World's Fair Nearly Ready for Opening
As 1904 begins, exposition work enters the installation phase with exhibits and beautification advancing. Construction, track beds, freight handling, and rail connections move toward a timely opening, with Terminal Railroad Association boosting capacity and shippers reporting improving delivery times to St Louis.
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Terminal Railroad Association
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Mississippi
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Boston
Facade of Liberal Arts Palace at World’s Fair
Handsome interior homes display wares as exhibitors prepare stands. Soldiers on Government Hill mount a great cannon while Navy officers oversee deckwork on a modern warship. Art Hill showcases stone palaces and annexes ready for Dalatinga works. Gardens laid out, color schemes fixed, and electric wiring completed for thousands of lights at night. Light displays will illuminate the World’s Fair City starting April 30 for seven months.
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Swanner
Palace of Transportation
Government Hill
United States Navy
Art Hill
Palace of Stone
Lels
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The Greatest Wonder At The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
A lively overview extols the 1904 St Louis Exposition as the greatest wonder, detailing exhibits from steamships to hydraulics and night illumination. It notes cost estimates, travel fares from Chicago, and planned three day per diem expenses, ending with a suggestion that one can spend less than five dollars daily.
Wonders In Exhibition At St Louis Palace Of Machinery
A grand display showcases marvels from electricity to locomotives and airships. Visitors will witness the largest engine, a turning table locomotive, and the modern watch under glass. International exhibits from Brazil to Panama signal a global panorama opening to the public. CLAUDE H WETMORE.
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Chemical Laboratory
Eleevo Chemical Laboratory
Graphic Arts
Liberal Arts Palace
Iinmense
Ching
Confucius
Japan
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Peru
Hawaii
Pacific
Russia
China
Panama
United States
St. Louis
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Arrowhead Lake
Alaska
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Claude H, Wetmore
World Fair Features Dramatic Organ and Vault Services
The World's Fair showcases the largest organ with 145 stops and pipes five feet in diameter in Westival Hall for concerts and events. A preproof building provides 2,000 safety deposit boxes for visitor valuables at a small fee. The Liberty belt is exhibited in the Pennsylvania Building votunda, marking its first voyage along the Mississippi River.
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Westival Hall
Pennsylvania
Cost of seeing the World's Fair from near St Louis
A 800 mile radius around St Louis offers a three day World’s Fair visit for less than any year’s train fare. The claim rests on a “one fare for the round trip” rate set for seven key months in 2004, now publicized by railroad agents and associations.
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Washington University
St. Louis
Ssempors
Pike Travel Summary With Six Day Budget
A six day plan outlines daily stays on the Pike with mornings in one building and afternoons in another and evenings on the Pike. The total weekly expenditures are estimated at 20.10 dollars including meals car fare hotel room and admissions to concessions and dinner dishes.
Long Bridge Over Lion Sea At Sangang Described
A long bridge crosses an arm of the Yellow sea at Sangang, known as the Lion sea. It spans five and a quarter miles and is supported by just over 300 stone pillars.
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Yellow Sea
Sangang
Lion Sea
Colorado sugar beet row spacing boosts per acre yield
A Colorado test shows planting sugar beets in rows 27 and 11 inches apart yields four and a half tons more per acre than uniform 24 inch spacing. The study compares row configurations and their impact on beet yield per acre.
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Colorado
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