Chicago Faces 1893 World Fair Site Fight
Chicago votes on two possible venues for the 1893 exposition with Lake Front favored by merchants and Jackson Park pressed by opponents. The piece notes real estate surges, elevated rail gains, and political maneuvering as Medill is muzzled and Congress debated funding.
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Joseph Medill
Medill
Bary
Chicago
al. Medillami
Nixon
J. W. Scott
The
Herald
Lawson
Cregier
Ling
Congress
Chi
Lake Front
Bi Louis
Uped
House of Representatives
Lake Street
Alberger
Randolph Street
Leake Street
Alley L
Evanston
Jackson Park
Southside
Northside
Westside
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Twelfth Street
Michigan Boulevard
Exposition Company
Warren Leland
Mlitia
Lake Front Park
Parsons
Spies
Fielden
Schwab
Carter Harrison
Europe
Knight Templars
Messrs. Burnham and Gookins
Lake Park
Rai
Ford Peck
Auditorium Company
Washington
New York
Windy City
Lake Front site argued for 1892 American Exposition
The Lake Front plan faces Western opposition over 220 acres for exhibits and cattle displays. Proponents tout accessibility, harbor depth, police and water supply, while critics fear insufficient space for West’s agriculture and insistence on a grander national showcase. Political chatter hints at Cleveland Whitney odds and Cabinet constraints.
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Lake Front
Spirits Do Not Return Dr Allan McLane Hamilton Letter Extract
The writer disputes spirit return and supernatural communication while asserting matter is indestructible. He doubts bodily resurrection but suggests rehabilitation in a beautiful form through reconstrution. He links belief to Buddhism and rejects heaven as a place for the crippled.
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Manley
Blaine
Harrison
William C. Whitney
Bradley B. Smalley
Vermont
Democratic National Committee
Cleveland
Allan McLane Hamilton
England
Journal of Psychical Research
Road Runner Kills Rattler With Spiked Thorn Ring
A Kansas or California road runner, described by Judge J C Normile, stalks a rattlesnake by walking the road center. It leads the snake to the thorns and drops cactus spikes in a circular ring around it, then watches as the serpent entangles itself and dies.
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California
J. C. Normile
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Blaine's Great Public Work May Influence 1892 Race
Maine delegate Joseph H. Manley discusses Blaine's public works plan and its potential impact on the Democratic prospects in 1892. References Carson Lake in New York press.
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Blaine
Maine
Carson Lake
New York
Joseph H. Manley
Expenses of Funerals and Undertaker Practices
An undertaker noted that funeral costs for the wealthy range from 300 to 900 dollars with rare cases reaching 2000. He said undertakers are paid promptly like other merchants and typically avoid litigation, especially with poorer clients by securing advance payments and arranged bills.
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New York Star
Extravagant Washington Dinners and Jewels Rule Society
Five hundred thousand visiting cards engraved in Washington this season. dinners feature hand painted menus, gold and silver decorations, and costly flowers. Mrs Stanford's diamond collection and Senate social life illustrate vast expenditures as shoddy aristocracy thrives, with waiters clubs and rented outfits widening the glamour.
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Icornes
Dispatch
Wasutseton
Washington
Leland Stanford
United States
General Breckenridge
Justice Blatchford
Roswell P. Flower
Normandie
K Street
Wanamaker
Jones
Nevada
Senator Stewart
Massachusetts Avenue
Scranton
Senor Mendaca
Brazil
Senator Cockrell
White House
Sam
Harrison
Mrs. Stanford
Isabella
Spain
Paris
Cleveland
Representative Flower
Mexico
New York
Stanford
Frank Leslie
Senator Jones
Senator Hearst
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Capital
Cardinal Masarin
Ben Franklin
Deborah
George Ating
Martha
Senator Sawyers
John Rodgers
Lafayette Square
Bewitching Beatrice and the Bryngelly entanglement
Geoffrey Hingham, a London barrister, marries Lady Honoria while Beatrice, Bryngelly teacher, forms a deep bond with him after rescuing him from drowning. Beatrice loves Geoffrey yet remains heartbroken as he rises to fortune and Parliament, while Lady Honoria remains trapped in fashionable frivolity and Beatrice endures silent longing amid Owen Davies’s unwanted attentions.
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Geoffrey Hingham
London
Granger
Bryngelly
Geord
Honoria
Geoffrey
Effie
Beatrice
Elizabeth
Owen Davies
Honoris
Beatrice and Geoffrey Letters Amid Delicate Family Struggles
Beatrice clings to Geoffrey through letters as ambitions rise and family poverty worsens. Davies spies on correspondence, bribing a postman to count notes. Beatrice rejects gifts, keeps resolve, and faces social pressure as her sister’s schemes unfold.
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Elizabeth
Beatrice
Geoffrey
Mr. Davies
Mr. Bingham
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Eca
George FR. Dariz
Commission
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Lake Front Site
Lyman J. Gage
Burnham
Randolpa Street
Burnhem
Garfield
Douglas Park
Welland Canal
West
South Side
Lake Feont
Serpent
Fate
Senator Palmer
Palmer
Madrid
Deligh
Supreme Court
Speaker Reed
Mr. Granger
Owen
Haggard
Ana
Beatnice
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