St Louis Exposition Surpasses Expectations in World’s Fair Review
A New York writer praising the Louisiana Purchase Exposition reports the fair is finished and exceeds hopes. He highlights grand features including the Cascade Gardens, Festival Hall, and the various national pavilions by Germany France Great Britain Japan China Italy Austria Belgium with replicas from Charlottenburg Grand Trianon Kensington Shishinden and more.
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New York
Brooklyn Life
St. Louis
Maey
Abdison Steele
Louisiana Purchase Monument
Grand Basin
Cascade Greens
Liberal Arts and Mines
Cascade Gardens
Germany
Charlottenburg Schloss
Charlottenburg
France
Great Britain
Kensington Palace
Japan
China
Prince A Sun
Italy
Austria
Belgium
Etmad-Dowlah
East India
Bangkok
Siam
Chicago
Hhese
St Louis Exposition Its Architectural Splendor and Philippine Exhibit
The article praises the 1904 St Louis Exposition highlighting its grand architectural group and landscape design. It notes a dozen vistas, the main plaza view, Cascade Gardens, and the Philippine section occupying forty seven acres with ten buildings and 75 000 catalogued exhibits. Entrance to the Philippine area is free with twenty five cent charges for four native villages.
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Plaza of
St. Louis
Cascade Gardens
Ieee Agate
Grand Basin
Cascade Hill
Perth
Arrowhead Lake
Golden Handcuffs Tale Spurs 19th Century Irony
The Westminster Gazette recalls M. Max Regis who was gifted golden handcuffs by admirers for his nationalist arrest. Once worn, the cuffs vanished from use and resurfaced after a Mont de Piété sale where they were bought by a Hebrew man who wears them in Algiers. Dr Edward H Hale of Williams College notes a century of social questions echo in a graduation address.
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Westminster Gazette
M. Max Regis
Mont de Piete
Catelogue
M. Regis
Algiers
Hale
Edward Hrerette Hale
Williams College
Hale Jocosely
Indian Game Fowls Bring High Egg Value Across Oceans
An Indian game fowl price surprises as eggs are offered at 100 dollars each. The Azool or Indian bloodline has long been prized for purity and fighting prowess. English audiences see these birds as rare and valuable specimens treasured by Indian sportsmen.
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England
India
America
Pike Exposition offers varied dining and sights for travelers
The Tyrolean Alps concession and Cliff Dwellers at the Pike present realistic scenes. Seville Marionette theatre, Oberammergau display, and Western dances attract visitors. Dining ranges from $2 to $3 meals at Moderne Kunst and Summit dining, with Paris and Cascade Gardens restaurants offering affordable options.
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Tyrolean Alps
Seville
Jerusalem
Moderne Kunst
Das Deutsche Haus
The Silence of Butterflies and a Playwright's Complaint
A meditation on butterflies as a silent world and the limits of animal voice. The text then shifts to a popular author turned playwright facing theatre managers and pointers, noting difficulties in getting a play staged.
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Harper's Weekly
Star distances and parallax by Prof Harold Jacoby
A discussion on measuring stellar distance via parallax with references to Bessel and the use of precise instruments. It outlines how parallax requires observing change in a star's apparent position because of Earth’s orbit and notes Bessel’s early method using auxiliary stars and a refined measuring device.
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Harold Jacoby
Columbia
Trisques
Ali
Beszel
Bessel
Swins Pash
Ary Astronomica
The Latest Word About Submarine Mines
Park Benjamin outlines submarine mine types and dangers. He explains contact, buoyant, and ground mines, their firing methods, anchoring, and how a mine field protects harbors while noting risks and countermeasures in naval warfare.
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Park Benjamin
Guantanamo
Equire
Health at Panama and malaria control challenges
Col Gorgas argues that eliminating malaria across a population is untried on a large scale and discusses Panama’s health outlook. He notes Panama’s death rate is higher than New York, estimates differences with French Panama, and warns that sanitation work will be difficult, requiring adaptive plans after failures.
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Koch
Africa
Panama
Panama Strip
New York
Tropics
United States
Cuba
Aia
Thibet Crosses Sahara and Siberia A Geographical Mirage
An excerpted travel sketch by W C Jameson Reid on Thibet describing a high central plateau between Asia’s great mountain belts. The text contrasts stark arid wilds with scant vegetation and nomadic herds, noting isolation, harsh climate, and perceived cultural backwardness as observed by early explorers. The passage also veers into a brief political note about John G Breckinridge.
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Hibet
Hapitabié
Sto
Nasser
Thibet
Pearls of Thought Selections and Quotations
A collection of brief quotes on virtue wisdom fashion and folly from various authors. Notable lines attribute counsel on temperance chivalry and life ethos from Bacon Fuller Giles Lucas Seneca Balzac Holmes and Taylor.
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Joseph Cook
Bacon
Bailey
H. Giles
W. J. Lucas
Seneca
Johnson
Open Clark street car stingy match exchange ends in cigar gift
In Chicago a rear seat passenger searches pockets for a match and fails, while a stout man across from him offers a unused matches and eventually a cigar. The tireless mutual aid leads to a small exchange before the man departs Walton Place.
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Clark Street
Frere
Walton Place
Chicago
Dress Clothes for Foreign Travels
A Philadelphia Record item advises travelers to pack light for continental trips. It notes that even English fashion favors practicality over frock coats and silk beaver hats, with serge clothing preferred for everyday travel. It also observes that European dinners are occasions for proper attire, even in modest settings.
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Philadelphia
Bride Sends Silk Hat to Laundry After Ironing Request
Dialogue shows Mr. Tromer asking where his new silk hat is while his Bride explains she had it ironed and sent to the laundry, add a domestic touch to the scene.
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Mr. Tromer
Inoculating Rats for Cancer Cure Experiments
Dr. Dagonet conducts experiments at Ste. Anne Asylum in Paris inoculating rats with the cancer microbe to test a potential vaccine serum. London Globe reports on the research effort seeking a preventive remedy.
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Dagonet
Ste. Anne Asylum
Paris
London Globe
No Tramps in Germany Policy Mentioned
Vagrants are arrested and sent to hard labor with goal to push them toward regular employment as soon as possible.
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Germany
Cee
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Palach
Arthur Stanley
Westminster
Vimerica
Staley
Ati
T. W. Higgingon
Atlantic
Col
William C. Gorgas
Sahara
Siberia
W.C. Jameson Reid
John G. Breckinridge
Balzac
C. W. Holmes
Jeremy” Taylor
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