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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
4
The sixty first Congress opened at noon with only the committee appointment to inform President Taft that the legislature is ready to proceed. Taft’s lengthy message to both houses urged cost reduction and modern methods, praising Peary, and calling for faster litigation, eight hour workday goals, a robust merchant marine, tariff principles, and parcels post on rural routes.
M. B. Conse rails against Lexington Light and Power for failing to fulfill its franchise obligations over six months. He details council efforts, hearings, and bids, notes the company’s resistance to negotiation, disputes a stockholder report, and asserts the council acted in good faith to avoid forfeiture.
The Commissioner in Chancery for Rockbridge County Virginia reports and seeks accounts from the Colored Mercantile Association of Lexington. He notes a decree dated November 25 1910 directing a full accounting of assets and liens, stockholder rights, fair counsel compensation, and any other pertinent items. A hearing is set for Sunday January 1911 at his Lexington office.
An underqualified ad seeks a superintendent to care for children at the Rockbridge County school system. The notice, dated Staunton Virginia December 7, 1041, requests someone willing to sew and clean, with responsibilities linked to lice control and other duties.
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