Alexandria a Historic Stop on George Washington Trail
ACH yeir tours to Mount Vernon bring thousands to visit Alexandria Va midway between Washington and Mount Vernon. The old colonial town hosts Washington era sites from Braddock’s defeat Carlisle house to Masonic lodge rooms and the first free school, with cobblestone streets laid by Hessian prisoners.
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George Washington
Mount Vernon
Potomac River
Alexandria
Washington
Mount Verton
Masonic Lodge
Old Carlisle House
Old Town
Braddock
United States
Carlisle House
Major Carlisle
General Washington
Virginia
Potomac
Carlisle
Claggett
Veteran Fire Company
Duke and
St. Asaph Streets
Lafayette
America
Fairfax Street
Duke
First Presbyterian Church
Cameron Street
Thomas Fairfax
Mount Vernon token returned to Kansas historians
The Kansas seal carved from native walnut, sent by Kansas women decades ago to Mount Vernon, was returned to the Kansas Historical Society for the Kansas curios exhibit. Carved by Henry Worrall of Topeka, the four by two foot piece required months to locate a suitable tree in Coffey County and was completed after a summer of work.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
Kansas
Kansas Historical Society
Coffey County
Henry ‘Worrall
Topéka
Jinks scenes and political jabs in a crowded trolley car
A fragment from a 19th century page shows Representative Mann venting about a political squabble. A trolley car anecdote features young Jinks refusing to seat a girl after she praises his dancing. The piece ends with a quote about Shylock and a medicine ad.
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Mann
Teadher
Mr. Jinks
Jinks
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days With PAZO Ointment
Advertisement promises cure of itching, bleeding and protruding piles in 6 to 14 days. It guarantees refund if PAZO ointment fails to cure any case. Product marketed on relief claim with bold test style in early 1900s advertising.
It Takes a Genius to Play the Fool
A concise adage on wit and strategy, noting how clever play can turn folly into profit. The line hints at mastery in deception or performance and the payoff that follows.
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Montana
Oregon
Minnesota
Saxi
United States
New York
Central
Orexan
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Deema Bethune of Sikeston Missouri says years of monthly pain and weakness ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed health, energy for housework gardening and social visits and urges other women to try the remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and nervous prostration after other means failed.
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mre
Deema Bethune
Lydia BE
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Bellhaven
England
Baltimore
Lees
Young America
Shylock
Lyciaam
Ater
Samuel Pytcrer
Bears
the Centaur Company
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ereckamelstead
Lewis_ er
WA Rogers
Mioth St
Kansas City
Broughton
Chicago
Pettits Eve Salve
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