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SHOUT FOR NEBRASKA

HER STATE BUILDING OPENED
BY THE GOVERNOR

Buffalo Bill and His Cohorts Swell the
Attendance from the Western State
and Make a Brave Show on the World's
Fair Grounds-Inspected by the Infanta
Eulalia

EVENING JOURNAL OFFICE,
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

It was difficult to discover which was the
more important personage on the World's
Fair grounds-the Infanta Eulalia, or the
Hon. William F. Cody. Both arrived with
music and mounted escort, and were received
with the homage which the American
citizen accords to whomsoever he has a
mind to welcome. Later they met, bowed,
and smiled in cordial recognition of each
other's importance.

Properly speaking "Buffalo Bill" was
only part of a show, riding in plenitude of
gold lace as one of the staff of Governor
Crounse of Nebraska, but with the genius
which he generally displays in such matters
he usurped a large share of the latter's
glory.

It was Nebraska's day at the Fair--
a day for the formal opening of the building
and inspection by thousands of Nebraskans
of the State's exhibits. That it
chanced also to be the day on which the
blue-blooded Princess of Castile made her
first appearance at Jackson Park was an
accident for which the visiting Westerners

Chicago Journal June 8th 93.

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NEBRASKA STATE BUILDING