Revival of the Oldest U S Regiment in Virginia
Richmond dispatch reports the revival of the 1st Virginia Regiment, originally formed in 1680 as Henrico county units and later the frontier army of Virginia. The unit, famed in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary era, now returns to its historic title under the Army reorganization, led by Col. J Fulmer Bright of Loudoun.
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Ichmond
America
Virginia
Henrico County
Itin
Frontier Army
1St Virginia
George Washington
Ohio
Braddock
Tick Henry
Ricknd
Kemp
Ginta
Iment
Spain
Mexico
Meuse-Argonne
Alsace
Convict Farm Plan Aims to Employ Prison Labor
In Montgomery Alabama on March 28 the state undertook a vast farm project to provide jobs for at least 1,000 sowers. The plan envisions planting 16,000 to 9,000 acres of corn and other crops on land at 16 major prisons under Governor Risb Gray. The reform shifts convict labor from mining to agriculture and challenges the state board of administration with new policy.
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Montgomery
Ann
Risb Gray
Alana
State Board of Administration
Free Trial Cure Claims for Rupture Treatment
An advertisement urges readers with ruptures to write for a free trial of a topical treatment said to tighten and close the rupture without surgery. It promises relief from supports or trusses and warns of gangrene risks, urging immediate action with a coupon and mailing address in Adams, Nebraska.
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WS. Rice
St. Adams
Alabama Prison Camp Shifts To Farm Labor And Food Production
The state converts convict labor from road camps to agricultural use at Atmore prison farms. Plans include enlarging Alabama strawberry cultivation with prison lands and a canning factory to supply vegetables to all state prisons. White legislators push a special session to authorize a road bond as road building slows. The shift aligns with Governor Graves' campaign platform and aims to strengthen commerce through improved strawberry exports and refrigerated transport.
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Graves
State Assembly
Plana of Alabama
Atmore
State Department of Agriculture
Alabama
State Federal Inspection Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
Express
Science Questioned On Cow Appearance Predicting Dairying
Washington March 28 science questions the idea that a cow’s looks predict production. A study by Shuilor W W Swett RH Graves and F W Miller compared Sophie of Hood farm and Blackbird of Dallas. Living cows differed in size and conformation but skeletons were similar. Sophie’s skeleton was larger in many dimensions.
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Washington, Mar
Sophie
Hood Farm
Blackbird
Dallas
Shuilor
W. W. Swett
Department of Agriculture
Willy RH. Graves
F. W. Miller
Skeletal Similarities Between Dairy and Beef Cows Revealed
Researchers compare two cows, Sophie and Blackbird, weighing 927 and 1656 pounds, finding similar internal organs and skeletons despite external flesh and shape differences. They conclude dairy and beef types arose from selective breeding affecting flesh rather than skeletal change.
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Sophie
Great Arch Planned In Australian Bridge
Sydney engineers undertake a monumental arch nearly one third of a mile long for the harbor bridge. The 1650 foot arch spans deep water and the ends extend over the harbor while cables hold the unsupport ed ends aloft, a tense precision similar to a rifle ready to fire.
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Sydney
Australia
Mar
Sydney Harbor
Jane
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