Chicago World’s Fair opening day of 1893 described
The piece describes Chicago’s World’s Fair launch on May 1 1893, noting spectacular buildings crowds and progress despite labor strife and weather. It covers preparations Jackson Park Midway Plaisance and the Duke de Veragua’s arrival with Columbus lineage, praising Mrs Palmer and the Woman’s Building opening rituals.
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Chicago
Eorid
America
Christopher Columbus
Wonderland
Congress
New York
Lake Front
Jackson Park
Adea
Altgeld
United States
Theratd
Sans Tha Lagoon
Fair Grounds
Midway Plaisance
Spectacle of Foreign Military Escort Through Broadway Parade
April 9 in New York featured Gov. Flower leading a grand procession with U S Navy and Marine units, British and Dutch marines, and troops from Germany France Italy and other nations. The parade moved along Fifth Avenue to Washington Square and ended with a review at City Hall park.
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Bratie
New York
Great Britain
Holland
Hamilton
Blake
Steman
van Speyk
Germany
France
Mayor
Kaiserin Augusta
Lovera
National Guard
State of
Louis Fitzgerald
Naval Reserves
Massachusetts Naval
Signal Corps
National Guardsmen
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Washington Square
Memorial Arch
Waverly Place
Broadway
Blue Jackets
City Hall Park
Flower
Gilroy
City Hall
Dear Old Bell of Liberty at World’s Fair Greeting
Poem about Philadelphia to Chicago World’s Fair, praising a bell as a symbol of liberty peace and union. Mentions Gustavus Remak and Philadelphia Ledger. Ends with wedding gift quip from The Fiancee and Cabiét dialogue.
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Philedelphia
Chicago
Hell
Gustavus Remak
Philadelphia Ledger
May Day Riots in Marseilles Clash with Police
May Day disturbances in Marseilles saw troops and gendarmes guarding offices as workers joined marches. Rioting erupted with red flags inciting violence, fighting broke out, and police were joined by Hussars to disperse the mob, resulting in injuries to soldiers and officers.
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Marseilles
Hussars
Max Judd Not Resigning as Vienna Consul General
London Times reports in Vienna that Max Judd of St. Louis appointed by President Cleveland as American consul general may have resigned. Vienna relatives say no resignation notice exists and government reportedly objects to the appointment on good authority.
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Staty Board of Chixjtiss
Inbor
Springfield
Caldwell
Committee On Appropriations
Craig
Géological Museum
State University
Champaign
United States School Furniture Company
American School Book Company
School Furniture Company
Sfpringfield
Senate
Southern
Gallors
Seibert
Wall
General Assembly
Coppinger
Hnouvar Springfield
Mr May
O'Connell
McLean
Peoria
Aurora
Bloomington
Decatur
W ©. Goudy
Chicago
House
Morris
Upper Alton
Military
Cache
Kaskaskia
Canal Commission
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Nexrt
Vienna
Sage Gorvon
London Times
Vienne
Max Judd
St. Louis
Cleveland
Times
Judd
Austria
Pointed Pleasantries and Silly Slogans in Social Gossip
A fragmented collection of editorial quips notes how the blonde and brunette clash in beauty, comments on country ministers disliking prize-fighters, and hints at a social scene with sarcastic tone. The piece weaves brief observations from Truth and Binghamton Gender about taste, affection, and the fickleness of pleasure.
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Binghamton
Destruction after Oklahoma cyclone prompts desert funeral
A general funeral in southern Oklahoma Territory mourned thirty dead as desolation covered the area. A live but mangled child was found on the Chickasaw Nation prairie. Evidence of a circling storm included trees torn northeast and posts angled at 45 degrees. Wildlife and farm stock perished amid widespread wreckage.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Crty
Oklahoma Territory
Chickasaw
O’connor
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Eece
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Madrid
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Hivenamu
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Supreme Court
Buchanan
Rock Rapids
Lyon County
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