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The 1904 |
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- Day-by-day Calendar of Events
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April-May | June | July
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NOTE: These calendars are for 1904; April 30 was a Saturday, and the Fair was closed on Sunday, May 1. In 2004, April 30 is a Friday, and May 1 is a Saturday. This varies from year to year |
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April 30, 1904, Saturday
- OPENING DAY - 187,793 attend
- President Roosevelt opens the Fair via telegraph
- John Philip Sousa's band plays "Star Spangled Banner" and
"Hymn of the West", the Fair's official hymn
- Secretary of War William H. Taft represented the U.S. Government as the final
speaker
- Four-mile long parade included people of 60 tongues in native dress and 20
marching bands
May 1904
May 1, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
- Congressional
commission toured the Fair
May 2, 1904,
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- Undertakers National Association Convention
May 3, 1904,
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May 4, 1904, Wednesday
- Crown Prince Pu Lun from
- Evening storm drives most Fairgoers home early
May 5, 1904, Thursday
- German Pavilion dedicated, replica
of the
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May 6, 1904, Friday
- Chinese Pavilion dedicated by
Prince Pu Lun
- First teepees completed by Sioux
May 7, 1904, Saturday
- 25 State & Territory Buildings Opened:
AR, AZ, CA, IA, ID, IL, Indian Territory, KY, MA, MI, MO, MT,
NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, WV,
- Vulcan Statue finished, 56 feet tall (dedicated June 7)
May 8, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
May 9, 1904, Monday
- Swedish Pavilion dedicated and
opens
- Reception to Mrs. D. R. Francis by the Board of Lady Managers
May 10, 1904, Tuesday
- Intramural Railroad opened, 7
miles long, 17 stops, 12 miles/hour, fare was 10 cents
- Observation Wheel laborer dies in accident
May 11, 1904, Wednesday
- "Louisiana" played by
John P. Sousa Band (Official March of the Fair)
- Lagoons drained for several days of repairs
- Stadium declared open for competition, first (?) concrete stadium in America,
1/3 mile track
May 12, 1904, Thursday
- David R. Francis conducts Formal
Tour & Inspection of Exhibits and attends banquet
May 13, 1904, Friday
- First Concert for David R. Francis
on Administration Terrace
May 14, 1904, Saturday
- Idaho Building dedicated
- Belgian Pavilion dedicated & opened, 300 orphans were guests
- First shoes made at Peter's shoe 'factory'
- First 'olympic' event held, an interscholastic track meet
May 15, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
May 16, 1904, Monday
- French Pavilion opened/dedicated,
Sousa's band played "Marseillaise"
- International Press Week
- National Editorial Association
- Philippine Scouts Dress Parade & Band
- Worker killed by overloaded compressed air pipe bursting, that provided power
to Tyrolean Alps
May 17, 1904,
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- National Editorial Association met
- 200,000 lb. Locomotive on turntable begins to turn and wheels spin in
May 18, 1904, Wednesday
- Canadian Pavilion Dedicated,
Reception
- Press (news) Reception
- (original schedule for the FIRST Colored Illumination of the Cascades -
delayed to June 11)
May 19, 1904, Thursday
- World's Press Parliament, 19-21
May, largest journalistic gathering ever
- Reception at
May 20, 1904, Friday
- Missouri State Medical Association
- Reception at West Virginia Building
- Naval Exhibit opened on The Pike
May 21, 1904, Saturday
- Princeton Day
- Italian Pavilion dedicated
- First Filipino wedding in
May 22, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
22-23 May - Council of Jewish Women
May 23, 1904, Monday
