Victorious Sculptress Wins 15000 Prize For Annapolis Doors
Miss Evelyn B. Longman of Chicago won a 15000 prize in a competition for the bronze doors at Annapolis Naval Academy. Her design of Victory prevailed among 33 entrants. She gained fame for the Victory statue at the St. Louis World’s Fair and has works including Death for the Story monument in Lowell Massachusetts.
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Annapolis Naval Academy
St. Louis Fair
Robert M. Thompson
Academy
Evelyn B. Longmen
Chicago
Lowell
Mass
Longman
Chicago Exposition
First Woman Admitted to Civil Engineers Society
Nora Stanton Blatch granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes the first woman admitted as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The piece notes her achievement as unprecedented and cites praise from Daniel C. French. It also details Miss Longman’s sculptural prize work and background, including origin in Winchester Ohio and Olivet College.
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Nora Stanton Blatch
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Society of Civil Engineers
Longman
Winchester
Ohio
Edwin H. ‘Longman
Olivet College
China
Corps of Engineers
Cornell
San Francisco Fire and Earthquake Strike City Hard
A massive, multi‑part disaster hits San Francisco with fires and quakes, triggering heroic rescues amid panic. Scientists led by Charles Walcott say no link to the Vesuvian eruption, noting different causes and the weight of sediment on the earth’s shell as a possible factor.
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Metropolis
Sierra Nevadas
Sacramento
Hemisphere
San Francisco
Pacific
America
California
Italy
Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
Walcott
Mr. Walcott
Mississippi
United States
Geological and Geodetic
Charleston
The Surgery of the Ancients
An article notes bridge work known to Etruscans and other ancient societies. It cites artificial limbs from Capua, Roman examples before Christ, medieval repairs, and Goetz von Berlichingen’s iron hand of 1504 as early surgical ingenuity.
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Capua
Pliny
Goetz von
Laying Cornerstone of New Capitol Office Building
President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon presided as masons in a grand cornerstone ceremony for the House of Representatives office building. The project adds 410 offices and connects to the Senate annex, with future growth in mind, and aims to create a unified legislative center on Capitol Hill.
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Roosevelt
Speaker Cannon
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Washington
Rome
Greece
Capitol
Congress
Legislative Hall
Elliott Woods
House Building Commission
Federal Lodge
Masonic Order
Virginia
1900 Gravity Washing Machine Promises Free Washing
An advertisement extols a so called 1900 Gravity Washer that uses gravity to power washing. It claims easy operation from a seated position, minimal manual effort, and the ability to wash many garments quickly while saving time and effort. It invites readers to try with a pay later plan.
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Ligne
Avery
Saale
Peece
Grote
Freighs
Greatest Natural Disasters of History
A list of historic disasters with death tolls and dates from Pompeii 79 AD to San Francisco 1906. Includes Vesuvius eruption, Constantinople 557 earthquake, Krakatoa 1883, Lisbon 1755, Martinique 1902 Mont Pelee, and San Francisco quake and fire.
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
Mount Vesuvius
A. D
Constantinople
Catania
Sicily
Syria
Cilicia
Palermo
Canton
China
Kucan
Persia
Lisbon
Aleppo
Calabria
Island of
Krakatoa
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Isle of Ischia
Charleston
Island of Hondo
Japan
Venezuela
Guatemala
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Mary
San Francisco
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Stanton
Niel Longman
John Paul Jones
Ing
Miss Blatch
Cornell University
San Franciscan
Vesuvius
Christian
Brunswick
Ambrose Pare
Lorraine
Place de la Concorde
Paris
Louvre
President Roosevelt
Capitol Plaza
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