A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . w territory was divided into many states and became oneof the richest and most important portions of our country. The exposition at St. Louis rivaled if it did not excel any ofthe similar events before it. Many of the inventions andproducts that were shownthere were unknown at thetime of the Centennial Ex-position only twenty-eightyears before. Phonographs,typewriters, bicycles, auto-mobiles, electric railroads,trolley cars, and many other things that are now in commonuse, had come into existen
A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . w territory was divided into many states and became oneof the richest and most important portions of our country. The exposition at St. Louis rivaled if it did not excel any ofthe similar events before it. Many of the inventions andproducts that were shownthere were unknown at thetime of the Centennial Ex-position only twenty-eightyears before. Phonographs,typewriters, bicycles, auto-mobiles, electric railroads,trolley cars, and many other things that are now in commonuse, had come into existence during that short period. Morethan all this, nations which in 1876 were regarded as outsideof the circle of civilization, like Japan, China, and Siam, werewell represented by a variety of useful and wonderful the rapid progress of the world in matters of comfort andintelligence was again illustrated. In the year 1915, our country celebrated the opening of thePanama Canal to the commerce of the world. As an importantpart of that celebration, expositions were held at San Francisco. EARLY AUTOMOBILE. 194 GREAT EXPOSITIONS. and at San Diego, California, rivaling in interest and impor-tance all that had preceded them.
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