- National Lumber Manufacturers' Association
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- Radium Demonstrations began by Dr. G.F. Kurz
May 24, 1904,
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- Cincinnati Day
- Culver Cadets Parade
May 25, 1904, Wednesday
- National Federation of Women's Clubs
- First American wedding took place in Baptist Chapel railroad car, the
"Messenger of Peace", in the
May 26, 1904, Thursday
- Texas Building dedicated,
star-shaped, also had 132 feet dome
- Illinois Day (day 1)
- Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived, President Roosevelt's daughter
- British Pavilion opening Reception, Alice Roosevelt assisted
- Life Saving Drills begin
May 27, 1904, Friday
- Illinois Day (day 2), building
dedicated & Parade, Alice Roosevelt helped dedication
May 28, 1904, Saturday
- Observation
(Ferris) Wheel opened at 2:02 PM, first wedding took place, 264 feet
high, 36 cars held 60 people each, 70 ton axle, transported to the Fair by 175
freight cars - Car #19 had a piano and 215 incandescent lights
- Nebraska Pavilion Formal opening (A. Roosevelt)
- Mexican Building Formal opening (A. Roosevelt)
- Philippine Exhibit Formal opening
- Kentucky Cadets Parade
- Colonel Cummins' Wild West Show gave first performance, 750 Indians, arena
could hold 30,000
May 29, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
May 29 - June 9 -
- West Point Cadets encamped at the
Fairgrounds
May 30, 1904 - MEMORIAL
DAY, Monday (Decoration Day)
- G.A.R. ceremonies held in Festival
Hall for "Decoration Day", as drizzle fell all day
- West Point Cadets' First Parade
- Fair Japan opened, 24 Geisha Girls
- Observation Wheel worker falls to his death while greasing the axle
May 31, 1904, Tuesday
- American Press Humorists
June 1, 1904,
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- Japanese Imperial Building & Gardens opened (A. Roosevelt)
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- Second Observaton Wheel wedding, at the 'top'
June 2, 1904, Thursday
- Austrian Pavilion opened (Alice
Roosevelt)
- Alice Roosevelt rides the Observation Wheel
- AAU Handicap (track) meet
- National Federation of Musical Clubs met
- Culver Military Academy Day/Ball
- Virginia Cadets Parade
June 3, 1904, Friday
- Missouri Building dedicated,
heated and air conditioned - large Parade
- Indiana Building dedicated
- Alleged invention/discovery of Iced Tea by Richard Blechynden
- Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
- Mark Twain Day (?)
June 4, 1904, Saturday
- PIKE
DAY - Parade of All Nations, 5,000 people, 2,000 animals, 40 bands
- Temple of Fraternity dedicated
- East Indian Pavilion dedicated
- Kansas City Casino dedicated
Alice Roosevelt presents medals to winners at an AAU track meet
June 5, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
- Alice
Roosevelt departs
June 6, 1904, Monday
- Ceylon Building opened &
Reception
- Italian Pavilion opened
- Danish Day
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Geronimo arrived (as a Federal Prisoner)
- Aeronautic Contests Begin (?)
- Last
June 7, 1904, Tuesday
- Minnesota Day/Building dedicated
- United Daughters of 1812
- Vulcan Statue dedicated
June 8, 1904, Wednesday
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- Christian Brothers' College day
June 9, 1904, Thursday
- West Point Cadets depart
- Festival Hall Organ dedicated,10,150 pipes, cost over $100,000
June 10, 1904, Friday
- Travelers' Protective Association
Day
- First captive balloon flight
June 11, 1904, Saturday
- East St. Louis Day & Parade
- Disciples Building dedicated
- First Colored
Illumination of the
Cascades, 90,000 gallons of water a minute
June 12, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
June 13, 1904, Monday
- National Municipal League
- First infant christened at the Baby Incubators, departs with family
June 14, 1904, Tuesday - FLAG DAY
- Flag Day Ceremony in Missouri Building by G.A.R.
