South land riches and opportunities lure enterprising settlers
The article argues for Southern lands as cheap and fertile, urging small holdings and independent farms. It notes farm prices from five dollars an acre, contrasts with Western prices, and calls for policies to maximize natural advantages, rural schooling, and readiness of the rising generation to earn from the land. It ends with a Grady memorial inscription in Atlanta inspiring national development.
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Republic
South
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Calfornia
Illinois
Iowa
Prairie States
United States
New England
Mother Earth
Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Friends of National Development
Building the Unnished Republic and National Water Policy
The speaker argues for Southern settlement aided by rail access and irrigation, urging national action on internal improvements. He links migration to prosperity, forests preservation, and a unified union, promoting irrigation, forestry, and systematic colonization as core policies.
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Jack Frost
Mason and Dixon
South
Arl
The Citizen Stands In Doorway Keeping Hearth
A resident stands at his doorway content as family gathers at the hearth while evening settles after a well spent day. The passage evokes civic duty and faith in the Republic beyond military action.
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Republic
Man Orders Plate of Fly Specks at Restaurant
A man entered a restaurant waited briefly then asked the waiter for a plate of fly-specks. The waiter reported the incident as an uncomplimentary remark likely to provoke a reaction.
Carving by Machinery Marks Civil War Memorials
The article notes Gettysburg and other Civil War battlefields being memorialized in granite marble and bronze to enhance national parks for visitors and preserve scenes of conflict through Yankee ingenuity and artistic design.
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Gettysburg
Irish revival crafts bloom near Dublin in historic village
Irish ladies in a Dublin area village start three industries printing, embroidery, and tapestry to create distinctly Irish designs. Workers include peasant girls trained for future generations. The article notes battlefield memorials and a shift to sculpture by pneumatic tools driven by compressed air, enabling faster carving and lettering on stone.
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Dublin
Why We Are Right Handed in Ancient Fight — Heredity and Brain Link
An anatomist attributes right hand preference largely to heredity, noting early humans used the right in combat to shield the body’s left. The habit influenced brain development controlling the right hand. Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge, a noted society figure in the National Capital, comes from Rear Admiral Davis’s family and has strong Greek scholarship interests.
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National Capital
Henry Cabot Lodge
Charles H. Davis
Wellesley
Word Puzzle Contest Promises Cash Prizes
Postum Cereal Co invites readers to submit word lists built from Webster approved words using Y I O Grape Nuts for a 1906 contest. Top 20 win $10 boxes, 10 win $5 boxes, 300 win $1 boxes, and one overall winner gets $100. Entries close April 30 1906 with 331 total prizes.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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Georgia
Massachusetts
Grady
Old Ireland
Congress of
Vis
St. Fonia
Elgin and
Waltham
Iite
Diamond Cutters Watchmakers
Jewelers Department
State Street
Chicaco
U.S. A
TIS Bros & CO
Campeche
Mexico
Tates
Philadelphia Trust Company
A. Armstrong
U. S. Railroad Com
Phila
Col
A. K. McClure
Times
Phila. Pi
C. M. McMallon
A. L. Wanamaker
International Lumber & Development CO
Drexel Building
Philadelphia
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