Hi Pat: I was just kidding - even about Mel Bay. My grandfather and great-grand owned stock in the Exposition and received a whopping 5% return on their investment (I'm sure they were hoping to just break even) - but, unlike yours, didn't leave any souvenirs for their ancesters. Thanks Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Knight" <pknight1@fidnet.com> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > That was way to early for Joe Schirmer. My grandparents attended this event > and I have some things from the Fair. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Stoltman" <stopan@optonline.net> > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > > > Hi Marian: > > > > Don't think it was Joe Schirmer or Mel Bay! Just gotta' believe there was > > more than one mandolin players at the Fair - officially The Louisiana > > Purchase Exposistion of 1904. This wasn't a 'backwoodsy' country fair - > the > > Olympics were also held there and over a million people attended. > > > > Gary Stoltman > > Merverville, NJ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <MARIANDGEN@aol.com> > > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:20 AM > > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > > > > > > Would you (or anyone else on this list) happen to know who the musician > > was > > > in the World's Fair in St. Louis who played the mandolin? My g > > grandfather > > > was musically inspired by someone who was at the fair and I don't know > who > > it > > > was...supposedly someone well known. Mandolin playing has been passed > > down in > > > my family since then (although I'm not any good at it - my Dad sure > was!) > > > Marian > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > > > OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or > > historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in > > German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old > > German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To > > subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com > (Mail > > Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > > GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, > cultural or historical interest in German traditions. Anything that concerns > traditions, culture, folklore, heritage, or why not old recipes and daily > life in ancient times in Germany or former German areas is an appropriate > topic. To subscribe click on > mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail > Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe > (Digest Mode) > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list click on mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest mode) - Contact mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-admin@rootsweb.com for list related problems. For the GERMANS-STLOUIS-L archives, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/germans-stlouis. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Gary I can't say that I have any stock from the Expo but, do have some from LA ...probably not worth anything...my grandfather left them to me....haven't checked on them...too old , I think. I will have to dig out the things from the Fair and see what they are ...haven't looked at them in years....saving them for grandchildren. He left me his mother's wedding rings...and some jewelry from her. These will be passed on too! I remember my grandmother telling me about the Fair. I haven't thought about this stuff until now....thanks. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Stoltman" <stopan@optonline.net> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > Hi Pat: > > I was just kidding - even about Mel Bay. > > My grandfather and great-grand owned stock in the Exposition and received a > whopping 5% return on their investment (I'm sure they were hoping to just > break even) - but, unlike yours, didn't leave any souvenirs for their > ancesters. Thanks > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Knight" <pknight1@fidnet.com> > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > > > That was way to early for Joe Schirmer. My grandparents attended this > event > > and I have some things from the Fair. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary Stoltman" <stopan@optonline.net> > > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:53 PM > > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > > > > > > Hi Marian: > > > > > > Don't think it was Joe Schirmer or Mel Bay! Just gotta' believe there > was > > > more than one mandolin players at the Fair - officially The Louisiana > > > Purchase Exposistion of 1904. This wasn't a 'backwoodsy' country fair - > > the > > > Olympics were also held there and over a million people attended. > > > > > > Gary Stoltman > > > Merverville, NJ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <MARIANDGEN@aol.com> > > > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:20 AM > > > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > > > > > > > > > Would you (or anyone else on this list) happen to know who the > musician > > > was > > > > in the World's Fair in St. Louis who played the mandolin? My g > > > grandfather > > > > was musically inspired by someone who was at the fair and I don't know > > who > > > it > > > > was...supposedly someone well known. Mandolin playing has been passed > > > down in > > > > my family since then (although I'm not any good at it - my Dad sure > > was!) > > > > Marian > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > > > > OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or > > > historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in > > > German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing > old > > > German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To > > > subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com > > (Mail > > > Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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