Pan American Exposition Opens With Pageant of Color and Music
The Pan American Exposition opened with a grand dedication in Buffalo on May 20 drawing about 300000 attendees from nearby areas. Director General William Buchanan led ceremonies featuring parades by U S troops Mexican National Band and concessionaires and a temple of Music program with speeches by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge. The ceremony included a carrier pigeon message and a poem by Robert Cameron Rogers, proclaimed a civic holiday as crowds enjoyed the midway exhibitions and architecture.
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William Buchanan
Buffalo
United States
Canada
Cty
Lewis J. Babcock
Temple of Music
Fourth Brigade
N. G8
N.Y
8. M. Welch
Banda and Wan
Temple of Muale
John G. Milburn
Profesor Fanculfi
C.H. Fowler
Mo R
Bit Boner
Conrad Fehl
Muttato
Robert Cameron Rogers
Sturm
Muflalo
Orpheus and Orchestra
John Lund
the Sun
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Music
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Exposition News Highlights and Pan American Details
Reports cover Pan American Exposition in Buffalo with exhibitions, fireworks, and the Electric and Midway displays. Describes architecture, lighting, and thousands of lamps, the Niagara Falls powered transformer, and the stadium seating for 12 000. Includes ad copy for Kilmer’s Swamp Root and health notices.
King Edward narrowly escapes as Shamrock II wrecks in Solent
A squall during the Solent race between Shamrock I II and Sybarita left Shamrock II without topmast bowsprit mainmast and sails. King Edward was aboard Shamrock II and escaped unharmed while other ships sustained damage. A separate note mentions President Ding of Mexico sending congratulations on the first exposition. General Henry Corbin plans to sail for the Philippines aboard the Hancock on June 26 for a military inspection voyage.
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London
Solent
Edward
Corbin
Philppines
Wasmuscatos
Henry
Philippines
Hancock
San Franciso
Secret Societies and the Church Face Discretion in Enforcement
Presbyterian General Assembly reporters note ongoing creed revision discussions on secret orders. The commission urges discretion in applying church law for membership. The debate centers on whether and how to exclude members and how to interpret the fifteenth article of the Testimony.
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Ita
Pritapenruta
Presbyterian General Assembly
Foreign Missions
Richard
Holmes
Pittsburg
Presbyterian
New York
Iave General Assembly
Seasions
Southern Assembly hears missions aim with school support
Sunday School children urged to back African mission, backing Congo river beat with 5,000 annually. Assembly deferred university consolidation, adopted foreign missions plan. United Presbyterians in Richmond convene to discuss creed changes. May 22 reports from multiple denominations. Morgan meets French president in Paris amid mystery over Legion of Honor. Heavy rain in Columbia floods crops. Florence Newman endorses Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.
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Little Rock
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Committee On Foreign Missions
Presbyterian
Congo River
Africa
United Presbyterians
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Mr. Morgan
New Florida Laws Approved by Governor Jennings
A compilation of acts signed by Governor Jennings includes a dog liability provision for damages to sheep and other domestic animals, validity of deeds by married women joined by husbands, and an arrest without warrant section allowing officers to detain suspects in felonies or breaches of peace. Additional items cover licensing for pistols and rifles, plus various local notices from May 21 to May 31.
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Jennings
Tacamassee
Aheriff
Athwan
Wach
Georgie
We Eekly Hamner
Wry
State of
Georgia
E . Fane Lumpkinema
Cornerstone Laid for Confederate Memorial Arch
ceremony at the Confederate cemetery marks the laying of the corner stone for a memorial arch by the Daughters of the Confederacy. parades and an oration by Hon. Lucien Knight of Atlanta accompany the event. Grand Master Thurman of Nashville presided at the laying. Richest Negro in the South dies in Kentucky. Peter Postell reported to have accumulated a fortune of about 100,000 from a long life in North Carolina and Kentucky. Forsale by H R Palmer & Co. Ordinary notices for Clarke and surrounding counties discuss estate matters and a Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Association petition for incorporation with Ath ens.
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Cnarraxoogs
Daughters of the Confederacy
Knighte Templar
Knights of Pythias
National Guard
Forest Camp
Mounted
Lucien II Knight
Atlanta
Masonic Grand Lodge
Grand
Thurman
Nashville
Teachers Examination and Institute in Clarke County
The Clarke county licensing exam for public school teachers will occur Saturday for white teachers at Washington Street School at 8 a.m. Colored teachers meet at the county courthouse at 7 30 a.m. Registration with the county school superintendent by May 30. The annual institute for white teachers runs June 8 to June 7 at Washington Street School. whites in Clarke public schools must attend.
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Washington Streel
County Court House
Washington Street
Jane
Clarke Public
Clarke
Jae Thos
H. Cuzier
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