Cathedral of St John the Divine Gains a Soul
The Belmont chapel at the Cathedral of St John the Divine on Morningside Heights nears completion as sculptor J Gutzen Borglum presents two gentlemen angels to replace the lady angels. He proclaims the cathedral has achieved a spirit of its own guiding its development and sculpture.
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Washington Post
New York
Belmont
St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights
J. Gutzen Borglum
Borglum
Berglum
Rodin
Ness
Movingside Park
Frontenac
St. Peter
St. Paul
St. Athanasius
St. Basil
St. Polycarp
St. Gregory
St. Clement
St. Chrysostom
St. Ignatius
St. Ephrem Syrus
St. Gabriel
St. Michael
Christ
Virgin
Zacharias
St. Simeon
Washington Laughs At Odd Night Watchman And A Monkey Stunt
A long anecdotal Washington piece details a cowardly night guard with a sharp knife, a comical organ grinder monkey act involving former mayor J F Lampton, and a photographer’s mockery of a patent official. The chaotic parade of misfits and misadventures includes a barber call from Mr Barbour, schoolgirls nearly trampled by a horse, and sailors’ banter about smoking.
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Lampton
Commissioner of Patents
F. I Allen
Aml
Jim Dandy
Nonagenarian Harlan Seeks Postmaster for Savannah Granddaughter
Andrew J. Harlan, 91, veteran of Clay Webster Calhoun and Benton, just returned to Savannah Mo from Washington. He urges President Roosevelt to appoint his granddaughter Ida Blackburn as postmaster. Harlan recalls contemporaries, notes rival John D. Kerr’s influence, and recounts a Calhoun Corwin quip on Capitol steps. He plans to celebrate March 29. He settled in Grant County Indiana after 21, later serving in multiple terms in state legislature and the Thirty-fifth Congress.
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Andrew J. Harlan
Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Benton
Savannah
Washington
Rooeevelt
Graud
Ida Blackburn
Wakte House
Judge Harlan
John D. Kerr
Rosencrans
Tom Corwin
Ohio
John C. Callhoun
Capitol Steps
Corwin
Harlan
Clinton County
Indiana
Grant County
Tana
California
House of Representatives
Support of the Soldiers' Home details and reader queries
A compilation of notes on the United States Soldiers' Home in Washington DC, its funding sources including court martial fines and unclaimed estate moneys, followed by reader questions on Latin quotes, Vermont onion river etymology, coin values, electricity conductors, calendar quirks, Christmas date history, and various historical curiosities.
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District of Columbia
United States Army Plesse
EBOT
United States Soldiers’ Home
Washington, D. C
United States
Regular
United Stacca
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims the cure works through internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, building up constitution and destroying the disease’s foundation. The ad offers $100 to any case not cured and urges sending for testimonials.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Taleds
Ohio
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