Capitol’s busiest man Eliott Woods keeps Capitol running
Washington profile of Eliott Woods the Capitol’s superintendent. He oversees the Capitol grounds and new buildings, coordinates sites and memorials, drafts memorial plans the Lincoln memorial and senate house siding projects, and manages underground rail installations and heating power plants. He works from dawn to night balancing multiple offices and duties with humor and vigor.
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Washington
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Eliott Woods
Joe” Cannon
Capitol
Woods
Congress
Senate
House
Departments of State, Justice
Command Labor
Parable for Suffragettes at New York Luncheon
Mrs. Humphry Ward opposes votes for women using a parable to claim the home circle is the true feminine sphere. An aged Scot tells a minister he will read the Ten Commandments aloud on Mount Sinai, and the minister replies to stay home and follow them.
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Humphry Ward
New York
Senate
Holy Land
Mount Sinai
Grant quips on women in war at New York dinner
General F. D. Grant jokes about emancipation of woman at a New York dinner party. He suggests women would not make good soldiers as they would never grow old enough to be placed on the retired list.
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Capitol
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Atlantic
Woods
F. D. Grant
New York
Beautifying Capital: Washington Plans Near White House
Washington progress under the Burnham commission aims to spend 355 million dollars to create a chain of parks and new office buildings near the White House. The State War and Navy departments face congestion, with potential new quarters funded by Congress and condemnation actions advancing to acquire adjacent properties.
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National Capital
Washington Monument
State, Justice and Commerce and Labor Departments
White Line
Pennsylvania Avenue
14Th Street
Mall
15Th Street
Municipal Building
Sherman
the Treasury
White House
State, War and Navy Departments
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Burnham Commission
Sway
Senate
House
Capitol
National Museum
Department of Agriculture
Library of Congress
Treasury
Congress
Departments of State
Ebliter
State Department
State, War and Navy
War and Navy Departments
Root
Strange fish story from Prowl in Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press recounts Prowl’s tale of a fish that got away, claiming it was the smallest of its lot. The anecdote frame suggests a humorous or cryptic fishing yarn from a local figure.
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Detroit Free Press
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