Word: edithport
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...daughter of John D. Rockefeller, recently offered a prize. She would give $1,500, not to mention consolation prizes, for the best name suggested for a 1,500-acre town some real estate men were organizing in the interests of the Rockefeller-McCormick Trust. Names poured in: "Edithwatha," "Edithsdream," "Edithport," "Edithton City," "Lakrenda," "Shadowwood," "Eden Pier," "Krenado Beach" (after Architect Krenn). A Chinaman from Madison, Wis., suggested "Elysians." W. R. Hearst of Maywood, Ill., received a prize of $5 for an inferior title. But a touch of genius fired one Elmer H. Huge of La Porte, Ind. He turned...
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