Greatness of the St. Louis World’s Fair Exposition
The St. Louis World’s Fair aims to surpass all precedents with vast grounds of 1,240 acres, a fourteen mile electric belt railway, and 19th century grandeur. Exhibits include mining and metal works, the largest pipe organ, gardens, terraced hillsides, airship concourse, and a Philippine Exposition within the main site. Federal and state representations promise extensive government displays, including fisheries, ethnology, and Indian exhibits, with forty-seven states participating and foreign pavilions under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Towle
Louisiana Murebase
Atlanta
Charleston
Geres Ting Bern Ballan
Muir
St. Louis
Exposition Silo
St. Peter
Trout Festival Hall
Grand Basin
Greece
Ingser
Gronnd
Fu Bt
Afanila
Wbn
United States
Theresia
Smithsonian Institution
United States Fish Commission
Alaska
Uncle Sumi
Ife-saving Service
Army
Bureau of Plant Industry
Agricultural College, Forestry
Pitty
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Brazil
Belgium
Science and Industry Scrambled Notes and Odds Ends
A garbled science and industry clipping discusses costs to kill without aid, barred laws, and unreliable settlers. It notes 2,830 licensed automobiles in New York State, 280 glaciers in the Alps longer than ten miles, and mentions European capital death rates, wage waste, and a misquoted opera scene featuring Miss Verisophi and Miss Verjulca with a judge’s remark.
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New York
Petersburg
All Over The World Ostrich Carm At The World Starr
A garbled report mentions an ostrich Carm exhibit tied to Arizona at the upcoming World's Star event in Manchaster England. It references a quirky “placed pocket hire” and notes the Listed states using more core than elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Manchuster
England
Ahi Claririe
Sweden
Posavests Ny
State Capitol Repair and Legislative Debates
A fragmentary report outlines repair work on the State Capitol to restore its original condition with modern fireproof construction. The joint House and Senate committee reviewed plans, with efforts to create a board of managers for state universities and public schools. political shifts hindered revival of the measure. Other items include pardons debates, township road fund costs, and proposed district realignments affecting judges.
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House
Senate
Sequiment
Clio
Saul
State University
State College
State Our Mal Echod
Bagit
State Capitol
General Assembly
M. L. Temple
Watch Fraud Exposed in Hay Bale Scheme
Cincinnati reports reveal a fraud scheme hidden in a bale of hay weighing eighty pounds containing a fifty one pound lead core near a gold watch case. The piece warns buyers that stamped gold quality marks are faked and many Watch Company guarantees do not exist, naming the Dueber Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio as involved in promoting such schemes.
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Cincinnati
Furnisi
United States
Dueher-Hampden Watch Company
Canton
Ohio
Manufactur
Perennial figures in a curt exchange between Lizzie and Heloise
A fragmentary dialogue notes Lizzie Cletimer and Heloise in a terse dispute. Trens comments on Lizzie's long habit of leaping at every sight, a habit spanning fifteen years. The text preserves a dated, informal newspaper voice with minimal context.
Catarrh cure ad claim and notary oath in Toledo filing
An oath from a senior partner in the firm F. J. dgnnky & Co asserts a $100 reward for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notary public A. V. Gleason validates the document on December day, with references to the medicine’s claimed curative powers and exchanges between characters in a satirical aside.
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aTavTe
Onid
Crry
Toledo
Licas
Onexmy
F. J. Dgnnky & Co
Hall
Phrough Pullman Sleeping Cars to California Points Vie Iron Mountain Route
Leaving St. Louis at 8 30 p m daily for Los Angeles via the Southarn Route with Tourist Sleeping Cars to Los Angeles and San Francisco every Wednesday and Thursday Best winter route to California For information address Bassell Wilson, dia telelet passenger agent 111 Adams street Chicago
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Phrough Pullman
California
Iron Mountain Houte
St. Louis
Sos Angeles
Alvo
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Bisaell Wilson
Diatelet
Adams Street
Chicago
Editor quotes and poetic misreads spark blunt exchange
A clipped editor tone confronts a garbled poem line urging action. The exchange centers on misunderstood advice and the editor’s sharp response, reflecting tension over editorial judgment and clarity in a terse, battletone remark.
Terslluts and Billion Dellune Grasag Farm Fodder Glants
Fractured OCR text touts two fodder plants claiming high yields per acre with claims of sheep and cattle feed. It instructs sending 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salter Seed Co in La Cronsa Wisconsin to receive a autologue and tote of farm seed samples.
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Vittoria Naupe
John A. Salter
la Cronsa
Wis
D. N. UW
Winslow BootuTka Krave for Sahians
A fragmentary report notes Winslow BootuTka engaging in a contested protection effort. Details are unclear due to incomplete text, but the piece references a political or communal context involving Sahians and a penhe pala.
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Winslow BootuTka Krave
Alfalfa Clover Seeds Promised For Wide Farmer Benefit
Editor urges farmers to sow Salzer’s Alfalfa Clover and related seeds, promising multiple hay crops and improved pasture. Testimonials from Walford and Hon H F Hunter tout Salzer products including Northern Grown Alfalfa Clover and other seeds with claimed high yields and livestock fattening benefits. Send notice with 10 cents for catalog and samples from John A Balzer Seed Co., La Crosse Wisconsin.
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America
Walford
Westlorn
Salzer
H. FP. Hunter
Selzer
John A. Balzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Poem Not Published After Postal Delay
A reader reports sending a poem to a daily paper last week that did not appear. The exchange notes a missing stamp may explain the failure to receive or publish the piece.
Wisconsin Central Rail Way Service Announces Travel Features
Points in Wisconsin and the North West are covered by Wisconsin Central Railway's convenient trains with Pullman sleepers free reclining chair cars and modern couches. They depart Central Station Chicago for St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth with connections to western lines. Meals in dining and drawing cars served a la carte. War tickets and information available from nearest agent or General Pass Agent Jus. C. Pond Milwaukee Wis.
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Wisconsin Central Railway
Central Station
12Th Street
Park Row
Lake Front
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Noted Prisoner Refuses to Fall Referenced to Lawyer
An item from the Times Star notes a prisoner allegedly refusing to fall and being referred to his lawyer. It includes a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption from Afigs L. A. Pearce of Brooklyn dated October 3, 1901.
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Piso
Afigs
L. A. Pearce
Pilling Street
Brooklyn
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Nigdel Mines
Famecs
Paris
Buffalo Expositions
Omaha
Palace QF Education
Robertus Love
Palaus
Science and Industry
Jepson
Authericies
Spondins
Brooks
Crawford
Smith
Mitchell
Newberry
Stookey
Young
Tee
Cummings
Teachout
Nichols
Kling
Jenson
Weeks
Hanne
Maen
McCullough
Morrin
Skinner
Ime
Harris
Dow
Prudden
Springes
Koontz
DaLane
Ritter
Wyland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Iowa
Lee County
Kenedy
Bt Inclida
Dés Moines
Henry and
Lovisa Coutties
Por Infante’ and Ghiven
Bears
Castoria
A. VE. Gleason
Notary Pubtia
Ball
Ood
Manaas & Suliutes
Saphead
Brye
Miss Caystique
Miss Castique
Basiever
Wisconsin
North West
Tober
Wipi
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