Successful Sculptress Wins Annapolis Doors Competition
Miss Evelyn B. Longman of Chicago won the $15,000 prize for the design of the Annapolis Naval Academy bronze entrance doors. Jury votes favored her model after 33 competitors submitted high quality designs. Her notable works include the silver medal winning Victory at the St. Louis World's Fair and a Death figure for the Story monument in Lowell Mass.
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Annapolis Naval Academy
St. Louis Fair
Ekill
Robert M. Thompson
Academy
Evelyn B. Longman
Chicago
Woman engineer Nora Blatch joins American Society of Civil Engineers
Miss Nora Stanton Blatch becomes the first woman admitted to ASCE honor, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The piece highlights Miss Longman’s prize sculpture with panels titled Peace and War, wonders about her future, and notes Blatch’s Cornell B.S. in civil engineering and drafting work.
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Nora Stanton Blatch
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Society of Civil Engineers
John Paul Jones
Miss Langman
Winchester
Ohio
Edwin H. Longman
Olivet College
Lorado Taft
Chicago Art Institute
New York
Ing
Miss Blatch
Cornell University
China
Corps of Engineers
Cornell
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Destruction Report
The article describes a devastating San Francisco earthquake and fires with widespread destruction. It notes heroic rescues, public unity across the United States, and cites Charles D. Walcott stating no link between the quake and Vesuvian eruption, while discussing sedimentary weight as a possible cause.
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Italy
Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
Walcott
Mr. Walcott
United States
Geological and
Geodetic Surveys
Charleston
S. C
Greatest Natural Disasters of History
A compact timeline of historic catastrophes listing Pompeii and Herculaneum deaths from Vesuvius in AD 73, Constantinople 557 earthquake, Krakatoa eruption 1883 with 36,380 deaths, 1906 San Francisco quake and fire, and other major events with death tolls and dates.
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
Mount Vesuvius
A. D
Constantinople
Catania
Sicily
Syria
Cilicia
Canton
China
Kuban
Persia
Lisbon
Aleppo
Calabria
Island of
Krakatoa
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Isle of Ischia
Charleston
S. C
Bandalsan
Island of Hondo
Japan
Venezuela
Guatemala
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mont Pelee
San Francisco
The Surgery of the Ancients
An extract notes ancient bridging by the Etruscans and preserved prosthetics from many eras. It cites plaster facial substitutes among Indians, antique artificial limbs found at Capua, and Goetz von Berlichingen’s iron hand in 1504.
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Capua
Pliny
Goetz von
Christian
Duke of
Brunswick
Ambrose Pare
Lorraine
Pare
Sebastian
Peter Lowe
Falcinelli
Roosevelt and Cannon Lay Capitol Cornerstone in Masonry Rite
President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon, both Masons, presided at the cornerstone ceremony for the House office building and the Senate annex. The two buildings, connected to the Capitol and costing about ten million dollars, symbolize a centralized legislative complex with 410 offices planned and a spacious, unified architectural scheme.
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Roosevelt
Speaker Cannon
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Washington
Rome
Greece
Capitol
Congress
Legislative Hall
Place de la Concorde
Paris
Louvre
Elliott Woods
House Building Commission
Federal Lodge
Masonic Order
Virginia
1900 Gravity Washer promises free trial washing
An advertisement extols the 1900 Gravity Washer, claiming gravity power eases washing without wear. It promises a four week trial with free freight, no cash deposit, and a money back if it saves half the time and doubles ease, urging readers to try at home.
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Sean
Henry
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Evelyn Longman
Taft
Stanton
Mies Longman
Longman
Daniel C. French
Chicago Exposition
San Franciscan
Metropolis
Sierra Nevadas
Sacramento
Hemisphere
Pacific
America
California
Vesuvius
Mississippi
Singer
President Roosevelt
Capitol Plaza
Ehad
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