Billboard (Jul-Dec 1898) . argely Southern soldiers whofought the Ohio wars: followed St. Clair toruin and Wayne to Victory; and conqueredthe Northwestern wilderness for civilization. A still more important move, however, isnow on the carpet. St. Louis has talked ofcelebrating the Louisiana purchase with acentennial exposition in 1903. As the Ohiocentennial, set for the same year, two good years before the St. l^>u!sscheme was* broached, the Centennial Com-mission will moye heaven and earth to com-bine the Louisiana and Ohio centennials inone grand international expos tion at
Billboard (Jul-Dec 1898) . argely Southern soldiers whofought the Ohio wars: followed St. Clair toruin and Wayne to Victory; and conqueredthe Northwestern wilderness for civilization. A still more important move, however, isnow on the carpet. St. Louis has talked ofcelebrating the Louisiana purchase with acentennial exposition in 1903. As the Ohiocentennial, set for the same year, two good years before the St. l^>u!sscheme was* broached, the Centennial Com-mission will moye heaven and earth to com-bine the Louisiana and Ohio centennials inone grand international expos tion at shall eclipse the Worlds Fair at Chi;cago. If we can nofeffect this combination,says Mr. McGuire, we will change the dateof our exposition, and hold It In 1902. It will be remembered that the admissionof Ohio dates from Nov. 22. 1802. though thefinal act of that great event did not occur tillFebruary. 1803. Thus Ohio may consistentlyhold her centennial In 1902. if circumstancesmake that date the more Though Cincinnati can not have the centen-nial within her own gates, this city has closeassociations with Mr. T. B. Gunckel, who, ashead of the Toledo Improvement Commission,will be one of the chief figures of the centen-nial. He is a nephew and namesake of thelate John Elstner, of this city, and his sisteris Mrs. William M. Ampt. But when he wasasked for some account of his career he re-plied: My life has been such an uneventfulone, I am afraid you can not get enough in-teresting matter to get an article. How-ever. Mr. Gunckel. who Is a famous fisher-man and yachtsman, had to admit that hehad earned fame in several ways, amongthem as a teller of fish stories. Some yearsago the New York Herald offered a prizemedal for the biggest fish lie. , out of 2,800 competitors, carried offthe prize. He has also made a reputation asa writer, having taken no less than elevenprizes for stories or articles in Eastern mag-azines. He organized the Toledo NewsboysAs
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