Pan American exposition to feature diverse exhibits at Buffalo
The Pan American exposition will showcase major displays from Buffalo and Louisiana, with vast spaces for New York and California exhibits. It will include stamps, a large oil exhibit, and a prominent Sousa band program, plus northern Wisconsin lumber shows and rice kitchen funding at Lake Charles.
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Philippines
Dean W. A. Henry
Agricultural College of
University of Wisconsin
Louisiana
William F
San Francisco
Buffalo
California
Amburg
Wis
Wisconsin
Joby Philip Sousa
Che Mareh Kingy
Sousa
Lafayette
Paris
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Post Office Department
The
Rice Association of America
Lake Charles
Minerals at Buffalo Pan American Exposition Display
The Pan American exposition will feature a major minerals exhibit in a horseshoe shaped Mines building. Space requests total about 15 000 square feet with 8 pavilions rising 100 feet at each corner. Exhibits span Canada Peru Brazil Chile and other nations while the United States showcases Great Lakes iron ore and Paris exposition returns including Colorado gold and California native gold.
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Michigan
Buffalo
Canada
New York State
California
California Canners’ Association
Sousa
Far Northwest
Alaska Geographical Society
Southern Pacific
Golden State
Chicago
Esplanade
David T. Day
Day
Ontario
British Columbia
Klondike
South America
Peru
Brazil
Chile
United States
Great Lake Region
Lake Superior
Lake
United States Commission
Paris
Colorado
Dana
Uncle Sam
Woman Pleads for Aid in Harlem Life
A brief Harlem Life exchange shows a mother of ten children begging for alms, and a man responding with a sharp remark about the feat of being a mother of many children in that era. The fragment reflects street corner sentiment and social commentary from the period.
The Boy Mister Questions A Doctor’s Beer Riddle
A fragment from a dialogue shows The Boy Mister pressing the man about beer, noting the doctor’s ban and the man’s latent determination. A New York World item references where items are bought and hints at a confrontation over restraint and obsession.
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Ems
N. Y
Market Dispute Over Lavender Pricing with Hawiker
In a curt exchange, Hawiker notes a fair customer paid five cents for Indy lavender but was charged ten cents by Hawiker. The King observes Hawiker says charges vary with dress. The fragment suggests a price dispute over goods and etiquette in a regal or formal setting.
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Indy
GIRI'S MEANNESS AND MISS SAUCY MY BANTER
Dialogue shows Miss Saucy chiding Mr Softhead for silliness in a humorous exchange. Ballet-Heitere Welt appears in the fragment, suggesting a cross reference to a performance or show. The text reads as a clipped stage banter with little plot progress.
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Miss Saucy
Softhead
Mr. Softhead
A New Experience and Wartime Raids in Newspapers
A collage of short excerpts recalls Civil War scenes with a captain noting how soldiers kept watch while rebels raided near river crossings. The Chicago Inter Ocean shares a river raid tale, while the Washington Star presents a humorous domestic exchange about a servant quitting with wages.
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Anhey Gat
Chieago Inter Ocean
Mr. Callowjay
Washington Star
Quoter Conflicts and Valley Promises in 19th Century Ad
Readable fragments reveal witty quips on greatness, marriage vows, and social theater, interwoven with early travel ads to the Yakima Valley. Promoters tout cheap ranch land, rail access via the Northern Pacific, and climate touted as beneficial for bronchial and catarrhal troubles. Also referenced are Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, Kodol dyspepsia cure, and Dewitt’s Little Early Risers, with generic note on cures and tonics.
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Buffalo Fair
Minerals AT Buffalo
SITE
Giri
Stangard
Miss Cayenne
St Paul
Yakita Valley
Washington
Militea
W. Mart
Gensah
Nor
Pac
St. Paul
Ina
Bucklen
Ivison
Lonaconini
J. M. Nix
Dewil
Rivera
Nix
Hearvy
John M. Nix
Humphreys
Avan
Hay Veyer
Scott
Heetlands
Wetmore
Wetmore Tobacco Co
St. Louis, Ma
America
Frank Seidl
asdSurn
W. F. Ripke
Maiko
Herdrand
Stauk
M. Heerbrand
Hl. M. Andrews & Co
Case Goods
West Main ST
Ackley
Tom Seaslor
Gulligg
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