CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION display card Venus Pavilion 8' x 13' 1876
"Zontar's Odd Fellow" Manfred Gossniker (1820-1912) Principle Pedagogue of the Z Cure, Superintendent of Anti-Imperialist Academy and Overseer of the Grand Temple of The Master Zontar.
Venus Pavilion - Centennial Exhibition of 1876
"Electro-Magneto Hydrometers flanked the stately entrance of the grand edifice. Bewildering towers of an unknown metal soared above the viewers. In sun or moon they shimmered with colors never before seen on this earth. "Kelstron Hall was a Marvel of Mechanical Mastery. Thundering Gas Capacitors made speech impossible. Butane lamps shone a brilliant blue. The hypnotic rhythms of the myriad machines was like a visual music. One could not help but surrender. "The city was abuzz with the 'New You Fever'. Manfred Grossniker spoke for six hours of the glories of the Z Cure. Though few guessed the reality of what they saw, all were impressed by the vast change experienced after 'The Method' ..."
Little Joey, Spokesman Crippled Newsboys of Philadelphia, on the wonders of the exhibit.