Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-19
IOWA.

-
Deep River Hustler: The editor and wife
were remembered by the management and
received complimentary passes, good for one
month. The exposition promises to be as
big as it is in name, and should be visited
by all who can possibly go.
West Side Journal: Ye scribe and wife
were at Omaha last Monday taking in the
sights at the Transmississippi Exposition
grounds. The buildings and grounds are a
very pleasing sight to see and n pleasure
well worth the price and time to go 10.
Lack of space binders us from going into
details of each and every building. 1t is
| suffice to say that none will regret neither
time nor money spent in making the trip.
Marshalltown Republican: The Omaha
Bee reports the first open Sunday at the
Transmississippi Exposition as a delightful
day and thoroughly enjoyed by many visi-
tors. 1t states that mo sound more pro-
fame tina the melody of exquisite music
disturbed the quietude of the day" All the
buildings, save that of the Government,
were opened. Music was the attraction of
tho day and three concerts were heard by
large and appreciative audiences.
Sioux City Tribune: The big Trans
mississippi Exposition at Omaha is
now open. The exposition promises to be
greater and more attractive than any SINH
lar affair held in this country since the
Worlds fair at Chicago. 1t is probable that
it will attract a great many visitors, moi
only because it is well worth a visit, but
because travel which has in former years
been directed to the sea coast and abroad
will this year be diverted to the interior.
George T. Williams in Ida Grove Pioneer
March &c: Nebraska people are all feeling
good, as they have a right to, for the crops
are just splendid. Everywhere in the state
there seems to have been plenty of rain
This will result in bringing thousands upor
thousands of dollars into the state this yeal
in the way of land investments, for many
who visit the transmississippi fair will de
so with the intention of investigating th'
state for agricultural purposes and upon in,
vestigation they will find it o. X.
Radcliffe Signal: Our first visit to tn,
Transmississippi Exposition grounds wa,
made Friday morning and we were sur
prsed at the magnitude of the concern
While we expected to see something mic,
we did not expect to see a display of archi
t%octural beauty that would so near rival tn
Worlds fair at Chicago. The buildings ar
simply magnificent and are far beyond com
prehension and description in a Unite,
opdtc' wv present d lew GUS Oh some o
the most important structures to give yo
an idea of their greatness. The Iowa build
ing, While it will make a very creditabl
showing when completed, is far from bein
finished as are many of the other building.
/, but work is being pushed rapidly on all.
{ Keokuk Democrat: The great Transmits
e sissippi and International Expositio
v at Omaha has been dedicated. 1t
r the first great exhibition since the Ten
nessee Centennial of last summer and
n the only affair of such magnitude to be hel
4 west of the Father of Waters since tn
f California Midwinter exposition, folIowin
o the Worlds fair at Chicago. The propc
n sition looking to the present exhibition Wa
a first brought forward at the Transmississip
Commercial congress at its ses sion in Omaf
in 1895. . . Despite the war and IL
vests interest in the Manila campaign, the
is no reason why the exposition shou
not be a success. Within a radius of 81
miles of Omaha there is a population
y about 5000, 900. Omaha itself is 500 mil,
II from Chicago and 476 miles from st. LOU
a the population of which latter city is II
a included in the figures of Omaha's entou
!, age, as estimated above.
Ie Marshalltown Republican: The Transml
l. sissippi Exposition at Omaha opened June
S, and Will remain open continuously-Sunda
n included-until November 1. 1t is design
l. to show something of the resources a
l. possibilities of the great west and to
IN thoughtful and studious visitors 1t will q
l. ford a profitable summers trip. Conf
lie so soon after the great Worlds fair at CT
ne cago, and having many points Of identii
D. visitors will no doubt unconsciously co
ne trast the two to the disparagement of t
e. Omaha display, but this win be unfair,
r. the design and scope are unlike. The Oma
ID display will have many special featuI
is that will prove attractive, not seen in Cl
I'd cago. In this connection one point of a
Il, vantage should be mentioned in compari
Sn the two great expositions. The Chica
lie fair was so immense and magnificent Il
n visitors. unless endowed with rare patier
he and abundant means and time. could
al take IL all in or it; whereas,
". Omaha exposition, though indeed great
OF itself, will not oyerwhelm the visitor "