Exposition Vision for 1903 St Louis Project
The 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis plans a grand main picture within Forest Park. Elevation differences shape architecture, with art buildings on elevated ground and three cascades feeding a mile long water circuit. A bold, fan shaped layout centers on the art building atop a hill while a grand basin gathers waters below.
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St. Louis
Forest Park
United States
Exposition Company
City of
Billy
Causa Gilbert
United States Government
J. Knox Taylor
Commission of Architects
Theatrical Properties Then And Now In Stage Life
An essay contrasts three centuries of stage properties, citing Bartholomew Fair and The Taming of a Shrew to show consistency. It notes Greene and Southey references, and includes Carlyle’s reaction to a generous pension as a measure of magnanimity and memory in literary circles.
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Jonson
Sile Sars
Greene
Order of the Hath
Samuel Joh
Southey
Disrwall
Countess of Derby
Diarach
Carlyle
Alphonsue of
Venus
Henslowe
Absalom
Piera
Winchester
Grisael
Tasso
Gentlemen's Magazine
Wouns World Speculate on Wall Street Panic
An army officer in the Philippines sent his salary home to his wife who then tried to recover the funds by involving Henry Clows firm. She invested their savings in Wall Street during the panic and sought his help to retrieve the money after everything was lost.
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Wall Street
Philippines
Henry Clows
Grand Plaza Exposition Entrance and Towers Details
The main entrance faces the city and adjoins Forest Park finishing work. Chief Architect Taylor designed a monumental portal with 40 foot towers, two exhibit pavilions, and Lindell boulevard access. The main picture spans over two thirds of a square mile, with 600 foot wide Grand Basin avenues and 300 foot others.
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Forest Park
Taylor
St Louis
Lindell
Tsen
Grand Basin
Renson
Street car conductor lashes out at women in presence of reporter
In a Washington Star piece a Metropolitan street car conductor cursed at women and ordered the motorman forward with a forceful pull of the bell rope. A reporter noted the conduct was ungallant, with the man later explaining he sometimes has to let loose.
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Washington Star
Carlyle and Disraeli Magnanimity Remark
The passage notes Carlyle’s arrogance yielding to Disraeli’s influence, showing Disraeli’s conversion of bigotry into respect. It highlights the unlikely reconciliation between a powerful prime minister and a famed thinker, culminating in a formal gesture of recognition and knighthood.
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Carlyle
Uniform hogs and purebred swine push for market profits
The piece argues for strict uniformity in hogs and other livestock to maximize market prices. It condemns scrub swine as nonproductive and urges breeders to maintain pure, uniform herds, with emphasis on selecting sires from pedigreed lines and avoiding mixing breeds. It also notes industry shifts toward better quality canned fruit and potential new fruit preservation methods.
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Australia
New Zealand
England
Victoria
Doing His Beat at Alabama Post Office
An early morning visit to a small Alabama town post office yields a humorous exchange with a Black janitor who offers to keep the caller company for half an hour to ease his sense of being a stranger and encourage a sense of home.
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Alabama
Burglary Hero Shows Quiet Mercy in Sick Man’s House
An old woman cites a Boston Globe report about a burglar who entered a home with a gravely ill occupant and, despite crime, felt pity and used a life preserver to help him. The item underscores a surprising humane act amid crime.
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Boston Globe
Wedding Gift Sparks Confusion in Cleverton Parlor Tale
A fragment from Town and Country recounts a tangled domestic moment where Dashaway hints at hidden knowledge of a call to the Briders and Cleverton confirms it, tied to a wedding present kept in the front parlor.
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Mashaway
Cleverton
Dashaway
Commercial Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Principles
The text notes that commercial fertilizers were rarely used before 1840 and outlines Baron von Liebig’s four core principles: soil fertility requires all necessary nutrients in usable form, erosion and replacement of fertility occur, fertility must be returned to land, and ordinary farming cannot restore fertility alone. It also mentions nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash losses, poor farming practices, and rotations affecting soil recovery.
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Baron von Liebls
Lisbig
Potash use rising for fortification in farming regions
Potash use for fortification purposes is increasing rapidly in the United States. A table of potash imports for the year, supplied by the German Fall exhibit agent at the Illinois State Fair, quotes large quantities and notes potato prices are high, suggesting higher returns for farmers.
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Ilinois
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Fine Arts Building
Kreg
Meer
Abe
Twitch
Clews
Clows
Delaware and Hudson
Allen Presa
THE
Louisiana Purchase
Carlyle and
Disraeli
Oteeristimus
Farmers’ Review
Dried Fruit Association of
Calfornia
Luther Burbank
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