Sine could read Shopenhauer al sight:
understand Browning in a minute. Her
soul was as big as her heart. and her
heart was two and q half sizes larger
than the universe She was 50 strong
minded that although she could write
poetry she wouldn't. and in the last
year of her single blessedness she was
The queenpin among the girls Of her
set What she said was law. and
emancipation of her sex was her only
vice Well. what do you think hap
pened TO Salhe Virgins After re-
fusing every fine man in town. mclud-
ms myself must say only asked
Der eve times; no telling what a sixth
would have brought forth-she sue
cumbed TO the Establishments OF the
first saDheaded young I.0chinvar that
came out Of the west. married him, and
IS nov the smiling mother Of nine
children. does ali the family sewing.
makes her own parlor brie-a-brac out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07
The GENIAL IDIOT

OF the discarded utensils of the kitch-
en-, dresses herself on $50 a decade, and
j. happy
But if she loved him" began the
Lawyer.
Impossible" said the Idiot. she
pitied him. She knew that if she
didn't marry him. ana take charge OF
him, another woman would, and that
the chances were ten to one that the
other woman wouldn't do the thing
right and that Saphead's life would
be ruined forever
But you say she is happy persisted
the Lawyer
Certainly she is said the idiot.
Because her life is an eternal sacri-
fee to Saphead's needs, and If there
is a luxury in this mundane sphere
that woman essentially Graves it is
the luxury Of sacrifice. There is some
thing fanatic about it. Sal!ie Wig
gins voluntarily turned her back on
seven men that ] know of. one of whom
is governor of his state: two of
whom are now in congress; one of
whom is q judge Of a state court; two
of whom have become millionaire
merchants. and the seventh Of whom
is today. probably. the most brilliant
ornament of the penitentiary. Every
one Of EN- turned down for Saphead,
a man who parted his hair in the mid
die. couldn't earn s. a century on his
wits Is destined % remain hopelessly
nothing. keeps her busy sewing but
tons on his clothes. and TO save his
life couldn't tell the difference between
Matthew Arnold and an automobile.
and yet you tell me that women don't
care for idiots
Miss Wiggins-or Mrs saphead to
be more precise, said Mr.. Brief is
only one instance"
''Well-there was Margaret Perkins
same town-same experience, said
the Idiot Lovely giri-sought after
by everybody proposed to her myself
FIVE times-president of the Mental
Culture society OF Observation-Disclosures
o. STHythe-WOgaau-m member OF board
Of observation-disclosures of Young Girls
irstitute-daneed like "a dream-had q
sense Of humor-laughed at my jokes
and married-what2"
Well what2 demanded the lawyer
Prot Omega Nit zero. teacher .of
Singalese in the University of Okla
CiDgalese in the University OF Okla
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07
He DISCUSSES LEAP
YEAR

,,tF 7 were a woman" said the Idiot
''I think that unless I had an az
hdavit from the man, sworn TO
before a notary and duly signed and
sealed. stating that he did the pro-
posing, should decline TO marry, or
announce my engagement to be mar
ried in Leap Year. 1t is one OF the
drawbacks which the special privilege
Of Leap Year confers upon women. that
l. puts them under suspicion Of hav-
ing done the counting if the thing
comes out during the year"
Don't you worry about that"
laughed Mrs. PedagOg. You can go
through this country with q fine tooth
comb and III wager you you won't find
a woman anywhere who avails her
self Of the privilege who wouldn't have
done the same thing in any old year
If she wanted to. Of all the funny
old superstltions. the quaintest of the
lot is that Leap Year proposal bust
ness"
How you talk, cried the Idiot.
''Ssuch fconoclasn. ] had always sup
posed that Leap Year was a sort OF
matrimonial safety valve for old maids,
and here in a trice you overthrow all
the cherished notions OF q lifetime.
Why. Mrs. Pedagog, I know men who
take TO the woods every Leap Year just
% escape the possibilities.
Courageous souls" said the land
lady. Facing the unknown perils of
the forest, rather than maufuuy meet
ing a proposal Of marriage
1T is hard TO say no 10 a woman
said the Idiot. I'D hate like time TO
1ave one Of 'em come TO me and ask
me to be hers. Just imagine it. some
dainty little dsmsel of a soulful nature
with deep blue eyes and golden curls
and pesrly teeth and cherry lips. a
cheek like the soft and Tipeuing peach
and q smile that would bewitch even
a Saint Anthony, getting down on her
knees and saying. o. Idi0l-desrest
Idiot-be rline-I love you, devOtedly,
tenderly. all through the Roget's The
saurusly and have from the moment I
first saw you. with you to 10 ~
lot in lie wiz be heaven itself. Wflh-
out you a Saharan waste of AregiC
frigidity- Wilt thou I think I'd witt
I couldn't bring myself 10 say. Ne.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07
BEACON LIGHTS Of HISTORY