- Montana Day & Building dedicated
- Model Playground dedicated
- Burns Cottage opened
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Prince Pu Lun departs
- Jefferson Guard killed while unloading barrels at Palace of Agriculture
June 15, 1904, Wednesday
- Oregon Day & Building
dedicated, replica of Fort Clatsop, where Lewis & Clark Expedition wintered
in 1804-5
- Kentucky Day & Building dedicated, "My Old Kentucky Home"
- Dairy Tests began
- Sons of the American Revolution
June 16, 1904, Thursday
- Siamese Pavilion dedicated
- Washington University Alumni Day
- Dr. Pepper began to be sold (?) at the Fair, was invented in 1880s in Waco TX
June 17, 1904, Friday
- Iowa Day - Building dedicated
- Boer War opened
- Floral Clock started at noon, 112 feet in diameter, minute hand weighed 2,500
pounds, 13,000 plants, illuminated at night by 1,000 lights
June 18, 1904, Saturday
- Philippine Exhibit and Encampment
opened & Parade
- Gunfight involved two Cummins' Wild West people, arguing over horse handling,
bystander and cowboy shot (not fatal)
June 19, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
- Ohio Brigade
begins arriving, gives daily drill exhibitions until June 26, reaches 2,500 in
number
June 20, 1904, Monday
- Confederate Veterans Day
- Regular captive balloon trips began
- First marriage in Missouri Building
June 21, 1904, Tuesday
- Georgia Building opened,
reproduction of "Sutherland"
- Christian Brothers College commencement in Festival Hall
June 22, 1904, Wednesday
- Tennessee Building dedicated,
"Old Hickory"
- Knights of Pythias Day (met 22-25 June)
- Lindenwood alumni met
June 23, 1904, Thursday
- Junior Order United American
Mechanics
- Visit of Republican National Convention Delegates (from Chicago)
- House of Hoo Hoo destroyed by fire, many exhibits saved
- Geronimo rides the Observation Wheel
June 24, 1904, Friday
- Swedish Day - Building dedicated
- George Rogers Clark Day - Statue in Kentucky Building Unveiled
- King Edward's B-day dinner
June 25, 1904, Saturday
- New York Building dedicated
- New Jersey Building dedicated
- Royal Areanum - Arcanum meeting
- Parade - Knights of Pythias
- Indian Chief Blue Horse (Sioux) ascends in captive balloon
June 26, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
June 27, 1904, Monday
- Cuban Pavilion opens/dedicated
- Turnstile use at main entrance began
- National Education Association 43d Convention (Jun 27-Jul 1)
June 28, 1904, Tuesday
- National Association of Music
Teachers Convention
- Michigan University Alumni
- Cardinal Satolli, representative of the Vatican, visits the Fair with
Cardinal Glennon
June 29, 1904, Wednesday
- Wisconsin Day & Building
dedicated
- West Virginia Building dedicated
- Model Street dedicated
- Royal League
June 30, 1904, Thursday
- United Commercial Travelers
- Knights of Honor
- Catholic Day - Cardinal Satolli
- Venetian water festival on the Grand Basin
- Pygmies arrive from Africa, including Ota Benga (who was later caged on
display at the Bronx Zoo)
July 1, 1904, Friday
- Legion of Honor
- Women's Anchorage dedicated
- 250 Indians (including Geronimo) attended the Boer War recreation
- 'Advance guard' of the auto tour from the East Coast arrived
July 2, 1904, Saturday
- Florida Day (State had
constructed no building or pavilion)
- Swedenborg House dedicated
- Women's Christian Temperance Union (ice water fountain dedicated)
July 3, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
- Wreck of Wabash Limited train
near Litchfield Illinois killed over 21 on their way to the Fair and the
National Democratic Convention
July 4, 1904, Monday - INDEPENDENCE DAY
- Large Parade reviewed by President
Francis and Cardinal Satolli
- W. J. Bryan & W Bourke Cochum, speakers, moved to Festival Hall due to
rain
- First "Balloon Race" during rain
July 5, 1904, Tuesday
- American Boy Day (magazine,
featured speakers in Festival Hall)
- Functions held for attendees of National Democratic Convention, but
attendance of 179,528 did not break record due to thunderstorm.
- Fire destroys American Restaurant in Old Jerusalem (1/2 acre), threatens to
spread (one of 4 major fires)
July 6, 1904, Wednesday
- American Section in Art Palace
opened
- Democratic National Convention began at Coliseum, downtown (Judge Alton
Parker of NY nominated)
- Fisk University day, speakers and singing in Festival Hall
July 7, 1904, Thursday
- Fraternal Tribunes
- Choral contests begin, through July 15
- Olympic lacrosse championship won by Winnipeg Shamrocks over St. Louis
Amateur Athletic Association, 8-2, at the stadium. Mohawk Indians from Ontario
won Bronze Medal (3rd)
July 8, 1904, Friday
- Drill & Parade performed by
several groups: Edisto Rifles, Yale Battalion, Columbus Rifles, First Indian
Infantry, Georgia Infantry
- Washington State building (6-story wooden teepee on concrete foundation)
offered to City of St. Louis, but declined
July 9, 1904, Saturday
- Vermont Building opened
- Argentine Pavilion opened
- Handel's Messiah sung in Festival Hall
July 10, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
- "Hike to the Pike"
and "The Cascades" selling well
- Weekly attendance sets record, over 592,000
July 11, 1904, Monday
- Wyoming Day, statehood day (no
building or pavilion)
- Nicaragua Pavilion opened (smallest foreign building)
- Bad hail and wind storm struck St. Louis, lightning strikes Agriculture
Building, slight damage
July 12, 1904, Tuesday
- Osteopathic Day
- Mr. & Mrs. Nicholson of Indiana and construction engineer L. V. Rice rode
Observation Wheel on top of one of the cars (she had done the same stunt at
Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893).
