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.Tftwa^ of:Tiravelinsil Sateaftwi ¥is$ th» , (Workl's £ FaJtVWoklb’s Fair Geotthiw, Chicago, 111., July 27.—Commercial travelers? day-at the fair was well observed yesterday. The American Exhibitors’ Association made . special arrangements for the entertainment' of the . traveling men and received the vifntois ai the headquarters .. ‘.of the , • association ■ at the terminal station building.; . Later, the commercial travelers assembled at the festival hall, where the Cincinnati, band under the direction of. Michael Brand gave a special’concert and at the formal reception addresses were made by Di/ector-General Davis and President Higmbotban and responses by O. J, Dowd, of, Chicago; W. F. Mitchell, of Des 'Moines, and John.' Fenimore, of Columbus. A military concert- was given by the Iowa State band of fifty pieces upon the balcony, of the terminal station at 4.o'clock.- ; :••• ;•••.i j 3$®“ ^Pnhh’cof Liberia formal-, ly dedicated its pavilion in the agricol-tunU building yesterday, although the unique exhibit of the. Africans been-open to the public for: some time.A huge nombejr of people attended . the reception and the guests were received by President King of the Liberian. commission assisted by William E. Botherby. ex-Liberian, consul at Philadelphia, and John Enoch Thompson, .. consul-general • for. . Liberia in. Canada.. TThe . Liberian exhibit unique and characteristic of of African life. * The fence is made of wild rope and native tree trunks: The decorations are great cones of rare' ivory or groups of handsomely mottled skins, with eveiywhere slashes of red ana. white emblemB of the same, with blue corner and the big white stazv. In the center of the exhibit are stacks of coffee and almost endless collections of implements of . war and domestic appliances. So complete is it all that already, the Armour Institute and the Chicago University have talked with the commission about Becuring the collection intact when the exposition is. finished... Four special trains were required to convey the Turners who.arrived in the city yesterday after their tournament at Milwaukee. ; Thousands of German-American citizens of Chicago and vicinity participated • in . the r programme of the day. From ^ the North-Western Railroad depot the line march was taken to the Illinois Central station and thence to the fair. After marching through the exposition grounds, the Turners gave a programme of gymnastic exercises at the stock pavilion, beginning at 3 and continuing till 6 o’clock.
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Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jul 29, 1893
Page 4
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