The South’s Promise and Call for National Investment
The essay extols southern lands as cheap fertile options for settlers, urges policies for irrigation, forestry, and colonization, and argues for national effort to improve markets, railroads, and education to build a unified prosperous United States. It highlights Atlanta and Henry W. Grady’s memorial as inspiration.
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Jande Waler
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
California
Tllinois
Jowr
Prairie States
United States
West
New England
Mouher
Atlanta
Bonac
Henry W. Grady
Friends of National Development
Jack Frost
Mason and Dixon
Carving by Machinery in Civil War Memorials
Historic spots of the conflict marked by memorials of artistic design. expense and time saved by Yankee ingenuity. Gettysburg and other Civil War scenes are being filled with prairie, marble, and bronze memorials, enhancing national parks for visitors, especially for chosen guests.
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Gettysburg
Congress of the
United States
Irish revival links weaving and sculpture to heritage
In a Dublin area village Irish Indies j advances the Irish revival by selecting three industries printing books embroidering Irish linen and weaving tapestries and carpets. Patterns favor distinctly Irish designs with peasant workers trained for future generations. Memorial sculpture for Civil War battles shifts to mechanized carving speeding production of statues and inscriptions.
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Dublin
Pneumatic tools and sculpture work described in old report
A Victorian article explains pneumatic tools using compressed air for carving stone and lettering. It describes portable hammers and chisels, adjustable force, and different tool styles for light and heavy carving. It notes air consumption and mentions monuments and figures used in local memorials.
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Fragmentary historical note on a doorstep scene and national tensions
A garbled passage depicts a citizen at a doorway as a family gathers inside. The text references the Republic, drums, and exhausted Darrecks amid an evening scene, suggesting a mood of patriotic strain in a domestic setting.
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Chahine
Wanedd
Loftis
Calta
Little Credit
Bite
Pete
Tarrtorg Impel Aerate
Tautul Dine
Tas
Tomochan
CIA
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Diamond Cutters Watchmakers-Jewelers Department
State Street
Chigaco
Illinois
The
Republic
Why We Favor the Right Hand in Humans
An anatomist explains handedness as heredity and early fighting patterns. He notes early humans used the right hand for offense while the left protected the body, shaping brain development that controls the right side.
Scholarly Woman of Society Steary Cabot Lodge
One of the most scholarly women in Washington society, Steary Cabot Lodge, daughter of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, grew up in culture. She attended Wellesley College and studied at other institutions. She is deeply interested in Greek research and reading proof sheets.
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National Capital
Irs
Steary Cabot Lodge
Charles H. Davis
College Cours
Wellesley
Word Puzzle Contest Promises Gold and Greenbacks
A 1906 contest by Postum Cereal Co. awards cash and gold prizes to readers who list the words they can form from Y I O Grape Nuts. Top 31 winners receive gold, 3500 greenbacks, 3000 smaller prizes, with criteria on word forms and Webster-approved terms. Contest ends April 6, 1906.
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Postuma Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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