The Grady Monument and Southern Land Promise
In a travelogue on the South’s land and markets, the writer notes dirt cheap fertile lands from five dollars per acre, compares them to the Far West, and speaks of irrigation, rail access, and the need for public policy to unlock economic growth. Atlanta’s Grady monument inspires national development sentiments.
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South
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
California
Illinois
Iowa
Prairie
United States
New England
Mother Earth
Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Friends of National Development
Ise
Jack Frost
Mason and Dixon
Plate of fly specks prompts waiter remark
A man entered a restaurant and asked the waiter for a plate of fly specks after a moment of deliberation. The waiter reported the uncomplimentary request to staff.
Carving by Machinery at Gettysburg Memorials
The Civil War battlefields, including Gettysburg, are being marked with memorials in granite marble and bronze. These monuments save time for visitors and reflect Yankee ingenuity in commemorating historic spots of conflict.
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Gettysburg
Congress of
United States
Union
Irish revival threads through village craft and battlefield memorials
In Ireland a revival project in a Dublin area village trains Irish peasant girls in three crafts printing books embroidery on Irish linen and weaving tapestries and carpets to produce Irish designs. The piece also notes memorials on Civil War battlefields funded by states or veterans groups and introduces sculpture by pneumatic machinery speeding up carving with air powered tools.
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Dublin
Word Guessing Contest Promises Gold and Prizes
A 1906 contest offers 31 boxes of gold 300 boxes of greenbacks and 100 prize box totals for word creation using YI O Grape Nuts. Top 20 win $10 gold pieces, 10 win $5, 300 win $1, and the overall best wordsmith gains $100 in gold. Entry closes April 30 1906 with notices to winners. The program promotes Grape Nuts and Postum as health improvements and invites letters describing personal health changes.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Why We Are Right Handed and Its Roots in History
An anatomist traces handedness to heredity and early warfare use of the right hand. The brain’s right-handed control develops with such use. Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, a prominent society figure in Washington, is noted for her education, culture, and interest in Greek studies and editing proof sheets.
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National Capital
Henry Cabot Lodge
Charles H. Davis
Wellesley
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Grady Monument
Georgia
Massachusetts
East
West
Republic
Battlefield Memo
Ireland
Hir
Rae Ee Ae
Waltham
Diamond Cutters Watchmakers
Jewelers Department
State Street
Chicaco
U.S. A
Joftis Bros & CO
Campeche
Mexico
Shez Wilesen
Philadelphia Trust Company
Antioname
H. Armstrong
K. L
Times
Phila
Pas
C. M. McMahon
A. L. Wanamaeker
International Lumber & Development CO
Drexel Building
Philadelphia
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