Machinery Building for St Louis World’s Fair Cost Here
The machinery building for the St. Louis World’s Fair will cost about $500,000. It measures 525 by 1,000 feet, features two towers and a central arcade, and is designed for abundant daylight through clerestory windows. The Smith Eastman company erected the structure for the Department of Machinery exhibits led by Chief Thomas Moore.
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St. “Louis
Wildmann, Walsh & Boisselier
St. Louis
Exposition
Smith & Eastman Company
Department of Machinery
Thomas Moore
Curious Fire Alarm System In St Petersburg
A city hall tower man signals fires by black balls during the day and red lanterns at night. The number of signals indicates the ward, and a bell summons nearby firefighters. The method hampers rapid response, taking twenty minutes to half an hour unless a fire is near an engine house.
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St. Petersburg
Transportation Facilities
Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, famed journalist and witty critic of King Ludwig, is ordered to quit Munich within 24 hours after a sharp critique. He quips that he can escape with his legs or borrow some of the king's extra feet from his poetry volume. Household Words notes over one million Bibles sold annually in Chicago. King Oscar of Sweden awards a gold medal every five years to a leading mathematician.
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Moritz Gottlieb Saphir
Germany
Ludwig
Munich
Saphir
Oscar
Sweden
Cuba Trade Treaty Push Sparks Senior Lawmakers Debate
A Boston Herald commentary critiques the U S Cuba trade pact arguing it betrays American farmers by subsidizing Cuban sugar and tobacco while Cuba shields its market for U S manufactured goods. It warns the treaty’s six year term risks longer retaliation and a slide away from equal protection for U S industry. It urges voters to consider the political fallout from agricultural shifts and calls for scrutiny in Senate ratification and House approval.
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United States
Senate
Cuba
Paris
Committee On Foreign Relations
Havana
New- Yorks
Sugar Trust
Tobacco and Cigar Trust
House of Representatives
Canada
Acepublican
Patti’s Unique Contract With Her American Manager
Paris report details Patti’s 96 article contract for U S. tour with manager. She gets sixty concerts at 5000 dollars each plus half gross above 7500, 250000 due before sailing Oct 15, and 50000 cash upfront. Travel prescribes seven rooms for Patti and husband plus servants and many animals, land and sea travel, special trains, hotel and kitchen arrangements, two two horse carriages, and an orchestra leader chosen by Patti. No New Orleans or Cuba, and Patti may sing only limited numbers per program.
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Patti
Paris
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
United States
Patt
Baron Cederstrom
S. Patti
Lucia
Traviata
Faust
Trouvere
New Orleans
Cuba
Interior of Stock Exchange Building Described in New York
The article details the new Stock Exchange building in New York highlighting its vast board room and marble interiors. It lists measurements and construction facts including tramendous trusses, rivets, bricks, and miles of piping and wiring.
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New ‘Stock. Exchange
New York
the Board Room
Broad
New Streets
Drunk Man Fumbles In Street In Impenetrable Forest Tale
A magistrate questions a policeman about a dilapidated prisoner. The officer recounts the man’s repeated self colliding with a lamp-post and finally collapsing. The man declares the scene lies within an impenetrable forest of nonsense.
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New York Press
Maximinus the Giant Emperor of Rome
The giant emperor Maximinus reportedly twisted coins into corkscrews and crushed rocks between his fingers. When angry he broke the jaws of horses or skulls of oxen with his fist. He used his wife’s bracelet as a ring and reportedly consumed sixty pounds of meat and an amphora of wine daily.
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Maximinus
Beaverhead County Sealed Jail Bid Proposals Opening
The Beaverhead County Commissioners Montana set July 5 1905 at 10:00 am for sealed bids to construct a county jail and install heating and plumbing per plans on file. Bids must be in plain sealed envelopes marked Proposal for Erection of County Jail and Proposal for Heating and Plumbing County Jail with a 10 percent certified check. Bids opened by John S. Baker Clerk.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead
Montana
Rveyor
Old County
Unty
Conny
John
Baker
Cler Oes
Boagnor County
Baxws
British Ruddy Hair Going Decline Among English
The Lady notes blond hair in England is disappearing as fair haired children darken with age. It suggests blondes are becoming rare and rarely seen in adults with light hair and eyes.
