World's Fair Incorporation Complete for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition company is incorporated in St. Louis after a banquet by the Business Men's League. Directors and officers include Melville E. Ingalls Samual Spencer and Stuyvesant Fish with railroad and union labor representation. Ten per cent payments were sought from shareholders to meet the $6,000,000 capital and get papers to Jefferson City. The incorporation occurred just before five o'clock and papers were filed with city officials for onward delivery.
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St. Louis
Jefferson City
Stanley Stoner
National Commission
W. H. Thompson
Messrs
M. C. Wetmore
L. H. Laidley
Anthony Ittner
Jas. W. Bell
F. N. Judson
H. Hiemenz, Jr
F. FE. Marshall
J. H. Terry
L. C. Nelson
EK. Prcetorius
Chas. Clark
Chas. Nagel
Nathan.Cole
S. W. Fordyce
Jas. Cox
W. Baumhoff
A. D. Cooper
Daniel Evans
H. T. Kent
W. S. Hames
Isaac S. Taylor
H. S. Potter
G. W. Garrell
Chas. F. Vogel
Melville E. Ingalls
Big Four Railroad
Samual Spencer
The
Southern Railroad
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
J. W. McDonald
H .W. Steinbiss
Commission Organized For National Louisiana Purchase Exposition
An executive session in St. Louis on April 24 organized the National Louisiana Purchase Exposition commission. Officers named: Thomas H. Carter as president, Martin H. Glynn as vice-president, Joseph Glory as secretary. Committees include Judiciary with Lindsay McBride Thurston. Executive with Carter, Miller Betts Scott and Allen. Arbitration with Thurston and Allen. Plan and Scope with Lindsay Glynn Betts Mills.
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St. Louis
National
Jax
Thomas H. Carter
Martin H. Glynn
Joseph Glory
Judiciary
Lindsay
McBride
Thurston
Carter
Miller
Betts
Scott
Allen
Bride
Mills
Glynn
Fair Workers Banquet Tribute to Toilers at Expo
At St Louis on April 25 a large assembly of workers and supporters attended a grand banquet at the P hotel after a long day of labor. The event honored the men who drove the exposition effort with effort and anxiety acknowledged by many across the union. The banquet featured splendid pomp and extensive tributes, unmatched in local record.
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St. Louis
Uc Miss
Union
P 'Hotel
Art in Architecture Ten Room House For 2500 Dollars
A design outlines a ten room residence with steep roof and commanding appearance. It lists room sizes from reception hall to bedrooms, details on fireplaces, storage, stairs, and windows. Construction specs cover studs, joists, foundation, roofing, siding, chimneys, gutters, floors, trim, painting, and finishes. Architect George A W Kintz signs the project.
Sunlight in the Home Promotes Healthful Living
An advice piece from the New York Weekly urged letting light into living spaces to improve health. It criticized heavy curtains and north-side room layouts and recommended sunlit rooms for daily life, with indirect light as a fallback. It also noted room placement by street side and cautioned against perpetual gloom. A separate item described a new self-propelled air torpedo tested to 16,000 feet, funded by the German government, developed by Swedish major Mr. Unge.
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N. Y
Unge
Mild husband avoids violence over infidelity in Neo desha
A meek husband in Neo desha Kansas confronted an acquaintance who hugged his wife. He warned that such conduct was improper and that a second offense could provoke real fury, possibly resulting in a slap.
No Room for Doubt in Washington Star Quote
A Washington Star quotation asserts strong belief in a friend's religious sincerity. The speaker declares there is no doubt, noting the man would choose church over golf on Sunday.
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Washington Star
Deafness Cure Claim From Mucous Tube Inflammation
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and offers 100 dollars for catarrh deafness cures. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with circulars from Fr. Cheney & Co., Toledo, and mentions a town joke quote about an uninteresting girl.
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Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Grain-O and Coffee Substitutes Spotted in Ads
A compilation of period advertisements promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims broad appeal for adults and children, with pricing at 5c and 25c per package, and notes its digestibility. Several other items mention travel maps, jokes, and various patent medicines and tonics common to the era.
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Java
Cory
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Adverts New England Faith
Anecdotal endorsements praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and inflammation. Letters from women in Maine Massachusetts and Connecticut recount relief from bladder inflammation nervous prostration and menstrual pain, urging others to try the medicine and dismiss doctors.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
New England
America
Lydia EB
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Louisiana Purchase World’s ‘Fair Company
Business Men’s League of St. Louis
ART IN Architecture
George A. W. Kintz
Mg. Com
Hous
Tilthen Foxtel
Mrareda Px
Tuhors Ae
Prarrber
Harry FB
Hif
Poarrber
Dianapolis Newa
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Cincinnati
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Queen City
O. P. McCarty
Philadelphia Times
Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y. Herald
Chicago Daily News
Hoxsie
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Beeman
Chicago Daily Newa
National City Bank of
Lynn
Lydia E. Pinkhamm
Mrpicing ‘Co
Aree
M. C. Wetmore Tobacco CO
Andros
Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
North Pacific Coast
Columbia
Snake River
L. Craig
Gen. Pasa
Portland
Ore
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