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World Columbian Exposition (1893)

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    May 13, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  1. Lamme used math to make electricity practical

    Springfield News-Sun, Ohio
    In "The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity and the Men Who Invented Modern America," historian Maury Klein says the key events in America's powering up for the electric era came during the Chicago World's Fair of 1883 and the building of the hydroelectric...

    Tags: Sociology, Technology, Thomas Edison, The Ohio State University, Culture

    2. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  2. A brief history of PBR's real blue ribbon

    Pabst Blue Ribbon is most associated with its birthplace in Milwaukee, but it’s the city of Chicago where the beer made its name—literally.
    For RedEye
    Pabst Blue Ribbon is most associated with its birthplace in Milwaukee, but it’s the city of Chicago where the beer made its name—literally. Not to be confused with the television channel that airs "Sesame Street," PBR was originally known as...

    Tags: PBS (tv network), World War I (1914-1918)

    3. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  3. Ripley's to mark World Sword Swallowers Day

    Several Ripley Entertainment attractions, including the Odditorium on Orlando's International Drive, will mark World Sword Swallowers Day with activities on Feb. 23. 
    Several Ripley Entertainment attractions, including the Odditorium on Orlando's International Drive, will mark World Sword Swallowers Day with activities on Feb. 23.  More than 20 sword swallowers will put on free shows. In Orlando, Chris Steele will be...

    Tags: Esophageal cancer, International Drive

    4. Jul 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Dunes Country choo-choo

    MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — To the uninitiated, driving along 11th Street through the downtown of this northern Indiana community can be an unnerving experience.
    MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — To the uninitiated, driving along 11th Street through the downtown of this northern Indiana community can be an unnerving experience. While most motorists are accustomed to sharing the road with bicycles, few have ever had the...

    Tags: Transportation, World War II (1939-1945), Tourism and Leisure, South Shore, Passenger Cars

    5. Aug 21, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  5. 'Weasel' of nursery rhyme referred to yarn winder

    What's a weasel? It's an animal, of course, but in some parts of Montana you might put weasels on your ice cream - because some Montanans used to call M&Ms "weasels." And in the 1700s, when the nursery rhyme "Pop Goes the Weasel" was composed,...

    Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Toy Industry, Germany

    6. Aug 21, 2011 |Story| King Features Syndicate

  6. 'Weasel' winds through history

    What's a weasel? It's an animal, of course, but in some parts of Montana you might put weasels on your ice cream - because some Montanans call M&Ms “weasels.” And in the 1700s, when the nursery rhyme “Pop Goes the Weasel” was composed, everyone knew the...

    Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Toy Industry, Photography, Germany, Roseland

    7. Jul 27, 2011 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

  7. Old School frozen custard

    Old School has been proudly serving up delicious frozen custard in the Puget Sound area since 2007. 
    Q13 FOX News Online
    Old School has been proudly serving up delicious frozen custard in the Puget Sound area since 2007.  It is a smoother, creamier, and more flavorful than any super premium ice cream.  And it contains fewer calories, too! At Old School frozen custard...

    Tags: Ice Cream, Foods and Beverages, Coney Island

    8. Nov 17, 2011 |Column| Herald Mail

  8. City Beautiful, City Park and the museum

     By Rebecca Massie Lane Special to The Herald-Mail When old age shall this generation waste,     Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe     Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,     'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' that is all    ...

    Tags: Hudson River, University of Paris, William Singer, New York City, Museums

    9. May 13, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Magic bus: GM's Futurliner

    When the lights were switched on at the Chicago World's Fair on May 27, 1933, the city was celebrating "A Century of Progress." By the time the last visitor left the park two years later, 48 million people had marveled at the displays, including General Motors' technical tours de force: How Sound Stops Sound, The Magnetic Stove, a Photo Elastic Stress Study and Music on a Light Beam.
    When the lights were switched on at the Chicago World's Fair on May 27, 1933, the city was celebrating "A Century of Progress." By the time the last visitor left the park two years later, 48 million people had marveled at the displays, including General...

    Tags: Reggie Jackson, Boeing Co., Television, Auction Service, Automotive Equipment

    10. Feb 25, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Chicago Ridge's homespun values lure homebuyers

    Shaped like a string of boxcars that tumbled off the CSX rail line, Chicago Ridge is a working-class southwestern suburb known for the regional mall that attracts shoppers like a magnet.
    Shaped like a string of boxcars that tumbled off the CSX rail line, Chicago Ridge is a working-class southwestern suburb known for the regional mall that attracts shoppers like a magnet. Thanks to its abundance of modest multifamily housing, Chicago...

    Tags: Chicago White Sox, Bars and Clubs, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Carson Pirie Scott, Highway Transportation

    11. Apr 10, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Book review: 'The Last Greatest Magician in the World' by Jim Steinmeyer

    The Last Greatest Magician in the World
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    The Last Greatest Magician in the World Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards Jim Steinmeyer Tarcher/Penguin: 377 pp., $26.95 It takes some courage to write the biography of a man the reading public has mostly forgotten....

    Tags: Music, Book, Forests, Biography (genre), Natural Resources

    12. Apr 11, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Meinhardt Raabe dies at 94; one of the Munchkins in 'The Wizard of Oz'

    Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz" and proclaimed that the Wicked Witch of the East was "really most sincerely dead," has died. He was 94.
    Times Staff And Wire Reports
    Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz" and proclaimed that the Wicked Witch of the East was "really most sincerely dead," has died. He was 94. Raabe died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, Fla., after an apparent...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Obituaries, L. Frank Baum, Movies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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