Robertson Warns Farmers Against Counting On War Boom
Virginia Grange address by Rep A Willis Robertson urges farmers not to rely on a wartime boom. He warns that the World War ended in depression and outlines a program to stabilize prices, maintain profits, and resist inflation while weighing Europe’s war impact on farm income and policy.
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Willis Robertson
Virginia State Grange
Major Robertson
The
Grange
Robertson
Europe
Law Students Practice on Credit in 1789 Court
Historians note James Monroe and John Marshall were among 14 applicants allowed to practice law in Fredericksburg on April 30 1789 despite unpaid bar taxes of 15 pounds. Judges postponed ruling and allowed oath taking pending General Court guidance in a court held at the Town House with several notable figures in attendance.
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James Monroe
John Marshall
Fredericksburg
Corporation
Mason H. Willis
United States
Town House
George Washington
James Mercer
Richard Parker
Richmond
General Court
Bushrod Washington
Geo. Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
John Taylor
Virginia
Robert Brooke
Richard Brent
John Francis Mercer
Maryland
John T. Brooke
Laurance Brooke
John Paul Jones
William Waller Henning
Hennings
Gates Sanative Lotion Promises Quick Relief for Itch
An advertisement urges readers to buy Gates Sanative Lotion at Peoples Drug Store to treat scabies and itching with a money back satisfaction guarantee. The copy emphasizes quick results and nationwide acceptance.
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Ecapart
Peoples Drug Store
Tired Run-down Health Ad Promotes S.S.S. Tonic
An old advertisement urges readers to visit a drug store for an S.S.S. tonic to improve tiredness and appetite. It claims quick improvement and lists directions on each bottle. It markets the product as a time-tested cure with ethical druggists offering no substitutes.
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S.S.S
Virginia schools pledge to boost Virginia apple use
Richmond Oct 26 Schools colleges and institutions across the state pledge cooperation in a statewide effort to increase Virginia apples use. About thirty institutions plan to serve apples in every form with Governor Price backing the campaign and some schools ordering hundreds of bushels. Sweet Briar College joins with orchards and surplus fruit to be sold while several prominent colleges and state institutions participate.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Price
Sweet Briar College
Lynchburg
University of Richmond
Randolph Macon Colleges
Virginia Military Institute
Washington & Lee University
Medical College of Virginia
Hollins College
Virginia State College For Negroes
Eastern State Hospital
The
State Teachers College At
Radford
Fork Union Military Ees Augusta Military Acad
Mary W. College
Virginia School For the Deaf and the Blind
Gasoline Tax Revenues Rise in September Total
Richmond reports state motor vehicles division shows September gasoline tax receipts at 1,795,088.86, up from 1,612,036.98 last year. For January to September, collections reach 14,299,932.84, an 1,083,310.38 increase over the same period last year.
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Robertson
Richmond
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Two's A Crowd At Rural School In District 84
For weeks Mrs. Raymond Dunn earned 50 dollars monthly with no pupils and no duties at the District 84 rural school. Now she has both as Bernice Fink, a third grader, has enrolled.
Convict Out For Starting Life Afresh
A Tennessee prisoner freed in California under Governor Olson’s permission tells how he fled Brushy Mountain camp in 1932 after flogging abuses, began a new life as Carl Holt, and now pursues a carnival promotion career while seeking a Tennessee pardon to travel again.
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San Francisco
Tennessee
Georgia
Carl Holt
Culbert L. Olson
George ~. Davis
E. H. Harris
S.ow
Thomas M. Foley
Louis . Pope
Holt
Petros
Jack Nelson
Sacramento
P.y
West
California
Royal Arch Masons Elect Their Officers
Richmond's Grand Royal Chapter of Virginia Masons elected P S J Sachs of Staunton as grand high priest at its two day annual meeting. Eight officers were raised. A S Burnham Lynchburg became grand king and other leaders named include C Vernon Eddy Winchester C E Webber Salem Alfred C Cosden Arlington Fred J Schmoele Norfolk O M Miles Roanoke and Rev T W Hooper Culpeper. Governor James H Price retained grand treasurer post along with James M Clift of ...
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Richmond
P—S. J. Sachs
Staunton
Grand Royal Chapter of
Virginia Masons
Charles F. Unruh
Kinsalle
Masons
A. S Burnham
Lynchburg
C. Vernon Eddy
Winchester
City of Flint Carried Apples From Virginia
The City of Flint carried at least two carloads of Virginia apples bound for Liverpool when seized by a German raider. Ralph E. Turpin of Charles I. Kent Company cites Waynesboro exporters and Staunton and Winchester shipments possibly aboard. Also onboard the United States Lines ship were seven Virginia crew members from Norfolk and Mathews and Chance counties.
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Flint
Virginia
Ralph E. Turpin
Charles I. Kent Company
Waynesboro
Staunton and
Winchester
Liverpool
United States Lines
Norfolk
William Schuss
John E. Webb
Bosun
Jesse Langston
Robert B. Swain
Herman D. Haddock
James Mehan
Blakes
Mathews
Maurice Allen
Chance
Essex County
Old Gray Cap of Stonewall Jackson Given to VMI
In Lexington on October 26 General Stonewall Jackson's Old Gray Cap, worn earlier in the War Between the States, was presented to Virginia Military Institute. The gift came from Nellis Hotchkiss Holmes of Coleston South Carolina, daughter of Major Jed Hotchkiss, a Jackson staff member. The cap will join Jackson relics in the museum as cadets and faculty gathered in Jackson Memorial Hall for the simple ceremony led by Major General Charles E. Kilbourne. Cadet Nelson Hill Hotchkiss of Richmond read from Major Hotchkiss's diary detailing the cap's history.
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Lexington
Jackson Memorial Hall
Charles E. Kilbourne
Nelson Hill Hotchkiss
Richmond
Major Hotchkiss
Jackson
Jac
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Calvert
New York
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Royal Arch Masons
City of Flint
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John A. Lundin
William H. Whitesell
V. M. Institute
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Michigan Navy
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Sunkist
White House Coffee
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Strongheart Dog Food
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