Business' Army of Camp Followers at Lewis and Clark Exposition
Special correspondence from Portland outlines the rise of exposition work as a profession. Veteran organizers like Col Dosch and Henry Tasch lead a cadre of seasoned officials who built the Lewis and Clark Exposition teams. The article highlights long experience, notable titles, and foreign honors earned by key expo leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkson
St Loui
J T McCread
Buffalo
St Louis
Portland Ian
Exposition Management and The Traveling Showman
A discussion on the contrast between the savvy expositionist and the fairground spieler. It notes the value of brains and genuine talent for managing a major event, citing Mr H W Goode of Portland General Electric as an example of an executive head who relies on experienced specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Louie
Chicago
H W Goode
Gasoline permit refused for alley tank by telephony firm
Commissioners rejected Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company request to install a gasoline tank in a public alley behind its warehouse on New York avenue near Thirteenth Street Northwest. Col Biddle notes prior enlargements were allowed under outdated rules and warns against exposing the public to gasoline storage in public space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Biddle
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Hall of the Ancients
New York Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Telephone Company
Pope Manufacturing Company
Hardt the exhibitionist described as a veteran showman
The article profiles Mr Hardt as a career exhibition official who began as an office boy at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876 and later joined or led efforts at major expositions worldwide from London to New Zealand. It notes his roles at Chicago 1899 and other fairs, his medal collection, and the broad ecosystem of concessionaires, contractors, restaurant managers, and staff that populate expositions, culminating in the idea that the profession is a defined field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheodore Hiardee
John Barrett Frank I Meorrich Manninger
St Loui
David T Day
Bureau of Mining and Mineral Resources
United States Geological Survey
Philadelphia
Petroeum
Chicago
Atlanta
Nashville
Omaha
Bafilo
Charleston
St Louis
George Frederick Kunz
Th Geological Survey
Hardt
London
Paris
Zurich
Amsterdam
Vienna
Calcutta
Cape Town
Australa
Trismania
New Zealand
Hardis Amercan
San Francisco
Tacoma
Denver
Portland
Experieheee
Nashvile
Buffalo
Bal de 1 Opera
Mme Aurora
George Gould
Gould
Lecture by Miss Farmer at Rauschers Hall on Universal Religion of Love
Miss Sarah J Farmer founder of the Green Acre Fellowship Association of America will lecture at Rauschers Hall tomorrow at 8 pm on The Universal Religion of Love. Green Acre near Portsmouth aims to unite moral and spiritual teachers from all nationalities for common good. A branch of the Green Acre Association recently formed in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Acre
Green Acre Association
William E Chandler
Albert S Duhn
The
Vedanta University
Life of a Whale lecture at National Museum
The final Saturday lecture in the United States National Museum under the Biological Society of Washington will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the 426 room. Dr True head curator and leading authority on whitebone whales will discuss his recent monograph on the whitebone whales of the North Atlantic. The talk will feature photographs from nature and is free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States National Museum
Biological Society of Washington
Fow True
National Museum
Dr True
Orth Atlantic
Remarkable Dowager Duchess of Abercorn and Her Descendants
The venerable Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, the oldest and among the most remarkable British dowager peers, left a vast progeny with over 200 descendants. At her death 182 were alive, and family reunions marked her later years, including a July 1902 gathering of 146 descendants at Montagu House Whitehall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sussex
Duchess of
Excursion to Mount Vernon by Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
A special daylight excursion by steamer leaves Seventh Street Wharf daily except Sunday at 1040 am and 145 pm to Mount Vernon with a 32 mile Potomac sail and stops at Maryland Virginia shores. The Wednesday the 26th trip includes Jamestown Yorktown and Hampton Roads with meals and staterooms at one round trip rate. Details at Seventh Street Wharf or Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co. office 105 Fourteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mount Vernon
Wshington
Charles Macalester
Seventh Street Wharf
Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Potomac Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
James
York Rivers
Jamestown
Yorktown
DAR
Seventh Street
Fourteenth Street
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Washington Post
Missouri
Department of Concessions and Admissions
Department of Exhbits
Cnt
Henry E Tasch
H B Wardt
Col Dosch
Col Doschs Creer
Oregon
Omahi Buffalo
Charleson
Osaka
Japan
Orwget
Steren
Wis
St Louisa
Col Doschi
Fhee
Empror
Tlack
Empeors
John Wakefield
Dravison
Weschler
United States Commission
Department of Concessions
St Lous
Dr King
Niewera Pe Rarerive
May Manton
Sorosis
Sorosis Shoe Shop
Beades
Ccima
Bolossy Kiralfy
I Kiralfy
Guilds Lake
Miss Farmer
Garfield Post
James A Grarfield Post
Department of the Potomac GA R
Post Hall
Thomas Calver
Jamma Kettler
Margaret Haywood
Mary Wild
Ethel Fish
Thomas Carver
Richard Houghton
Doris Weber
R BG Patterson
Metzler
Magaret Haswood Moss
Mary G Finn
Houghton
Emma Kettler
Hattie Roach
Albert Houghton
Eriest Houghton
Norman Daly
Csarina
Russla
Orenburg
Peoria
Zellar
Natal
Womans Suffrage League
Colonial Wine Co
9Th St. NW
Liiquian
Cresta Blanca Sauternes
California
Barton
C Champagne
Mumm
Moet & Chandon
N. W
Hebbard
George E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Henry
Sunday Post
Smith
Victor
John F. Ellis & Co
Pa. Ave
Thompson
Chesapeake
Monnogahela
Elias Raff Liquor CO
Eye
7Th St. S. W
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
la. Ave
D St
Home Savings Bank
Manhattan Laundry
Florida Ave. N. W
Jackson Bros
St. K. W
Littlefield Alvord & Cs
Fir St
Dst
Fost
Golorady Buildug
Pilgrim Light Lunch
F Street
Hubbard Heating Co
F St. N. W
Ceres
Keeley
Keeley Institute
North Capitol Street
District of
Columb
Brehive
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