[Vynne, Harold Richard] [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thomson and Zimmerman · leaf 272
en thefirst to suggest theidea of holding aworlds fair in com-~ memoration of the400th anniversary ofthe discovery .ofAmerica. The mind,therefore, which con-ceived this mightyproject, over which all the nations are agog, isnow stilled in everlasting sleep, but to those ofus who have memories the… … 262 through the land, and met with such a unani-mous response that long before the plan hadthe sanction of Congress the holding of thefair was a certainty. From the time it so be-came a settled fact in prospect a number of cit-ies waged a strong and at times bitter fightfor the honor of having the…
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