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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1904
Page
7
Three official World’s Fair compositions debut at the opening on April 30 with Hymn of the West by Edmund Clarence Stedman and music by John K. Paine, Louisiana march Louisiana, waltz Along the Plaza by Henry K. Hadley. Fifty bands compete for $30,000 prizes at the Assembly tournament amid a strong musical program.
Danville Illinois reader Higbee submits in 1901 that two years earlier he suffered rheumatism for four months. He credits Ballard's Snow Liniment with curing him after one bottle and urges others to try it. Available in 25 cent, 50 cent, and one dollar sizes at S Kingston's.
An advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills as a busy powerful tonic that turns weakness into strength and sleepiness into energy. It claims mental power and health building effects and prices at 25 cents per box with sales by a seller named Kingaton.
The great Federal Government building at the exposition dominates the fair with a 800 by 150 foot steel arch domed roof. It houses exhibits from all executive departments including a railroad post office car and relics of presidents and soldiers. Highlights include the Library of Congress model, Department of Commerce and Labor displays, labor charts, and early invention exhibits from the Patent Office.
Twenty miles of river front for water graft at the fair. Bree wharfage will be given to all boats landing at St Louis during the exposition. Traffic Manager Hill Feary and harbor wharf commissioner Kyte assign spaces for yachts boats and house boats. Apply at City Hall for space.
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