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-TIlf-- WORLD'S r AIR ... or 1904 ... OPENS APRIL 30TH... CLOSES DECEMBER 1ST . Important Information for Visitors Hotel Accommod~tions ::: ':' J!.ririci~aj Fe~ tures. ~ :' ;', :: ', ' : : GroonU I'ian. ~Ia~ or st: li)lils: . Transport o\i uri:Facilities. ..' . ..... _i':" .... ... .. .. :':~ /.\ : : ::. : ... :. , ~ ;, : :d: ~ ~ ISSUED BY THE 'PRESS ARD 'PUBUC1TY <IJEPARTMENT. III rl .... \\ \ \ 11 · , \.\lC ....\ · "10;'='"'.\ \.' The Weather at St. Louis. Fri•co•Roch /•land The weather wh.lch visitors to the i:.onisl• Mi,aouri Pacific ana Purchase Exposition may exr&ct ls shown by the • •normals" at St. T• .)nfs·, take.n from . the records ot the TT::.ited States Weather .• • -• •-- • ....Coua� Bu.reau. These 1111ormals" nre the averages ot the tempe:ature at St. Louis during the thirty•three years that the weather bureau hns had astaclonlnSt. Louis. The" normals" are as follows: May._...... .......... 66.1 September......... 70.2 June ................. 75.4 October... ...... ... 68. 7 July.. ........ -........ 79.4 November......... 44.8 August.............. 77.6 How closely the actual temperature !or any one year follows the normal Is well shown by the meaJ:! temperature tor each month, taken by the weather bureau at St. Lonls, during the past year. These temperatures are: Mny............. _ ..... 71.8 September ........ 66.4 June ................. 74.2 October ............ 62. 2 July·-·················80.8 November ......... 53.8 August ... ..... ... 76,4 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition is to lnst sevenmonths, instead of six months, as :�' . ,c h l n d - s. •• did- :t t. qGtnfLit {! .pi �'t �PO�lt.lo� ',, •.<>6,e�1V!S"AtitWSQtj\, t.he 140-JS,&4�•-�ralfase .J •Expo(fitlGtt �lfl'Ifot t:!6se t!Jftll 'Dt;cetnller 'l�t, •. :" • - 1004, The reason for t.ltl,,lls that as a rule the ("1 .• ,' I weather at St. Loµfs .iurlng October and November ls pecull'arl'y pleasant. It Is the •••• •lndJQn.. fiumm,l'"• or, t� .Mid.dJ.e�tqtel{, •• • 'featuiy- �o\'s;nl �h �&I°• b<Jmlfq'!,t'tfib • ••North 411u•fl,"1nt�r•b0ntes•tn \fiti s'bt!Ui A{,en!J these months In the vicinity or St. Louls. The night weather throughout the season during which the Exposition will be open ls extremely pleasant. The summer gardens, which have operated tor years on the out skirts of the city, and have enjoyed a large patronage, have demonstrated thls lllllply. �-· fl • J ( ,. '·r--.. r:J tatlo WABASH R. R SCENIC RY. Conrru, or Na tlon, OE GIVERVILLE AVENUE or Rous;h R ld,n or the World Frisco-Rock Island Missouri Pacific F nl t n I ••••• Coltage!l ••••• !9Hot I ················••••••••••••••• 1 ST.LoUIS WORLD'S FAIR LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION nAY TO DECEMBER. 1904 W OODWARD &: TIERNAN PRINT. Co. I PUBLISHERS. ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. COPYRIGHT . 1903 BY, THE J. N.MATTHEWS CO. THE MATTHEWS NORTHRUP WORKS, BUFFALO, N.Y. St. Loui. &. S'Jburban o 100 200 3004 00 500 SCALE OF FEET. gations to the World's Fair management to give Exposition costs $SO,OOO, COO. Historical exhibit of B. & O. Railroad. Hotels of St. Louis. good entertainment at moderate prices. FHCTS Special corn exhibit, cost $50,000. Union ticket office in T ransportation building. FEATURES ALONfi "THE PIKE." Rose garden ten acres in area. The Inside Inn, with a capacity for 5 ,500 ABOUT THE Speech transmitted via electric light rays. CAPACITY AMPLY SUFFICIENT people, is within the grounds, erected under a Four acres of g rowing fresh fruits. Edison's personal exhibit of inventions. TO MEET WORLD'S FAIR contract with the Exposition management stipu Bi-monthly exhibit of seasonable flowers. Imitation diamond factory in operation . Tyrolean Al ps. UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, Tobacco exhibit, covers over h:llf an acre. Factory where paper boxes are made. REQUIREMENTS. lating its rates. This hotel offers 500 rooms at My st::rious As;a . $1.00 a day, 500 at $1.50 a day, 500 at $2.00 ST. LOUIS, 1904. One acre conservatory-rare flowers and plants. Regular hat factory in operation. Iri3h Vi lia:;o. a day and the remainder, which are larger, with Floral clock- minute hand 2,500 pounds. Factory for making pens of all kinds. Under and Over the Sea. The Free Information Bureau of the Exposition baths, at higher rates. The price of admission Cafe on balcony in Horticulture bui:ding. Display of jewelry valued at $10,000,000. Hunting in the Ozarks. Assembly hall seats 1,200, Agriculture building. has a list of ninety-seven well-established hotels to the grounds is added to the rate of the Inside Opens April 30th, closes December 1 st. Ice plant- 300 tons daily capacity. Temple of Mi r:~ . Clock dial, 100 feet across; largect on earth. now doing business in St. Louis, with capacity Inn so that guests there enjoy the advantage of Grounds cover 1,240 acres. Special pavilion for sculpture. Hagenbeck's