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England
Notice of Intent to File on Rocky Mountain Land Claim
Land Office Helena Montana May 27 1903 announces that a named claimant must prove residence and cultivation to support a claim. A hearing will be before A S Commissioner L Price at Dillon Montana on July 8 1903. Witnesses listed include Alvin Garr and Frank Marx.
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Helena
Mont
U. S
Dillon
Borah Livarte
H. Lo
Frank Golvarte
Montana
Theophilus B. Craver
Redrock
BB Heyrert
Roth
Hne D. Minaore
Register
Sentice
L. J. Price
A. S
Dien
Said
Alvin
Garr
Tpeank
Marx
Jonas
J. J. Price
Mumiselonss
Alvin Dewitt
Repito Garcia
Bedrock
Ephraim Peterson
Ee Volney B. Briggs
Matthew Johnston
Frank D. Mrpacty
Reglater
Roosevelt as Harvard President Sparks Crimson Glories
The Springfield Republican envisions Theodore Roosevelt becoming Harvard president in 1909. The piece foresees a dramatic, boisterous era with intensified football mayhem, crimson banners, and a fierce rivalry with Yale’s Eli and Tiger traditions, driving dramatic campus spectacle.
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Springfield
Mass
Roosevelt
Harvard
Eliet
Cambridge
Eli
Office Helena Montana land selection under the act of 1903
The notice, from Helena Montana, requests selection under the 1903 act for land described as more valuable for itinerals. It references procedures and a publication date of June 5, 1903 with official by Mrnacux, Register.
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Helena
Mont
L. Ramsey
Tata
Notice of Desert Land Claim Proceedings Mont
U S Land Office releases details in Dillon Montana notice of intention to make desert land claim for 160 acres unsurveyed land Beaver Montana before Clerk George W French at Dillon on July 1 1943. Names of witnesses Bary A Hosenbaan Maggie An Wi all of Dillon and others listed.
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U.S. Land Office
Relea
Mont
Philips
Dillon
Nice
Lan Beaver
Montana
George W. French
Ing Tin
Maggie An Wi
Dall
Mrmacrg
Register
No. 812 Forest Reserve Lieu Application
Notice from the U S Land Office Patents Montana dated May 11 1903 that O Mill by P M Collins has filed an application under the 1897 act for mineral or water rights. Parties may contest within 80 days claiming the tract is more valuable for mining than cultivation and must report to the commissioner general.
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U. S. Land Office
Patens
Mont. c. Hay
P. M. Collins
Fens
Montana
Gence
Bank D. Migacue
Lone Pine Slide Survey Notes and Irregular Bearings
Beginning at corner No 1 a granite rock 8x10 inches above ground marked 5 6162 and related bearings. The notes describe a land parcel of about 12.37 acres with directions in degrees and minutes, distances in feet, and starting reference to US LM numbers. Also includes a second and third coring description with variations of rocks and bearings.
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Bismarck Lode
Nol
Granite Rock
Beara
San Verdi Lode
Cor No
Dillon Lode
Cor No 1
Lone Pine Slide
Malatte
Orie
Cor
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Chicago
Jim
Sunny Jim
Singer
Poindexter & Orr
Desert Land
United States Land Office
Owen Smith
W.M M
Jonathan Lovell
Walter Er James McCoan
Thomas Flynn
Illiam H. Connors
Ait Ae Dell
D. Miracle
Rogister
Forest Reserve
Devert Land
Walter J. Crowell
Beaverhead County
Hoe
Alvin L. Anderson
Henry F. Cope
George P. Romain
Albert W. Crowell
Frank D. Minnone
Henry F Gone
Ieor
Romain
Frank-D, Mrkade
ENT
Bismarck
Bismarck ‘Nugget Gulch Consolidated Mining Company
Congress
Bismarck Nugget Gulch Consolidated Mining Company
Edwin Norris
Discovery Shaft
Lone Pine Lode
Aisaguory
Madison County
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