Webster’s Standard Dictionary Praised in Testimonials
The Post’s Webster’s Standard Dictionary earns wide praise from educators and citizens. Testimonials cite handsome flexible binding, color illustrations, readable type, and useful supplemental features. Individuals like William M. Davidson, Capt. James F. Oyster, and Col. Jonn Mosby commend its educational value and appeal as a gift or home reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post
Washington
Wiliam M. Davidson
James F. Oyster
United States
Julius Peyser
Merchants and Mechanics’ Savings Bank
William Zirtax
Garfield Post
Hartwell
Seventeenth Street
Emma J. Rawlings
East Capitol Street
J Kennedy Stout
Bureau of Corporations
Treasury
Frances McCabe
Chamberlin
Fort Monroe
Col. Jonn § Mosby
Radical School Reform Urged By Architect Fitzpatrick
W Fitzpatrick a leading local architect argues in Life and Health for major school reform. He urges dividing pupils into tracks for high school or end at eighth grade, criticizing current systems that push all children toward college and neglect groundwork for many. He calls for smaller grade-school classes, better work training, and more agricultural and manual education, warning against excessive emphasis on headwork and lab toys. He says state education diverts youths from farming and skilled trades, and urges swift revamping of school buildings and policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
James F. Oyster
District Board of Education
Vosxue I
Ing School
Papa
Swedes in Union Here Church Founded in DC
A Washington Sweden community grows with Droft Lodge 168 of the Order of Vasa of America and a branch church of Luther Memorial. Swedes hold key posts in Navy Yard labs, government labs, police photography, and drafting, led by figures such as Harry Wilson, Joseph Westesson, and Fred Sandberg.
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Washington
Sweden
Order of Vasa of America
United States
Droft Lodge
Luther Memorial Church
A. J. Ensiam
Thiat
Washington Navy Yard
Harry Wilson
Baltimore
Wison
Navy Yard
Wilson
Joseph Westesson
Royal School of Mines
Stockholm
Naval Gun Factory
Bureau of Ordnance of
the Navy
Naval Gun Factory Laboratory
Westesson
Pateloff
St. Petersburg
Janzen
Knut Bjorklund
C. F H. Stange
L. G. Johnson
A. Johnson, Jr
Mr. Stange
Rofge
Carl A Carigon
Navy
August Johnson
Ernest Roxycki
Navy Department
Engineer Johnson
Navy Establishment
C. J. Brygger
Eric Kentz
Brygger
Drott Lodge
Kentz
Kents
Waldemar Lindgren
Geological Survey
Gahn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Metropolitan Police Force
Sandberg
Spain
Alaska
Philippines
Albin Wanlstrom
Royal _ Technological School of
Sweshfasten
Droft
Suffragist Activist Campaign Over City Directories
Mrs Ruth Havens a government employee launches a movement to require city directory publishers to print the names of married women who stay at home. She argues omission denies citizenship and residents status, urges suffragist societies to back protests across the country. She cites courts and social precedent as justification.
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Ruth G
D. Havens
M ‘Street
Northwest
Oustragette
Supreme Court
Maryland Court
Sity Directory
Havens
Harvey W. Wiley
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F Street
Mayer Bros. & Gu
Milhillinery
Turin
Rome
Alma
Itay
Galotta Brothers
Galotta Brothers Ladies’ Tailor
Fourteenth Street N. W
W. Fitspatrick
Writys Magazine
Assairs High Schools
Order of Vasa
AIS
Luther Memorial
New York
Dalus Bar, Yfin de Sla
Pecon
Paris
England
R. G. D. Havens
Haas Fabrics
Haas
Haas Brothers
American Disributing Offices
Ffth Avenue
Salius Barfinkle
Flepners
Thirteenth Street
Atlantic City
Rae
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