Alcock and Brown Flight Praised as Pioneering Achievement
The piece lauds Alcock and Brown for completing the Newfoundland to Ireland flight, crediting their success to physical, moral, and mental fitness and to the science of air navigation. It praises the teamwork of engineers, draftsmen, and laborers who built the machines enabling such voyages and predicts their names will shine in history alongside other pioneers.
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Alcock
Brown
Newfoundland
Ireland
New York Sun
Europe
Month of Roses Poem by Walt Mason
Poem celebrates June roses and pleasant memories. Narrator recalls childhood scenes, gardens, and old familiar faces while praising rose scents from Taunton to TaUNTON. The piece reflects nostalgia and the joyful aroma of roses as a sensory anchor.
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Taunton
Tandapeuore
Walt Mason
Market Reports Local Wholesale Prices Listed
Daily market corrections list wholesale quotes for hay oats butter and eggs. Prices include No 1 timothy hay mixed hay oats rye and creamery butter with variations across items and regions.
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Tao
Timothy Hay
Alfalfa on Every Farm in Virginia
Agronomist E. R. Hodgson urges Virginia farmers to prepare alfalfa plots and focuses on lime use. He notes burnt lime acts faster, ground limestone is cheaper, and high magnesium limestone better corrects acidity. Rates vary by soil needs. one to two tons per acre are cited with county agent help.
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E. R. Hodgson
Agronomist
Flood Named to House War Department Expenditure Panel
Representative Henry D. Flood of Virginia is named as a member of the House sub committee to investigate War Department expenditures abroad during the war. Chairman is Representative Graham of Illinois. Mrs. W S White Mrs E J Jilkins and Mrs John S Miller departed yesterday for relatives near Washington.
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Henry D. Flood
Virginia
House
War Department
Flood
Representative Graham
Illinois
W.S. White
EJ. Jilkins
John S. Miller
Washington
Call for Extra Session on Good Roads Plan in Virginia
Col. L. L. Lupton and Leroy Hodges discuss a petition to the governor urging a special session of the Legislature to consider a good roads program. Officials expect arrival of several committee members in Richmond and a decision on presenting the paper within a day or two once the governor returns.
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Richmond
Virginian
L. Lupton
Virginia Good Roads Sociation
Senate
Capitol
Leroy Hodges
Ernor
Hodges
Lupton
Pident Lupton
1 Good Roads Association
Davis
Hin Ofieg
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The
Evening Star
Harry Flood Byrd
Alcock and Brown
Market Reports
Star
Bayeret
Whelt
Selon Eeeeeed
Markey Cocos Seer Creamery
Bewees
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Agricultural Extension Division
Castor
Castoria
Oxford
Huntsberry
D. W. Isley
Linchfield
Ill
Sii
B. C. Farr
Washington, D. C
Hotel Evans
Barton
Piedmont
F. M. Smith, JR
Manassas
Franck Baker & Son
Good Roads
Regeieul
Peyton Street
Jno Harmer
Fair Grane
Clarence Hardy
W.’ Murray Baechtel
Potomac St
Hagerstown, Ma
John Harmer
Paone
Cadilly St
Slesmen
Atlantic Woolen
Hirth
Wadesville
Crozet Cooperage Company
Crozet, A
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