Exposition Ceremony Opens with Pageantry and Praises
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis opened with formal dedication and fireworks despite bad weather. President Roosevelt and ex-president Cleveland spoke amid choral songs and prayers as crowds filled the grand stands to witness the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Cardinal Gibbons
David R. Francis
Francis
Roosevelt
Liberal Arts
John B. Thurston
M. Jusser
Senor Ojedo
Springtime Verses Across Poems and Sonnets
A collage of verse excerpts about spring and renewal. Includes D M Henderson Jr in the Baltimore Sun, Mary Christie in Chambers Journal, Madison Cavern in the Atlantic, and S E Kiser in Chicago Record Herald. The pieces reflect seasonal awakening, nature’s songs, and maternal affection through compact poetic lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Christie
Chambers’ Journal
Post Office Robbery in Middlesville Yields Stamps and Horse
In Middlesville, near Grand Rapids, May 2, safe blowers robbed the local post office taking $1,000 in stamps and $60 in currency. The robbers then stole a farmer's horse and left it four miles south of town. no crew is believed involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Middlesville
Fumes Suffocate Two Men in Sharon Blast Furnace
At the Sharon blast furnace two workers died from deadly fumes while closing explosion doors. They were at the top of the stack and remained undiscovered for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Sharon Blast Furnace
Criminal Caught in Dearborn Wounding Case
Dearborn Michigan May 4 Joseph Brown who attacked and fatally wounded Mrs John Ellis an elderly woman was found at Woodmere Michigan. He had been arrested there on the alleged charge of snatching a pocketbook.
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Dearborn
Mich
Joseph Brown
John Ellis
Woodmere
Fire Kills Two Stable Boys and 32 Horses in Great Neck
A destructive blaze at W Gould Brokaw's estate stables on Long Island claims two stable hands and 32 valuable horses. The fire causes about 50000 dollars in damage.
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Great Neck
W. Gould Brokaw
A Spring Parable and Verses of Common Life
A medley of short poems and quips from early 20th century magazines. Verses celebrate spring flowers and daily labor, with reflections on motherhood, education, and hopeful outlooks. Read as a window into domestic literary taste of the era.
Peruna Promises Health For Women With Catarrh
An old promotional letter asserts Pe-ru-na cures catarrh of the pelvic organs and infertility. It quotes Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Arco Idaho claiming Peruna restored health and enabled her to bear children after years of infertility.
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Israel
L. M. Griffith
Arco
Idaho
Peruna praised by new mothers in Delano Mississippi letter
A Delano Mississippi mother writes Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio claiming Peruna saved her life after a 10 pound baby birth and la grippe cures. Several neighbors and another woman from Alpha Missouri report improvement using Peruna and Manalin. The letter urges others to write for free medical advice from Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Manalin
L. M. Griffith
E. E. Thomas
Alpha, Mo
Lia
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Youth vouches for study despite crowded field
A youthful candidate replies to a friend that after college he will study medicine, noting others in the field will have to take their chances. The piece also mentions two North Western Railway travel folders for trips to Los Angeles for the Presbyterian Assembly and to Denver for the Christian Endeavor Convention.
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Chicago & North-Western Ilway
Los Angeles
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Colorado
Christian Endeavor
Twentieth Century Limited Shrinks Distance Between East and West
The Twentieth Century Limited train between New York and Chicago cuts travel time and space, bringing Chicago and the West 200 miles closer to New York. A traveler can depart St Paul or Minneapolis Monday night and reach New York by Wednesday morning in 36 hours, or from Denver reach New York by Tuesday morning with a Chicago layover.
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New York Central
New York
Chicago
West
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Colorado
Denver
Twentieth Century Limited
Brooklyn Standard Union
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Grover Cleveland
Carter
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
America
E. R. Hendrix
Kansas City
Potter
First
Missouri Infantry
Louisiana Territory
Great Manufactures Building
Earth
D. M. Henderson, Jr
Baltimore Sun
Sonnet
Perseus
Andromeda
Madison Cavern
Atlantic
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Minna Irving
Ida W. Benham
Farm Journal
Washington Star
Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Pe-Ru-Na
Mrs. W. McRoberts
Delano, Miss
Bromo-Seltzer
Dea
Lane
Dane
le Roy
N. Yy
Western
Canada
Ottawa
H. M. Williams
Kooman
Law
Toledo
Ste
A. Tower CO
Boston
Ias USA
Tower Canadian CO. Limited
TOON
St S
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Ontario St
Ark
Paxtine and
Paxton
Oston
Mass
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