Washington and the Fairfax connection shaped a nation
The piece recounts how Lord Fairfax mentored young George Washington in Virginia, influencing his surveying work and frontier skills. It links Washington's rise to leadership with his early bond to Fairfax, describing Greenway Court, Belvoir, and Mount Vernon as stages in a Liberal education that forged his mastery of wilderness warfare and strategic riverine movement.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Ord Fairfan
Old Episcopal Church
Winchester
Lord Fairfar
George Washington
Publc
Virginia
United States of America
Lord Fairfax
Thomas
Baron Fairfax
Lord Culpeper
Horn
England
Oxford
Horse Guards
The
Spectator
Talifax
Nm Court
Zoes
Virginian
Greenway Court
House of Lords
Albert Kirby Fairfax
New York
Leandon
Fairfur of
Cameron
Shenandoah Valley
Potomac
Knappahannonk
Virginis
Virginias
Mount Vernon
Culpeper Grant
Fairfaxes
Washingtons
William
Virginiia
Belvoir
Lawrence Washington
George
Mount Vernons
Anne
William Fairfax
George William Falirfax
Miss Carey
Hampton
Lord Faliifax
Lord Fairrfax
George Lord Fairfax
Colonies
Great Britain
Yorktown
Presidency
Fairfax Principality
Washington
Culpeper
Olio
Valley Forte
Monmouth
Lee
Braddock
Delaware
Trenton
Walt
Morgnan
Western Brevities from the Many Western States
A parade of brief notices from across the West reports hearings sought for upper Colorado river basin, a bank payroll robbery in Portland, a flag desecration sentence in Los Angeles, a devastating Fire in Rock Springs, a camera bear photo in Glacier Park, a rancher killed in Alpine, a rattlesnake battle in Fort Lupton, evangelist unrest in Tacoma, gasoline sales order in South Dakota, a Denver hair illness outbreak, Stokes custody case dropped, a student fall in Portland, air collision near Oceanside, a Seattle munitions seizure bound for China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Roberts Bros
United States National Bank
Los Angeles
Calif
Ball
Dyer
Joseph Chambers
Rock Springs
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Glacier Park
Mont
Wild
Granites Park
Glaeter National Park
Alpine
Wyon J. D. Livingston
Fort Lupton
Cole
HH. Slauterback
Tacoma
Wash
Mathews
Mitchell
S. D
South Dakota
State Supreme Court
Denver
Colo
WW. E. D. Stokes
New York
Helen Elwood Stokes
Indians and Science in Ancient Craft Techniques
A Wrathfinder Magazine excerpt notes that American Indians used chemistry-inspired methods and local geology for tool making. It cites James Branagan of Philadelphia at a Los Angeles chemists meeting describing bone, ash soaking, glue from fish scales, pitch sealing for canoes, tempered clay pottery, and dyes for clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Branagan
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Wrathfinder Magazine
Aftermath of Love Triangle Tests Harolds Resolve
Harold pursues Mildred despite her inner doubt about Elarath. Mildred wrestles with her feelings while she contemplates love and commitment as persistent advances proceed.
Fortune Tale Ends in Woe for Mildred and Harold
Mildred Elmally sought guidance from a fortune teller who labeled Harold a TI and urged marriage. She wed him, and soon both her resources and Harold's were depleted as Mildred says Harold was palmed off on her by deceitful means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmally
Mildred
Harold
Liarold
Nashville
Cuban Pineapples Arrive in U S This Year In Rail Freight
Readable fragments indicate Cuban pineapples were shipped to the United States this year with freight costs noted as 8 200. The report mentions shipments from Cuba and relates to freight logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Roots of a Patient's Trouble Tale
Dr. G. Schaefer narrates a tale about extracts as a cure for ailments. A man bit his nails until doctors suspected teeth may cause the issue. They removed a few teeth then all of them and the man stopped nail biting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. G. Schaefer Feld
Deserved His Drink During Tuncheon Interval at Golf Match
A country golf match interval sees a crowded refreshment stand with a frustrated spectator demanding service. A heated exchange unfolds as a man shouts a line about stories of the nines, while a girl replies she has not heard them and prefers her chocolate soda. Morals are implied.
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George Washinston
Lord Keirhax
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Colorado River
Senate Committee In Irrigation and Reclamation
Dolph E Carpenter
Interstate Colorado River Commission
Multnomah
Albert P. Goss, Jr
University of Oregon
San Diego
Cal
Leiutenant
Edgar L. Adams
U. S
Battlefleet
North Island Naval Air Station
Oceanside
Here
L. C. Stevens
J Mills
Seattle
Hartford
Mfildred
Elarath
Spitan
Chicago
Salt Lake Glass & Paint Co
Salt Lake City, Utah
F. Ob. Lansing, Mich
Pareis
Fie
B. Lansing
Mich
Durant Motors, Inc
West 57Th Street
General Sales Dept
Broadway
Canada
Mextico
Piers
Elizabeth
N. J Lansing
Mid
Oakland
Toronto
Ont
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