How to See Chicago Exposition and Surrounding Lodging
How to reach the exposition grounds in Jackson Park from downtown Chicago. Details transit options and fares, hotel districts, and lodging choices around Fairpark with notable inns and monuments nearby. Includes park system, street-car lines, and memorials to visit during the 1893 World’s Fair season.
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Congres Street
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Michigan Avenue
Lake Michigan
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Wabash Avenue
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North Side
Michigan
Calumet
Art Institute
Wabash
Michigan Avenues
Madison Street
Lincoln Park
Lake Shore Drive
Long John Wentworth
Northwestern University
Illinois
Clark Street
City Railway Company
North Chicago Company
West Chicago Company
West Side
Fairpark
Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Veteran
Grand Army
West
Expanse Budget For Chicago Visit Examined By Three
Three New Yorkers compare expense estimates for a Chicago centennial trip. Lallo ws Old Stayer, Straw goan, and Stager differ on lodgings meals and transport for three days. Totals range from 9 14 to 3 1650 with gate and department admission fees noted.
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Chicago
States to showcase vast exhibits at World’s Fair buildings
Nearly every state and territory will have a special building with soils mineral products grains and clubs from each state. All buildings open to the public with free admission except for the fair gate. California will display a replica of old monasteries and Florida a replica of St Augustine’s fort among others.
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Nia
Florida
St. Augustine
Sweet Time For Candy Makers
Chicago confectioners invite peers from across cities states and lands for a week starting July 10. July 13 is confectioners day with a banquet at a major hotel and invitations extended to the mayor and the governor.
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Chicago
Tales of Percival and a Mournful Street Tragedy in News Format
A fragment from a Boston Transcript recounts how poet James Gates Percival, late to a New Haven gathering, arrived after midnight to his host’s surprise. A Chicago Tribune notice describes a woman killed at Sigmund's morgue as her child survived near Twenty-sixth Street. Washington Star reports a Capitol luncheon turns into a Georgia Governor Russell of Massachusetts and his staff appearing as guests.
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Connecticut
James Gates Percival
New Haven
Percival
Boston Transcript
Sigmund’s
Twenty-second Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Stewart Avenue
Chicago Tribune
Capitol Bill
Governor Russell
Massachusetts
Washington Star
Funeral customs shift as undertakers push limit on attendance
The piece reports a Philadelphia trend toward smaller funerals with few women allowed at services and at the graveside. Undertakers including R R Bringhurst and J R Knowles defend limiting attendance to reduce nervous strain and weather risks, noting New York already trims carriage numbers and families increasingly plan house ceremonies.
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Philadelphia
R R. Bringhurst
J. R Knowles
New York
Edward M. Senior
Chanfran
Long Branch
New York Sun
London Music Copyrights Sell in Sale Totals
A London sale lists key musical copyrights including Gabriel’s Cleansing Fires for 3830 pounds, Leslie’s Four Jolly Smiths at 261, Hullah’s Three Fishers at 240, Bodington’s After at 216, Blumenthal’s Requital at 185, Hullah’s Storm at 108, Pentland’s John Peel at 92, Pontet’s Nea at 88. The auction highlights the strong demand for early 19th century compositions.
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London
Gabriel
Leslie
A Glance at World Fair Queen Isabella Exhibit
Queen Isabella’s last will and testament references the new world and will be part of the Spanish exhibit at the World’s Fair. Denver records claim their sun shone 820 days last year, a boast of unusual clarity.
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Isabella
Denver
Chicago World Fair architecture and night illumination noted
The article highlights Chicago landmarks such as the Auditorium complex and Masonic Temple as architectural illustrates, praises Lincoln park monuments for Grant and Lincoln, and previews the Columbian Exposition lighting and grounds at night. It also mentions Mrs. Hannah R. Randall’s cross continental trip and Iowa coal exhibit plans for the fair with mining figures.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
State and
Randolph Streets
Woman’s Temple
Chamber of Commerce
Rookery
Pullman
Home
Germania
Ashland
Royal Insurance
Monadnock
Unity
Rialto
The Shoe and Leather Exhibit at the Fair
The fair will feature a shoe and leather display showcasing leather from numerous nations. Most European nations and many Asiatic and island countries contributed exhibits in response to the invitation.
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Europe
Fitchboro Railroad Extra Trains Schedule
An 189 era notice lists timetable details for the Marlboro and Hudson Branch from Boston to Marlboro and back. Extra trains run Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11.15 AM arriving Marlboro 12.53 PM, with limited stops for signaled or passenger needs. Regular weekday trains depart Marlboro 6.40 AM 7.35 AM 11.20 AM and Sundays 7.45 AM, with Boston departures 8.05 4.00 and 6.38 PM weekdays and 7.15 PM Sundays, all with through coaches.
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Geo. U. Connor
L Pas’r
A C. A. McAlps
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Sundava
Leave
South Acton
Maynard
Whitmans Crossing
Rockbottom
Udson
Hudson
Hock Potton
Whitman’s Grossing
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