THE WORLD'S FAIR NEWS, Chicago, May, 1893  The Columbian Exposition was a major event at the time, meant to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in America (construction issues delayed the opening). This is the volume 1, number 1 issue. It would have ceased publication upon the end of the Fair.
This short-lived newspaper existed to report on everything one would want to know about the Fair. The front page features a nice montage of points of; "Principal Buildings of the World's Fair" with a wealth of additional graphics inside. There is also a wealth of portraits of people promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla, seemingly one of the sponsors of this newspaper & perhaps the Fair.
Eight pages, various foxing throughout, otherwise good condition.

Background: Periodical coverage like The World’s Fair News occupies a unique tier of World's Columbian Exposition ephemera because it records the event in dynamic real time rather than through polished, post-exposition souvenir books. Printed on fragile, high-acid newsprint intended for immediate consumption before being discarded, surviving original copies—especially inaugurals like a Volume 1, Number 1 issue from the fair’s May 1893 opening—are exceptionally rare today. Content-wise, these short-lived daily and weekly sheets provide an unfiltered window into late 19th-century American culture, detailing everything from ground-level administrative logistics, daily musical programs, and architectural updates on Daniel Burnham’s neoclassic "White City" to first-hand reactions to groundbreaking debuts like George Westinghouse’s alternating current power display and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.’s original 250-foot Ferris Wheel. This combination of ephemeral scarcity and rich, unedited primary-source reporting makes authentic 1893 fair periodicals highly prized among collectors of American ephemera, urban historians, and World's Fair archivists.