Word: nebagamon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Almost before anybody could say "Jack Robinson," the President pulled out a fishing rod and was angling in Brule River from the bridge near the lodge. Then he went to Lake Nebagamon, several miles away; but no one knew which fish he caught...
...Facing the problem of Sunday worship, President Coolidge had to make a choice. He might go four miles to the Presbyterian Church at Nebagamon, where expectant elders were viewing new and expensive decorations. Or, he might attend the tiny Congregational Church at the Brule crossroads, painted cream-yellow an'd freshly trimmed at the staggering cost (for a congregation of 30) of $800. If he went to Brule, who should have the honor of preaching? Should gray-haired, blind John Taylor, a mere layman, be allowed to fill the pulpit as usual? Or should Brule call upon...
...President Coolidge's office. Governor Fred Zimmerman of Wisconsin swiftly promised to mend the red clay roads in the northwestern corner of his State. Six miles from the Lodge is Brule, a five-street village (unpaved) inhabited by 200 Finnish fishermen. Four miles beyond Brule is Lake Nebagamon and the Congregational Church and Rev. John Taylor. Mr. Taylor is blind, uses a Bible printed in Braille. Perhaps Mr. Taylor will be taken for a cruise on the Navy cutter that will attend the President's pleasure in Superior harbor...
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