Gunston Hall Restored to its Original Colonial Glory
The article notes Tom Watson of Georgia reportedly bought Gunston Hall in Virginia, once home to George Mason and near Mount Vernon. It details Mason’s roles in pre Revolutionary politics, the hall’s 18th century construction, and its later restorations, linking Mason, Washington, and Fairfax to the estate and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
George Mason
Tom Watson
Georgia
Thomas Jefferson
Gunston Hall
Washington
George Washington
James Madison
Patrick Henry
Mason
Congress
James Monroe
Benjamin Harrison
William Grayson
John Marshall
Edmund Randolph
Richard Henry Lee
Mason of
Gunston
Worcester
John Washington
John
Lawrence
Mount Vernon
Belvoir
Fairfax
Jefferson
Edward Daniels
Daniels
Richmond Journal
House of Representatives
Grant
Joseph Specht
St. Louis
Virginia House of Burgesses
Citizens
Fairfax Court House
Williamsburg
Peyton Randolph
Richard Bland
Edmund Pendleton
Continental Congress
Warwaickshire
Church of the Holy Trinity
Stratford-on-Avon
Staffordshire
America
Gerard Fowke
Giffords
Fowke
Boscobel
Charles II
General Fairfax
Washingtons
Mattawoman
Maryland
the Fawkes
Pohick Church
William Fairfax
Uncle Joe Cannon Urges Full Truth In Real Estate Tale
Speaker Cannon tells how a man complains a real estate agent hid the full truth about a lawn. The agent says the lawn was described as nice, but the man points out the mower is two miles away, illustrating how half truths mislead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speaker Cannon
Uncle Joe
Calves Playful In Meadow Under Farmer’s Quip
A rural scene features a summer boarder admiring calves as they gambol. The farmer corrects her, calling the animals builets, hinting at rustic humor and everyday farm life.
Cabinet Office Proposal Stirs War Department Duties
The article argues postwar growth in the War Department justifies creating a new executive department to manage island affairs. It notes Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines shifting between departments and that the canal zone and insular matters draw intense attention. President may propose the change to Congress as Taft continues canal work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
War Department
Congress
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
The
Phillippines
Department of State
Bureau of Insular Affairs
State Department
Guam
Tutuilla
Navy Department
Philippines
Canal Zone
Taft
Root
Isthmus
Big Ditch
Tafts
Panama Canal
Roosevelt in Dixie Inspires Warm Southern Welcome
President Roosevelt’s Southern tour drew continuous ovations as crowds greeted him in Richmond the Confederate capital. At the Lee monument crowds gathered around an iron fence circle as seventy five elderly gray soldiers, some crippled, leaned on canes and flags, strained to glimpse the president and respond to his invitation to come closer as his carriage approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
South
Dixie
Rough Rider
Richmond
Robert B. Lee
Lee Monument
Th.rk
United States
Lost Cause
Lincoln
Grant
Lee
Gilead
Japan
Empire
Manchuria
The Strength of Japan and Its 30 Million People
The article argues Japan’s power lies in its people’s health strength and intelligence rather than military hardware. It touts national efficiency and fitness as the true source of Japan’s military and global prowess. It recounts President Roosevelt addressing Confederate veterans and bidding them farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Germany
Ungland
France
Italy
United States
Russia
Emile de Laveleye
Japan
Expert Naval Testimony and the Japanese Home Acres
The piece argues that Japan's strength stems from its people and homes rather than fleets. It contrasts Japanese farmers as healthy, well housed and nourished with the U S wage system, and warns America to value citizenship and living conditions for national power. It cites Roosevelt, Kuropatkin and Rojestvensky while praising Oyama and Togo as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecole
Mother Earth
Japan
Home Acres
Kuropatkin
Rojestyensky
Russia
England
Poetic Exchange Between Father and Child
A fragment depicts a father asked for dessert refused with a defiant line. A child seals the moment with a kiss pressed on the blacksmith’s brow, captured as a small intimate vignette.
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Potomac River
Uncle Joe Cannon
Live Stock Matters
Department OF Insular Affairs
Secretary of War
Panama
Philip
Clarence R. Edwards
Garden Farms
Nippon
At Central Market
General Lee
Dick Thompson
Indiana
Navy Yard
Rojestvensky
Togo
Robert Hunter
Ewes & Potter
Boston
Mass
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