Filipinos at St Louis World’s Fair Impress with Music and Loyalty
The article praises Filipino musicians at the 1904 St Louis exposition, highlighting the Constabulary band and Scout band. It lauds their discipline, tone, and artistry, noting the patriotic display as proof Filipinos can blend culture with loyalty to the United States. It emphasizes Lieut Loving’s leadership and the bands’ refined musicianship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
Uncle Sam
Spain
Constabulary
Philippine Plaza
Admiral Dewey
Lieut
Loving
Lucia
Guitar Glee Club
St. Paul
New England Conservatory of Music
Banana Elevates To Prominence as Global Food
The banana, once regarded as luxury or regional fare, is now a staple for civilized nations. Nations with tropical colonies study its value, and drying methods turn it into flour for bread and coffee. At the St Louis Exposition banana bread and banana coffee are featured daily in the Palace of Agriculture for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
United States
Palace of Agriculture
Potatoes and New Beverages Highlight World’s Fair Food
The New York section shows 350 varieties of Irish potatoes bred from standard types at the Palace of Agriculture. The Exposition features new foods and drinks including banana coffee and prune coffee. California exhibits present prune coffee to teach its value as a pleasant beverage. Banana coffee showcases the fruit’s food value at a separate exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Palace of Agriculture
California County
Coffee display extents at World’s Fair and pygmy huts
The article notes the St Louis Exposition as a premier advertising and education venue for coffee from Brazil and Puerto Rico, with Brazil serving free Rio samples and Puerto Rico seeking trade growth. It also reports African Pygmies abandoning tents for grassy huts, using stretched arms to gauge size, and daily organ recitals in the French Palace of Liberal Arts. Historic Washington landmarks face rapid demolition amid congressional push for new public buildings, with talk of a northwest square near the White House for offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Central America
England
Germany
Brazil
Brazil Building
Rio
Porto Rico
Africa
Iin
Palace of Liberal Arts
Washington
Congress
White House
Washington Gossip Shaw as a Spellbinder
The article extols Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw as the cabinet’s best political speaker. It notes his ease with diverse audiences from Wall Street financiers to rural farmers, his quick thinking and repartee, and his habit of concluding points with a telling story, strengthening finance discussions with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wall Street
Shaw
Lincoln
New Fad of Postmasters Displays Ignite Nationwide Interest
A Washington display of a small post office photograph by Chief Clerk Charles A. Conrad spawns a nationwide craze among postmasters to showcase their offices. The trend grows fast with photos of varied quality, from tintypes to engravings, stretching from Alaska to Mexico as officials debate future gallery space.
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Charles A. Conrad
Washington
Conrad
Alaska
Mexico
Mexico. “I Don't Know Where This Thing Is Going To Stop,” Says Mr. Conrad
United States
Krauss Probe In Poisoning Case Reaches Drugstore Visit
Hartford City Indiana August 27 William R Krauss husband of Rae Krauss faced questions after he asked at Logan pharmacy whether strychnine was crystal or powdered It is alleged the remaining strychnine found in the Krauss home is crystal in form The defense argues Crystal Krauss caused the death by her own action and may have obtained poison at her father s drug store Tied to a wider dispute Rae Krauss deeded her property to Krauss amid a family rift with Dr F W Anderson and Chicago relatives placing possessions with an agent for sale.
