World's Fair in St Louis Opens With Grand Exhibits
The article details heavy preparations for the 1904 World's Fair in St Louis with thousands of carloads of exhibits arriving daily. It highlights the Palace of Agriculture the Palace of Art the Pike amusements and the international pavilions including England France Germany Japan and China. It notes government funding plans and the scale of gardens halls and features such as Cascade Gardens and the Festival Hall with the world’s largest organ.
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St. Louis
Umber
Palace of
North
Palace of Agriculture
United States
Palace of Art
Europe
America
Italy
Palace of Forestry, Fish and Game
Edmund Clarence Stedman
John K. Paine
Harvard University
Frank Vander
Iit
Vilitor
Louis
Missouri
England
France
Germany
Brazil
Japan
China
Philippine Islands
Stucken
Cincinnati Orchestra
Henry K. Hadley
New York
Festival Hall
Music and Animals At German Zoo Provokes Curious Reactions
Scientific American reports experiments at the German Zoological Gardens using violin music by Herr Baker. The puma proves the most sensitive to melody, showing rapid mood shifts. leopards ignore it, lions fear it, cubs dance to livelier tunes, hyenas tremble, and monkeys remain curious. Further tests with varied instruments aim to separate true mental states from novelty effects.
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Herr Baker
Pame
Scientific American
N Rays Emitted During Digestion Says Lambert
M Lambert in France reports that N-rays occur during digestion and with muscular and mental activity. He attributes the rays to ferments especially those in digesting albuminoid matter. Experiments used fibrin in tubes with pancreatic or gastric juices showing luminescence and photographic evidence.
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M. Lambert
France
Harper’s Weekly
Stained Floors and Handy Kitchen Cabinet Tips
Household tips describe staining oak floors with raw sienna umber linseed oil and turpentine plus quick drying Japan dryers. Two coats yield darkness and a linseed oil finish yearly. Also suggests under table drawers to create a budget kitchen cabinet with dust shields and a tin covered top for utility.
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Japan
Ideal kitchen wall coverings and floor choices
The article argues for bright windows and durable floors such as linoleum or oiled hardwood. It praises enamelled tile paper for walls as washable and odor resistant, compares whitewashed and painted walls, and notes enamelled paper as the best practical kitchen surface despite imitational concerns.
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New York Tribune
Creole Style-Chop Rice and Peach Cobbler Recipes
A vintage culinary excerpt outlines Creole style chop rice with onion, green peppers, ham, butter, and beef broth, plus a peach cobbler and a cream sauce for pudding. It includes steps for parboiling rice, simmering, oven finishing, and vanilla-seasoned sauce preparation.
Footmen and Horses Sermon by Rev Howard Duffield Excerpt
The sermon on Jeremiah intones that the pursuit of happiness fails to satisfy and urges seeking truth and holiness. It contrasts worldly pleasures with divine sufficiency through Christ and ends claiming victory through Jesus. Duffield, preacher at Old First Presbyterian Church in New York, died after delivering the sermon titled Footmen and Horses.
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New York City
Howard Duffield
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Duffield
Jeremy
Mordecai
Lord Byron
Chesterfield
Heine
Poe
Shiraz
Rue T
Amsterdam
Kolomon
Edtipus
Heaven
Hindoo
Buddha
Pallas Athene
Orient
Apostle
Jeremiah
Paul
God
Jesus
Grant
India
Christ
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Niray Alexeieff
Alexeieff
Kitor Beveridge
Ile
Charles Johnston
Harper's Weekly
Alexielaos
Johnston
Admiral Alexton
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