World’s Fair Special Days and August Through November Events
A detailed list of World’s Fair special days from August to November, outlining Missouri week, Lumbermen of America, and numerous state, fraternal, and professional observances. Highlights include St. Louis day, air ship races, Olympic games events, and various conventions and receptions across months.
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Missouri
Lumbermen of America
St. Louis
National Firemen’s
Ramsey
Liberal Arts
Eagies
Tyler
Tennessee
Indiana
S and Daughters of Justice
Oklahoma
Brigham Family
California
Odd Fellows
House of Hoo-Hoo
Idaho
North Dakota
Apple
International Congress of Lawyers and Justices
Utah
Knights and Ladies of Security
Kansas
Indian Territory
New York
New York State
S—Rhode Island
Maine
Ohio
New Jersey
Daughters of Confederacy
Chicago Press
Cuba
Michigan
Connecticut
Mystic Toilers
American Library Association
Alaska
Nebraska
Helen Keller
Jefferson
Colonial Dames of America
Mystic Circle
Bankers of the World Day
National Council of Women
Southern Cattle
Representative Men Laud World's Fair in Panoramic Quotes
Prominent figures from government and industry praise the St Louis World’s Fair. Leslie Shaw and Charles Grosvenor extol its educational value, while governors Odell Pardee Yates Chatterton Murphy White Bryan and others call the exposition magnificent, unprecedented, and worth extensive travel. Prince George, Le Petit Parisien, and Clover Leaf Route officials join in. turnout and progress expected to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Benjamin B. Odell
New York
St. Louis
George C. Pardee
California
Golden State
Albert B. Cummins
Richard Yates
Illinois
Fennimore Chatterton
Wyoming
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Cleveland
Perry Belmont
Daniel J. Campau
Michigan
M. Paul Dupuy
le Petit Parisien
Paris
France
Prince George of
Bavaria
Louis E. McComas
Maryland
John F. Dryden
T. P. Shants
Chicago
Wage Earners at the Fair Farm Years at World’s Fair
Farmers aim for St. Louis to view the Exposition and its vast agriculture displays. The National Civic Federation plans to bring thousands of wage earners to the fair, with Miss Gertrude Beeks directing a new bureau in the Palace of Transportation to arrange lodging itineraries and guided visits.
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St. Louis
Palace of Agriculture
Palace of
United States
America
National Civic Federation
Grover Cleveland
David R. Francis
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius N. Bliss
Bureau
Gertrude Beeks
Federation
Welfare Department
H. H. Vreeland
New York City
Palace of Transportation
Francis
Theodore Hardee
Miss Beeks
Ralph M. Easley
Philippine exhibit at the World’s Fair draws diverse life scenes
The Philippine display at the World’s Fair covers forty seven acres with villages, troops, and concerts. It features Igorot performers, Visayan artisans, and a replica Manila Administration building. Ethnological groups Duos four Malay classifications with Negritos Igorrotes Christian and Mohammedan Malays. Displays show agriculture forestry fisheries crafts and exports plus imports and business methods.
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Manila City
Manila
Arrowhead Lake
World Fair Massed Bands Contest Announces Prizes
The World's Fair plans massed band contests at Festival Hall September 12–17 with nine cash prizes totaling 40000 dollars across three classes. Class A awards 3250 2500 1500, Class B 6000 4500 3500 2000, Class C 6000 4000 2700. Bands must be bona fide members and submit member names with a fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Festival Hall
Quathod
Offenbach
Verdi
Saint-Saens
Bizet
Strauss
Leoncavallo
Teas That Are Worth Fortunes At The 1904 World’s Fair
Exposition coverage notes China’s standout tea display in the Liberal Arts Palace. It explains the word chop as a tea grower’s mark and describes how dozens of owners share vast tea lands, each selling through foreign tasters who set fixed prices from 14 to 48.5 cents per pound seen in Amoy Fu chao districts.
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China
United States
Liberal Arts Palace
Young Hysen
Ola Hysen
Plymouth Rock
Great Wall of China
Imperial Family of
Amoy
Fu‘chau
Weather at World's Fair predicts cool nights and Indian summer
July at St Louis averaged 67 degrees, cooler than Boston New York Philadelphia Cincinnati and Chicago. August promises cool nights with September and October described as delightful Indian summer as humidity keeps conditions near normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Chicago
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
St. Paul
St Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Palace OF Manufactures
World's Farr
Louisiana Purchase Monument
Philippines
South Entrance Palace OF Liberal Arts
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