Marshall's Civic Band

May be an original composition or arrangement by John B. Marshall.  In 1893 
Marshall's Band traveled to Chicago to perform at the Kansas building at the 
World's Columbian Exposition.  This piece may have been written for that event, 
or after the band returned home.  From the following web page: 
 
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/columbian.html#MIDWAY

Midway Plaisance 
 
An 80 acres strip of land connecting Washington Park with the main exhibition 
site at Jackson Park. The Midway was the first separate entertainment area 
deliberately made as a self-contained entertainment district. The popular, 
profitable Midway kept the fair solvent, as the admission revenues were not 
sufficient to offset the incredible expenses of building the fair. The Street in 
Cairo attraction gave the world the "Snake Charmer" tune (you know it... hum 
along with me: "There's a place in France,..... "). The Midway was so successful 
that it defined the entertainment district. To this day, entertainment areas at 
fairs are known as Midways. 
 
Introduced at the Fair: 
 
The US Postal Service produced it's first picture postcards. 
Cracker Jacks were introduced. 
Aunt Jemima Syrup was introduced. 
US Mint offers first commemorative coins: a quarter, half dollar, and dollar. 
Cream of Wheat was introduced. 
Shredded Wheat was introduced. 
Pabst Beer was introduced. 
Juicy Fruit gum was introduced. 
Diet carbonated soda was introduced. 
The hamburger was introduced to the United States. 
The carnival concept was born. 
 
Legacy of the Fair: 
 
In addition to the innovations listed above, the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 
made permanent impressions on American architecture and urban design, art, and 
even the concept of what expositions and world's fairs should be. The 2nd Vice 
President of the fair, M. H. de Young, was one of the organizers of the major 
Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Karl Bitter was the director 
of sculpture at the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo (New York), the 1904 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis (Missouri), and the 1915 
Panama-Pacific Exposition.