Fall Festival Exposition Sets City’s Biggest Show
Kansas City unveils a two week Fall Festival Exposition on twenty acres east of the Paseo to Woodland Avenue from Ninth to Fifteenth streets. The event features the Bostock Pearl Mighty Midway Carnival with lions in a steel cage, elephants, monkeys, and a street fair, plus a large county fair area headed by Judge S. W. Hudson. Exhibits will cover livestock, poultry, fruits, and crafts with prizes totaling ten thousand dollars, cash and merchandise. The fair aims to attract exhibitors from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and beyond, offering a Pan American scale of entertainment.
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Kansas City
Paseo
Woodland Avenue
Piltenth
Rightventh
Bostock-Perarl Mighty Midway Carnival Company
Chicago
Orient
8. W. Hudson
Buckner
Hudson
Mintouri
Kanaan
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Western Beach Show Association
Kansas City Fancy Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Charles Hunting
Arkansas
Immense Numbers of Nickels and Cents Manufactured
The U S treasury reports in the just ended fiscal year total cents at 79 611 143 and nickels at 26 480 213 with Massachusetts 6 000 000 cents Pennsylvania 4 000 000 and New York nearly 10 000 000 leading consumption. A century of coins shows 1 100 000 000 cents 340 000 000 nickels 100 000 000 dimes 200 000 000 quarters and 150 000 000 half dollars minted. Cents wear out quickly and circulate as machines and newspapers raise demand. life span four to five years. Citizens can obtain cents via a check to the superintendent of the mint.
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U. S. Treasury
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York State
California
South
Nevada
Wyoming
Arizona
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Washington
Mint
New York Sun
Man crafts artificial palate after mislaid real one
In a western city a man born without a palate uses an artificial device. A roommate throws a glass containing a metal fragment from a window. The other man, realizing he has found a metal piece, grabs it to discover it is the man’s missing palate. The incident ends with a heated exchange.
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New York Tribune
Figures show status of American farmer
Harper's Weekly notes the farmer as the continent’s core wealth, citing Minnesota and Dakota producers at 300 million dollars this year and Kansas corn at 260 million bushels. It links rising farm productivity with growing intelligence and potential political power, foreseeing organized farmer influence as crops and cattle expand.
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America
Minnesota
Dakotas
Kansas
Okahoma
United States
Steel Trust
Harper’s Weekly
Not in Photographer's Line Crushing Blow To Army Officer
A retired English army officer boasts of a photographer in London who can do justice to him yet refuses a portrait by the artist. He visits the studio in a pompous fashion, only to be told by Madame the photographer that she never takes pictures of gentlemen, only ladies, children, flowers and pretty things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bolomon
Madame
Plume
Fund for Bible Distribution Estate Gift Plan
The estate of Robert Arthington of Leeds left 800000 pounds to missions, yielding a large fund for Bible distribution. It aimed to provide every person with copies of the Gospels of St John St Luke and the Acts of the Apostles through the Fund for Bible Distribution.
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Robert Arthington
Leeds
England
The Passing of the Salmon Threat to West Coast Runs
The article warns salmon stocks decline due to fishing gear and traps along the lower Columbia and Idaho lakes. It notes miles of gill nets, pound nets, weirs, seines, and destructive salmon wheels blocking migratory routes. It laments scarcity versus twenty years ago and cites fishers and locals exploiting spawning grounds. It ends with a brief unrelated note about Sir Frederick Treves and medical experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Lower Columbia
Rapida
An Ancient Pea Event Inspires London Show
A London show organized by the Sweet Pea Society featured a peculiar pea plant raised from a seed linked to a defunct Egyptian band member, showcasing horticultural curiosity and historical intrigue.
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London
Sweet Pea Society
Hroom
Farm Sale Sets Tama County Record Prices
EB Converse sold two Tama County farms totaling 650 acres for 63 600 with Oscar Casey buying the 480 acre home place for 40 000 and Joe Bell paying 85 an acre for the 160 acre tract.
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Tama County
Lows
EB. B. Converse
Hhis
Oscar Casey
Dysart
Joe Bell
Convérae Bax
Bronze Hercules statue found at Boscors Pompeii site
Excavators at Boscors Pompeii uncover a magnificent bronze statue of Hercules seated on a rock with his club on the shoulder. The artifact is well preserved and resembles the Farnese Hercules in the Vatican. The Naples museum director plans transport of the statue.
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Boscors Pompeii
Hercules
Vatican
Rome
Naples
French Workingwomen in the Workforce
The article reports that over 6.3 million French women work for a living, with more than 2.7 million in forestry and agriculture including women landowners. Industrial roles total about 2 million, housing 120 thousand in cloister related work, theater about 12 thousand, and liberal professions around 138,460.
Pocketbook Lost Overboard During Kiel Regatta Recovered
An American dropped a pocketbook with valuable papers and $7,500 in notes overboard from a yacht at Kiel regatta. It was found ashore at Ashaustrand by a workman who returned it with its contents to the owner.
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Germany
Kiel
Ashaustrand
Chaplain Warns as Storm Threatens Sailors at Sea
A sailor jokes that continued peril may send all to heaven by tomorrow morning. The chaplain gasps and exclaims that the Lord forbid it. The exchange highlights the peril faced by the crew during the storm at sea.
Park Acreage by City Totals and Bronx Share
City park area totals include New York with 6766 acres of which 3849 lie in the Bronx. Chicago reports 2650 acres while St. Louis has 2480 acres and Philadelphia totals 9675 acres with Fairmount Park at 3806 acres.
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New York City
Bronx
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Illinois Man Recover
In Bed Three Months at Oolitic Indiana W. A. Terry reports kidney trouble so severe he was bedbound for months. After starting Dodd's Kidney Pills his condition markedly improves by the second day and he soon can move about. He endorses the remedy for kidney or bladder issues. Also mentions Dean's Ointment for skin complaints and praises its safety.
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Ind
W. A. Terry
Dodd
Terry
Grocer Refers to Cash Trade Behind Customers
A grocer remarks on cash transactions affecting the trade book and stock records. The comment notes that when customers pay with cash, the sale is recorded differently and the ledger reflects changes in inventory. The remarks imply informal handling of transactions and potential impact on accounting.
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Byen
Poole
Hall's Coterth Core and Other Patent Remedies
A garbled ad page touts Hall's Coterth Core taken internally at 7 cents, with other medical claims. It promotes cures for coughs and other ailments, cites generic testimonials, and mentions Red Cross Ball Bins and various locales, ending with cluttered phrases and misread text.
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Red Cross
Presbyterian Pastor Praises Peruna in Newspaper Testimony
A Greensboro Georgia Presbyterian pastor and elder endorse Peruna, praising its cure of catarrh in a boy and affirming wide endorsements from prominent leaders. Letters to The Peruna Medicine Co. recount successful use and solicit reader inquiries for gratis medical advice from Dr. Hartman.
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Boro
B. G. Sraith
M. J. Reasman
Greensboro
Presbyterian Church
Ban Perups
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbua
Ohio
Loog Ieeeee
Peraway
Hartman
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Charles Lamb
Jook
Depan
Frederick Treves
Edward
Saxcoy
Dean
Hall
Ppiso
Amecoega Gore
I. de
Presbyterian
Peruna
Ie Presbyterian Church
J. G. Smith
Mersantes Oasis
Winchester
Hnchester Repeating Arms CO
New Haven
Conw
THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Wotescharn
Modara
W. MN
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
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