World's Fair Opens with Vast Exhibits at St Louis
Large consignments of cars from many nations arrive as the World’s Fair grounds near completion in St Louis. The complex includes the Palace of Agriculture, Palace of Art, and foreign pavilions with hundreds of acres of buildings and gardens. The government funds total to millions, with airship trials and quadrennial Olympics planned. visitors expect lodging and food options across the city.
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St. Louis
Palace of Transportation
Palace of Agriculture
United States
Palace of
Palace of Art
Europe
America
Italy
Palace of Forestry, Fish and Game
Edmund Clarence Stedman
John K. Paine
Harvard University
Frank Vander
City of
Missouri
England
France
Germany
Brazil
Japan
Cina
Philippine Islands
Stucken
Cincinnati Orchestra
Henry Kk. Hadley
New York
Festival Hall
Real Crusoe story linked to Selkirk’s exile described
Article compares Selkirk’s real voyage to Crusoe noting he was a Scotsman who volunteered ashore from the Cinque Ports in 1704. Selkirk, sailing master, left due to a quarrel, lived four years four months with minimal belongings, then was rescued by Captain Rogers and told his tale. Also reports Russia’s destitution with famine, alcohol, emigration, and depopulation.
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Selkirk
Crusoe
Cruso
William Dampier
Selkir
Cinque Ports
Sellick
Francis Arnold Collins
Robinson Crusoe’s Island
St. Nicholas
Russia
Petersburgskija Vjacdomasti
Siberia
Middle Asia
Siberian
Russia's Viceroy Admiral Alexeieff Master Mind and Force
Harper's Weekly essay by Charles Johnston profiles Admiral Alexeieff as a master mind and masterful figure shaping a vast Russian influence zone. The piece credits Beveridge's The Russian Advance and notes his lifelong hard work amid glamour and squalor, highlighting resolve and constructive power. It also mentions Oscar Arion Frost of Ottawa as possibly the Civil War era's youngest cavalry recruit at fourteen.
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Alexeieff
E. Alexeieff
Senator Beveridge
Charles Johnston
Harper's Weekly
Atexeieff
France
Germany
Ar. Johnston
Alexesoft
Oscar
Arion Frost
Ottawa
Missouri -Cavgary
Frost
Puma Proves Highly Sensitive to Music in Zoo Tests
In German Zoological Gardens experiments with violin music by Herr Baker, the puma showed strongest mood shifts in response to melodies. Leopards stayed indifferent while lions grew fearful, cubs dancing when tunes lively. Bears terrified and monkeys curious. further tests planned with various instruments to separate genuine mental states from novelty effects.
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Herr Baker
Scientific American
Listening Spoon Music With Silver Tableware Experiment
A century old home trick suggests using a solid silver tablespoon tied to cords. Hold the cord ends to ears and swing the spoon to strike a wooden object. The result is described as sweet music from the vibration. The note attributes the idea to Woma's Home Companion.
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Woma
N-Rays Linked to Digestion and Mental Activity
French researcher M Lambert reports that digestion and muscular activity emit N-rays, likely produced by ferments in albuminoid digestion. Experiments with fibrin in pancreatic and artificial gastric juices showed luminescence and photographic proof of N-ray emission, suggesting fibrin strilins trigger the effect. Prosperous Yucatan features mentions of wealth and education in a different note.
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M. Lambert
France
Harper’s Weekly
Machiavellian Maxim Echoes in Cautionary Adage
A pithy quotation from Machiavelli's The Prince warns that one person's gain often causes another's loss, underscoring political caution and competitive maneuvering.
Sea oddities and giant oysters dazzle Atlantic City
William Blackman spotted a fifteen foot sea serpent washed ashore at Ventnor but it vanished by morning. Richard Burbage recalls a two foot long oyster weighing twenty four pounds from Lakes' bay. John Winder and the yacht Pittsburg hauled a forty five pound lobster twenty miles off shore. Atlantic City reels at these marvels in a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
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William Blackman
Aong
Ventnor
Blackman
Richard Burbage
Pleasantville
Lakes’ S Bay
John Winder
Winder
Pittsburg
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
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Prince
the State
Linden, New Jersey
Elizabeth
Newark
Pennsylvania
Rosedale
Linden Park
Inden
Prudential Building
Berger Avenue
Jersey City
New York City
Washington
Washington, D. C
Mecales Magazine
EAR
McCall” Co
West List St
Tork
H. TU Lefferts
de Mendiz
Portugal
Speer Wi Wine Company
Passaic N.J
Nutley
Sworth
Patent Office
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