Chicago: Its History and Its Builders ...S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918 |
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... called the Committee of Conference , was a compact organization of strong men , and its influence and work were powerful in securing the success of the Exposition . The members from the Commission were Thomas W. Palmer , of Michigan ...
... called the Committee of Conference , was a compact organization of strong men , and its influence and work were powerful in securing the success of the Exposition . The members from the Commission were Thomas W. Palmer , of Michigan ...
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... called , was introduced and passed without material opposition . This measure became a law on the 5th of August , 1892 , and provided that two and a half million of dollars in the form of " Columbian Half Dollars " should be coined ...
... called , was introduced and passed without material opposition . This measure became a law on the 5th of August , 1892 , and provided that two and a half million of dollars in the form of " Columbian Half Dollars " should be coined ...
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... called upon men to urge their purchase , " he exclaimed in despair to a friend . Mr. Higinbotham in his exhaustive report as president of the exposition , has accorded high praise to his distinguished associates in the conduct of ...
... called upon men to urge their purchase , " he exclaimed in despair to a friend . Mr. Higinbotham in his exhaustive report as president of the exposition , has accorded high praise to his distinguished associates in the conduct of ...
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... called the " gem and crown " of all the buildings , the " vestibule " of the exposition . Standing within the great rotunda , the visitor felt that here indeed was the " stately pleasure dome " of " Kubla Khan , " a dome the principal ...
... called the " gem and crown " of all the buildings , the " vestibule " of the exposition . Standing within the great rotunda , the visitor felt that here indeed was the " stately pleasure dome " of " Kubla Khan , " a dome the principal ...
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... called its equals . " When completed , with its external flutings and ornaments in relief , and the open work coronal which will surround its central eye , and with its internal coffer- ings , sculptures and paintings , it will be one ...
... called its equals . " When completed , with its external flutings and ornaments in relief , and the open work coronal which will surround its central eye , and with its internal coffer- ings , sculptures and paintings , it will be one ...
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Chicago, Its History and Its Builders: A Century of Marvelous Growth, Volumen3 Josiah Seymour Currey Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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Academy American Railway Union Association avenue bank beautiful building built canal carried cars Carter H channel Chicago river city of Chicago Commission Commissioners committee completed concerts Congress construction Cook County court crib Dearborn Desplaines dome drainage druggists east engineer erected established exhibits feet fifty fire hall held Higinbotham honor hundred Illinois industrial interest Jackson Park John Lake Front Lake Michigan land large number manufacturing Midway Plaisance miles millions of dollars Museum National opened opera orchestra organization passed Potter Palmer present president Pullman purpose railroad Railway Sanitary District says shore side Society South South Park station street structure teachers theatre Theodore Thomas Thomas tion town track elevation trustees tunnel Union Stock Yards visitors William World's Columbian Exposition World's Fair
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Página 318 - This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to wit : that the care, custody, and discipline of a child shall approximate, as nearly as may be, that which should be given by its parents...
Página 195 - But sturdy and staunch he stands ; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come...
Página 196 - And don't you make any noise! " So, toddling off to his trundle bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys; And, as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue — Oh! the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true!
Página 5 - An Act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by holding an International Exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures and the products of the soil, mine and sea, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois,
Página 196 - And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new And the soldier was passing fair, And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come," he said, "And don't you make any noise!
Página 302 - Illinois for the purpose of aiding" the said State in opening a canal to unite the waters of the Illinois River with those of Lake Michigan a quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of said canal and reserving each alternate section to the United States...
Página 114 - ... provide for the drainage of such district by laying out. establishing, constructing and maintaining one or more channels, drains, ditches and outlets for carrying off and disposing of the drainage (including the sewage) of such district together with such adjuncts and additions thereto as may be necessary or proper to cause such channels or outlets to accomplish the end for which they are designed, in a satisfactory manner, including pumps and pumping stations and the operation of the same.
Página 17 - That for the purpose of aiding in defraying the cost of completing in a suitable manner the work of preparation for inaugurating the World's Columbian Exposition...
Página 114 - The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have power to provide for the drainage of such district by laying out, establishing, constructing and maintaining one or more main channels, drains, ditches and outlets for carrying off and disposing of the drainage (including the sewage) of such district, together with such adjuncts...
Página 114 - ... population of the district drained thereby, and the same shall be kept and maintained of such size and in such condition that the water thereof shall be neither offensive or injurious to the health, of any of the people of this State; and before any sewage shall be discharged into such channel or outlet, all garbage, dead animals and parts thereof, and other solids shall be taken therefrom...