Washington Homes in Shenandoah Valley Stanched by Time
The article notes the preservation of ancestral Washington family homes in Virginia and West Virginia, highlighting colonial architecture. It mentions George Washington’s role in surveys for Lord Fairfax and the Harewood mansion built for his older brother Samuel, with Harewood and nearby mansions in the Shenandoah valley emphasized as significant historic sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
George Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
Washingtons
Mangton
Mount Vernon
Shen‘endoah
Charlestown
W Va
Lord Fairfax
Blue Ridge Mountains
Harewood Mansion
Samuel
George ‘Wohlington
Samual
Yehane
Washington Homes and the Claymount Estate History
A survey of Washington family houses in Virginia describes Harewood Mount Vernon Kenmore Arlington and Claymount. It covers owners from George Washington to Bushrod Washington and Frank Stockton, noting Claymount’s sunken cup board and a grand veranda with a brick courtyard.
Washingtons Mother a Frugal, Independent Figure in History
A long circulated tale of Washington sparing his mother poverty is debunked as unfounded. The article portrays Mrs. Washington as frugal and strong willed, denying herself comforts, owning property and slaves, and living at Kenmore near Oratory Rocks with a strict routine and sharp tongue. Washington’s firm rebuke to royal pretensions is recalled as an example of his patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fredericksburg
Mount Ver
Washington's Vast Acres From Marriage to Mount Vernon Estate
The article details George Washington gaining 15 000 acres via marriage to the widow Castie and expanding his holdings to over 74 000 acres by death. It covers lands near Williamsburg Mount Vernon Fredricksburg and the Great Kanawha and Mohawk Valley holdings as well as joint ventures in western Pennsylvania and Mohawk country with George Clinton. It notes lands possibly including Cincinnati site and western lands earned for the French and Indian War and later purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Castie
Williamsburg
Mount Vernon
Washington
Fredericksburg
Lord Fairfax
Frederick County
Tobias Lear
Ohio
Kanawha
Great Kanawha
Cincinnati
George Clinton
Mohawk Valley
Lear
Pennsylvania
Lafayette
Thase
Mount Vernom
Indead G Jatcford
Remarkable Recovery After Kidney Illness in Washington Woman
Mrs. Enna Shearer of Yew and Washington Streets Centralia Washington endured the loss of one kidney and severe disease in the other with five doctors in consultation. She credits a cure to Doan's Kidney Pills and urges sufferers to write for the remedy, noting she is 65, active, and grateful. Doan's is sold by dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enna Shearer
Yew
Washington Sta
Centralia
Wash
Doan
Gaga
Shearer
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Evening gowns dazzle as London impresario praises New York soirée
Mons Prager, fresh from Savoy London, visits a fashionable New York restaurant. He compliments a reporter on his English while noting the gay supper rooms, diamonds, and Paris decollete gowns. The Marquis X admires American ladies, remarking on their beauty in night dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mons, Prager
Savoy Hotel
London
New York
Mons. Prager
Marquis X
Paris
N. Y. Press
Scandal in Birdland and Horace Greeley anecdote
A humorous clipping cites a Boston Herald anecdote about Horace Greeley born in Amherst New Hampshire. It mentions a visiting remark about the birth room now used as a sitting room and a woman recalling she once put the first shirt on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Horace Greeley
Amherst
N. H
Sunday Herald
Boston Herald
Worth Keeping Hat Memory Sparks Old Love
A playful exchange centers on a worn hat that one character kept as a memento from their first meeting. The hat provokes nostalgia and a declaration of enduring affection, underscoring a shared history and the idea that the wearer was once considered striking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
CLEAR-HEADED Head Bookkeeper Must be Reliable
A large western city bookkeeper praises Postum as a cure for stomach trouble and nerves after switching from coffee. He credits Postum with improved health, mental steadiness, and sustained work performance, recalling initial brewing issues but final preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Uwe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Man- Lee i
Waldon
Terior
Audley
Arlington Manson
Chayrony
Claymount
Virginia Line
Washingtona
Thea
Lawrence Lewis
Nelly Custis
Gen. Washington
Frederickeburg
Kenmore
Betty Washington Lewis
Betty” Washington
Old Dominion
Lawrencen
Potomac
Arlington
Robert E. Lee
National
Washington Parke Custis
Edward Dverett
Charles
Harewood House
Harewood
James
Dolly Madison
Marquis de Lafayette
Louis Philippe
France
Inga
Bushrod Washington
Frank §. Stockton
Bortico
Semish AsRas Asse
Oratory Rocks
Rappahannock River
Baxter
Epiacopa
Betty
Washington Star
Washington’s
DEATH
Birdland
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