Virginia’s enduring heritage and landscape recounted
Washington Digest surveys Virginia's history from Jamestown 1607 to Shenandoah Valley and Cumberland Gap, highlighting presidents born or living in the state, its topography from Tidewater to Piedmont, and the enduring industries and leisure traditions that shape Old Virginia.
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Virginia
Old England
Atlantic
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Robert E. Lee
Jamestown
America
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Williamsburg
Commonwealth
Lee
Appomattox Court House
Lynchburg
Commonwealth of Virginia
Elizabeth
England
John Smith
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Charles II
Scotland
Ireland
Harrison, Taylor and Wilson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Tyler
Tidewater
Piedmont
Valley
Boston
Potomac River
Washington
Buffalo Gap
Goshen Pass
Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
Smithfield
Lord Fairfax
Blue Ridge
Alleghenies
Shenandoah Valley
Pennsylvania
Co op Sponsorships in Radio Bring Community Ties
A WNAX sponsored essay extols cooperative sponsorship in radio as a local, democratic system. It highlights benefits for listeners and broadcasters, cites Mr. and Mrs. John Oeser of Iowa as guests, and outlines a broad tax reform proposal favoring small business and reconversion.
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Tead
Legion
WNAX
Yankton
S. C
John Oeser
Washington
Westside
Iowa
Min-Qaeser
Xville
Joe Doe
Electric Power Company
America
Pennsylvania Avenue
Main Street
Staton
Congress
State Chambers of Commerce
Charming Williamsburg history and restoration tale
Williamsburg, once colonial Virginia’s capital, declined after 1799 when Richmond became the seat of government. John D. Rockefeller Jr funded a restoration of 311 colonial buildings after exhaustive work to ensure accuracy and authenticity for an educational undertaking.
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Williamsburg
Virginia
England
Richmond
College Town
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Old City
Barbs and Beliefs on War Tax And Homefront Hopes
A wartime column notes tax expansion from four million to over forty million filers and asks what soldiers in Europe want most. It argues homes and families top the list, while suggesting simple aid can ease hardship and shift opinions amid conflict.
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20Th Century Fund
Europe
Maritime Origins of Common Figures in Everyday Speech
The piece traces nautical roots of idioms such as pouring oil on troubled waters and feeling buoyed up. It explains the bitter end as the end of a ship’s capstan cable at the bitts and how a vessel at anchor stretched it to its limit reaching the bitter end.
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Vaporub
Nutty All Bran Muffins With Molasses Recipe
Easy nut sweet muffins with Kellogg's All Bran and molasses. Soak bran with molasses and milk, mix in egg, sift dry ingredients, combine, fill muffin pans two thirds full and bake at 400 F for about 20 minutes yields 16 muffins.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
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