The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-10-08
WORLDS FAIR NOTES
Progress Of Big Exposition Told In
Paragraphs.

Louisiana's ice exhibit in the Pal
ace Of Agriculture viii occupy 2.oot
square feet.
The United States Internal Reeve
nue. Department will make a com
plete exhibit Of all revenue stamps.
six foot statue of Mephistophele
in pure sulphur win be on exhibition
in Louisiana's state mining exhibit
Georgia will make a wonderful ex
nibit in textiles. One hundred and
thirty-five Georgia cotton mills viii
participate in the exhibition.
New Mexico day viii be Aug. IS
1904. This is the anniversary of the
day on which the United States took
formal possession of the then Next
can territory.
A beehive coke oven, in full blast
will be one of the exhibits presented
by Kentucky. The Blue Grass state
has 5000 square feet of floor space in
the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy.
The copy Of the original treaty OF
cession, conveying the Louisiana Ter.
ritory to the United States from
France, viii be displayed in Louisi.
ana's state pavilion. The historic
document is surrounded with authen'
ticated portraits Of the signers.
The Municipal Assembly of st.
Louis will pass an ordinance giving a
city court jurisdiction In all cases
where arrests are made for INSIDE
meanors on the Worlds Fair grounds.
Felonies will of course be tried in the
state courts.
The Department or Justice will
show in the government building pho
tographs of the large prisons, peniten,
tiaries and work houses in the United
States, with specimens of the work
done by the prisoners. Some of these
are quite artistic. Others, such as
pearl buttons, brooms, wnisk brooms
ETC., are substantial and well made.
Louisiana will show model of the
levees of the state, extending from
the Arkansas line to the Gulf, includ
ing the Passes. This model will be
20 by 25 feet and will be exhibited in
the transportation Department.
The United States Treasury Depart
ment will make display of bonds
notes, certificates and consols, etc
The specimens will be in frames and
will be suitably grouped.
The contract was let recently fol
the Indian Territory building. II
will stand at the southwest corner Of
the grounds, near one of the main en-
frances. The building will cost SIS,
S34. Work will begin at once on its
construction and it will be finished
by the latter part of November.
Connecticut pocket cutlery manu-
facturers are preparing to make 9
collective exhibit of their wares. Al
former expositions the manufactur
ers have made individual exhibits
and this is expected to be the larg
est. and finest ever assembled at one
place at one time.
In making her general mining ex
hibit Virginia will erect house en-
tirely from stone mined within the
states borders. In addition to the
building, there will be another classi
fed exhibits embracing all minerals
and precious stones Astounding in the
state. The cost of the materials and
construction Of the building is esti
mated at 100000.
The first typewriter, which was pat
ented by c. Thurber, in 1912, will be
exhibited by the United States Patent
Office. The type keys are set around
the periphery of horizontal brass
wheel, and in order to print letter
it is merely necessary to punch one
of the buttons, which causes the
type to descend through a little tube
and make mark upon slip of white
paper.
German and other foreign exhibit
ors are preparing to send their exhib-
its by all water route, instead of by
steamer to New York and then by
rail to st. Louis. Vessels of $500
tons burden, drawing about Is feet of
water, will be used. For several
months in the year vessels of this
size may easily ascend the Mississip-
pi river to St Louis.
Alaska will have three buildings
one Of modern and the other two of
typical Alaskan architecture. The
latter which are to be so feet square,
will be built by Sitka natives. The
modern structure will be so by 100
feet. The buildings will stand on the
north side Of Forsythe avenue near
the Forestry, Fish and Game Palace.
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