Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gentleman largely responsible for Virginia's new roads is another exemplar of the way politics can keep its breeding, and again Lady Astor's remark was a neat compliment. The road-builder was her host and distant relative, Governor Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia...
...Governor Byrd's widest claim to fame is his brotherhood with Richard Evelyn Byrd, famed flyer over far poles. Richmond's politico-social renaissance received scarcely a decimal fraction of the nationa publicity attending Commander Byrd': preparations to depart for the South Pole from Los Angeles?preparations which obliged the unsocial-seeming explorer to absent himself from a fete in his honor...
There are poles and polls. To Harry Flood Byrd, a first son, fell the almost feudal duty and honor of taking over Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr.'s position in Virginia politics. The father co-bossed the State with Representative Harry ("Hal") Flood, famed in Wilsonian days as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The roads which Lady Astor so admired are but one of many testimonials to the business-likeness with which Governor Byrd has handled his heritage...
...member of the British Parliament, arrived on the Aquitania with 27 pieces of baggage, a diamond tiara and a daughter (Phyllis). They were met at the pier by Lady Astor's sister, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. They are to attend the great ball given by Governor Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia. For reporters, Lady Astor had some of her customary quixotic generalities: "I am a wily old politician and I won't be trapped. . . . Women do not vote as do their husbands. That is one of the delusions men have which they must get over...
...Dear Commander Byrd: A little while ago I asked mother if ten dollars would be enough to come in handy if sent to you, and she said 'yes.' Therefore I decided to send you ten dollars which I earned this Summer by painting the piazza roof, washing the muresco off the walls and ceiling of the bathroom, weeding the garden and various other similar jobs. I thought you might be able to buy some extra things...