Mechanic Arts High School - M Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE FIRST FAIR + The first fair of the state of Minnesota was held at Fort Snelling in September, 1860. Before this time there had been several at- tempts at fairs, but the date of this exposi- tion was the beginning of a really organized affair. The price of admittance to the first fair was the same as that charged last year- twenty-five cents. An outstanding feature of the four-day exposition was a speech by the Honorable Henry H. Sibley, whom we now consider one of our greatest pioneers.

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as it it ygfifu . 'Ulf '?'igg1f:,. 213 ,gi 1:35 :1 5 I St. Paul's Skyline as Seen from the Chemistry Lab. + River and girder, motor and dynamo, Pillar of smoke by day and fire by night, The steel faced city reaching at the skies. Stephen Vincent Benet.

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TI-IE PRESENT STATE E IR HE SEVEN TY-FOURTH Minnesota State Fair held last year from September second to ninth inclusive was representative of the expositions held for the last fif- teen years. A total of 423,868 people witnessed the spec- tacle-this being the largest attendance since 1920. With the beginning of a new scientific spirit which is rejuvenating human thought, and expressing itself in ex- treme architectural designs, all exhibits were especially interesting. New contests were held throughout the grounds that held the attention of the people during the week. On Labor Day, 130,869 people passed through the turn- stiles and the largest crowd ever to assemble in the grand- gif X ,ygigrgzfgff ,,