Unusual Russian Exhibit Rites Open Chicago World Fair
At Jackson Park Saturday, a Russian Greek Church ceremony blessed the Russian exhibit in the Manufactures Building. Bishop of the Russian Greek Church of Alaska led the rites with local priests, invoking God’s blessing on the czar and the U.S. president. A reception followed with the Ivanhoff chorus performing before luncheon.
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Asistio
P. de Glakhovskoy
Alaska
United States
Manin Pavilion
Glaukhovskoy
Admiral Kosnakoff
Ivanhoff
Ruly
Jackson Park
Great
White City
Miday Plaisance
Faerae
Mattis
Oregon Fruit Exhibit Stuns at World Fair Displays
The Chicago papers praise Oregon’s horticultural show with jars of fruit and plates of varieties from Italian to German prune hybrids. Highlights include a 9 inch 44 pound peach size, a 2 pound Gloria Mundi apple, and giant pears, plums, and berries showcased in the state display alongside 400 apple plates and 240 jars. Oregon’s exhibit is described as artistic and abundant, drawing attention to its diverse fruit yield.
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Oregon
Express
Chicago
Chicago Evening Journal
Chicago Tribune
Inter Ocean
Horticultural Hall
Orr
California
Utah
Gan Agien
Sunday opening for the World's Fair upheld by court decision
The court ruled the World’s Fair would remain open on Sundays, rejecting an appeal that sought to confine the case to a lower court. Chief Fuller announced the result, noting the appeal’s scope and the court’s view on jurisdiction, while detailing conflicting arguments over constitutional matters and acts of Congress. The document also covers unrelated items on military steel, weather phenomena, and trade figures for May 1893.
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Supreme Court of
Unit
Fuller
Appellees
Circuit Court
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Judiciary Act
Acta of Congres
Mining in Slocan region touted for rich silver shows
Lake Wolford reports from Colfax that Slocan mining district offers strong surface silver, with Ounce-per-ton grades from 120 to 260 in several mines and hopeful expansion ahead. Transportation via Kelso Dead Water Lake route connected to Spokane and Bonners Ferry.
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Slocan
British Columbia
Colfax
Kelso
Dead Water Lake
Bonners Ferry
Great Northern
Spokane
United States
Ubie
Washington
Mountain Chief
Jackson
Freddie Lee
Bluebird
Coir d’Alene
Billion Country and Financial Strain Echo Through Nation
Fragmented excerpts describe a wide range of economic and political woes including billions spent by Congress, wealth in trusts, labor tribute to financiers, stock market injections, huge grain and cotton trade losses, and widespread tears from distressed families. The text also portrays monetary stringency, bank consolidations, and distrust in the West, alongside a chaotic family affair involving Samuel Ko May and Celene Td Wades in Salem.
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Congress
New York City
New York
Wallatreey
Samuel Ko May
Salem
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