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Exposition highlights farm machinery and pioneer invention
The article surveys an agricultural exhibit emphasizing farm implements from plows to planters and threshers. It notes a patented potato planter and traces inventions from Eli Whitney to Fulton, with lens on patent office losses and the growth of American industry. It also references Boston excursionists, the Anchor Line, and Nebraska’s strong exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
Eli Whitney
Whitney
Pratt
Robert Fulton
Boston
St. Louis
Father of Waters
New Orleans
Mississippi
Robt. W. Furnas
Nebraska