Buildings Take Form as World Fair Plans Advance
Reports from Onwaco dated Aug 25 describe Chicago’s Jackson Park site under heavy fencing and active construction. About 600 workers labor daily on canal, lagoon, and foundation work for the Manufactures and Decorative Arts building, the largest expo project, with colorfully finished facades and staff construction reducing cost and time.
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Dispatch
Onwaco
Eddie Foy
Chicago Opera House
Jackson Park
Allegeny Ball Park
Michigan
Great Basin
Miners and Mining Exhibit in Classic Mines Building
A new Mines Building near the Administration Building showcases the growth and development of coal and iron mining. The structure measures 700 by 350 feet with a classic architectural style and extensive space for exhibits and operations. The facility features frequent switch activity akin to railroad yards as trains are prepared for nightly runs.
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Alf
Pennsylvania
Navy Exhibition Vessel Shape Building For Lake Display
The plan shows a navy exhibit building shaped like a war vessel on lake pilings. It features main and upper decks with turrets guns boats and armor. includes four 13 inch guns eight inch guns four 6 inch guns twenty six pounders torpedo gear and modern naval equipment. Also a tropical garden area with palms and ferns and galleries cafes and arcade.
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Navy Department
Ceny Ever Wails
Te Aey
Horticultural Hall Exposition Plan Described
The draft plans show Horticultural Hall extending 1000 feet along the Lagoon with a 286 foot width. A central pavilion links to two end pavilions by curtains forming twin interior courts 88 by 270 feet, front terrace tanks for water lilies, and a tiered landing along the water.
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Department For
Horticultural Hall
Victoria Regia
Machinery Hall draws Pittsburg exhibits for the fair
The Iron City is expected to supply many exhibits for Machinery Hall presenting Pittsburg mills and factories. The building spans 850 by 500 feet with three arched trusses. Emily Wilson, an English visitor, disappeared from her Allegheny boarding house with jewelry and money missing, prompting police involvement and a missing persons inquiry.
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Pittsburg
Emily Wilson
Allegheny
Miss Wilson
Pittsburgh
England
Union Depot
Butler
Penn Mills
Darrah Street
Wilson
Hawkins
Supe
One Kind of Gratitude Emily Wilson Supposed Jewelry Carrier
Emily Wilson, named in connection with jewelry possession, was reportedly expected to carry a significant quantity of valuables. The case centers on alleged involvement with stolen or mislaid items and questions surrounding ownership and accountability. Investigators review timelines and sources to determine rightful possession and duties.
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Emily Wilson
Model kitchen exhibit to open at Indies Fair roof
Enclosed ens will be located on the roof at either end of the building where Indies visiting the Fair may rest and enjoy the scenery. Among the exhibits there will be a model kitchen and cooking school.
Committee appoints new member with prudent judgment
The article notes that the committee displayed good sense in making the appointment, highlighting thoughtful consideration and restraint. The executive body balanced qualifications and fit, signaling steady governance.
Exhibit Vessel Scene Foreshadows Action Command
The exhibit places the visitor as if in command of a vessel about to go into action, creating a staged moment of readying for engagement. The setup emphasizes leadership and the tension of impending naval action within the display.
Looking Over the Lagoon at the Columbian Exposition
The article describes the Lagoon view between the manufactures and decorative arts buildings and the Electrical Building, highlighting the landscape garden domain. It notes terraces, balustrades, statuary, and grand vistas designed to entice architects and artists, with lighted exhibit areas and a buff stucco exterior for the building. An appropriation is stated as 00,000, with construction likely under that amount.
Woman's Building at Exposition Dominates Chicago Interest
The Woman's Building designed by Sophia Hayden will be a centerpiece of the Exposition. Chicago women take prominent roles in boards and business, with the Italian Renaissance structure featuring Doric and Ionic elements, powered by a central power house and connected to a grand court.
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Chicago
Acut
Dispatch
Sophia Hayden
Boston
Miss Wilson Returns to England
A brief note states that Miss Wilson has gone back to her native England confirming her departure and travel arrangements.
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Miss Wilson
England
THEY TOOK THE STOVE A Southsider Charges Larceny Against Two Installment Hardware Men
Joseph Pentecost of South Nineteenth and Wharton streets accuses Frank Snow and George Hardy of larceny after his stove valued at 19 dollars was reportedly sold on installment terms. Pentecost paid 175, misses one payment due to illness, and returns home to find the stove gone. His wife says Snow assaulted her. Snow faces an assault and battery charge as well. All cases are to be heard by Alderman Beinhauer this week.
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Burnham
Groun
Jackson Park
Pennsylvania
New York
Fifty-seventh Street
Ohio
West Virginia
Joseph Pentecost
South Nineteenth
Wharton Streets
Frank Snow
George Hardy
Snow
Hardy
South Twentieth
Carson Streets
Pentecost Savs
The Speakership Fight in New York Delegation
A Tammany insider reports the New York delegation split on the speakership race. Mills one vote, McMillan six votes, Crisp the remaining 23 with Tracey planning to back the Texan, regardless of the unit rule.
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Crisp
New York
Mills
Pnoma
Stapf Corres
Washington
Tammany
Wash
McMillan
Tracey
Arkansas Farmers' Alliance backs Ocala demands in St Louis
The Arkansas State Farmers' Alliance in Little Rock supported the Ocala platform including land loan and sub-treasury features. It denounced the Fort Worth convention of so called Alliance men as a failed bid by scheming politicians to split the reform movement. A man named Mark Wishart, son of Captain Wishart of the Law and Order League, was arrested.
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St. Louis
Arkansas State Farmers’ Alliance
Little Rock
Ocala
Fort Worth
Alliance
Mark Wishart
Captain Wishart
Law and Order League
Auction Offer at Aufrecht Co Elite Gallery
The notice lists items for sale at Aufrecht & Co Elite Gallery 15 Market Street Pittsburg including 12 cabinets priced at 100 and 4 life size crayom for 350. Auction runs until September 1.
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Aufrecht & Co
Elite
Market Street
Pittsburg
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