Midway Plaisance Reimagines Paris Amusements at Exposition
In the Paris section, the Midway Plaisance shifts from old style cabaret chic to a soberer display. The Swiss village Mount Pilatus and a global panorama theater with cineorama join a global tour of scenes, including the Mediterranean steamer voyage and a multifilm panorama, while American bars and native performances color the spectacle.
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Paris
Cairo
Danse du Centre
Jardin de Paris
la Mome Fromage
Mount
Pilatus
Mary
Godle
France
Salle Des Mechines
Temperanure
Earth
Quartier d'Europe
Mediterranean
Riviera
Marseilles
Alexandria
Woman in Pontiac Heads to Matrimony In Bermuda Tale
A returning traveler recalls a Bermuda rumor about a rich widow near Pontiac who rejects suitors. A wealthy eastern widower visits, courts, and remarks on her fine home and scenery as he makes advances.
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Bermuda
Pontiac
Ladas Wins Dramatic Olympiad Race At Athens
The Galatian youth Ladas nears the finish with Phaedo from Athens, both sprinting in a tense final clash. Amid crowd cries of Athene the two athletes surge to the goal, Ladas edging ahead at the line to claim victory and Olympic glory.
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Phaedo
Ladas
Phraanes
St. Nicholas
Athene
Pallas Athene
Galatia
Central American Indians Not Free from Guile Says Traveler
A traveler visiting Olancha district in northwest Honduras reports that local Indians use gold from placer diggings as pocket money, showing three brass-like nuggets and admitting to stealing yellow composition metal from a stamp mill to fake gold. He notes the hoard could have yielded far more real gold with effort.
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Olancha
Honduras
Port Cortez
Guayape
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Spurgeon Tabernacle Rebuild Nears Completion
Two years after the London Metropolitan Tabernacle known as Spurgeon’s burned, the rebuilt church will open in September. The old structure cost 160000 dollars. the new will exceed 200000 and seat about 4000, 1000 fewer than before, with greater comfort. In Siberia on Lake Baikal a new icebreaking steamer trial covered eighty miles in twelve hours amid two feet seven inches ice, proving engines strong enough to keep the lake open all winter.
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London
Lake Baiskal
Siberia
Listvennitehnoye
Pereyemnaya
Try Vacatan Chill Tonte Improved Superior tonic
A toast of Vacatan Chill Tonte promises superiority over tasteless tonics and claims broad stomach acceptability at 50 cents. Separately a London publishing note announces a new Bible edition where the New Testament precedes the Old.
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London
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Detroit Free Press
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iLion
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Transvaal
Mr. Reitz
Pretoria
W. V. Sullivan
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United States
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Peruna Medicine Co
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el Geenhip
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Rootbeer
Isto
Ana
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