Will Rogers as Reporter and Kensington Palace History
Will Rogers, the cowboy turned reporter for Hearst journals, dictated his pieces at the Astor while noting their reception by fellow journalists. Kensington Gardens in London grew from 26 acres to 240 acres, with Kensington Palace as a central landmark built under William II and Wren. royal ties include Victoria's birthplace and late royal residence status after 1700.
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Will Rogers
New York
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Kensington Gardens
London
England
Kensington Palace
Heneage Finch
Earl of Nottingham
William II
Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral
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Anne
George II
Queen Victoria
Overdrawing in Health Bank Ends With Body Bankrupt
An ironic tale likens overindulgence to overdrawing at the First Natural Bank of Health. It warns that persistent excesses in sleep, meals, work, and stress leave the body without reserves until disease issues a final draft and all is lost.
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Car crash lands into Palm Beach motor shop
A driver losing control of a high powered car mounted a curb at 16 miles an hour and smashed through a plate glass storefront. The vehicle continued into the rear of the shop before stopping. The driver joked about needing a new windshield and the proprietor offered to fix the steering gear in about ten minutes.
Trouble with Mexicans peppering border culture
A South Carolina Guardsmen letter from Fort Bliss recounts Juarez and the border scene. The writer attributes Mexican turmoil to pepper on tables and in markets, notes crowded markets, squalid streets, and weary soldiers, and reports troop movements and encampments across the border from El Paso to Brownsville.
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South Carolina
Fort Bliss
Texas
Speculation on Border Stay Grows Among Palmetto Boys
Palmetto youths speculate on border duration after passing trains bearing New Jersey soldiers homeward from the Douglas district. New Jersey troops had shorter stays than South Carolina troops, they marched through El Paso in jovial mood, shouting, bugling, and tossing hardtack to pretty girls.
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Scholarships Awarded at Winthrop State Session
The state board of education approved Winthrop's scholarship report leaders for the current session. Winners from numerous counties include Anderson Sarah Dunlap Clara Burdine Omma Geer Margaret Attaway and many others across Bamberg Barnwell Berkeley Charleston Cherokee Chester Chesterfield Colleton Darlington Edgefield Greenville Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Marion Marlboro Newberry Oconee Orangeburg Dantzler Galphin Richland Saluda Spartanburg Union Williamsburg York plus several named scholars from the state at large.
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Winthrop Board of Trustees
Winthrop Board
State Board of Charities and Corrections
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Bamberg
Pauline Cook
Barnwell
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Sarah K. Jenkins
Berkeley
Estelle DeHay
Charleston
Maude Turbeville
Eleanor Mitchell
Willian Mirby
Chester
Sara Julia’ Kee
Chesterfield
Fregil Houser
Colleton
Marie de Treville
Nora Goodwin
Darlington
Marie B. Tedder
Margaret Michel Byrd
Dilson
Annie Mae Allen
Edgefield
Janice Morgan
Greenville
Tecca CG
Holland
Netsie J. Gresham
Ruth Martin
Blanche Sloan
Kershaw
Ogla N. Rush
Lancaster
Mary Kirk
Laurens
Mattie Lee Riddle
Marion
Nell Jones
Marlboro
Kula K. Wasterling
Newberry
Grace Sease
Oconee
Tlal Nan Ethel Martin
Orangeboro
A. Berth. Dantzler
Viola C. Gardner
Inez
Galphin
Richland
Kathleen Merchant
Helen Cheatham
Saluda
Lula Mae Sawyer
Spartanburg
Ruth Smith
Lela Mae ‘Tomlinson
Union
Flossie Wilburn
Williamsburg
Mma Lifrage
York
Edna Lowrance
Investments Rise in South Carolina Securities
The semiannual returns for investments by out of state insurers in South Carolina bonds mortgages and bank deposits show a total of 16,619,805.68 dollars as of July 30 1916. This marks a six month increase of 1,602,000 and a rise of 2,984,000 from June 30 1915.
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Peanut rate cuts approved for crushing by Columbia commission
The railroad commission orders an about 86 percent reduction in crushing peanut rates after hearings with trade groups and shippers. Edible peanut rates remain unchanged as the commission and railways set the final reduction.
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Columbia
Spartanburg Farmers Form Alfalfa Growers Association
Farmers in Spartanburg County organized the Alfalfa Growers Association at the courthouse. The club motto aims to make Spartanburg County the banner alfalfa producing county in the state. About 400 acres have been pledged for alfalfa planting this year.
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Isolated Light and Power Co Chartered in South Carolina
The Isolated Light & Power Company of South Carolina is chartered with capital stock of 10 000. Its principal office will be in Spartanburg. Gov. Manning plans a September 1 trip with the boll weevil commission through the South and may visit South Carolina troops in El Paso. Chester county fair set for October 17 to 20. National Guard shortfall of 30 000 erased per U S war department. Florence to host a fall horse show promoted by T W Jones and B W Covington.
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Columbia
Boll Weevil Commission
Weevil
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el Paso
Chester County
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Taiwan
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Richburg
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Elizabeth Yarbrough
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