St Louis Fair Grows Vast Weighing In On Grounds and Prices
The St. Louis Fair opens with grounds spanning 1 ¼ miles by 2 miles, six miles of fencing, 1 240 acres, and ten times the Pan American size. Exhibitions fill fifteen buildings, with four miles of transport tracks and thirty five miles of internal roadways. Hotel rates climb with few rooms under four dollars, while the exposition bets out Chicago and Buffalo in grandeur. Harrisburg names a new treasurer and auditor general reshuffle. the Methodist Episcopal Conference in Los Angeles grants seating to women delegates for the first time.
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Exposition Grounds
Philadelphia
Chicago
Paris
St. Louis
Omaha
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Harris
Wm. L. Mathues
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
Auditor General
E. B. Hardenbergh
W. P. Snyder
Chester County
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
War progress and crop outlook amid peace talks and camps
Russian war managers reject peace offers and signal a summer continuation of the conflict with Japan not seeking terms soon. In Pennsylvania a rosy fruit forecast says peaches may yield abundantly as buds mature without cold damage. Congress defeat blocks military camp site bills for Pennsylvania Wisconsin California and Texas delaying the project.
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Japan
Russia
Congress
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
California
Texas
Prohibitionists nominate Gill for Congress in district meet
Prohibitionists in the district met at Franklin and nominated John E. Gill, Venango county committee chairman, for Congress. Democrats have not yet nominated but expect to. From Sioux Falls comes a report of an artesian well that spouts a nearly solid stream of fish in a cold spring, a notable oddity for a starter.
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Franklin
John E. Gill
Venango County
Congress
Sioux Falls
Welcome May Marks Seasonal Bloom in News Brief
May brings mild weather and blossoms as city reports gardening tips and community events. Readers are invited to enjoy local parks, markets, and outdoor activities as the season advances.
No extravagance in national progress says editorial
With Congress adjourned a Democratic press howl over Republican excess is dismissed. The piece argues the nation must grow, expects a Treasury surplus, and defends tariffs and federal spending as advancing industry, employment, and public works rather than wasteful.
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Congress
Cleveland
McKinley
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Gorman
Whitney Gift Spurs Horse Prehistory Findings in America
A National Academy of Sciences meeting presentation by Prof. Henry F. Osborn details three years of American Museum exploring parties funded by a $15,000 Whitney gift. The work shows the horse existed in the American continent before written history, predating Wallace's theory of Arabian origin, and accompanied prehistoric humans.
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National Academy of Sciences
Washington
American Museum
New York
William C. Whitney
Henry F. Osborn
Columbia University
Wallace
Arabia
American
United States Takes Over Panama Canal Property
After signatures transferring all rights of the French Panama Canal Co to the United States the deal now requires only formal transfer of property on the isthmus and payment to the company. The Canal Commission is already on the ground to assume charge and future work will be funded by appropriated funds.
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Panama Canal Co
United States
Canal Commission
Missouri shifts toward Republicans as glassmaking grows
Four years ago Americans barely competed with Bohemian glassware. Now four U S factories produce $700000 worth yearly and offer goods on par with imports at lower prices. Missouri trends Republican as new voters turn the state from Democratic status to a solid debatable region.
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United States
Bohemia
Traveling salesman awaits stork visit with coded telegram
A bicycle firm representative tells a nurse to telegram him the gender of his baby after the stork arrives using coded phrases "Girl safety" or "Boy safety." The telegram reads "Tan dem" as the message arrives while he travels with friends.
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Stork
Oil City
Printer takes more chances than any other man on earth
A Clinton county newspaper office was shot at with buckshot by a grocer angered by a misprint in an ad. The ad read dairy butter daily but an h instead of a dq altered the phrase, provoking the attack.
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Clinton County
N. Y
Reading
Salvation’s free yet freight costs bring the hat around
A North Carolina preacher states salvation is free but freight must be paid, inviting a collection. The piece cites Powderly on strikes and notes NCLE Joe Sibley and his wife traveling to Europe, leaving his gubernatorial campaign to gain momentum at home.
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North Carolina
NCLE
Joe” Sibley
Europe
New Castle
World's Fair Excursion From Pittsburg May 10
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a special coach excursion May 10 from Pittsburg to the St. Louis World's Fair opening April 30. Fare from Warren 14.50, Corry 14.10, Oil City 13.75 round trip with connections. Also notes a large surge of immigration to British Columbia and promotes Tribune/Mail subscriptions.
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St. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Warren
Corry
Oil City
Women and Kidney Trouble Ads Promote Swamp-Root Remedy
An advertisement emphasizes kidney and bladder trouble affects both genders and promotes Swamp-Root by Dr. Kilmer in Binghamton New York. It offers samples by mail and urges readers to mention the paper when ordering.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp-Root
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Elmer D. Everts
Corydon
Missouri
Powderly
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MAIL
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Tri Weekly Tribune
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N. Y. Tribune
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John McNatr
Sheffield
Rachel B. McNair
Christian Smith
Chas. H. Smith
Perry D, Clark
J. K. Palmer
Penna
D. I. Ball
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Shear
T. O. Slater & CO
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Pennsylvania Avenue West
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