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Word: macon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meantime, over in Macon County, a certain Farmer-Legislator, J. W. Butler, simple and unassuming, toiled in his fields with plow and harrow, not greatly concerned that the bill into which he had written the faith of his fathers had been seized upon as the classic foe of intellectual freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Rappelyea's Razzberry | 6/1/1925 | See Source »

...your issue of Feb. 16, on Page 17, under "Education," you give the five largest colleges exclusively for women. The last one on the list is Mt. Holyoke with 722 students. Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va., is exclusively for women and its enrollment for 1923-24 was 772 and for 1924-25 is 816. A restatement of the facts would be appreciated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 30, 1925 | 3/30/1925 | See Source »

Southward, Vanderbilt wrenched this way and that at the Quantico Marines but could not break a 13-to-13 tie. Alabama descended vigorously upon Mississippii, 51 to 0. Virginia, a promising combination, subdued Randolph-Macon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

...answer is an answer, in politics. William G. McAdoo campaigning in Georgia, had just completed a speech at Macon. An inquiring Georgian rose and asked: "How do you stand on the Ku Klux Klan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Flat Reply | 3/24/1924 | See Source »

High lights at the osteopaths' convention: Cures were claimed 1) for hay fever, by Dr. T. L. Ray, of Fort Worth, Tex.; 2) for various types of insanity, including dementia praecox, through removal of circulatory and nerve defects, by Dr. A S. Hildreth, of Macon, Mo.; 3) for infected tonsils, through nonsurgical treatment, by Dr. Lucius Bush, of New York. A practical examination for every physician once in five years to keep him up with the times was advocated by Dr. C. J. Gaddis, of Chicago. Dr. W. A. Gravett, of Dayton, 0., was elected President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Schools and Pathies | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

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