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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
2
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul depot on Twentieth Street between First and Second avenues. W W Breckinridge is listed as Agent for the line.
The Niagara Falls power plant, largest globally at 50 000 horsepower, gains new 5 000 horsepower units and will welcome visitors at the Pan American Exposition. An error cited a 348 foot electric tower by John G Howard with winglike colonnades and a water display, while the grounds will span 842 acres. Numerous nations will exhibit with an estimated $10 million in buildings. electricity dominates the exhibits. The expo will feature major arts and ethnology buildings and a graphic arts center.
The Pan American exposition in Buffalo will be powered largely by electricity from Niagara Falls, not gas engines. The event aims to surpass previous electrical displays, with extensive exhibits across agriculture, forestry, machinery, and arts. Government and state funding support totals about $800,000, while Buffalo citizens pledge nearly $5 million, under the direction of William S. Buchanan, former U S minister to Argentina.
Several New York women working as real estate agents are praised for their apparent clearer sense of the eternal fitness of things compared with male agents. They argue that much discrimination is needed before steering a customer to the wrong place.
Reading the era, sewing regains status among girls as fashion shifts. The piece notes a rise in girls' sewing classes, contrasting past views that deemed sewing unfashionable. It cites social trends and the idea that practical arts are reclaiming value in girlhood education.
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