Filipinos at St Louis World's Fair Band Impressively Debut
An article extolls Filipino performers at the St Louis World’s Fair praising the Constabulary band for its refined musicality. It contrasts hostile views with the bands’ mastery, notes the leadership of Lieut Loving, and highlights deep patriotic sentiment as audiences hear “The Star Spangled Banner.”
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St. Louis World’s Fair
United States
Philippines
Uncle Sam
Spain
Constabulary
Philippine Plaza
Islands
Admiral Dewey
Lieut
Loving
Lucia
Guitar Glee Club
St. Paul
New England Conservatory of Music
Banana Now Prominent Food for All Nations
The banana, once seen as a luxury or tropical staple, has become a great food product. Nations with tropic colonies study its value, drying and processing it into flour for bread and coffee. At the St. Louis Exposition banana bread and coffee are showcased daily in the Palace of Agriculture for visitors.
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Tropics
United States
Palace of Agriculture
World’s fair shows 350 potato varieties in New York section
Three hundred fifty varieties of first potatoes, big and little, are exhibited in the New York section of the Palace of Agriculture at the World’s fair. The specimens are the result of cross breeding of standard types.
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New York
Palace of Agriculture
Coffee display extols Exposition as advertising school
The article highlights how South and Central American coffee growing nations showcase high grade coffees at the Exposition to World’s Fair visitors. Brazil serves Rio coffee free daily at its building to demonstrate quality, while Porto Rico promotes its coffee exhibit to expand trade with its mother country.
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South
Central America
England
Germany
Brazil
Brazil Building
Rio
Porto Rico
Pygmies Build Grass Huts Under World Fair Lights
Pygmies from Africa at the World’s Fair abandoned tent life and erected small huts of saplings covered with grass. An unusual measuring method involved the architect lying on his stomach with arms stretched to verify hut dimensions.
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Africa
Japanese Losses Heavy in Port Arthur Battles
The Chefoo despatches report Japanese assaults on Port Arthur August 21 and 22 repulsed with heavy losses. Japanese tried to seize Fort No 1 losing 10 000 men and Fort Etseshan costing 3 000. Port Arthur garrison Stoessel's troops, Chinese reports say, hold only three forts. others under artillery fire.
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Chefoo
Port Arthur
Fort No. 1
Fort Etseshan
Port Danny
Liaoyang
Anshanshan
Haicheng
Tokio
Kurcki
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Tientsin
Stoessel
Standard
Liaoti
Hashidate
Golden Hill
White Marble Mountain
Liaoti Mountain
Kobe
Nagashi
Yokohama
St. Petersburg
War Office
Tornado Rips Picnic In Jamestown Area Killing Three
A tornado struck Parkhurst grove in Chautauqua county during a large Friday picnic. Three people died instantly and several were injured as trees fell and horses were trampled. Victims include Orin Dalrymple and Miss Ina Scott. other injuries and extensive property damage were reported.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Chautauqua County
Parkhurst's Grove
Stocktown
Austin EB. Pierce
Fredonia
Ina Scott
Shumla
Orin Dalrymple
Arthur Bills
Portland
Scott
Austin A. Pierce
J. Anderson
George Arnold
NO SUNDAY OPENING FOR ST LOUIS EXPOSITION
Aug 26 St Louis reports say the world's fair board will not open on Sunday despite public protests. Secretary Walter B Stevens notes a government contract forbids Sunday gates and that the matter has never been discussed by the board. He warns any talk of a loophole is unfounded and discussion is useless.
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London
Balfour
Cape of Good Hope
Smolensk
Petersburg
Shanghai
Askold
Grozovoi
Pekin
Japan
China
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chefoo
St. Louis
Exposition Company
Walter B. Stevens
United States
Stevens
Courageous Teens Ride Out Green Bay Storm to Safety
A party of Gertrude Sawyer 19 Inez Woessner 17 and Frederick Baker's children drifted 30 miles in a rowboat in heavy Green bay seas. Sawyer guided two children and three others to safety after being sighted near Graceport eight miles from Sturgeon Bay. Tugs and sailboats joined the rescue, and the group was found on the beach and taken to Sturgeon Bay.
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Menominee High School
Sturgeons Bay
Four Children Drowned in Brazos River Accident
Four children drowned when a boat capsized on the Brazos River near Acton in Hood county. The tragedy occurred Thursday evening as the vessel overturned, leaving the victims unnamed in this report.
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Cleburne
Tex
Brazos River
Acton
Hood County
Hill to Retire From Politics on Jan 1
Albany Aug 29 David B Hill announced to friends he will retire from politics January 1 next and relinquish Democratic leadership in New York. He will not seek any future office even if Democrats win this fall and will stay active only as a private citizen. He plans to speak at the Whitneys Point county fair this week before Senator Depew speaks for Republicans.
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Albany
N. Y
David B. Hill
Democratic Party
New York
Hill
Elmira
United States
Whitney’s Point
Depew
Defy the Unions in Chicago Strike Ultimatum
Unconditional surrender was delivered to the stockyards strikers Saturday night in a joint note from the packers. The offer forced the choice between returning to work in limited numbers or remaining idle, ending any hope of a peace meeting. Meanwhile the Butcher Workmen union examined a tentative peace proposal without disclosed concessions.
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Chicago
Donnelly
Butcher Workmen's Union
Women wreck saloons in Cuba Kansas raid
Mrs E O Fites and Mrs William Mc Donald led a group of women to destroy four illegal saloons in Cuba. They used hatchets to smash bars fixtures bottles and kegs. About 25 more women joined, raiding all joints and confiscated keg beer spilled into the street.
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Cuba
Kan
E. O. Fites
William McDonald
Ben Hull
Laughter Fatal in Salida Death Tragedy
Mary Ellis a 27 year old widow from Leadville Colorado died in Salida after laughing while a friend told a joke. While swallowing a spoonful of musa and milk the wife burst a blood vessel in her left lung as she tried to cough it up and died several hours later.
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Salida
Col
Mary Ellis
Leadville
Upper Mesa
Three Die Likely After Norfolk Street Boiler Blast
A boiler explosion in a Norfolk street tenement injures three and is expected to cause the death of Israel Rosensweig his wife Pauline and two children Mendel aged three Lena three months with Rosensweig surviving a narrow escape.
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New York
Israel Rosensweig
Norfolk Street
Rosensweig
Pauline
Mendel
Lena
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