Burnham’s City Beautiful Plan Spurs San Francisco Remodeling
After a seismic quake and fire, San Francisco officials embrace Daniel Burnham’s city beautiful concept. The plan calls for wider streets, uniform architecture, and redevelopment starting at the water front with the ferry house torn down and rebuilt, marking a dramatic citywide remodel led by Mayor Schmitz.
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Daniel Burnham
Burnham
San Francisco
Schmitz
Mayor Schmitz
Water Front
Ferry House
San Francisco quake shifts city toward Burnham era
A Western disaster report describes San Francisco after the fire and collapse with Valencia Hotel sinks, Chinatown relocation plans, and Burnham driven rebuilding. Officials promise new waterfronts, boulevards, parks, and a drastically enlarged skyline as 50,000 workers move into the burned district within a month.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Burnham
Twin Peaks
Boston
Seattle
Galveston
Baltimore
New French Penny Stamp in Two Colors
The new French penny stamp will be printed in two colors and will bear a figure of a woman sowing seed to a field, like other stamps of the Republic.
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The
Republic
Senate
Princess Ena Granted Royal Highness Style by King Edward
King Edward ordains Princess Ena of Battenberg shall henceforth be styled her royal highness. The country produced 10,000,000 boxes of oranges last year, about 1.6 billion fruit, averaging twenty per inhabitant in the population.
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Ina
Edward
Ena of Battenberg
Spain
Building Material for San Francisco Duty Free
Washington notes discuss a plan to admit duty free steel and building materials for San Francisco reconstruction. Debates expect tariffs to be suspended on steel, with lawmakers citing Chicago fire precedent and steel supply shortages. Also covered are a push for denatured alcohol bill amendments and reports on Southern illiteracy, education funds, and a consolidated relief effort joining the Red Cross to aid San Francisco.
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Chicago
Washington
Congress
American Steel Works
Steel Trust
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Madden
Illinois
Senate
Committee On Finance
Senator Lodge
Senator Foraker
Child Burned to Death in Meridian Kitchen Fire
Four year old Sallie Howell, daughter of Ma and Mrs Charlie Howell of Meridian, went into the kitchen with matches and crawled under the house. Her dress caught fire and the flames quickly enveloped her, leading to a tragic death.
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Sallie Howell
Charlie Howell
Meridian
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