July 13, 1904, Wednesday
- Hungarian Day (reception on 12
July)
- Bill Posters Convention
- Homing pigeon contest results, St. Louis to Syracuse NY, 900 miles in 60
hours (46 hours of flight, as pigeons don't fly at night)
July 14, 1904, Thursday
- French National Day (Bastille Day)
- Indian dances presented to many other 'foreign' groups and crowd
July 15, 1904, Friday
- Mexico's President Diaz visited
& reception
- Poster Day (Associated Billposters and Distributors of the U.S. and Canada)
- Buffalo German Athletic Club won the 'olympic' basketball tournament (really
AAU champion game, basketball became an Olympic sport in 1936)
- Choral competitions conclude (began July 8)
July 16, 1904, Saturday
- Honorary Philippine Board of Commissioners visit
- Pageant Day- Anthropology Sports & Festivities in Plaza of St. Louis
- Wyoming cowboy and Kansas girl married while on white spotted cow ponies
aboard the Observation Wheel as Car 19 (the wedding car) reached the top
July 17, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
July 18, 1904, Monday
- United Order of Foresters - met in
Temple of Fraternity
- Electrical Convention - many new marvels exhibited (wireless telegraph,
generators, ovens, x-ray equipment)
- New Hampshire building opened, replica of birthplace of Daniel Webster
July 19, 1904, Tuesday
- Electric Club met
- Lincoln Institute Alumni met
- Mexican Pavilion struck by lightning, cupola destroyed, during severe storm
July 20, 1904, Wednesday
- Coal Dealers Convention
- Irish sports
- Instructors of the Blind - National Convention (bulletin has 21 July)
July 21, 1904, Thursday
- Ancient Order of Hibernians
- Coast Defense Ordnance (guns) demonstration
July 22, 1904, Friday
- Sigma Chi day - groups roamed the
fairgrounds singing college songs
- Six injured as Scenic Railway car jumps the tracks
- Ground broken for livestock forum
July 23, 1904, Saturday
- Philippine Model School opened
& dedicated
- New (rebuilt) House of Hoo-Hoo dedicated, wood from 22 states and 30 foreign
countries
- "Grand Conclave of Savage Tribes", costumed dances in front of U.S.
Government Building by natives and Indians
July 24, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
July 25, 1904, Monday
- Puerto Rico Day (bulletin has 23
July)
- Master Butchers of America met
- About 125 cars of the American Auto Association leave New York, Boston, and
Philadelphia, for St. Louis, planned arrival August 10 (not a race, a 'tour')
July 26, 1904, Tuesday
- Elks Day & parade (bulletin
has 25-26 July). BPOE, cavalry troop, and 200 Boer War veterans march.
President Francis rode with Borax Bill behind 20 mules.
July 27, 1904, Wednesday
- Amateur Photographers Day,
National Amateur Photographers of America founded.
- Mayor Rolla Wells is 1st U.S. mayor to get a new automobile, 700th in St.
Louis
July 28, 1904, Thursday
- Fireworks display in stadium -
25,000 attend hour-long display, including likenesses of President Roosevelt
and nominee Alton Parker
July 29, 1904, Friday
- Three sons of President Theodore
Roosevelt visit for a week (Theodore Jr., Kermit, Archie Roosevelt), stay at
Inside Inn, chaperoned by Mr. Harry Watcham, assistant manager of the Inside
Inn
- International Association of Ice Cream Makers credits Syrian immigrant Ernest
Hamwi with invention of ice cream cone (with Charles Menches). Later called the
"World's Fair Cornucopia." Several others (Arnold Fornachou, Abe
Doumar, Nick Kabbaz) also claim credit.
July 30, 1904, Saturday
- Railroad & Transportation Day
- Water Carnival of All Nations (all types of floating vehicles). 122,000
attend
- Land Transportation parade includes camels, elephants, carriages, rickshaws,
automobiles, railcars in a 3-mile parade
- Olympic Regatta finals began at Creve Coeur Lake - 3,000 attended, Century
Club won gold medal
July 31, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
- Children of All Nations met
and played at Model Playground.
