Gates Open as Omaha Expo Attracts Crowds and Praise
The First Greater America Colonial Exposition opens on July 1 with crowds thronging two hundred acres of grounds. Grand Court of Honor centers around a lagoon with tropical plants and Philippine and Hawaiian displays. Major landscaping by Rudolph Ulrich, with plant shipments from California to Hawaii, and a schedule of world-class concerts begins with Godfrey's British Grenadier Band and Bellstedt-Ballenberg Band.
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Grand Court of Honor
Rudolph Ulrich
Calfornia
Florida
Louisiana
Hawaii
Grand Court
Bellstedt-Ballenberg
Cincinnati
Herman Bellstedt
Transcontinental Rail Lines Likely Under Vanderbilts and Friends
The Tribune reports Wall Street expects a Vanderbilt controlled ocean to ocean line. It notes connections from New York to Buffalo Chicago and beyond via the New York Central West Shore Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railway & Navigation. Possible second and third transcontinental systems are discussed with Pennsylvania and Santa Fe amid wider consolidations.
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New York
the Tribune
Wall Street
Vanderbilt
Boston & Albany
New York Central
West Shore
Boston
Eastern Seaboard
Buffalo
Chicago
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Omaha
Union Pacific
Vanderbilts
Granger
Wyo
Ogden
Utah
Oregon
Milford
Utah & Pacific
California
Tia
San Francisco
Northwestern
William K. Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
A. J. Cassatt
New England
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Baltimore & Ohio
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Wood orders strict quarantine in Santiago Cuba
General Leonard Wood in command of the Santiago department issues General Order No. 34 establishing absolute quarantine. All government officers and employees barred from entering the city except department personnel. Major General Carr and Surgeons Mendoza and Nunez to oversee the few patients. hotels and saloons to close to Americans. troops moved to Songo with one company at Morro Castle.
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Santiago
Cuba
Leonard Wood
Department of
Carr
Mendoza
Nunez
Songo
Morro Castle
Cristo
Trying to Fix Rates
A meeting of the advisory committee of the Western Passenger association in New York discussed adjusting immigrant traffic and equitable distribution. The session outlined a preliminary conference with committees from Canadian Pacific and Southern Pacific and later talks with steamship line representatives.
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New York
Western Passenger Association
Canadian Pacific
Southern Pacific
Senator Gallinger faces civil service charges in New Hampshire
Report from Concord on July 13 details a civil service inquiry into Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of Concord over alleged campaign circulars asking federal officeholders for contributions. Governor Buster and Senator Chandler present statements on civil service law enforcement and campaign finances. The piece also notes church debt cancellations in Reading, Pennsylvania, and includes a humorous Puck cartoon caption.
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Gallinger
Concord
N. H
United States Civil Service Bureau
Jacob H. Gallinger
Charles A. Bustiel
Republican State Committee
Buster
Chandler
Republican National Committee
State Committee
Senator Chandler
Bussel
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington
Questioned Grave of John Paul Jones in Paris
Washington reports inquiry on the fate of John Paul Jones grave in Paris. Henry Vignaud says he cannot locate the burial site though he confirms Jones was not buried in Lafayette’s cemetery. Paris records suggest Jones may have been placed in a rented grave later discarded.
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Washington
State Department
John Paul Jones
Paris
Secretary of State
Henry Vignaud
United States
Vignaud
Lafayette
Murderer Confesses in Family Tragedy West of Here
Taylor Kirk, 34, shot and killed his widowed sister Ida Yarborough as they rode to a Cor dell picnic. He threatened family, sent a brother to claim suicide, then confessed. bound over for trial without bail at the coroner's inquest.
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Kansas City
Cloud Chief
O. T
Here
Taylor Kirk
Ida Yarborough
Cordell
Kirk
Yarborough
Bryan Arrives in Victor For Silver Party Events
Delegations from Victor and Cripple Creek escort Willam J. Bryan from Colorado Springs to Victor, greeted by large crowds at every stop. About 10,000 people meet him in Victor before a noon banquet and remarks by Congressman Shafroth. A large outdoor mass meeting follows, then a 5 pm trip to Cripple Creek for tonight's speech.
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Bryan
Victor
Colo
Cripple Creek
Willam J. Bryan
Colorado Springs
Shafroth
Mr. Bryan
Selling Patents and Major Buyers Listed
Last week 474 patents were issued to U S citizens, with 155 sold wholly or partly before issue. This suggests many inventors succeed in selling interests, boosting filings. Major buyers include American Bell Telephone Co Boston Wellman Seaver Cleveland Oliver Iron and Steel Pittsburgh American Postal Machines Co Portland. Inventors seeking patent selling info should contact Sues & Co Bee Building Omaha Neb. Poetry is what man writes about gardens without mentioning the weeds.
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United States
American Bell Telephone Co
Boston
Mass
Wellman-Seaver Engineering Co
Cleveland
O. Oliver Iron and Steel Co
Pittsburg
American Postal Machines Co
Portland
Sues & Co
Bee Building
Omaha
Neb
Faultless Starch Ad Promises Clean Irons and Easy Results
An old advertisement urges readers to wash linans thoroughly and use Faultless Starch with clean irons. It claims perfect results by following package directions. The pitch notes Faultless Starch is sold by grocers in a large 10c package and targets the self made man who admits others' inferiority.
Advertising snippets and medical cures in a catalog style
A collage of patent medicine claims and promotional lines. The text advertises Hiall's Catarrh Cure as constitutional and Allen's Foot-Base powder for sore feet, along with rail fare cut rates and a ticket broker in Omaha. It includes scattered proverbs and quips about crime and manners.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
California Fig Syrup Co. laxative claims strong healing powers
The California Fig Syrup Co presents Syrur or Fias as a premier strengthening laxative. It touts cleansing effects on the kidneys liver and bowels and relief from colds headaches and fevers. Made with figs but its medicinal value comes from senna and other plants. Available through drujgists at 50 cents per bottle.
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California
Fia Syrur Co
California Fio Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
N.Y
Mosby recalls enemies, reconstruction politics, and misread right
Colonel J S Mosby in Spokane claims he angered the South by turning Republican during reconstruction and says foes now admit he was right. The piece notes marriage customs of nations with a Hottentot widow who must cut and give finger joints when remarrying.
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J S Mosby
Spokane
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Praise
Enterprise
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Bluff
Cairo
Indian Congress
America
Lagoon and Fine Arts Building
Arch OF States
Colonial Exhibits
Pennsylvania Road
Santa Fe
General Wood
Aglash
Mr. Chandler
Memorial Methodist Church
Reading
First Baptist Church
Mercy
Puck
Hiall
Price
P. NH. Philbin
Farnam
Ayer
DR. J
Lowell
Mase
Candy Cathartic
Buckingham’s
R. P. Hall & Co
Nesbue
BON Marche Shoe CO
Fourteenth St
Tae Bee
Fenwick & Nce
Aas. B. Co
Washington D c
Sol- Bavisny
M. Geletox CO
Aterarys
Washington, BD. C
Ensig
John W. Morris
VIAV
Weave Company
Omaka
Dadneaim
Ripanea Chemical Co
Thompson
W.N.U. Omaha
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