Grady Speaks for the New South at Delmonico's
Henry W. Grady editor of the Atlanta Constitution spoke at the New England Society dinner in New York on December 29 1887. The address praised Lincoln and the NorthSouth reconciliation while marking a turn toward a new political era and Southern ascendancy in industry and education.
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After Appomattox a Southern healing pledge to New England
A South Carolina speaker recounts Confederate surrender, Reconstruction hardships, and regional rebirth. He urges New England to embrace reconciliation, praising the strengthened postwar South, its emancipation, and renewed union under shared American ideals. He cites ruined farms, freed slaves, and a revived urban landscape as evidence of progress and enduring union.
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Appomattox
Virginia
Sherman
Mason and Dixon
South
New South
Petersburg
Republic
Prophecy of Daniel Webster Paired With Grady Photo
The piece recalls Daniel Webster’s forty year old prophecy about national unity and the call to stay united as citizens and members of the same government. It notes thanks to Raymond B. Nixon and Alfred Knopf for permission to publish the Henry W. Grady photograph.
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Daniel Webster
Raymond B. Nixon
Alfred Knopf
New York
Henry W. Grady
Family sells 103 acre Hardin County farm after eight decades
Albert Yaw recently sold a 103 acre farm in Hardin County that had belonged to his family for 80 years. The sale ends a long family ownership run and transfers the property to a new owner.
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Albert Yaw
Hardin County
Fairy Tale Quip About Roommate Pranks Draws Laughs
The Clear Lake Reporter quotes a mother asking if her son has a good roommate at school. The boy replies humorously about the other night he banged shins on a chair and exclaimed about the perversity of inanimate objects.
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Clear Lake
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