Magnificent Picture of Old Masters and Modern Creations
An overview of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition architecture. Majestic ivory white palaces showcase Renaissance influenced design by leading US architects. Descriptions cover Palace of Education to Palace of Machinery, with domes, arches, pediments, and varied stylistic motifs across national and state pavilions.
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United States
Greece
Rome
Parthenon
Faj Mahal
Palace of Education
United States Treasury
Hue
Line
Palace of Agriculture
France
Versalles
Germany
Charlottenburg
Great Britain
Kensington Palace
London
Japan
Nagoya
China
Prince Luc Lan
Belgium
Education takes center stage at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Claude H Wetmore notes education dominates the St Louis fair with a dedicated Palace of Education. For the first time school life appliances are shown in a building built for education, with live demonstrations by students including blind and deaf pupils using adaptive methods. The exhibit tops classifications and promises engaging displays beyond textbooks and labs.
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Claude H. Wetmore
Chicago
Paris
St. Louis
Palace of Education
World Exposition education displays promise student benefit
College professors guided demonstrations in modern telescope use and solar photography at the exposition. Exhibits from New York to old world cities show school life, higher education, and agricultural experiments funded by a $100,000 federal appropriation. Teachers plan trips, rail rates, and lodging for students to study at the fair, with special facilities in the Palace of Education and department showcases.
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Meana
Hfe
New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
United States
Agricultural Department
Federal
Congress
Tere
Enillaren
Jefferson
St.Louis
Ite
Adea
Missouri
Bapeattio
Iowa State Building at the World’s Fair Exhibition
A detailed preview of the Iowa State Building at the World’s Fair describes its design and the main entrance on the north. It highlights educational aims for visitors, especially schoolchildren, with guided tours, lectures, and demonstrations of farming, mining, and manufacturing processes to provide practical object lessons and stimulate learning.
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Iowa State Building
Oliér
Ndt
Gather the roses off healthy for your cheeks
A poetic line extolling morning rituals and natural beauty inviting readers to rise early and use Rocky Mountain Tea at night to refresh and beautify their complexion.
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Rocky Mountain
Settlers Rates To Points Across Several Provinces
Tickets on sale by the Chicago Great Western Railway every Tuesday in March and April. For further information apply to any Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, II.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Assiniboia
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Spavin Liniment Sold by Keables Drug Store
An old advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment as a universal horse blemish cure. It pledges relief from bruises splints and ring bone, claiming one bottle can save a horse, with Keables druggist in Pell presenting the remedy.
Dr B Decthon's Anti Diurefic Claim
An old promotional notice touts Dr B Decthon's Anti Diurefic claiming to cure bedwetting and nocturnal incontinence in children and adults. Sold by J F Keables druggist in Ta.
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Northwestern Yeast
H. C. Payne, M. D. Adam. French, M. D
People's Savings Bank
W. M. Fuqua
Dr. van Schoten
Geo. J. Thormasson
Ttorney
Law
South Side
O Park
Iowa
Pella
E. I. Roorda
Owa
G. W. Vander Ploeg
Opera House
Bloch
Lippincott’s Monthly
Gompcere
Ean
Draig ‘Lit Co
Pelle
Antwerp
Mexico
Lottalana
New Orleans
New Jersey
General Washington
Morristown
Connecticut
Sivourney
Hartford
Virginia
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Mississippi
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Texas
Washington
Oregon
Concessions
Missouri Valley
Hastings
Tommie Kelley
Jesse Gustin
Kelley
Gustin
Seal of
Coles Seed Store
Pella, Iowa
Grand Basin
Cascades
Thedford
James Hall
Jacksonville
Gore
Thedford’s
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