Southern lands offer dirt cheap farms and growth hope
The article extols fertile Southern lands at low prices, notes irrigation as a value booster, and contrasts with pricier Western and Prairie markets. It urges policies to boost settlement, education, and economic efficiency, stressing rail access, markets, and national loyalty to Georgia and the South.
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South
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
California
Ilinois
Iowa
Prairie
United States
Plate of fly specks causes waiter to report incident
A restaurant patron entered, sat down, and after brief consideration asked for a plate of fly specks. The waiter reported the remark as an insult and the incident was noted by staff.
Memorials Rise on Civil War Battlefields in Granite
The article describes battlefield memorials across national parks built by states and veterans groups, with Irish-influenced design themes. It explains the shift to sculpture by machinery using pneumatic tools, enabling rapid carving of statues, inscriptions, and letters to mark notable assaults and defenses in the Civil War.
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Gettysburg
Congress of
United States
Why We Are Right Handed
An anatomist explains handedness by heredity and evolution. Early humans favored the right hand in fighting, reserving the left for shielding the body, which led to more development of the brain region that controls the right hand.
Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge Scholar of National Capital Society
Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge, a prominent society figure in Washington, is described as highly cultured. Daughter of Rear Admiral Charles H Davis, she was educated at Wellesley and studied at other institutions. She actively pursues Greek research and proof sheet reading.
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National Capital
Henry Cabot Lodge
Charles H.davis
College Court
Wellesley
Word Building Contest With Grape Nuts Prizes
A 1906 promotion offers 31 gold prizes and 300 paper money awards for a word-making game using Grape Nuts. Contestants form words from YIOGRAPE-NUTS letters, submit word lists with advantages of Grape-Nuts, and may win up to 100 in gold. Prizes awarded after April 30.
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Army of “Plain
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