Tim Donnohue of Knoxville, Tennessee, really wanted to see the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, but he was very short on time. Mr. Donnohue reportedly left town at noon on Saturday, October 21, and travelled to Chicago. He spent five hours taking in as much as possible of the city and the Columbian Exposition fairgrounds—including three rides on the Ferris Wheel. Those rides alone occupied sixty minutes of his visit. Then he turned around and was back home in Knoxville by Monday night. “This is right smart hustling for Tim,” praised his hometown newspaper.
[This efficient Exposition tourist may have been Tim Donohue, who operated a railroad restaurant at the Southern depot in Knoxville.]
Three rides on the Ferris Wheel could occuy an hour of a visitor’s time at the 1893 World’s Fair. [Image from Picturesque Chicago and Guide to the World’s Fair. D.S. Moseley, 1893; digitally edited.]
SOURCE
“He’s a Tourist” Knoxville Sentinel Oct. 24, 1893, p. 1.