Byrd Endorses Wilson and Seeks Federal Appointment
The Newport News Times-Dispatch lauds Dick Byrd for backing Woodrow Wilson in Virginia and asserts Byrd’s qualifications for United States district attorney. It credits Byrd with guiding a key Virginia victory in the Baltimore convention and argues the federal post suits his legal training and experience.
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Byrd
Wilson
Virginia
Times- Herald
Norfolk
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Dick Byrd
United States District Attorney
Barr
House of Delegates
Newport News Times-Dispatch
Remembering a King and a Headsman on the Block
A fragmented reminiscence recalls King Charles facing execution and the uncertain message he intended to speak. The hurried headsman cut the sentence short, leaving readers to ponder the doomed monarch’s wish to address the people.
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Charles
The Battle Over Roles and Morals in Southern Texas
A fragment argues that men should not wash dishes and should stay home after work, while women influence dress and behavior. Bishop Wilson condemns modern vice, noting declines in morals beyond high society. It blames loose manners of young women and moral decline on inadequate upbringing.
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Texas
Rome
Wilson
Christmas shopping in Winchester with the largest ornament line
Sunday schools and Gaanchar advertise candy boxes and tree ornaments as the largest and cheapest line seen in Winchester. The ad promises trading stamps from Geo. F. Norton Pub. Co. at 122-124 N Main St and hints at a political or moral message in a poem by Walt Mason.
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Gowen Fae
Winchester
Geo. F. Norton Pub
Main St
Shenandoah narrative drama recalled in Civil War era prose
The passage recounts a serialized novelization of Bronson Howard's Shenandoah set in Charleston and later Virginia. It highlights Beauregard and Fort Sumter, the Shenandoah Valley campaigns, and figures like Stonewall Jackson and Sheridan. It notes adventures of Gertrude Ellingham and Belle Boyd, Libby Prison, and the valley’s landscapes and hardships. The tale ends with the couples' marriages and a plea for moral conduct.
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Charleston
D. C
Fort Sumter
Beauregard
Virginia
Massachusetts
Sumter
Mahasxs
Gertrude Ellingham
Cedar Creek
Belle Grove
Hite
Gertrude
Belle Boyd
Berryville
Belle
Smith
Libby
Shenaminah
Jackson
Nan
Stonewall Jackson
Ashby
Old Jack
Fredericksburg
Chi jons+ville
Massanutten
Sheridan
Winchester
Washington
Logam House
Richmond
Petersburg
Heaven
Geneval Sheridan
Lee
General Beauregard
Americer
Shétidanta
Guster
Custer
Shéridan
Greenwood Notes recount local family visits in Greenwood Virginia
In Greenwood Virginia on December 7 Mr and Mrs Peter Hamman hosted relatives from Shenandoah county. Henry Hamman from need ter spent time with his brother Peter Hamman. Guy F Lind of Macedonia visited his brother G W Lind, and the Lind family hosted visitors Sunday. Myrtle Barr called on Mrs Peter Hamman, while Mrs Clarahan of Wood sor visited her brother.
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Greenwood
Dee
Peter Hamman
Shenandoah County
Henry Hamman
Need Ter
Peter Hammar
Guy F. Lind
Macedonia
G. W. Lind
F. Lind
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New York World
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