Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-02-10
EoRTHERN OHIO SANITARY FAIR,
Cleveland. Ohio. February I'D, 1854.
Headquarters at Rooms Soldiers aid SOslfiy
No. 95 Bank Street. Cleveland. Ohio.


a Grand Military and Patriotic Display
and procession, and viii continue TWO
weeks.
Similar Fairs held for the benefit of the
United States Sanitary Commission in
Eastern cities, have met with the great
est success, and the proceeds given to
the local branches of the Commission
have impaired new impetus to the work
of relief that has for so many months en-
crossed the time and talents OF our be-
nevolent and patriotic people.
To the Soldiers Aid Society of North
ern Ohio, as the representative of the
efforts of our own section in aid Of our
sick and wounded soldiers, the proceeds
of the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair will
be entrusted. With the aims and work
ings of this organization the public have
already been made acquainted, and they
require here no further demonstration
The Committee to which Is assigned
the duty of providing suitable halls for
the different departments of the Fair,
have decided TO erect upon the public
square several buildings for that purpose.
The situation from its central position
and accessibility is unsurpassed, and the
building is designed not only to furnish
the most ample Accommodations requisite,
but also to present in itself the peculiar
attraction of the Fair.
The proposed plan embraces o Ladies'
Bazaar, Refreshment, Mechanics, Mer-
camille, Produce, Fine Art and Floral
Halls, Museum Of Relies and Curiosi-
ties, and Grand Audience Room, for
Concerts, Lectures, Tableaux, etc.
The Ladies' Bazaar will present unusu-
al attractions in decoration and arrange
ment, and il is intended to assign space
to each county in Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania, in which are the organized
Aid Societies tributary to the Society of
Northern Ohio.
The President of each of our Branch
Societies has been appointed member
of the Sanitary Fair Associations, and
these ladies will be furnished with in
structions, circulars, blank invoices, etc,
that the work of soliciting, receiving and
forwarding may be systematically pur
sued and that each Society may have am
pie representation in the articles offered
for sale at the Fair.
Contributions of every kind of Fancy
work, Embroidery, Needle-Work, Cone,
Leather and Waxwork, are solicited for
sole in the Ladies' Bazaar, part of which
under the direction of the Committee on
| Booths, win be divided into many little
shops or stalls, IN which ladies costumed
in the fashion of different countries, will
offer for sale the wares appropriate to
their nationality.
The Refreshment committee call uPon
all housekeepers in town and country for
donations of provisions for supplying the
Grand Dining Hall; where it is expected
at least one thousand persons win be en-
tertained daily during the continuance
Of the Fair.
The supply OF provisions required for
| furnishing this hall will be large, and the
draft upon contributors must be heavy
and continuous We must beg for the
repeated and generous donations of cook
ed meats, poultry, biscuits, pastry, pud-
dings, cakes, &C., from the city; and
from the country would especially solfcft
uncooked poultry, roasting pigs, cheese,
butter, eggs, cream, apples, nuts, and
whatever can be prepared for use in our
dinning hall.
The Grocers and Provision Dealers of
this city and vicinity are invited to add
to the storerooms Of this department as
literally as possible.
The Committee on Manufactures, Mer-
chandlse, and Produce, are zealously per
fecting their plans for gathering in dona-
tions in all departments of mercantile
business, in every branch of mechanical
skill, and earnestly solicit contributions
of agricultural and farming products from
all friends of the csuse-far or near.
1t is hoped this Industrial Exhibition
will be promotiYe Of the business interests
of this sections; an object not unworthy
of mention as a stimulus to the work
Of solicitating and receiving supplies,
though secondary Of course to the beneV-
olent aims which prompt the Inaugural
ton Of the Fair.
Gifts of ornamental and Towering
shrubs and plants, choice cut flowers,
hand boquets and eyergreens will be need |
ed for decoration of the Floral Hall. We
hope all who have greenhouses or oon-
servatoFies will contribute some of their |
Towering beauties to this cause.
The Hall devoted to the Museum of Cur |
riosities, Relics, Battle Flags, Trophies Of
War and Mementoes of Battle Fields, |
presents its claims for donations or loans
Of articles appropriate to its object.
Many interesting collections have been |
made by persons living in our midst, and
we hope if not disposed to donate, they |
will at least loan these, on application OF
the Committee on Memorials and Curios-
tiles.
From the Soldiers of our Ohio Regi-
ments we especially solicit shell or bone |
work made during their leisure in camp. |
A Fine Art Hall will form one of the |
most attractive features of the Fair. and !
for this the proper Committee will beg
the loan of the choice paintings which are
the property of many lovers of the art in
this city and elsewhere. 1t is hoped our
artists will add to this collection such of
their own works as they can donate to
the Fair.
A Grand Audience Room, capable of
seating 5000 persons, will be opened ev-
cry evening for Lectures, Concerts and
Tableaux, all Of which viii be interesting
in character and sufficiently varied to at
tract and crafty all tastes. These ar
rangements are in the hands Of active and
efficient committees whose names are suf-
fcient guaranty for the excellence Of the
entertainment.
The circulars Of the various committees
will be widely spread and wherever they
are received we bespeak for them gem
erous and ready response. 1t may be that
this preliminary notice will be all that IS
received by many; let this then be con-
sidered sufficient appeal to their fberali-
ty, and let every one to whom there
comes even the bare announcement OF
the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair, feel
himself personally solicited TO the extent
of his time and means. 1t is impossible
to enumerate the articles most desirable
to contribute. as anything which has even
the least money value Will be acceptable
and welcome; while no gift however
large and costly can be too great an offer
ing to the noble cause for which this Fair
is instituted. ---
The committees organized in this city
have increased their numbers by adding
the names of many prominent business
men throughout Northern Ohio, and
COMMITTEES are appointed in each county
to act in continuation with the officers of