Swedish Exposition Opens Japan Section At Fair
On July 23 the Japan section in the art building opened with no ceremony as crowds enjoy the Swedish exhibit. Major Fleming and Captain Lechtman arranged a militia appearance from Kansas City. Rail rates boosts attract visitors. attendance grows with weekdays busier than earlier weeks. Foreign Commissioners stay longer. discussions cover duplicates and Russian grievances. Relief fund distribution to five families is considered by Higginbotham and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worn
Farr
Festival Hall
Windsor Park
Fred Fleming
Casil Lechtman
Kansas City
Davis
Soustchevsky
Russia
Commission
Customs
Clark
Council of Administration
Higginbotham
Mayor's Committee
Board of Trade Committee
World's Fair
Pittsburg
Pittspurg
Kan
Weir City
Bratty & Lanyon
Kansas & Texas Shaft No. 22
Litchfield
Lee’s Pit
Warnings and Tragedies Hit Numerous Cities in July News
A string of brief items reports fatal falls in Michigan and Wisconsin, assaults in Indiana, a banker’s appointment in Illinois, a body found in a Michigan canal, professorship changes in Missouri, and various local disasters. Other notes cover a school bond in Illinois, a lumber magnate’s indictment, temperance union criticism, a second story fall in Iowa, a railroad injury case, and multiple fires and drownings across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Migin
Edward Dewey
Misa
Winnie Davis
Narragansett Pier
Gus Klemann
Shields
Wis
John Brandt
Fort . Wayne
Ind
Walter Ford
Galena
Ills
National Bank
Effinghan
Ill
Board of Education
Patrick Hyles
Madison
Marshal
Central Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union
Little
Southern State Agricultural Commissioners
R. T. Nebbitt
Georgia
William Schwartz
Decatur
F. T. Oldt
Green Bay
Wic
Freeport
Ins
Washington Salisbery
Clay City
Itie
W. J. Barker
Belleville
C. W. Cole
Harrison County
United Norwegian Church
Minneapolia
Minn
Augsburg Seminary
Bert Dennis
Wolf Lake
Mich
D. C. Thomas
State Normal School
Mansfield
Adrian College
T. de Witt Talmage
Waterloo
Chautauqua
First Blood Shed as Miners Clash at Clements Pit
Fierce battle erupts at Clements pit near Wink Creek Kansas as 500 strikers and 100 women demand quit-work. Gunfire and clubs injure several. owners flee, others coerced by mob. Pittsburg and nearby areas report heightened tension and possible militia involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte
Wink Crry
Kan
Kansas
Clements
Woon
Big Dick Reed
George R. Fulton
Bimetallists Convene With Bryan At Topulis Session
The bimetallic state convention met in Topulis Torrka Kansas with 300 attendees including delegates and spectators. Populists dominated leadership. ex Governor Osborne acted as permanent chair, while Bryan Nebraska guided the resolutions favoring gold and silver currency and opposing a universal gold standard. A Denver Chamber of Commerce clutch urged state representation at Chicago and Washington to defend Colorado’s credit and silver interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topulis
Torrka
Kan
Representative Hall
Osborne
People's Party
Congressman Bryan
Nebraska
John Davis
John N. Ives
Committee On
Bryan
Carlisle
John G. Carlisle
United States
Froms
Denver
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
Chicago
Washington
Byers
Swedes Celebrate Day At Fair With Pageantry And Music
About fifteen thousand Swedes in holiday dress paraded to the exposition in Chicago and reviewed at the Swedish pavilion. Speakers spoke on America Sweden and Norway while College Fraternity members and Turners filled the crowd. The day closed with fireworks and a lakefront singalong, followed by a formal New York State Building reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino Pier
Thore
Poloists
O. Lundquist
Royal Opera
Stockholm
Mme. Osterberg
Conrad Behrens
Arthur Lefler
America
Faniato
Sweden
Professor Torngren
Norway
Welin
Girls’ College Society
New York State Building
Lake Shore
Manufacturers’ Hall
Brand
Cincinnati
United States of Columbia
Sylva
Commission
Colombia
Also Mentioned on This Page
White City
Japan
Jaicaco
Atchison
St. Louis
Real Estate Exchange
Congress
Starr
Tanequan
I. T
Bud Smith
Charles Platner
Shorty” Wilson
Henry Starr
Cherokee City
Faroe, N. C
Smith Summer
Phoenix Insurance Company
Ashley Mears
Younastown
George Stocking
Leavittsburg
General Jones
Crustep Butte
Colo
Bank of Created
Eckles
First National Bank of
Anthony
A. W. Little
R. H. Johnson
New York
New Yor
Fifth Avenue Hotel
The
Bimetallic League
Hartsworge
I.T
Gaines
Red Oak
Sugarloaf County
Tron Works
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Iron Works
Lima
BE. L. Gunn
Genesee, Ille
Frank Lundgren
Green River
Menominer, Mich
Quebec
Quibec
St. Anne la Perade
Crawford County
Walters
Naples
Brooklyn
J. D. Campbell
Walworth Street
J.D. Campbell
Samuel Campbell
John Weiss
Jacob Weiss
Mathew Deering
Namen
Gallagher
Patrick Gallagher
Wright
Edison
Millwawuker
Edison Electric Light Company
Electric Lighting Company of
Oconto
Edison Company
Drexel
Philadelphia
Anthony J. Drexel
Ture Haute
Terre Haute Wire Works Company
Emma Garrett
Cnicano
American Association
University of Chicago
London
Miners’ Federation
Birmingham
England
Curiaco
Clifton D. Lingo
Flora Lingo
Peoria
Byndyr Grosseup
Exposition Building
DaWitt
Elmer & Findley
Pamphilet
Keystone Watch Case Co
Barytes
Shipman
Atrictlee Dutch
National Lead Co
Tate Feu
Paine
JO. W. Brown
China Hall
J. C. Yetzer
Isaac Dickerson
A. W. Dickerson
Cashiar
Cass GO. Bank
Europe
J.C. Yetzer, Isaac Dickerson
N. Hichards
Montgomery, C. F. Loofbourow
A.W. Dickerson
Pennsylvania
Laflin Hotel
M. M. Kreamer
Prop’r
Cornor
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