Washington area set to become showplace for Fairfax survey office
A neglected 18th century Fairfax survey office near Winchester Virginia is being restored after a committee led by Graham F. Blandy plans roof repair floor relaying and wall repainting. The site where George Washington surveyed for Lord Fairfax is described with details of the man his early life and his roles as surveyor and soldier.
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Dewitt J. Mason Lorge Washington
Lord Fairfax
Clark County
Virginia
George Washington
Washington
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Lord Pairfax
William Fairfax
Lawrence Washington
William Pairfax
Inman
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Ashley's Gap
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
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Othe Lodge
Greenway Court
Mughal
Nooanestery
Ps Candadian
Walter Forge
Monmouth
Lee
Morein
Graham F. Blandy
New York
Martha Washington
Commonwealth of Virginia
New York Carillon Marks Historic Bell Tribute at Park Avenue
The Fort Carillon name ties to early French fort near Lake George and Lake Champlain. Park Avenue Baptist Church receives a 53 bell carillon donated by John S. Rockefeller Jr in memory of his mother. 47 bells rang in a surprise debut as pedestrians heard a world class instrument in New York City.
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New York
Lake George
Lake Champlain
Fort Carillon
Ticonderoga
Park Avenue Baptist Church
John S. Rockefeller, Jr
Mather
Paddy Rice Earliest North American Introduction
The article notes that paddy rice, the edible form of rice in the husk, is produced in subtropical regions, occupying a staple role similar to wheat in temperate zones. It was brought to North America near the end of the seventeenth century and first grown in South Carolina, then in the British colonies.
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North America
South Carolina
Reunion at Halfway Brings Drake back to Olive
Drake Elliott returns to his alma mater for a fifteenth reunion and rekindles a long simmering romance with Olive Swain. Amid memories of class nights, old dances, and campus sights they confront changing lives and unfulfilled dreams. The pair find renewed passion at the Halfway rock overlook.
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Abna Mater
Drake Elliott
San Diego
Buenos Ayres
Drake
Philadelphia
Jorake
Woman's College
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Kathrine
Olive Swain
Olive
Dwight Seaville
Kruke
Denke Elliot
Scoville
College Inn
Diffie
Halfway
Inn Fui Memorial Trystine Place
Poe
Oldsters
Drake Dhad
Dwight
Patty Ahrens
Tanlac promises weight regain and vitality in tonic ads
An advertisement extols Tanlac as a weight gaining tonic that cleanses the blood and improves digestion. It claims many users worldwide have benefited and urges readers to buy now from their druggist, also noting Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation.
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Tanlac
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