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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1901
Page
3
The article reflects on the first public event of the twentieth century and the century’s promise. It extols progress in civilization, science, and culture, noting rapid advances and the use of natural forces, while pondering what future achievements may unfold.
Confidence runs high that gates will open May 1 for a perfected expo site. Expo prospects are strong with robust advertising and large anticipated attendance. From a distance the grounds resemble a grand city, promising sunlit scenes and lasting impressions. The United States Ordnance Exhibit will feature modern weapons used in recent wars.
Comprehensive exhibits at the Pan American Exposition present a graphic record of a hundred years of achievement in the hemisphere. The piece discusses nineteenth century advances in transport, electricity, medicine, and industry, and forecasts future discoveries, social and political challenges, and the role of Buffalo and Niagara in hosting a major expo. It highlights government ordnance displays, including a 32 inch gun and a 16 inch beacon rifle, and notes plans to show additional weaponry and inventions with future defenses in mind. The piece ends with assorted notices on cures and travel rates.
At the Pan-American Exposition in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts building a division titled Foods and Their Accessories presents the potential for food production in the western world. The exhibit highlights soil and climate requirements for diverse foods and the spread of orient-sourced necessities. The display implies strong regional capabilities across Pan America and the western world.
The article reports Nikola Tesla announcing a new electricity law saying circuit capacity is not fixed but varies with altitude and time. He cites experiments in Colorado and New York, noting capacity rises with elevation, varies daily and seasonally, and is influenced by sunlight and the moon, with implications for wireless telegraphy theory.
The author explains that changes in capacity alter vibration periods in electric circuits. A circuit vibrates slower with height, faster in certain sailing conditions, and varies with season and diurnal sun exposure. Findings suggest altitude, relative surface height, Earth–Sun distance, and rotation influence results. Potential meteorology and astronomy applications are noted.
An agent of the Forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture provides a detailed survey of the Philippines forests. He estimates public forest lands may total 20 to 40 million acres, with vast virgin tracts in Mindoro, Paragua, Mindanao, and Luzon. Challenges include insufficient roads, costly hauling, and need for better infrastructure to exploit the timber wealth.
The report notes vast valuable public forest lands in the Philippines, hindered by lack of roads and skilled lumbermen, with current personnel untrained in scientific forestry and un-surveyed lands. It contrasts hoped revenue from forests with present constraints, while referencing a separate ad about la grippe cures and travel offers, including Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Pullman sleepers to Denver.
Rail timetable fragment lists multiple daily and Sunday railway services by number and route. Includes No 110 Kansas City to Pausenter, No 113 Texas Express, No 109 Topeka Express, No 18 Passenger daily, and regional branches through Lawrence and Leavenworth with various departure times and exceptions.
California Paints are quickest and most comfortably reached via the Santa Fe. $25 buys ticket to San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and more on Tuesdays February 13 through April 36 inclusive. Santa Fe offers free chair car and tourist sleepers daily to California with no change. GEO C BAILEY Agent To California points via Union Pacific. February 12 19 26 March 12 19 29 April 2 9 16 23 30. Through sleeping berths available. Call J P Ross city office or Union Pacific depot for info and reservations.
A brief schedule note outlines travel to Estes Park: the only short line departs Lawrence on the Union Pacific at 13:45 and Denver one morning on the Burlington line, estimating about twenty four hours travel. For details, contact the City Office or call telephone No 5 or the acUP depot.
Affordable weekly fares offered every Tuesday in November and on the 12th and 19th of November and through February. All Tuesdays in March and April cover western Colorado and northwestern points. Contact H. P. Ross at city office 712 Massachusetts Street or at UJ. P. depot.
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