- Previous week's attendance was 551,742
August 1, 1904, Monday
- Kilties Band arrived (bagpipes)
- Emancipation Day - Aug 1-2
August 2, 1904, Tuesday
- Children's Day – 40,000 children
watch Parade of Children of All Nations (bulletin has Aug 1)
- National Cyclists Day
- Olympic bicycle races began
- W. H. Green ("Monsieur Leon") dies performing a stunt at Old St.
Louis on the Pike, when a wire snapped while he was sliding down a 50-foot wire
by his hair – Another stunt show involving a bicycle and trapeze on a 122-foot
wire is permanently cancelled
August 3, 1904, Wednesday
- Confectioners Day - Fairy Floss,
invented in 1897, introduced at candy makers convention
- Pilot of ship in Naval Exhibit on the Pike is injured when his miniature ship
hit a mine
- Olympic ‘roque’ tournament began
August 4, 1904, Thursday
- Massed Band Tournament
August 5, 1904, Friday
- St. Louis County Old Settlers'
Reunion
- "Talking Arc Lamp" demonstrated, transmitted music through light
- S. P. Verner meets to hear complaints from pygmies that he brought to the
Fair from Africa (his return to St. Louis was delayed by malaria)
August 6, 1904, Saturday
- Manufacturer's Day – Fair visitors
got numbers upon entry for free gifts
- Bohemian Day
- National Cash Register Day – 4,000 employees attend from Dayton OH (bulletin
has Aug 4)
- One-ring circus in Plaza of St. Louis
- St. Louis Police Department begins to use new fingerprint identification
method, first shown at the Fair
August 7, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
August 8, 1904, Monday
- Kansas City Shrine Day
- Guatemala Pavilion dedicated (ppd. From July)
- Congress of Primitive People at Plaza of St. Louis
August 9, 1904, Tuesday
- Optician's Day
- Military Day at Boer War (honoring all military, ‘365’ book has Aug 10)
August 10, 1904, Wednesday
- International Typographical Union
Day (first met on Aug 8)
- Automobiles on tour from East Coast arrive in St. Louis across Eads Bridge
(63 of 122 arrived)
- Candidates for Missouri Governor speak at Festival Hall
August 11, 1904, Thursday
- Anthropology Field Days
"Olympics" Aug 11-12, features ‘savages’ in ‘native’ competitions
- (Original schedule for St. Louis Day - postponed
to Sep 15)
August 12, 1904, Friday
- Automobile Day – 285 cars arrive,
parade through the Fairgrounds
- Cuba Day (treaty signed)
August 13, 1904, Saturday
- Philippine Day (Fall of Manila,
6th anniversary) - Secretary of War Taft reviews large military parade
- Army of the Philippines Day
- Mrs. Breckenridge Jones, St. Louis society woman, dies when her horses bolt
with her carriage down a 20-foot embankment near the Boer War
August 14, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
August 15, 1904, Monday
- Scottish Day - Parade, Phinney's
Band arrives and performs
- Missouri Peach Day - 30,000 receive free peach
- Geronimo performs with Zack Mulhall’s Wild West Show at Delmar Race Track
August 16, 1904, Tuesday
- Newsboy's Day
- Orphans of St. Louis – Guests of the exposition – Fireworks display
August 17, 1904, Wednesday
- Music Dealer's Day
- Newsboys of many cities visit the Fair
- Olympic gymnastics begin
August 18, 1904, Thursday
- Stenographer's Day
- Light Opera Music Day, concerts in many state buildings and bandstands
- Massed Band Tournament
- Missouri Building state library opened, 10,000 volumes
- Heavy rains close many state buildings (fearing mud damage)
August 19, 1904, Friday
- Territory of New Mexico Day
- Swiss Day - Charles Galloway declines to play the organ in Festival Hall,
citing improper condition
- Tyrolean Alps Day
- Knights of Pythias arrived
- Butter sculpture of President Roosevelt on horseback completed, placed with
busts of President Francis and others
August 20, 1904, Saturday
- Pennsylvania Day – anniversary of
Battle of Fallen Timbers, Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne
- National Association of the Deaf – Gallaudet Day
August 21, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
August 22, 1904, Monday
- Missouri Week - 22-27 August
- Pythian Day - Drills in Plaza of St. Louis
- Filipino Field Day
22-27 Aug - Knights of the Maccabees, Uniform Bank Encampment
22-27 Aug - National Fireman's Association
August 23, 1904, Tuesday
- Pythian Sisterhood
- Rathbone Sisters
- National Firemen's' Association met
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Horse Show opened
– Parade of
- Saint Genevieve Missouri Day
August 24, 1904, Wednesday
- D.O.K.K.