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Joint
Army and Navy Board
Army
Coast Artillery
Hartford City
Ind
William R. Krauss
Rae Krauss
Crystal Krauss
Logan Pharmacy
Krauss
William A. Krauss
F. W. Anderson
Chicago
Alice Bowman
Elopement Sparks Parental Blessing Telegraph
Indianapolis Aug 27 The paternal blessings came Friday to Mr and Mrs Homer Cutsinger by Morton Jourdan of St Louis who sent a telegram you are right Kid wire immediat ely when we shall expect you both home The couple eloped a few days ago and wed on Blue River bridge near Edinburgh They fled to St Louis after the secret came out and await the in law reaction The groom says the marriage was romantic but simple and they sought a quiet spot to avoid discovery
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Indianapolis
Ind
Homer Cutsinger
Morton Jourdan
St. Louis
Blue River Bridge
Edinburg
Fetters Was Game At Fishing Camp Shooting
Richard Fetters was arraigned in Terre Haute for shooting Charles Gelsinger at a fishing camp where he had followed Mrs. Fetters. She accused him of not being game enough to shoot before he fired several shots, one wounding Gelsinger. In court the pair embraced and Fetters forgave her for her conduct. Both men are glass blowers.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Richard Fetters
Charles Gelsinger
Attorneys Refuse Defense for Wheatfill in Indiana
Ogden Wheatfill, captured by the sheriff’s wife and jailer’s wife with the matron of the Friendly Inn after he shouted an insult, gained a postponement of his trial because no lawyer will take his case. Every attorney he asked has refused to defend him.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ogden Wheatfill
Fasig
O'Donnell
Palmater
Friendly Inn
Dentist Richardson Acquitted in $50 Theft Case
Terre Haute Indiana August 26 Dr David Richardson a Jasonville dentist was found not guilty of stealing fifty dollars from Eva Brown of Terre Haute She testified they met years ago in Charleston Illinois and he invited her to a hotel breakfast Witnesses supported his integrity and the verdict favored the defendant.
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Terre Haute
Ind
David Richardson
Jasonville
Eva Brown
Richmond to light streets with city power
Richmond Indiana will illuminate its streets with electricity from its own power house on Thursday night next week ending a long conflict between the city and a private lighting company. The move signals a complete shift to municipal lighting and ends a bitter dispute that has persisted for years.
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Richmond
Ind
Too Quick For the Robber in Bedford Sun
Bedford Indiana story reports grocer John Crutchfield disarms a masked robber who fled after Crutchfield fired, leaving a bloody trail at the store scene.
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Bedford
Ind
John Crutchfield
West Bedford
Crutchfield
Whipping post proposed to curb wife beating in Indiana
Police Judge Whallon of Indianapolis announces plans to draft a whipping post bill for wife beaters to be considered by the next legislature. He argues heavy fines and public punishment would reduce cases and that wives suffer more when husbands are imprisoned. He notes Indiana once had a whipping post under territorial government.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Whallon
Indiana
Lightning kills two in Knox shed collision
A bolt of lightning struck a shed near Knox Indiana last Thursday where a dozen farmers sheltered from a storm. Orin Emich and Omer Poor were killed. Arthur Conner William White John Schultz and Clayton Hatter were seriously injured. others were shocked but survived.
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Knox
Ind
Orin Emich
Omer Poor
Arthur Conner
William White
John Schultz
Clayton Hatter
Miners Add $500 to Meat Cutters Strike Support
The United Mine Workers executive board voted a $500 contribution to aid the strike led by President Donnelly of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen against the packers. In Shelbyville, William Major was attacked by a swarm while tending bees and was unconscious, with recovery possible.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Donnelly
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Association
Shelbyville
William Major
Shelby Township
Couple Weds on a Bridge in Edinburg Indiana
On the Blue River bridge near Edinburg, Byrde Jourdan heiress to a St Louis fortune wed Homer Cutsinger son of Martin Cutsinger a Johnson county magnate in a secret ceremony. A separate item from Lawrenceburg notes Saloonkeeper Gue Schiller has vanished with a large sum for Cincinnati. In Rushville the Reds defeated Rushville 11 to 6 at Fiat Rock Park in a tight game.
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Edinburg
Ind
Blue River
Here
Pretty Byrde Jourdan
St. Louis
Homer Cutsinger
Martin Cutsinger
Johnson County
Lawrenceburg
Gue Schiller
Cincinnati
Rushville
Fiat Rock Park
Reds
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St. Louis World’s Fair
Secretary of Treasury
L. M. Shaw
Navy
Polk
Montgomery Blair
Robert E. Lee
Blair
Blair Mansion
Gen. Beall
Admiral Porter
Blair House
Gen
Winfield Scott
Dickens
Long Bridge
David Copperfield
William R. Krause
Wheatfill
Fort Wayne
B. Woodworth
8. R. Taylor
S. H. Baker
Woman's Cluir League
Board of Works
Elwood
Ginger
Blue Rock
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