Memorial services for Rufus Dawes Beach, 85, a Chicago area lawyer for almost 60 years, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Walker Chapel of First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, 1427 Chicago Ave., ...

As soon as Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteers to repress the rebellion. Gov. Alexander Randall of Wisconsin took ...

MARIETTA — The Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley will honor the lifetime achievements of Brig. Gen. Rufus R. and Mary Gates Dawes with an historical marker dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m.

When Rufus Dawes and associates took over the Fair idea in 1927 they decided to make it a strictly private enterprise, hold out their hats to no one. From the South Park Commission, a public body in ...

Of all businesses the most uncertain is show business. And of show businesses the most uncertain are fairs. And of fair businesses the most uncertain are world fairs which require huge investments, ...