killing many Of the enemy before he
was finally obliged to take the count.
When interviewed by a reporter just
before his death ne modestly disclaimed
All credit on behalf of his comrades,
stating that they were q bunch of also
rams VINO couldn't fight enough TO keep
warm. On the strength of this state
ment Leonidas, the king of the Spar
tans. has come down through the ages
as one Of the greatest two hand fight
ers that ever dOnned the gloves. when.
as matter OF fact. his seconds had
much to do with his winning the cham
pionship.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07
Fellow Feeling.
- - NM }

One Of the hsbituai Icafers VINO iufest
lower Broadway received q shock the
other day thar was q notable event 90
him. He held up q well dressed. hand
pire building.
Mister, can't you help me? I've
been out of q JOB for near three months.
I need
The other Interrupted eve been oUt
Of p job myself Ter about the same
time. can sympaThize with you
Here's half a COLLAR. he said.
AS the stranger passed along. tie p0-
liceman at the door came after the
tramp. say. what dye mean by bold
ing people up around here? These fel-
lers won't stand fer IL That WAS
Charles II. Schwah
The hobo nearly tainted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07
BY John
kendrick Bangs

perfect conditions viii ever be realized.
Only. Mary
yes, sir. said the maid
"If between this and the first Of Jan
Uary. 1865 any young ladies, or old ones
either, call here and ask for me"
Yes. sir. said the maid.
Tell 'em I've gone 70 Nidjini-Nov-
gorOd and am not expected back for
eleven years" said the idiot. I'm not
going to take any chances"
Copyright. 1903, by John Russell
Davidson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07

monism, snapped Mrs. Pedagog.
Keep on getting married until you've
found Just the right one and then get
lid Of all the others"
That is a pleasing alternative" said
the idiot. but expensive. I'd hate to
pay a milliner's bill Tor a Mormon
household-but anyhow we needn't
grow acrimonious over the subject, for
whatever may think OF matrim0ny as
she exists today, al the injustices, in
equalities, miseries Of il, and all that
] prefer it to acrimouy, and haven't
the slightest idea that my dream Of
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-16

NeuSiISlou, W., <Apih -, ~
Dear Mr.. Trueman:-Many thanks
for your kind letter. Pray accept my
apology for having allowed it 10 re-
main unanswered for two days; but
news of your having met with an ac
cident followed so closely upon your
departure that l have been in doubt
whether to write OF not, for letters are
troublesome :hings to any one VINO
is il. am so glad to learn from your
fathers kilograms that your accident
was only slight, and shall he pleased
to see you back in London asain-tor,
of course, you will return with your
uncle.
70 Ss continued.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-16
PALMETTO POINTS
GIVEN IN BRIEF
Almost Killed His Wife.

Spartanburg, Special.-Baxter Moss,
a negro hackman, made an almost sue
cessufl attempt to kill his wife. Belle
Moss, about noon Thursday as the
woman was coming from money
loan Office over the Graham and White
store on East Main street. Moss
walked up to the steps and with q
knife in his hand proceeded to attack
the woman. He cut her cheek, throat
and breast. Men in the loan office
fastened to the rescue and succeeded
in getting the man down the steps.
He then attempted to get in his hack
and escape, but the police took him
in charge. The woman is seriously
wounded. Moss and his wife had been
separated for several months.