The Fisheries Building at the World’s Fair Chicago
The Fisheries Building rises as a central palace at the World’s Fair in Chicago, connected to two smaller polygonal pavilions. Architect Henry Ives Cobb shapes a Spanish Romanesque exterior featuring fish motifs, with a central rotunda and an Aquarial live fish display including a 26 foot pool and ornate water features.
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Reid as Vice Presidential Candidate in 1892 Ticket
The piece notes Whitelaw Reid may resign as ambassador to France and be a leading candidate for Vice President, suggesting a ticket pairing Reid with Harrison. It recalls Reid born in Xenia Ohio in 1837 and a Miami University graduate who rose as Washington correspondent, Tribune editor and proprietor, and who married into wealth.
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Maher Intervenes After Irish Champion Tries Jumping From Train
On March 5 near Charlotte a passenger, Peter Maher the Irish lightweight, attempted to leap from a moving train. Fitzsimmons and a party of ten restrained him while a physician gave an opiate to calm him. The incident caused much excitement among the travelers including the New Orleans spectators.
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Six year Presidential term amendment reported to House
House committee on the President and Vice chose to report the subcommittee bill aiming to amend the Constitution to six year Presidential terms. They also approved a joint resolution changing the presidential start date to December 1 and shifting Congressional term commencements to January 2 with April 30 substituted for March 4.
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Anticephalalgine Promises Relief for Headache and Sleep
An advertisement touts Anticephalalgine as a safe headache and neuralgia remedy free of morphine and opiates. It claims doctors praise the formula as a happy combination and urges readers to buy via their local druggist or mail order from J. Johnson of Raleigh North Carolina.
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