Successful Sculptress Carves Doors for Annapolis Academy
Evelyne Longman of Chicago wins the competition to design and sculpt bronze doors for the Annapolis Naval Academy memorial of the class of 1868. Longman’s famed bronze Victory from the St Louis World’s Fair is highlighted, with its silver medal and subsequent display and sale to Chicago institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis Naval Academy
St. Louis Fair
Robert M. Thompson
Academy
Evelycn. Longman
Chicago
Misa Longman
Yal Hall
St. Louie
Chicago Art Institute
Union League Club
Lowell
Masa
Woman Civil Engineer Miss Nora Stanton Elsted Joins ASCE
Miss Nora Stanton Elsted, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, becomes the Wet woman admitted to the American Society of Civil Engineers amid praise. The piece notes her support and the artistic achievement of Miss Longman, a rising sculptor, and references Miss Match, Cornell’s first BS in civil engineering, as a draughtsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Stanton Elsted
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Society of Civil Engineers
Miss Longman
Winchester
Ohio
Edwin H. Longman
Art
Olivet College
Lorado Taft
Chicago Art Institute
New York
Ing
Miss Match
Elvi
Cornell University
China
Corps of Engineers
Cornell
San Francisco Earthquake Fire Wreck City in 19th Century Chronicle
Ancient reports describe a devastating San Francisco quake and fire sweeping the metropolis, with walls collapsing and dynamite used in vain. The piece notes widespread heroism, national sympathy, and expert dismissal of a direct quake volcano link, citing sediment weight from rivers as a possible regional cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Nevadas
Sacramento
San Francisco
Pacific
Lfe
Phoenix
Abe
America
Mississippi
California
Ancient surgery and prosthetics through history
The article sketches early dental work and bridge practices among ancient cultures. It notes padded evidence of facial mutilation as punishment, mentions early artificial limbs including a Capuan artificial leg, and cites Goetz von Berlichingen’s 1504 prosthetic hand with brief medieval and Roman precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Capua
Christ
Goetz von
Cornerstone Ceremony Signals Capitol Extension Plans
President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon, both Masons, presided at the April 14 cornerstone layings for the House and Senate office buildings, marking a $10,000,000 expansion of Capitol Hill. The new complex will include 410 offices and connect underground to the Capitol, with designs echoing classical European temples and harmony with the Capitol dome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Speaker Cannon
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Washington
Rome
Greece
Capitol
Congress
Legislative Hall
Ofice
Dergale
Senate Ofice
Gey
Worl Elliott Woods
House Building Commission
Whch
Federal Lodge
Cannan
Virginia
Gravity Washing Machine Promises Easy Clothes Cleaning
An OCR fragment touts a 1900 Gravity Washer, claiming effortless, fast washing with gravity aided tub rotation and internal paddles. It extols not needing scrubbing, with claims of saving labor, suitability for home use, and dramatic time savings versus hand washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabur
Gruylts
Pachina Tata Elmore
Botton
Luce
Nadie
Aly
aVghild
Metro
Orion
Sal
Uuo
Ana
Ian
Nenarali
Eula Odfaty
Lobar
Gara
Greatest Natural Disasters of History
A compiled list of historic catastrophes with deaths and dates. Pompeii and Herculaneum per Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD. Numerous earthquakes across cities such as Constantinople, Sicily, China, Lisbon, Aleppo, Krakatoa, Hawaii, Ischia, Charleston, and San Francisco, plus volcanic eruptions and broader calamities with tens of thousands dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeii
Hoerculaneum
Mount Vesuvius
A.D
Constantinople
Catania
Sicily
Sytia
Chiiia
Eater
Canton
China
Kupiten
North
Persia
Lisbon
Aleppo
Calabria
Island of
Krakatoa
Guatemala
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mont Peles
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evelyn Loogman
Taft
Elte
Stanton
John Paul Jones
Chicago Exposition
San Franciscan
Metropolis
Vesuvius
Italy
Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
Walcott
Halian
Mr. Walcott
United States
Charleston
Christian
Brunswick
Ambrose Pare
Lorraine
Pare
Sebastian
Peter Lowe
Marcinelli
Aulver
Garde Meubte
Place Dé la Concorde
Paris
Thase
Louvre
President Roosevelt
Capitol Plaza
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