The World's Fair City and Her Enterprising SonsUnited publishing Company, 1892 - 512 páginas |
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... fact determined the great agricultural region of the continent . And when nature placed such a body of water as Lake Michigan , stretching three hundred miles north and south in this valley , with the head of this lake in the line of ...
... fact determined the great agricultural region of the continent . And when nature placed such a body of water as Lake Michigan , stretching three hundred miles north and south in this valley , with the head of this lake in the line of ...
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... Facts ; Audito- rium Hotel ; The Observatory ; The Stage ; Expres- sion of Paintings ; Dedication of the Auditorium ; Appearance of the Stage and of the Audience ; Exercises of the Evening ; Address by Hon . DeWitt Cregier ; Address by ...
... Facts ; Audito- rium Hotel ; The Observatory ; The Stage ; Expres- sion of Paintings ; Dedication of the Auditorium ; Appearance of the Stage and of the Audience ; Exercises of the Evening ; Address by Hon . DeWitt Cregier ; Address by ...
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... fact , they are the schools of the city ; rich and poor , alike , enjoy their privileges . At present , thirty - two hundred teachers are employed , and there is an enrollment of nearly one hun- dred and fifty thousand pupils . The ...
... fact , they are the schools of the city ; rich and poor , alike , enjoy their privileges . At present , thirty - two hundred teachers are employed , and there is an enrollment of nearly one hun- dred and fifty thousand pupils . The ...
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... City is a beautiful city . Everything seems to be provided here for the welfare and happiness of the people ; but , despite this fact , there is much sorrow and suffering which it is not pleasant to record . The THE WORLD'S FAIR CITY . 35.
... City is a beautiful city . Everything seems to be provided here for the welfare and happiness of the people ; but , despite this fact , there is much sorrow and suffering which it is not pleasant to record . The THE WORLD'S FAIR CITY . 35.
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... fact that seven national political conventions had already been held in Chicago , and that for six of them tempo- rary halls had been constructed at a large and necessarily wasteful expenditure of money . Thus was demonstrated the ...
... fact that seven national political conventions had already been held in Chicago , and that for six of them tempo- rary halls had been constructed at a large and necessarily wasteful expenditure of money . Thus was demonstrated the ...
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acres American Applause Armour army Art Institute artist attention attractive Auditorium avenue bank beautiful Board of Trade bread dear Bryan cent character Chicago citizens colored Company Congress corner Department Depew dollars enterprise erected exhibits fact Fair city farmer Farwell feet firm floor force Gage Galena genius gift give grand Grant ground hall honor hundred Illinois industry interest John Plankinton Jones Kohlsaat labor ladies Lake Lake Michigan land Libby Prison living located magnificent Marshall Field ment millions mission nations never organized paintings Palmer House patriotic Peck portrait Potter Palmer present President Pullman purpose real estate represents rich says side South spirit stand street structure success thousand tion transfer table United visitors wealth West wheat Wheelbarrow World's Columbian Exposition World's Fair World's Fair city York young
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Página 93 - What do we want with this vast, worthless area, this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs?
Página 46 - A great life has passed into the tomb and there awaits the requiem of winter's snows.
Página 292 - But every jet of chaos which threatens to exterminate us is convertible by intellect into wholesome force. Fate is unpenetrated causes. The water drowns ship and sailor like a grain of dust. But learn to swim, trim your bark, and the wave which drowned it will be cloven by it and carry it like its own foam, a plume and a power.
Página 137 - The objects of the corporation, as declared by the charter and by-laws, are " to maintain a commercial exchange ; to promote uniformity in the customs and usages of merchants ; to inculcate principles of justice and equity in trade ; to facilitate the speedy adjustment of business disputes; to acquire" and to disseminate valuable commercial and economic information ; and generally, to secure to its members the benefits of co-operation in the furtherance of their legitimate pursuits.
Página 152 - ... was, to know the condition of New England, which appearing to be very independent as to their regard to Old England, or his Majesty, rich and strong as they now were, there were great debates in what style to write to them; for the condition of that Colony was such, that they were able to contest with all other Plantations about them, and there was fear of their breaking from all dependence on this nation; his Majesty, therefore, commended this affair more expressly.
Página 367 - What more preposterous than the treatment of land as individual property. In every essential land differs from those things which being the product of human labor are rightfully property.
Página 488 - It is the intent of this department that it shall fully and fairly present the origin, growth and development of the various methods of transportation used in all ages and in all parts of the world.
Página 449 - Such an exhibition should be of a national and international character, so that not only the people of our Union and this Continent, but those of all nations as well, can participate...
Página 292 - Fate is unpenetrated causes. The water drowns ship and sailor, like a grain of dust. But learn to swim, trim your bark, and the wave which drowned it will be cloven by it, and carry it, like its own foam, a plume and a power. The cold is inconsiderate of persons, tingles your blood, freezes a man like a dewdrop. But learn to skate, and the ice will give you a graceful, sweet, and poetic motion.
Página 488 - Department will certainly prove an attraction of supreme interest, not only to the people of the United States, but to the world at large.