- International Firemen's' Tournament opened at the stadium
- Close of Deaf Mute's Congress
- Horse Show judging began
- Towns in Missouri along Missouri-Pacific Lines honored
August 25, 1904, Thursday
- Dental Congress convenes
- Alton Illinois Day
- Towns in Missouri along K.A.T.Y. Lines honored
August 26, 1904, Friday
- Firemen's tournament concludes
August 27, 1904, Saturday
- Liberal Arts Day, Parade of
vehicles laden with flowers
- Western Commercial Travelers' Association
- St. Joseph, Missouri Day
- Second Balloon Race
August 28, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
- Louisiana Purchase trophy race
held at Fairgrounds Race Track, Barney Oldfield in accident that kills two
spectators
August 29, 1904, Monday
- Indiana Week-Aug29-Sep 3
Aug 29 - Sep 3 -
- Third Olympic Games
August 30, 1904, Tuesday
- Improved Order of Heptasophs
- Olympic Marathon Race, temperature over 90 degrees. Fred Lorz crosses finish
line, but had riden a car for 11 miles. Thomas Hicks won the race, but required
assistance after taking strychnine and raw eggs.
August 31, 1904, Wednesday
- Mining Gulch Day, 10,000 free
watermelons given out
- Bulgaria's V.I. Exhibits opened
- Two simultaneous marriages took place on Observation Wheel
- Eagle Day
September 1, 1904, Thursday
- Tennessee Day (Hermitage -
President Jackson)
- Indiana Day
- Horse show awards
September 2, 1904, Friday
- Fraternal Aid Association
- Horse show parade at livestock forum
September 3, 1904, Saturday
- Sons and Daughters of Justice
- Arrival of La Garde Republicaine band
- Commercial vehicle parade, 500 vehicles
September 4, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
September 5, 1904, Monday - LABOR DAY
- 209,618 attend (Labor Day)
- Oklahoma City Day
- 5-9 Sep - Foresters' Teams
- Modern Woodmen of America Parade
- Commercial vehicle parade, 500 vehicles
September 6, 1904, Tuesday
- Oklahoma Territory Day
- Woodmen's Modern Protective Association
- T. C. Benbow flies tethered dirigible
September 7, 1904, Wednesday
- Royal Neighbors
- Lumber Dealer's Day
- United National Association of Post Office Clerks
- Olympic fencing
September 8, 1904, Thursday
- Modern Woodmen of America
- Hoo-Hoo Day
September 9, 1904, Friday
- California Day (admission) - free
fruit and wine
- Odd Fellows Day (IOOF)
- 13th Annual Hoo-Hoo Day, House of Hoo-Hoo dedicated
September 10, 1904, Saturday
- Machinery Day
- Order of Mutual Protection
- Spanish War Veterans Day
September 11, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
September 12, 1904, Monday
- Texas Day
- Maryland Day
- Alexander Guilmant Recitals begin
September 13, 1904, Tuesday
- Catholic Knights of America day
- Interparliamentary Peace Congress convened
- Cattle Shows begin
September 14, 1904, Wednesday
- Louisiana Day
- Louisiana Purchase Day
- Electricity Day
- Woodmen of the World and Woodmen's Circle
September 15, 1904, Thursday
- ST.
LOUIS DAY - 404,450 attend - record
crowd
- Mississippi Day
- The Home Circle
- Farmer's Day
September 16, 1904, Friday
- Belleville, Illinois Day
- Mexico Day (Independence Day)
- Modern Maccabes
- Livestock awards announced
- Olympic golf begins
September 17, 1904, Saturday
- Colorado Day
- Massachusetts Day
- Territory of Arizona Day
- Improved Order of Red Men Day - parade
- William Avery flies glider several times
- Rural Letter Carriers' Day
September 18, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
September 19, 1904, Monday
- National Protective Legion
- Congress of the International Order of Arts and Sciences convened
- Arizona Territory Bldg. Dedicated
September 20, 1904, Tuesday
- State of Nevada Day
- Associated Fraternities of America
- Olympic archery
September 21, 1904, Wednesday
- Illinois Day - Building dedicated
- Order of the Eastern Star
- Mystic Workers of the World
- Brewmasters
- Sale of Hereford cattle
September 22, 1904, Thursday
- Illinois Day - Parade
- Arkansas Day
- Olympic boxing
September 23, 1904, Friday
- State of Virginia Day
- Order of Americus
- The Order of Washington
- Lewis & Clark Day (Centennial)
- Lewis Loyal Legion Day
- Cattle Show ends; parade of 2,400 cattle
September 24, 1904, Saturday
- State of Idaho Day
- National Union
- George Lyon wins Olympic golf medal
September 25, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
September 26, 1904, Monday
- Memphis Day
- Mexico Day
- Temple of Fraternity Day
- Missouri Fraternal Congress
- American Bar Association Convened
- Masonic Day
- Pure Food Congress
September 27, 1904, Tuesday
- State of North Dakota Day
- Louisville Day
- National Fraternal Congress
- Vegetarian Congress
- Farmers' Congress
- Public Accountants met
September 28, 1904, Wednesday
- Georgia Day
- Maccabees of the World
- Congress of Lawyers and Jurists
September 29, 1904, Thursday
- South Dakota Day
- Knights and Ladies of Security
- Jamestown Exposition Co.
