Voters defeat county bond for courthouse plan
A King George bond proposal for a $10 000 courthouse was rejected by the voters, with only 34 in favor. The column also notes Albemarle apple crops, a Senate quip on liquor licenses, a Staunton man’s aviation patent, and a Georgia road improvement boosts land value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George County
Albemarle County
Walter Whately
Crozet
Virginia Horticultural Society
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
U.S. Senate
Don Thacker
Les County
Manno
Gilbert S. Lonas
Shenandoah County
Oth
San Francisco
New Orleans
Panama Canal
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Virginia
Robert Bf. Lee
Washington
Vermont Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Montpelier
Thomas J. Whalen
Staunton
Greenville Road
Whalen
Wrights
Curtiss
Georgia
Taft Seeks South Education Solve With White and Black Efforts
President Taft, addressing Milion Institute directors in Washington, says the race question will be settled by education in the South. He cites the need to educate Southern whites alongside Negro education to meet the region’s problems and uplift both groups. He notes local communities include educated elites and poorer whites lacking facilities, contrasting attitudes toward education between races.
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South
Taft
Milion Institute of
Marion
Ala
Raleigh
Washington City
Institute
H. O. Muries
Gong
Pellagra Not Caused by Corn Theory Says Lavinder
Dr Claude H Lavinder, noted in Pellagra discovery, returns from Europe with a cautious verdict. Italian scientists suggest pellagra stems from a bacillus or insect affecting field workers, not from food or drink, and not contagious unless in infected areas. The view relieves corn farmers and boosts hope a Virginia doctor may pinpoint the pellagra insect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Claude H. Lavinder
United States Marine Hospital Service
Norfolk
Europe
Lavinder
Italy
Virginia
Walter Reed
Norfolk Landmark
Dose of City Life: Virile Training for College Bred Men
An essay by L Perrin of Boston University urges urban-based college education to forge men able to resist temptation. He argues young men should live amid city life during college to learn practical civic and business realities. He warns against mollycoddling and stresses training boys to meet worldly challenges directly.
Under the Great Shadow The Last Words and Duty
The piece reflects on duty as life ends. It cites Edward’s final words I think I have done my duty and considers mothers fathers and children finding consolation in duty fulfilled. It contrasts parental guidance with waning hopes and the silent ache of loss. The Commoner by W. J. Bryan is quoted on duty and the unseen beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Oy W. J. Bryan
Vigor of The Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record commands a large out-of-town following across New Jersey Delaware and Maryland not by local bias but by diverse appeal. A Democratic paper its popularity rests on vigorous editorials that earn respect from readers with varied political views while news remains fair accurate and broad in scope.
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Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jesey
Delaware
Maryland
The
Record
Hrecord
Stop the Newspaper Ad Campaign in Panic Economy
A clipping discusses advertising as vital to a city and warns retrenchment. It reflects on saving costs such as subscriptions while critiquing a Virginia cussing over the telephone bill. The measure fines vulgar language over phones up to $100. The piece ends with a quip that saving half of earnings keeps money flowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Fitzhugh
House of Delegates
Virginia
Roosevelt Returns Home After Fifteen Month World Tour
Theodore Roosevelt arrives in New York harbor to a monumental homecoming. A vast sea of ships and cheering crowds greet the former president after a 26,000 mile journey, marked by European monarchs and public adulation. At Rocky Mount the Fifth district Democratic convention nominates Judge K. W. Saunders for Congress by acclamation. Ontario wildfires devastate timber, leaving hundreds without homes.
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Theodore Roosevelt
America
General Grant
Roosevelt
New York
Africa
Nimrod
Elarmists
Europe
United States
Edward of England
Rosevelt
Gaynor
Kr. W. Saunders
Rocky Mount
Swanson
Son of V M J has achieved distinction
It is probable Rome regards Sir Moses Ezekiel as more than a fellow citizen yet he remains a Virginian and a Rich monder. From Lexington to Diocletian’s baths in Rome, his life’s music is the rattle of cadet muskets at New Market. His Lost Cause devotion endures after Appomattox, as he honors Virginia with plastic art including a Jefferson statue for the University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Moses Ezekiel
Eternal City
Old Dominion
Virginis Military Institute
Lexington
Baths of Diocletien
Moses
New Market
Appomattox
Europe
University
Jefferson
Sir Moses
Richmond Journal
Advice for the College Boy During His Home Vacation
A Shenandoah College Institute talk urges college lads to work at home, keep their old places, and respect parents while returning to study. It stresses humility, practical effort on a farm if needed, and avoiding self importance, noting honest living appeals to conventional values. The Harrisonburg Times adds Secretary Knox being named as Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for governor and presented to the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Weekley
U. B. Church
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute
Harrisonburg Times
Knox
Pennsylvania
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Alabama Institute
Profesor
Mr. L. Perrin
Boston University
Vigor
Ontario
Canada
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