The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-28
Postmaster of Gila. Mo. Makes
Strange Request of Worlds
Fair Management.
LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURE.
Exposition Officials Receive Some
Curious Suggestions for Ex-
hibits. Concessions and
Features for Show.

Some curio1s suggestions f.- exhibits
concessions and features for tho World
Fair haze recently been received by HI
Exposition management from all over TIL
United States.
Among these is q letter from J. L. Bur
nett. Postmaster of GHa. Dent County
al the Worlds Fair
Il am 30 years old he says. "strons
and hearty. as active as 4 cat. 6 fec
tall and weigh about leo pounds My fac,
and habit strikins!y resembles that Q,
! Sncle sam seen in pictures. / would
/ like the reEaiia or suit sent on 50 that
l can have pictures taken and distributed
| over the country. / want 10 send n few
| TO Pennington. Flat River and other
places"
Colonel p. c. Malkee Of Quincy. H..
issues challenge 10 any family band
on earth for Il contest at the Worlds
Fair ard offers 20 deposit $3.50 to prove
good faith.
We claim the most interesting family
o9hd In America" he SAYS. The family
OF which l am the father has eleven sons
i.acn plays one or more instruments. We
are known as the Markee Band and Or
cnestra and We nave been playing; al pic
iilcS. excursions. oarades and camp meet
iiss Ior seven seasons.
X. Early Smith OF Carbon. Tex. vents
TO exhibit at the Fair conch shell
rms she'll he writes. was blown in
the presence of Jackson. Carroll and 9th
crs OF similar rank just prior to the bat
tie OF New Orleans as a signal to pro-
ceed to form . line OF battle by order of
Jackson. Sss who commanded the United
states troops on that OCCASION
H G Halcom of Naomi. KY desires
TO exhibit rock in the natural shape of
a diamond. The rock he says. .'is
r. inches long and inches wide.
one. All who have seen il say ii is a
great curiosity.
TO SHOW FEATHER BEDS.
A feather bed. which once belonged to
George Washington. is offered as an .x-
hibit by Lee I4arner OF Osawatonic. KS.
He says he can give a complete history
of how the feather bed came INTO his nos
session from that of General Washington
j. e. Murphy of PEBBLES O.. wishes 20
exhibit at the Exposition Il calf I months
o. oie: which which vas born without a tail. 1T
and would doubtless attract many 10 the
Worlds Fair" he writes
S. I. Black of Lancaster. O.. wishes 10
place in the collection of historic relics
at the Worlds Fair United States Navy
cap-and-ball revolver. L picked these
up he states. after Murean's troops
had made their famous raid through Ohio.
ne weapon IS IN SOod working order
For the historical relic collection Mrs.
Mary w. Lansda!e of Pike View. Colo.
offers Il piece of Martha Washington's
handkerchief. The handkerchief was Il
big one" She writes, "and the wearer
doubled it TO three corners TO place it
around her neck. 1t is about one-fourth
OF yard square and hemmed on one side.
II is some Of her own work. You never
saw such fine work. got it in California
thirteen vears ago from Martha Washing
tons grcat-granddaushter She was then
very olG."
y. E Baker of jeanette. Tenn, wishes |
to show an extra large tooth. 1t weighs
three pounds" he saws and measures 1 |
by inches on the face. ] don't know what
kind OF animal 1t belonged to-
j. j. Denson OF Unice. Miss, wishes 20 |
exhibit a trunk 800 years old. which was |
brought to Savannah, Ga, by Green Whit |
uStoE. a relative of Dick Wilmington. the |
Lord Mayor Of London. who was made
famous by his cat He has also a white
,edspread woven in 1A4 by Amelia Whit
ngton, another relative of Dick Whiting
on