Valiant’s Reckoning at Damory Court Drama
John Valiant, heir to a collapsed Virginia timber fortune, meets Shirley Dandridge while vowing to save Damory Court. A covert killer Greer King plots against Major Bristow as Valiant faces dueling pasts, love, and a fateful rescue. Judith’s truth untangles long held secrets.
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John Valiant
Valiant Corporation
Damory Court
Virginia
Amory Court
Shirley Dandridge
Shirley
Valiant
Doctor Southall
Major Bristow
Katherine Fargo
Greer King
Bristow
Greef King
Southall
Chalmers
Rosewood
Uncle Jefferson
Aunt Daphne
Jereboam
Daphne
Jeroboam
Judge Chalmers
Texas Treasury Reports Large Cash and Bond Balances
The August 31 quarter end treasury report shows total cash and bonds at $2.54 million with the General revenue and multiple special funds itemized. Disbursements for the quarter total $2.388 million across funds including general revenue, school funds, university funds and Confederate pension, with detailed balances listed for each fund and subaccount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
J. M. Edwards
Permanent School Fund
Confederate Pension Fund
Permanent University
Permanent Deaf and Dumb
Permanent Orphan Asylum
Agricultural and Mechanical College
University Fund
Hockley County
Endowment
Medical Branch University
Bailey County
Pure Food
Prison Commission
Board of Water Engineers
Winkler County
Upton County
Texas
Spain
Pure Food Fund
Flowers as Emblems Across Nations and Movements
The article traces how flowers symbolize loyalties and political identity, noting roses for Yorkist and Lancastrian factions, primrose for Beaconsfield followers, violets for Bonapartists, and national emblems like thistle, shamrock, leek, and maple leaf. It also discusses the United States lacking a universal national flower due to climate variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Gardens
France
League of the Rose
England
Gladstone
Beaconsfield
Eugenie
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Canada
United States
Father Son Dialogue on Constitution in Party Power Debate
A New York Sun quotation frames the Constitution as a sacred document to a party not in power. The exchange “Father, what is the Constitution?” and “My son, it is a document that is most sacred to the party that is not to power” reflects a partisan perspective on constitutional fidelity and political advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwineter
New York Sun
Haymakers to Organize to Aid South Texas Business
South Texas Haymakers' Association met in Houston to back the hay industry. A stock company with 50000 capitalization was approved to promote hay interests, with stock to be held by association members. The group adopted the Grain Dealers' National Association hay grade and the buy a bale of cotton idea. Members predicted hay could again save towns from bankruptcy this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
South Texas
Texas
South Texas Haymakers' Association
Grain Dealers’ National Association
President Wilson Joins Buy-a-Bale Cotton Drive
President Wilson joins the Buy-a-Bale-of-Cotton Club and telegrams H. Y. McCord of Atlanta to purchase cotton at 10 cents a pound. Nineteen Southern senators pledge to buy one bale or more at the same price, led by Senator Sheppard of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
H. Y. McCord
Atlanta
Sheppard
Texas
Major Cramer Elected Commander in Chief
Major C. M. Cramer of Columbus Ohio was elected commander in chief. Scranton Pennsylvania was chosen as the site for the 1915 convention by the United Spanish War Veterans at their eleventh annual convention in Louisville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Jefferson
Louisville
C. M. Cramer
Columbus
Ohio
Scranton
United Spanish War Veterans
Nine Bales Sell at 10 Percent Cotton Price in Clarksville
In Clarksville Texas nine bales of cotton sold for 10 percent per pound the season's top price.
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Clarksville
Tex
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Lauren Stout
Jefferson
John
Hell's-Half
Dome
King
Chum
Teen Nee
Judith
Ormolu
Monty
Jerry
God
Sassoon
Beauty Valiant
Treasury OF Texas
South Texas Association
C. F. Cramer
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