Winchester guns win prize at Panama Exposition
The Grand Prix, the highest honor, was awarded to Winchester Guns and Ammunition at the Panama Exposition. The Winchester models Er and Repeater are praised for speed, pattern, and penetration, and dealers stock them in their stores.
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Winchester
Panama Exposition
Investment Pitch in Seaboard Land Offer at Aberdeen
A North Carolina classified-style notice questions famed investors like Gates Marston Chapin and Slater as bad investors while offering 1118 acres of prime land on the Seaboard main line in Aberdeen for sale. The terse pitch lists prominent bankers and financiers and ends with a direct question asking if the reader wants the land deal.
Broadacre Plantation Demonstration in Sandhills Sets Example
The article recounts Frederick Gates visiting New York and meeting leaders like Mr. Knapp and Mr. Grubb to plan a farm venture. Gates bought 15,000 acres near Pinehurst in 1912 to prove a businesslike farming model run on sound principles. After initial struggles, Gates, with his sons Frank and Russell, sought a transformative, efficiency driven approach.
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General Education Board
Frederick T. Gates
Grubb
Bradford Knapp
South
Bates
United States
Knapp
Virginia
Carolina
Gates
Pinehurst
Seaboard Air Line
School of Efficiency
Sandhills
Department of Agriculture
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Frank
Russell
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