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RE: Extra Credit Questions - AussieMick - 04-08-2024 02:10 PM

Information, data, from one part of the country was prevented from getting to Washington for 5 hours due to ...?
OK.... Especially in the early days of information Technology... why was data sometimes not received from one location for several hours?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - AussieMick - 04-08-2024 03:14 PM

Something that seemed very important to Lincoln occurred on October 31, 1864
One of Roger's attempts is directly related to that event on 31 October 1864

RE: Extra Credit Questions - AussieMick - 04-08-2024 05:30 PM

the event had some long term influence on Washington DC (obviously) ... but primarily it happened on the other side of the US

(Googling is fine by me)

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 04-08-2024 06:06 PM

I am totally "lost." Wild guess - earthquake?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - AussieMick - 04-08-2024 06:29 PM

Nope, Roger. But thanks for sticking with me.

Googling a timeline might help ( though possibly my previous searches could influence what I, as opposed to another person, might see)
What you've found so far ...

The election was a major factor relating to the answer.
What, apart from the votes of ordinary citizens, is the determining factor in a Presidential election in the USA?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 04-08-2024 08:24 PM

The telegraph was down because the constitution of Nevada was being transmitted by telegraph so that Lincoln would get the state's three electoral votes. It was, according to a history of Nevada, the longest and costliest transmission over the telegraph wires.

Best
Rob

RE: Extra Credit Questions - AussieMick - 04-08-2024 08:52 PM

Rob, you win the cigar. Well done.

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-telegram-that-helped-lincoln-end-slavery/

The issue about the weather (Gene mentioned) ? ... "Two out of three of its votes from the electoral college were cast for Lincoln. (The third voter got stuck in a snowstorm.) "

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 04-09-2024 01:11 PM

In 1862 Abraham Lincoln sprained his wrist in checking his run-away horse as he rode from the Soldiers' Home to the White House. Nearly two weeks later the wrist was still so sore that he sought treatment from a doctor. What was the doctor's name?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 04-09-2024 03:16 PM

Roger,

Is using Google allowed?

Best
Rob

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 04-09-2024 04:12 PM

Rob, yes.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - AussieMick - 04-09-2024 06:37 PM

Dr. Zacharie, I believe?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 04-10-2024 03:50 AM

Very good, Michael - indeed he went to Dr. Issachar Zacharie, a chiropodist. We have discussed him before on this forum. Lincoln sprained his wrist on September 13, 1862, and he saw Dr. Zacharie about the sprain on September 25, 1862.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-04-2024 10:25 AM

No googling please.

Who is this lady?

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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 05-04-2024 12:30 PM

Roger,

I don't see an image on my phone.

Best
Rob

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-04-2024 01:05 PM

I am not sure why, Rob. It's an ordinary .jpg image that shows normally on my computer. I checked it in 3 browsers.