Washington Outgrows Its Government Buildings in Time
A historical note recalls Washington's growth from the City of Magnificent Distances to a capital that has outgrown its grand plans. The Greek temple style treasury, the state war and navy building, and postal facilities expanded or altered, while newer designs moved toward more conservative, lasting lines.
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Ashington
Washington
White House
National
Capitol
Treasury
State
War and Navy
Maryland
Virginia
Treasury Department
State, War and Navy
United States
Bulk of Concealed Assets Recovered in Government Case
The United States recovered about 750000 from the concealed assets of Gaynor Greene and Carter who defrauded the government of 2 million in Savannah harbor work in 1897. The sum seized totaled 636966.69 plus 40000 forfeited surety. Carter supplied over half the assets, totaling 501855.39, with Greene at 105460.25 and Gaynor 29651.05. Most Carter assets were in trust funds including real estate and stocks. The Supreme Court allowed 111054.28 for Carter’s counsel. All court actions are closed though not all assets have been turned to cash.
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United States
Gaynor, Greene and Carter
Savannah Harbor
John F. Gaynor
United States District Court
Northern District of
New York
Ter
Carter
Supreme Court of the United States
Government to Start Picture Shows in National Film Drive
Under Taft authority a government Chicago contract will film all national activities. Scenes include Marines on battleships gunnery road work farm life fighting fire forest rescue and industrial processes to educate and entertain the public.
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Sam
Taft
Chicago
United States Office of Public Roads
Federal women's prison to open at Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas begins building a separate women’s prison inside the federal penitentiary to house about 500 inmates. The facility will be overseen by a woman superintendent and staffed by women, with double walls and no male guards or prisoners allowed inside. Women will sew bed linen and clothing for the prison and repair male inmate garments, with their own chapel and planned entertainments.
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Leavenworth
Kan
United States
United States Penitentiary
Thein
Dreaming on a Train of Love and Deception
Herbert Dayton, discouraged by distance from the girl of his dreams, meets unexpected romance on a westbound express. A web of past infidelity surfaces as Halstead’s deception threatens happiness, then a fall lands Dayton in a hospital where a blue-clad vision may change his fate.
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Herbert Dayton
Express
Dayton
Herbert
Benedict
James Halstead
Halsteads
Halstead
Mr. Halstead
New York
Jennie
Blue
Heroism to Be Recognized at Otago Monument
A monument will honor miner Frank Smith for rescuing fellow miner Bates from a sinking quicksand hole near Dunedin. While Smith freed Bates by opening the suction pipe, both men were engulfed as sludge and water rose. The relief shift found Smith dead, still holding Bates’s hands.
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Frank Smith
Otago
Dunedin
SN. Z. Smith
Bates
Smith
Burning Charcoal Stumps and Land Drainage Advice
The article advises filling hollows in charcoal burning stumps with dirt to block drafts and heat escape. Cedar stumps on wet swampy soils burn poorly except in very dry seasons, when land drainage is required beforehand. It also includes an advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets claiming to regulate stomach liver and bowels.
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Dr. Pierce
Backbone of the British Empire Quote Cited
An English clergyman states that Pastri is the backbone of the British Empire and calls for training and mobilizing this backbone to the front, as reported by the Christian Register.
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Pastri
Christain Register
Professor Questions Who He Has Been Kissing
A comic line as a quarrel between a professor and his wife unfolds with the wife accusing him of neglect. The professor, lost in thought, retorts asking who the other kisser might be, turning the moment into a humorous misunderstanding.
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Gan Waller Page
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Interior Department
Uncle Sam
Ayer
J. 0
Ayer Co
Lewell
Mass
Myees
Portland
Martin
Kodaks
KODAK
Portland Frieze Supply Co
Third Street
Boynton Furnaces
J. C. Bayer Furnace Co
Front and
Portland, Or
Senate
Meadow Glade Osteopathic
Mead C. Coon
Battle Ground
Wash
Yakima Valley
Teppenish
Commonwealth Bidg
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