Wonders of the World at St. Louis Exposition
The Louis iana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis stands complete and colossal, a monumental display of power, size, and educational exhibits. The Pike attracts visitors with grand architecture, world cultures, and a $5 million plus investment in performers and facilities.
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ST. Louis
Earth
Alaska
Esquimaux Village
Ancient
Rome
Hawaiian
Battle Abbey
Bohemia
Crystal Palace
Colorado
Creation
Cairo
Constantinople
Galveston
Ozarks
Indian Congress
Wild West
Jerusalem
Jim Key
Lincoln’s Log Cabin
Morocco
Asia
Old Plantation
Old St. Louis
Old Cahokia Court House
Old Virginia Homestead
Weller
Paris
France
Seville
New York
North Pole
Upper Mississippi
Cascades
Esquimaux
Africa
Palace of Machinery
Exposition
Women Buck the Tiger In Butte Gambling Den
In Butte Montana a gambling house popular with fashionable women offers private blackjack games funded by copper money. Dealers shuffle and payouts occur with minimal talk as patrons gamble with five or ten chip payments. A waiter girl lost her winnings while others win small sums, illustrating how players get drawn back into the game.
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Butte
Mont
Broadway
Denver Republican
Appeals to the President Over Tyner Proclamation
James M. Tyner, ex assistant attorney general for the post office, writes to President Roosevelt after being acquitted, asking him to publicly reverse his 1903 proclamation of Tyner’s guilt. Tyner argues the statement biased justice and pledges to prove his innocence, appealing for clemency and public correction.
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Washington
James M. Tyner
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Bristow
Tyner
Perils of Self-Doctoring in London Lancet Sentiment
The London Lancet notes that many prosperous people die in their sixties from degeneration and premature senility, while others live longer by abandoning unhealthy self-medication and correcting digestive errors.
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London Lancet
Big Man and Little Woman in a Crowded Car
A demure mother with a baby sits on her lap in a crowded car while a fierce looking man with a newspaper sits nearby. The child’s feet kick the man’s trousers as he jokes that the carriage is private, provoking a witty exchange.
Gas explosion kills two in Bradford causing extensive damage
In Bradford on June 14 a natural gas blast killed E Lawrence and fatally injured Levan Nutting. The Sheckles home collapsed and J J Cole storage plant, housing 200 families, was destroyed. Total losses estimated at 75 000 dollars with Sheckles and Freeman properties adding 5 000 more.
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Bradford
R. L. Sheckles
E. Lawrence
Levan TY
Nutting
Lawrence
Sheckles
J. J. Cole
Cole
J. Freeman
Tragedy at Frick Coke Plant Dam Leaves Three Dead
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on June 14 the bodies of three young men were recovered from the Mutual No 4 dam of the H Frick Coke Co in Mt Pleasant township. The dead are Newton students of Indiana Charles Hoban of Kecksburg and Oscar Newburg of Greensburg.
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Greensburg
Mutual
Frick Coke Co
Mt. Pleasant Township
Newton Studies
Indiana
Charles Hoban
Kecksburg
Oscar Newburg
Jealousy Motive In Chicago Shooting
Nathan Wein hart, a traveling salesman from New York, shot Mrs. Marie Harris a Chicago widow yesterday. The shooting, believed to be fueled by jealousy, left Harris fatally wounded and Wein hart arrested.
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Chicago
Nathan Weinhart
New York
Marie Harris
Weinhart
Four Men Probably Drowned In Ontario River Voyage
Four youths from Collingwood Ontario set out by sailboat Saturday for a cottage on the Nottawasaga river. The boat was found waterlogged but no bodies have been recovered after searching efforts.
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Collingwood
Ont
Nottawasaga River
Duel at Bryantsville Ends in Multiple Deaths
Three men—James Rout, Charles Rout, and Milton Tow—are dead after a street pistol battle in Bryantsville Ind. Two others, James Tow and Frank Tow, were wounded. The feud between the Rout and Tow families sparked the confrontation at the gravel road election gathering.
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Bryantsville
Ind
James
Charles Rout
Milton Tow
James Tow
Frank Tow
Tow
Bedford
Charles
Tow Brothers
Immigrants Arriving in New York Deported Rate Surges
Ellis Island officials report 243 of 19 595 immigrants ordered deported with 650 held in detention and 6 647 detained for various reasons awaiting decision. A surge due to lower steamship rates brings 3 000 arrivals on three ships, straining facilities and prompting tent use for detainees.
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New York
Ellis Island
United States
Illinois Democrats Nominate Stringer for Governor
The Illinois Democratic state convention at Springfield on June 15 nominated Lawrence B. Stringer of Lincoln for governor and instructed delegates to the St. Louis convention to vote as a unit for William R. Hearst for president. John P. Hopkins led the convention and outmaneuvered rival factions including Harrison and Hearst supporters.
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Springfield
Lawrence B. Stringer
Lincoln
St. Louis
William R. Hearst
John P. Hopkins
Chicago
State Central Committee
Hearst
Harrison
James R. Williams
Carter H. Harrison
Hearst Party
Hopkins
Boy Killed by Father During Joke in Mount Holly
Mount Holly, June 15. Frank Reinecke aged 16 was killed by his father late Monday night. The boy hid in bushes along Riverside highway to surprise his father who, thinking a highwayman approached, drew a knife and stabbed the lad in the heart.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Frank Reinecke
Reinecke
Riverside
Confederates Open 14th Convention Without Gordon
Nashville reporters note the United Confederate Veterans begin their 14th annual convention with Gen. John B. Gordon absent as former commander in chief. Gen. George W. Gordon of Memphis presides and Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee responds to welcomes.
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Nashville
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
John B. Gordon
Oakland Cemetery
Atlanta
George W. Gordon
Memphis
Tennessee
Stephen D. Lee
Savannah Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkhams Remedy
Miss Whittaker of Savannah Georgia reports cure from ovarian troubles using Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy restored health after four years of irregularities and pain and that doctors often fail to help. Her letter offers $5000 for proof of genuineness.
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Miss Whittaker
Savannah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Prognam
Miss Easy Whittaker
39Th St. W
Canary Eats Diamond Ends in Tragic Indigestion
Mrs Paul of Philadelphia loses a valuable diamond when her pet canary on a sitting room table pecks the earring and swallows the gem. The bird dies of acute indigestion before a physician can operate, leaving the diamond unrecovered and the household in shock.
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Paul
Mr. Paul
Almanac’s Wide Reach Cited by Atchison Globe
The Chinese almanac claims world leading circulation with several million copies yearly. It aims to mark lucky days and places for all Chinese life activities and is highlighted by the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison Globe
May Change His Mind About His Ideal Wife
The Chicago Daily News notes a Pennsylvania bridegroom who calls his wife “the ideal” of wifehood may delay and issue a later statement to describe the reality after some years of marriage.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago Daily News
Man heals from dyspepsia after Postum diet change
A patient says after five years of dyspepsia and failed hospital care in Kenosha and Chicago, giving up coffee and greasy foods to use Postum Food Coffee, his stomach sores healed and he regained full health. He notes coffee tastes bitter now and credits Postum for his improvement.
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Europe
Kenosha
Chicago
Postum Cereal Co
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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