Portrait of Mary Washington Restored by English Artists
The article recounts Washington s claim that his mother Mary Washington was a remarkable beauty and that a portrait of her, long thought lost, was restored in England. It traces the portrait s journey from Mount Vernon to Sharples and Cary in England, its return to America unrealized, and General Grant s interest in seeing the Middleton painting. It also covers Mary Washington s life, her influence on George Washington, and her death in 1789, with reflections on her role and memory in American history.
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Edwardes
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Winsburg
Sukey
Madame Ball
Lancaster
Molly
Mama
Lawrence Washington
Chotank
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George
Fredericksburg
Charles Thomson
Thomson
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United States
Virginia
Son
George Washington
Hedge End to boast unique Swiss chalet war memorial
The Hampshire village Hedge End will soon own a distinctive memorial to county men who died in the World War. Built entirely by an ex service man in a Swiss chalet style, it features symbolic figures inscriptions medallions with names a model of the Europa ceiling diamonds with regimental crests colors ribbons and ship crests from the Royal Navy.
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Hedge End
Hampshire
England
Be Positive Positive Resolutions Are Better Than Negative Ones
The note from the Boston Transcript urges choosing constructive goals over abstaining or forbidding actions. It promotes a proactive mindset and upbeat language for self-improvement and decision making.
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Boston Transcript
Much Traveled Mullein A Globe Trotter Plant
The common mullein weed has a long history across civilizations. Romans used dried stalks in candles, Greeks soaked leaves for oil lamps, and Spaniards reportedly used seeds to stupefy fish. The plant’s cosmopolitan past highlights its wide cultural presence.
State Highway Measure Passes in Texas Legislature
Austin TX—Bills establishing a state highway system and city zoning passed the senate amid a flurry of actions. Other items included amnesty for former Governor Ferguson, a ruling that impeachment verdicts cannot be set aside, a prison inquiry tour, and legislative moves on school aid, insurance by laws, and highway commission leadership. Debate covered Frank Lanham’s chairmanship, a markets and weights consolidation bill, and ongoing investigations at Huntsville.
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Dan Moody
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Dallas
Highway Commission
Department of Markets and Warehouses
Weights
Miriam A. Ferguson
L. P. Bonner
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Fort Worth
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Fairchild
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Holbrook
Miller
Moore
Cook
Murphy
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Parr
Real
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Strong
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Wirtz
Witt
Woodward
H. J. Luthher Stark
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Board of Regents
Texas Technical College
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The
Texas University
Edward Howard
Wichita Falls
Ted Dealey
Mort H. Royston
Galveston
L. J. Truitt
Sam Neatherly
McKinney
Tucker Royall
Palestine
Frank N. Crane
Corsicana
Texas Technological College Board
Wanted A Grandmother Maizie Ellen Desires A Grandma
A girl named Maizie Ellen, living next to playmates, longs for a grandmother. She learns her grandmother isn’t a real relative and worries about not having one. She asks her mother, who can’t provide one, then pleads with Aunt Kate during a visit to be called grandma.
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Maizie Ellen
Kate
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rash Remedies Ad
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes. Hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment, plus Cuticura Talcum dusted on, are marketed as pure and fragrant cures. Items priced at 25 cents each.
Strange Behavior Reflects Rural Dismay at Return of Nephew
Farm er Fumblegate tells Farmer Hornbeak his nephew, recently back from the university, seems smart but puzzled by why he feels so at home. The exchange captures unsettled rural reaction to alien ideas arriving from the city, with local skepticism about the young man’s readiness to reintegrate.
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Farmer Fumblegate
Farmer Hornbeak
Kansags City Star
Alarm Clock Origins Keep Timekeeping Tradition Alive
A historical note traces alarm clock ideas to the early mechanical clock, believed invented by monk Gerbert around 996, with striking clocks and alarm attachments forming part of that legacy.
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Gerbert
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