Hoist Welcome Sign Virginia to Display Garden Week
Virginia prepares for Garden Week April 28 to May 3 with about 200 homes gardens and shrines open to the public. Gardens club of Virginia sponsors the event reviving a wartime pause and highlighting historic houses such as Westover Mount Vernon Monticello Montpelier and James River sites across the state.
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Richmond
Virginia
Gardens Club of Virginia
Allegheny
Shenandoah
Blue Ridge Mountains
George Washington
Piedmont
Tidewater
Potomac
George Mason
Westover-on the-James
America
Marquis de Chestellux
William Byrd
William Byrd II
Washington
Berkeley-on-the-James
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Berkeley
New World
Margaret
England
Blue Ridge
Jefferson
Monticello
Orange County
Montpelier
James Madison
United States
Dolly
Westmoreland County
Stratford
Thomas Lee
Robert E. Lee
Harry
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington
George
Marquis de LaFayette
Yorktown
John Paul Jones
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Lewis Littlepage
Kenmore
Betty
Col
Fielding Lewis
James Monroe
Chatham
William Fitzhugh
General Sumner
General Burnside
Clara Barton
Williamsburg
Jamestown Road
Jamestown
Pocahontas
Seven Hills
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia House
Warwick
Chesapeake Bay
Princess Anne County
Blackbeard
Queen Anne
Staunton
Pres
Woodrow Wilson
Lexington
Lee
Cardinals Favored In National League Pennant Race
A sports snapshot shows strong support for the St Louis Cardinals as the premier NL club with Musial Schoendienst Marion Kurowski and a top pitching staff. Dodgers and Braves also show strong bids while Cubs Phillies Giants Pirates Reds compete for second division. In the American League the Boston Red Sox are favored with Tigers Yankees also in mix as spring talks heat toward the stretch run.
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Dodgers
Cardinals
George Munger
Johnny Beazley
Pollet
Breecheen
Dickson
Musial
Schoendienst
Marion
Kurowski
Terry Moore
Slaughter
Cubs
Phillies
Giants
Pirates
Reds
Cardinal
Branca
Barney
Head
Pete Reiser
Bones
Red Sox
Tigers
Yankees
Yankee
Florida
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Indians
Russo
O.K
Bucky Harris
Chuck Dressen
Red Corriden
Spud Chandler
Joe Gordon
Cleveland
Tiger
Kell
Ted Williams
Tex Hughson
Bobby Doerr
Dom DiMaggio
Johnny Pesky
Needlecraft Patterns for Gay Flowers and Frocks
Advertises Needlecraft patterns featuring floral designs and linens. Pattern 7111 details transfer sizes and mentions improved visuals and complete directions. Due to high demand, some orders take longer. send orders with 20 cents per pattern to Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Digamist status notes across multiple regions and eras
The items list regional references Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis, a name Pompey, and Fatima with Buffalo New York. It notes digamist status for those remarrying after widowhood or divorce, cites Adrian IV as a historic pope, and mentions population thresholds such as every 1500 persons.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Pompey
Fatima
Buffalo
N. Y
Adrian IV
U S Submarine First Used in Revolutionary War
The United States built its first submarine in 1777 by David Bushnell of Saybrook Connecticut. It could operate for 30 minutes, admitted water to submerge, pumped water out to surface, and used oars for propulsion and steering. It nearly sank the British ship Eagle in New York harbor.
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United States
David Bushnell
Saybrook
Conn
New York Harbor
Keely Water Engine Hoax Revealed After Death
The inventor John Keely of Philadelphia claimed a water powered engine that could move a 30 car train 75 miles in 75 minutes. Demonstrations and bold forecasts drew thousands of investors for 24 years until a 1898 probe showed the engine ran on a hidden compressed air system in a cellar.
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John Keely
Philadelphia
Keely
Collier’s
Lemon and Water Morning Wake-Up Drink
Advertises a natural laxative routine using one Sunkist lemon in water each morning. Claims the citrus juice stimulates bowel action, boosts vitamin C intake, fights fatigue, and aids digestion while providing a fresh tang to start the day. Recommends California Sunkist Lemons.
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Sunkist
California
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Edward Lietz
Auburn
Iowa
Keystone
Omaha Concrete Stone CO
28Th Ave
Sadler, Omaha
Phono Kenwood
Denier
Shirley Hosiery Company
Johnston Building
Charlotte
N. C
Farm Machinery & Equip
J. H. McNolson Supply CO
S. 16
Harney
Omaha
Nebr
Bonner Cedar CO
Sandpoint
Idaho
John Deeree
John Deere
Allis- Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
H. Rolfsmeier
Seward
Neb. Tel
Beatrice
Rae Ess
Victor Cacek
Ashland
Neb
Washington County
Colo
Anton, Colo
Chas. Barfknecht
Bsalesmen
C.o.d.s. Big Line
J. E. Neal Blanket CO
Des Moines
Sears
Leonard Fitch
D.D
K. E. Lookabaugh
Sears Roebuck
Pincole, Nebraska
FOX
Billings
Montana
Victor
Decca
Columbia
Capital
M-G-M
Middle
West
Dietze Music House
Lincoln
Roscoe Hill
Roscoe Hill Hatchery
R St
Real Estate
MISC
South Shore
Leech Lake
A. Main
Whipholt
Minn
Common
Grimm
Hardiston
Red Cloud
Sioux
Tri-State Seed CO
Scottsbluff
WNU
Dean
Doan
T’o
Duke of Gloucester Street
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Royal Governors
Patrick Henry
Bruton Parish
Raleigh Tavern
Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary College
History In Review
Billy Southworth
Braves
Mort Cooper
Cooper
Southworth
Elliot
DiMaggio
M. Cooper
Rubicon
Papal Throne
U. S
Gama Idea
FERRY
Detroit
Morse Seed CO
San Francisco
Fleischmann’s
Fleischmann
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