Philippines Exhibit at World’s Fair Showcases Diverse Culture
The Philippine display at the World’s Fair occupies forty seven acres and features numerous villages, crafts, and performances. Ethnological groups range from Negritos to Moros, with sections on agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and commerce. Visitors see native life, weaponry, and dances, and a commerce hall links export products like manila fiber to imported goods.
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Manila City
Manila
Arrowhead Lake
High Seas
World Fair Massed Bands Contest Concerts Announced
The World’s Fair plans massed band concerts in Festival Hall from Sept 12 to 17 with nine cash prizes totaling 30000 for three class divisions. Class A awards 3250 2500 1500. Class B 6000 4500 3500. Class C 6750 4000 2700. Bands must be bona fide members and file member lists with a fee.
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America
Festival Hall
Bureau
Bureau of Music
Wagner
Gounod
Offenbach
Verdi
Saint-Saens
Bizet
Strauss
Leoncavallo
Weather at World’s Fair: Cool Nights Delight St Louis
The World’s Fair in St Louis enjoys a mild July with an average 67 degrees and a peak of 93. August brings cool nights and September to October are highly pleasant. Relative humidity around 66 to 72 percent keeps conditions comfortable amid July heat. St Louis stands as a top summer resort this season.
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St. Louis
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Chicago
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
St. Paul
St Louis
St.Louis
Representative Men on the World's Fair Comments
Public utterances from notable visitors praise the St Louis Exposition. Governors from Iowa California Wyoming New Jersey Georgia and others call the fair grand wonderful and groundbreaking. Leaders and editors affirm its magnitude beauty and educational value for families and nations.
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John Hay
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Benjamin B. Odell
New York
St. Louis
George C. Pardee
California
Golden State
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Richard Yates
Illnois
Fennimore Chatterton
Wyoming
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
A. HK. White
West Virginia
William J. Bryan
John Sharp Willams
Congress
Mississippi
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Interior
Cleveland
Perry Belmont
Daniel J. Campau
Michigan
Wage Earners at the Fair Plan Huge Exposition Visit
National CloSe Federation launches a bureau at St Louis to bring tens of thousands of American wage earners to the World's Fair. Prominent backers include Grover Cleveland Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Bliss. Miss Gertrude Beeks heads welfare efforts with support from Theodore Hardee and Ralph Easley.
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America
National Close Federation
St. Louis
Grover Cleveland
David R. Francis Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius N. Bliss
United States
Gertrude Beeks
Federation
H. H. Vreeland
New York City
Palace of Transportation
Francis
Theodore Hardee
Miss Beeks
Ralph M. Easley
Mother and Daughter Point to Whose Guilt Remains
In a store intrigue a young woman Bessie Childers faces suspicion of stealing lace found in her cloak. Bertram Banning, a handsome firm heir, probes without accusing, while both mother and daughter fear arrest. The twist reveals the real thief had been caught earlier, changing the dynamic between Bessie and Banning.
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Bessie Childers
Elizabeth Childers
Archibald Childers
Bessie
Banning & Co
Bertram Banning
Inces
Miss Childers
Mary Alice
Bond
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Philippines
Houth Entrance Palace OF Liberal Arts
Tattersall
Shaa
State Bank OF Dillon
A. L. Anderson
Dillon, Montana
Sale Stable
Dillon Brewery
J. L. Weiser
Prop
Superior
Dillon
Denver
Rio Grande
BNC
Wss
Ea Eda
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande City
East Broadway
Butte
G. W. Fitzgerald
Ence
Ieee
Portland, Or
DxWrrr& Co
Tribune
Montana
de Morrison
Mont
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