Successful Sculptress Wins Fifteen Thousand Dollar Prize
Wiss Bevelyn Lonsman of Chicarsa awarded $15,000 for designing bronze doors for Annapolis Naval Academy. Competition drew 33 entrants, jurors favored her model Myelyn Longman of Chicago Patt. Lonsman highlights self funding artistic education. A bronze reproduction will adorn the academy entrance, with other works noted including a bronze Death figure at a Lowell cemetery monument.
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Wiss Bevelyn Lonsman
Chicarsa
Annapolis
Naaval Academy
Uns
At. Lows
Annapolis Naval Academy
Robert M. Thompson
Academy
Myelyn 2. Longman
Chicago
Crewe
Iefory
Union League Club
Mise Toneman
Lowell
Mars
First Woman Admitted to American Society of Civil Engineers
Nora Stanton Blatch, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, becomes the first woman admitted to ASCE. The article details her achievements, education at Cornell, early work with a bridge firm, and recognition of her artistic sculpture by Lunia. Also notes Miss Longman’s peace and war panel sculpture and Stanton’s anticipated bright future in engineering.
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Nora Stanton Match
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Society of Civil Engineers
Miss Longman
Kefence
Vaine
Joh Paul Jones
Fran
Haines
Miss Liwogindu
Winchester
Belug
Giver College
Lurado ‘Pari
Chicago Art Institute Os Wis
Taiie
New York
Buumailor
Lubir
Ing
Miss Dlateh
Cornell University
Aine Guibitry
Cutie
Youn Chinachan
Corack
Wissemi
Tye
Engimesring
Wilkie
Isluteh
Calamity in San Francisco and Vesuvian Echoes
A dramatic account describes a massive earthquake and citywide fires in San Francisco during dawn, with heroism shown amid devastation. It notes global sympathy and relief efforts, while scientists led by Charles J. Walcott dispute a direct link to the Vesuvian eruption, citing distinct causal factors and sediment weight effects on the earth's crust.
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Sierra
Nevadas
Sacramento
Hemisphere
San Francisco
Metropols
Pacific
America
California
Italy
Charles J. Walcott
Geological Survey
Walcott
Mr. Walcott
Mississippi
United States
Walevit
Otter Selon
Grulowical
Geudetia Harveys
Gallselay
Charleston
Greatest Natural Disasters of History
A catalog of historic calamities listing Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79, Constantinople 557, Catania 1137, Syria 1158, Cilicia 1268, Palermo 1726, Canton 1731, Kuelina 1786, Lisbon 1755, Aleppo 1823, Canton 1830, Calabria 1857, Krakatoa 1883, Mauna Loa 1880, Ischia 1883, Charleston 1886, Bandalian 1888, Hondo 1891, Venezuela 1854, Guatemala 1902, St Pierre 1902, Vesuvius 1906, San Francisco 1906. vast death tolls and major eruptions noted.
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Pompeii
Therenlaneum
Vestvius
A.D
Constantinople
Catania
Sicily
Syria
Cilicia
Palermo
Canton
China
Thouane
Kuelina
North
Persia
Lishon
Etty
Aleppo
Calabria
Island of
Krakatoa
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Isle of Ischia
Charleston
S. C
Island of Hondo
Japan
Venezuela
Guatemala
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mont Pelee
San Francisco
Tire
Ancient surgical arts span eras from Etruscan bridge work to iron hands
A British Medical Journal article surveys early medical devices from antiquity to the Middle Ages. It cites Etruscan prosthetics, plaster replacements in Indian cultures, and Greek Roman veterans with artificial limbs. The oldest known artificial leg rests in the Royal College of Surgeons museum at Capua, with notes on other wartime restorations including Berlichingen’s 1504 iron hand.
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Capua
Bliny
Georg von Berlichingen
Capitol Cornerstone Ceremony Marks New Office Building
President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon oversee the laying of the cornerstone for the new House and Senate office buildings. The project, part of Capitol improvements, adds 410 offices and connects to the Capitol via an underground passage. Construction aims to finish in time for the Sixtieth Congress, with Masonic rites reflecting Washington’s historic ceremony.
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Roosevel
Hose of Representatives
Ihi
Rome
Greece
Ares
Capitol
Congress
Legislative
House
Senate
Mihoueh
Trenchan
Milintt
Woods
He Capitol
Tlouse Building Commission
Washington
Federal Lodge
Roosevelt
Cannon
Virginia
Gravity Washing Machine Demonstration Promises Easy Washing
An 1900s style advertisement touts a gravity powered washing machine. It explains how gravity drives the tub, with an upright handle and rotating motion to agitate clothes. The copy emphasizes minimal effort, no wear on fabrics, and a simple, almost effortless operation for families and children.
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Addie
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Longman
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Chicago Exposition
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Cannan
Roih Masons
Princial Adara
Chivistine
Badiis Wick
Auibrose
Witi Nedal Labs
Arlificers
Low
Bathi
Carlley Park
Peter Baw
Wulciucht
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Senate Allie Buildings
Vousleuchon
Semaire
Uaphiul Asa
Feck Beg
Dames
Ollias
Sterie
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Wrirk
President Roosevelt
Olla Warhore
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Teenie Tuuth
Wits
Lpotiewo
Dues
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