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	The dedication ceremony for the Woman's National Daily Building and the new Goss printing press was held on November 10, 1906. David R. Francis, former governor of Missouri and former president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was the guest of honor and gave the dedication address. In this photograph, Governor Francis is standing at the top of the press next to Edward Gardner Lewis who is partially hidden. Seated to the left of Governor Francis are the Rev. William H. Lewis and Catherine E. Lewis, Edward Gardner Lewis' parents. The Rev. Mr. Lewis gave the blessing. Mrs. Lewis was invited to press the button to start the great press which had been built especially to print "The Woman's National Daily." The press, named "The Lewis," could produce 5,000 completed newspapers per minute. A similar photograph and an article about the dedication appeared in "The Woman's Magazine" in December 1906.
	The dedication ceremony for the Woman's National Daily Building and the new Goss printing press was held on November 10, 1906. David R. Francis, former governor of Missouri and former president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was the guest of honor and gave the dedication address. In this photograph, Governor Francis is standing at the top of the press. Seated to the left of Governor Francis are the Rev. William H. Lewis and Catherine E. Lewis, Edward Gardner Lewis' parents. The Rev. Mr. Lewis gave the blessing. Mrs. Lewis was invited to press the button to start the great press which had been built especially to print "The Woman's National Daily." The press, named "The Lewis," could produce 5,000 completed newspapers per minute. A similar photograph and an article about the dedication appeared in "The Woman's Magazine" in December 1906.
	On May 17, 1904, the Rev. William H. Lewis, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut , and father of Edward Gardner Lewis, laid the corner stone for the Stone Memorial Chapel that was being built just northwest of the Woman's Magazine Building in University Heights #1. The Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri gave the address. Only the foundation was completed before the work was abandoned. This photograph appeared in the June 1904 issue of the "Woman's Magazine."

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