Aoimals. Cotton exhibit, one-third acre; 60 feet hig h. for 21 ,000 g uests, at prices ranging from 50 remaining in the grounds day and night. Forty-four States participate. Louisiana history told in flowers. Fair Japan. Sugar exhibit, every phase; cane to caramel. cents a day up, on the European plan, and from The Forest Park University, Napoleon Fifty foreign countries exhibit. Idaho silver nugget- weight ten tons. Statisticum. Butter and cheese exhibit, over an acre. Turbine engine of 8,000 horse power. $ 1.00 a day up, on the American plan. Bonaparte, the Forest City, the Fraternal, the Four miles of aisles in the Agricultural building. Moorish Pahc e~ Four acres of agricultural implements. For athletic events, $150,000. These established hotels have been supple University, the Kenilworth, the Epworth, the Model Indian school, one hundred PUlOils. Glass Wca vers. Pure food exhibit covers two acres. mented dUrIng the year 1903 by thirty-five new Grand View, the States, the Oakland, the Iowa, Complete assemblage of the world's races. United States Fisheries building, 135 It. square. Hereafter. Native Alaska buildings, real totem poles. and fine permanent hotels now opening or about the Guaranty, the West Park, the American, Athletic contests-all nations and races. Live Stock, 37 acres; $250,000 in prizes. Ancient Rome. Ainu hunters and fishers- Japan ab:ri;:ines. to open, increasing the permanent hotel ca the Christian Endeavor, the Visitor's, and others, Revival of Olympic games of Ancient Greece. Art pottery works in operation. Burning Vol=ano. Ancient Mexican city of Mitla reproduced. pacity to 47,000 g uests, at prices ranging from with capacity for from 500 to 5,000 guests, are Primitive Mexican copper mine camp. Hank Monk's famous stage coach. Old St. Louis. Historical records of Louisiana Territory. Natural garden of wild flowers. $1.00 a day UP. within easy walking distances of the World's The widest boiler plate ever rolled. Paris and France. Tvpical frontier t rading post reproduced. The Exposition management holds the signed Fair gates. Full sized yacht, completely ri gged. Wireless telegraph station in operation. Palais du Costume. Comparative measurements of race types. agreement of the leading established hotels, that Besides hotels with accommodations for more Manufacture of nitrogen from the air. United States map in growing crops, five acres. Baby Incubator. "rates shall not be increased during the World's than 150,000 guests, the Free Information \ Stadium, seating capacity 27,000 persons. Working display 01 United States big guns. Creation. Wireless telephone station in operation. Meeting of National Rowing Regatta. Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania build in g. Fair period." Bureau has lists of boarding houses and rooming A practical shoe factory in operation. Siberian Rail way. P rices are now lower in St. Louis than in any houses of respectable character on the street car Gem cutting, grinding and polishing. Great display in gymnasium trophy room. Germany vs. America in fo restry exhibit. Cairo. other city for similar hotel a ccommodations and lines leading to the World's Fair, with lodgings Model schools for blind and dez.!. Important lectures on phys ical training. Model creamery, in Agriculture building. CO:l stanti no;Jle. Russian Village. service. for 15,593 guests, and a list of private houses Mining Gulch-12 acres in exter.t. Athletic sports and games in general. Statue of John Stewart in butter. Chinese Viilage. The Free Information Bureau list of 132 per that will let rooms for 17,876 persons. Queen Victoria's Jubilee presents. Iron statue of Vulcan, 50 feet hi gh. Placer gold mine in Mining Culch. Esquimaux. manent hotels includes only the better sort. In all parts of the city apartment houses and Philippine exhibits, c ost $1,000,000. Turquoise mine in actual operation. Tree 800 years old from North Carolina. Movi:1g Pictures. There are now 173 hotels, large and small, in rooming houses are available for those who Largest gas engine-3000 horse power. A typical Pennsylvania coal breaker. Giant locomotive at full speed. Magic Whi rlpool. operation in the city. prefer rooms away from the crowds, with meals Decorative sculpture, cost $500,000. Models of coal mines and a:opliances. Locomotive tests throughout season. Jim Key. The new hotel enterprises being inaugurated at the restaurants. Rainbow gardens, amid the Cascades. Special collection of gems and rare metals. Automobile speeding contests. Cliff Dwellers. justify the belief that the number will r each 250 There are 485 restaurants in St. Louis, and Airship tournament, $200,000 in prizes . An operating lapidary and assay cf:lce. Cheese weighing two tons. Old Plantati on. before the opening day of the World's F air. they have a national reputation for good fare, Largest organ, 1?5 stops, 10,000 pipes. Outside forestry exhi:its, covers 15 acres. Pavilion built entirely of peanuts.