September 30, 1904, Friday
- Kansas Day
- World's Fraternal Congress
October 1, 1904, Saturday
- Indian Territory Day
- Protective Home Circle Day
October 2, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
October 3, 1904, Monday
- New York City Day
- Knights of the Loyal Guard
- Engineering Congress
- Tuberculosis Congress
October 4, 1904, Tuesday
- New York Day
- International Advertising Association day
- Apple Day
- International Aeronautic Congress
- Union Veterans met
October 5, 1904, Wednesday
- Rhode Island Day
- Indianapolis Day
- Real Estate Men's Day
- Sheep, goat, & swine show began
October 6, 1904, Thursday
- New Jersey Day
- Ohio Day
- Germany Day
October 7, 1904, Friday
- Columbian Knights
- Daughters of the Confederacy Day
- Swine and sheep show
October 8, 1904, Saturday
- Maine Day
- Chicago Day
- International Sunshine Society
- Chicago Press
- Football, Illinois vs. Missouri
October 9, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
October 10, 1904, Monday
- Cuba Day (National Day)
- American Guild
- Train wreck near Warrensburg kills 30
October 11, 1904, Tuesday
- Missouri Day
- 179,847 attend Fair
October 12, 1904, Wednesday - Columbus Day
- Michigan Day
- Italian Day
- Knights of Columbus
- Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion
- Court of Honor Day
- American Street Railway Association
October 13, 1904, Thursday
- Connecticut Day
- Detroit Day
- Daughters of Columbia
- Sunday Rest Congress
October 14, 1904, Friday
- Fraternal Union of America
- Druggists' Day
- Olympic wrestling
October 15, 1904, Saturday
- Kansas City Day
- Iowa Cities Day
- Detroit Day (or 13th ?)
- Mystic Toilers
- German Liederkranz Day
- American Numismatic Association Met
October 16, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
October 17, 1904, Monday
- American Library Association Week
- St. Joseph Day
- Milwaukee Day
- Kite flying contest
October 18, 1904, Tuesday
- Territory of Alaska Day
- National Livestock Exchange
- Fire Insurance Agents met
- Helen Keller Day
- St. Louis University Day
October 19, 1904, Wednesday
- District of Columbia Day
- Court of Honor
- Jefferson Day
October 20, 1904, Thursday
- Utah Day
- Colonial Dames' Day
- Disciples of Christ Day
October 21, 1904, Friday
- Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur Day
- Congregational Day
October 22, 1904, Saturday
- Fraternal Mystic Circle
- Poultry Show opened, 10,000 entries
- Last recital by Alexander Guilmant
- Large fireworks display - 50,000 attend
October 23, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
October 24, 1904, Monday
- Bankers' Union of the World
- Pigeon & Pet show (dogs & cats) began
October 25, 1904, Tuesday
- Nebraska day (Organized as
Territory)
- Omaha Day
- Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. Day
- Roy Knabenshue flies T. S. Baldwin's "California Arrow" powered
balloon -
October 26, 1904, Wednesday
- National Dairy Men's Day
- National Nut Growers Association
- Dog show awards
- High diving (from 100’ tower) at Old St. Louis (on the Pike)
October 27, 1904, Thursday
- Ancient Order of United Workmen
- Degree of Honor (Ladies Auxiliary to the A.G.U.W.)
