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...children were released from Ellis Island when it was proved, Admiral McCully being a bachelor of large independent income, that they were unlikely to become public charges. Now their ages vary from 10 to 19 years. The oldest, Nikolai Smnov, is enrolled in the Staunton Military Academy at Staunton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Private Orphanage | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Memorial Association, which plans shortly to raise $500,000 for a memorial to the late President at his birthplace in Staunton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Played for Suckers? | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

...said that when the British, under General Tarleton, drove the Virginia Legislature from Charlottesville to Staunton, volunteers were called for to prevent the passage of the British through the mountains at Rockfish Gap. History tells us that Mrs. Lewis called to her side her three young sons, aged 17, 15 and 13 years, and made them fly to the defense of their country, their native land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uncensored? | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

After an eight weeks' competition, William Brewster Jr. '27 of Lewisburg, West Virginia, was chosen manager of the Freshman basketball last night. He prepared for the University at Staunton Military Academy. Stephen Thompson 2nd of Winchester was elected assistant manager and Donald Frederick Harding of Newtonville was made second assistant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brewster Wins 1927 Managership | 1/19/1924 | See Source »

...born 42 years ago in Staunton, Mass., and as a boy of ten went to work for a sculptor. His next job was in a fertilizer plant, but, loving outdoor life, he soon beat his way to Oregon, where he worked as a lumberjack until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Who Is W. Z. Foster? | 4/7/1923 | See Source »

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