Louis Purchase Exposition to Feature Cascade Art in Forest Park
The 1903 St Louis exposition will present a grand water and sculpture scene set within Forest Park. Elevations create a giant fan shaped layout with three cascades issuing from hills into a central basin. The art building and government structures rise on the elevated tract while water features stretch a mile through the exhibit.
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Forest Park
United States
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City of St. Louis An &C Exposition
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Art Gallery
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Cass Gilbert
United States Government
J. Knox Taylor
Commission of Architects
Walter
Properties on Stage Two Centuries Ago Compared to Today
A historical note traces stage properties in early drama from Jonson to The Taming of the Shrew and Greene to James IV, showing that items used as props then resemble modern stage necessities. It cites Samuel Johnson and Southey’s era as evidence of ongoing practice and reflects on a letter from a noble to the Countess of Darby praising a virtuous companion and the integrity of Carlile’s character.
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Jonson
Willie
Greene
Order of the Bath
Samuel Joh Stdale
Southey
Cosme
Countess of Darby
Carlyle
Alphonsus of
Arizzon
Venus
Henslowe
Kane Absalom
Piere
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Gentlemen’s Magazine
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Victoria
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Woman in Wall Street Flurry Loses All Husband's Cash
Reported tale from Wall Street panic shows an army officer's wife, living in the Philippines, investing her husband’s salary through a firm run by Henry Clown. Her attempts to recover funds fail as the market collapsed, leaving the couple with nothing.
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Wall Street
Phlippines
Henry Clown
Grand Monumental Entrance at City Exposition Lands
A grand entrance portal will anchor the exposition site on the alte toward the city. Chief Architect Taylor leads a monumental design featuring two 400-foot towers and a radiating street approach via Lindell boulevard. The main picture spans over two thirds of a square mile with wide avenues and fire proof art structures, complemented by ceremonial colonnades and stage devices referenced in historic texts.
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Alte
Forest Park
Taylor
St Louis
Improper Outburst From Conductor Over Women on Streetcar
A Washington Star reporter witnessed a metropolitan streetcar conductor snarl a crude remark about women as he yanked the bell rope to urge the motorman forward. The fare taker, paying his fare, said he did not mean disrespect but sometimes loses temper.
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Clews
Shell
Clows
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Washington Star
Magnanimity and revenge between Carlyle and Disraeli
A passage recalls Disraeli converting Carlyle’s bigotry into respect after Carlyle’s harsh past sermons against Jews. Disraeli, now powerful, is praised for recognizing Carlyle’s intellect and offering him a knighthood as a gesture of national esteem.
Procrastination And Hospitality In a Southern Town
Early morning at a post office in an Alabama town, a narrator notes arriving too soon. A colored janitor jokes about procrastination and offers warmth to a stranger, inviting him to stay and feel at home while he waits.
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Alabama
Dia
Leftover mercy moves burglar in Buston Globe tale
An old lady reads in the Buston Globe and recalls a burglar who showed humanity. The story notes he entered a sick man’s home, aimed to help, yet struck him with a life preserver, shocking the reader with the burglar’s unexpected mercy.
Uniform hogs and pure breeding to raise profits
The piece urges farmers to replace scrub hogs with uniform pure bred swine, sorting by development and feeding, and mating only with pedigreed boars. It argues that consistency in weight, color and shape boosts market prices and profits, while criticizing scrub stock and outdated breeding. It also notes canning industry trends and seedless prune development.
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Nuigance
Wedding Gift Clues at Cleverton In Tiny Town
Dashaway and Cleverton discuss a planned call to the Brider leya on wedding night. Dashaway notes a wedding present placed in the front parlor as evidence, implying a connection to events at a local town and country setting.
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Dashawas
Briderleya
Cleverton
Dashaway
Liebig and the rise of commercial fertilizers
A historical note on soil fertility and farming practice cites Baron von Liebig and four guiding principles. It argues that soil must supply all plant nutrients, crops deplete fertility, returning nutrients preserves land, and ordinary farming often fails to restore it. It warns that poor farming degrades soils and that remediation may require commercial fertilizers.
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Baron von Liebiz
Liebig
Increasing Use of Potash for Fortification in U.S. Farms
The Farmers' Review notes rapidly rising potash use for fortification, citing ten years of import data from the German Bast exhibit at the Illinois State Fair. Potash imports show values around £1,000s across years, reflecting growing fertilizer demand as high potato prices loom and a likely bigger payback to farmers from a shorter crop.
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RDO Coeccaasenseersceeeneries
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