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== World's Columbian Exposition ==
[[File:Lily Flagg Color.png|left|thumb|"Many people who visit the stock exhibits at the World's Fair inquire for the '$15,000 Jersey beauty,'"<ref name="storm">{{cite wikisource/interim |scan=Page:1893-09-23 Chicago Tribune p. 14 Storm Damage Along the Midway.djvu/1 |plaintitle=Chicago Tribune/1893/September/23 |chapter=Admiring Lily Flagg |date=September 23, 1893}}</ref>]]Being an especially famous bovine on account of having won the Jersey champion cup, Lily Flagg was highly sought after for her calves, and for public appearances at top-notch events such as the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], also known as the [[Chicago]] World's Fair. Her trip was delayed due to an injury until sometime after mid-June 1893,<ref name="dairy"/> but she made her appearance to the delight of many a dairy man by October.<ref>{{cite book |title=Valley leaves, Volumes 35-36 |year=2000 |publisher=Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society |page=163 |url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=fFhuTPaDDoP6lweLjM33Dg&ct=result&id=s2BhAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22lily+flagg%22+matthews&q=matthews+chute#search_anchor&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA |accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref>
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