Washington as World's Fair site debated by correspond ent
Special correspondence from Wasuketox argues Washington offers strong site merits with the Mall and federal institutions nearby but warns malaria risks and flood potential from the Potomac. The essay weighs advantages against rivals New York Chicago St. Louis, noting rail links, hotel capacity, climate, and center of population factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuketox
America
Columbus
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
Congress
United States
Washington Monument
Harlem
Westchester County
Louis
Mall
Potomac
Capitol
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railway
Executive Mension
Treasury
War
State and Navy
Pension Office
Patent Office
Waington
Rome
Monument
Tiber
Congress Garden
Presidents Park
White House
States of the Union
Lncky
George Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Union
Indiana
Ilinois Line
Indianapolis
Toledo
Sea Board
Foor
The Buddhistic Extinction of Desire Essay Prize
In Burlington Free Press prose a humorous exchange notes Miss Vassarbred Oh Emily winning The Ladies Magazine prize for the best essay by a young lady under 30. Homebred claims to have submitted a graduation essay on Buddhistic extinction of desire while Emily wrote How to Knit a Patch in a Stocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
Ladies’ Magazine
Burlington Free Press
New York Tenement Children Under Summer Shadow
Special correspondence from New York describes harsh summer conditions in crowded tenement blocks. Heat, disease, and high infant mortality fill daily life as mothers seek relief on ferry decks, while older children parent younger siblings, improvise toys, and endure poverty with quiet resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
New Jersey
Calvary Cemetery
Potter's Field
Cherry Street
Dover
Roosevelt Street
Cherry Hill
Brooklyn Bridge
Land of Nod
Fifty-seventh Street
Broadway
Robinson Crusoe
Mott
Mulberry Street
Uses of World's Fairs and their broadening effect
An English gentleman argues world fairs advance human understanding beyond commerce. He cites the 1876 centennial as a transformative educator, reducing prejudice and widening horizons across rural America, predicting fairs will curb wars by fostering peaceful cross national contact and shared ideas through travel and exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vermont
Illinois Prairie
Michigan Forest
London
Prentice Motrorn
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Great
National Museum
Smithsonian Institute
Agricultural Department
United States Fish Commission
Botanical Garden
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
OUR
Gotham
China
Hester Street
Jesus
Fifth Avenue
Ernest Jarrold
Wa. Ayres & Sons, Philada
Baker
Williams
Harvest Home
Delmonico
G. B. Williams
Adelphia Kitchen
Warren, Penn’a
L Dow
Ordway & Co
Poston
Mass
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Glade Township
W.N. Yates
Atty For
Warren
L. F. Watson
T. B. Nesmith
T A.J. Wazeltine
O. H. Hunter
M. B. Dunham
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
A. J. Haseltine
L. R. Freeman
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
D. L. Gerould
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.N. Parmlee
A.T. Scofield
Itc
Eric Erickson
Pobst Office
Warren, PA
Conewango
Foundry
Machine Shop
Conewango Foundry and Machine Shop
John T. Hill
Island
Ibaprtz
G. Koebley
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