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Title: The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: White, Annie Randall
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Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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rupture of an artery in the neck, at FortLynn, Colorado, on the 23d of May, 1868. THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. The next great fair which our country saw, was planned ona huge scale. It was also an invitation to the peoples of alllands, who liberally responded. This was the Worlds Fair, andit was rightly named, for it proved a gathering of all nations.It was opened in May, 1893, an(l closed October 30. Thefeatures of the Fair were varied, and its inception and fulfillmentwere on a gigantic scale. Nearly every country on earth sentsome representation to the Fair, and during its existence millions of strangers visited the city. There was a long and earnest contest as to what city shouldhave the honor of being selected to hold the great Worlds Fair,St. Louis, Cincinnati, New York, Washington and Chicago, eachpresenting powerful reasons why the choice should fall upon it.But Congress settled the question by giving to Chicago thecoveted honor, and without delay commissioners were chosen,
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V£. 354 THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. and officials and citizens went busily to work, hand in hand, tomake the fair the grandest ever projected. The grounds selected were at Jackson Park, Chicago, andcomprised 640 acres. Magnificent buildings were erected, costingfrom #10,000 to #300,000 each, and every State engaged withthe others in a friendly rivalry. There were forty-seven Stateand Territorial buildings, each one noted for a style of archi-tecture dissimilar to any of the rest, and yet all remarkablybeautiful. It was well represented by foreign peoples, fifty-one nationsand thirty-nine colonies participating. The edifices erected bythe directors, such as Transportation, Machinery Hall, ElectricalBuilding, etc., were numerous and costly. The beauties of theArt Gallery were a revelation to the busy, pushing American,and the man or woman who spent but a few days among thewonders of the great Worlds Fair of 1893 found food for reflec-tion and pleasant memories to last a lifetime.

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