- International Council of Women
October 28, 1904, Friday
- Missouri University Day
- Gymnastic contests
- Fingerprinting adopted by St. Louis police
October 29, 1904, Saturday
- Hagenbeck’s reports 300 year old
turtle fight
- Argument in Old Jerusalem results in shooting, death
October 30, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
October 31, 1904, Monday - HALLOWEEN
- Ohio Cities' Week
- Toledo Day
- Home Mission Day
- Roy Knabenshue flies T.S. Baldsin's "California Arrow" for 37 min,
over 2,000 ft. high, lands at takeoff location
November 1, 1904, Tuesday
- Cleveland Day
- Baldwin flies "California Arrow" third time
- Lights dimmed at night due to coal strike
November 2, 1904, Wednesday
- Columbus Day
- National Humane Society met
- Vassar Students Aid Association met
November 3, 1904, Thursday
- Springfield Ohio day
- Mikado Day
- Igorot baby born in Philippine exhibit
November 4, 1904, Friday
- Ohio cities day: Chillicothe,
Xenia, Hamilton
- Poultry, pigeon, & pet shows close
- Oregon Bldg. sold for $1,000, to Kirkwood MO
November 5, 1904, Saturday
- Ireland Day
- Cincinnati Day
- St. Louis school children get free admission in November
November 6, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
November 7, 1904, Monday
- Flower Show (all week)
(chrysanthemums & orchids)
- One-acre display in Palace of Agriculture
November 8, 1904, Tuesday
- Flower Show (carnations and roses)
- American Flag Day
- Daytime Fireworks
November 9, 1904, Wednesday
- Range Cattle show
- Flower Show (carnation day)
November 10, 1904, Thursday
- Cut Flowers and seedlings
- Range cattle show awards
- President Roosevelt announces that he will visit the Fair
November 11, 1904, Friday
- Apple Grower's Convention
- Cattle Roping contest
- Wireless telegraphy demonstrated to a balloon
- Pike cyclist leaps 28 feet
November 12, 1904, Saturday
- Railway Club meeting
- Wild West show in Livestock Forum
- Tyrolean Alps Day
- Miniature Railway passengers robbed
November 13, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
November 14, 1904, Monday
- Francola, French aeronaut, flies
airship "Ville de St. Mande" on 200’ tether
November 15, 1904, Tuesday
- Borough of Brooklyn Day
- Brazilian National Holiday
- Vice President Fairbanks visits the Fair
- French airship wrecks prior to attempted flight
November 16, 1904, Wednesday
- St. Paul and Minneapolis day
- Liberty Bell departs
- U.S. Government $5M loan fully repaid
November 17, 1904, Thursday
- Geisha girls & Chinese depart
Fair
- Souvenirs and goods prices marked down
November 18, 1904, Friday
- New Mexico Day (Gen. Kearney took
possession of territory)
- Galt, Ontario team wins Olympic football (soccer)
November 19, 1904, Saturday
- Queen's Daughter Day
- United Irish League Day
- Missouri Building burns
November 20, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
November 21, 1904, Monday
- President's Week
- College Week
- Arizona Governor came (not official 'day')
- Arrival of Georgia Infantry
November 22, 1904, Tuesday
- Millinery Traveling Men’s Day
- T.C. Benbow fails in flight attempt of his dirigible ‘Meteor’
November 23, 1904, Wednesday
- Furniture removed from
Administration Building (lease expires 1 Dec.)
November 24, 1904, Thursday - THANKSGIVING DAY
- Thanksgiving Day services in
Festival Hall
- Children's feast at Model Playground
- Football game – Washington University vs. Haskill Indian School
November 25, 1904, Friday
- South African Day
-Parade of Boer and British soldiers
- Merger of Louisiana Purchase Expositon Co. and Missouri Historical
Society proposed
November 26, 1904, Saturday - PRESIDENT'S DAY
- President Theodore Roosevelt visits the Fair - 163,758 attend
- United Irish League Day
November 27, 1904, Sunday
- Fair Closed
November 28, 1904, Monday
- Businessmen’s League banquet for
National, State, and Foreign commissions
- Acrobat dies on Pike
November 29, 1904, Tuesday
- Banquet for state commissioners
held in unburned part of Missouri Building
November 30, 1904, Wednesday
- St. Louis’ poor residents (of
institutions) to be admitted free on Closing Day
December 1, 1904, Thursday - CLOSING DAY
- David
R. Francis Day
- 203,101 attend
- Palaces close early
- Closing Fireworks