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Spectacle of Obscure Notables in Dispatch Memorial Parade
A fragmentary account describes a ceremonial procession for the defunct Dispatch, listing dozens of figures from journalists to politicians, each portrayed in caricature as attendants and participants. The scene references a grand marshal, various editors and editors in chief, and a crowd of named locals gathered around a mock funeral pageant.
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Daily Dispatch
Democratic
Fiidout
Borniliim
Cuiny Moraxans
Kopuncin Cll Gatae Oleve
Tom O. Edwards
Congress
Sixth
Vine
J. White
Sixth Street
Jeff Buckingham
Sleepy Hollow
Buckingham
Billy Winters
Monk Sample
Tom Weaver
Charley Cist
The
Advertiser
Jo. Jonas
Jonas
Bsqg
Abe
Peter J. Gulliven
W. F. Hansemnen
Thomas J. Weaver
C. J. W. Lesith
Pat. McQroarty
Benedict
Charley Blair
House of Representatives
Columbees
Stanley Matthews
Charley Bish
John J. McFall
Father Mathew
Eparson
Lar
Webster
William D. Ge
the Searntasy
Regeria
Fayette Mosher
David Quinn
Court House
Dean Piat
DeMeyer
Guano Street
Prentice
Louisville
J. Gallagher
R. M. Corwine
Fay
Morris Moses
W. R. Morris
R. H. Stone
Kay
Chauncey Couch
Oliver Brown
College Hall
Curtiss
Comme Rcial
George Tegert
Dispatch
Andy Davison
Capt. Roedter
Ohio Staats Zeitung
W. Nt. Jacobs
Thomas Melean
John B. Armstrong
A. J. Kellogg
New York
A. J. Penden
Robert Martin
St. Charles
Crafte J. Wright
Diagenes
the Daughters of Temperance
Westerns Banking Company
C. H. Sargent
Taylor
R. Hi. Hendrickson
Windsor Castle
E. C. Roll
Dayton
R. N. Comby
Pi Sransifer
Bebb
Andy Gitlin
Punkin
Seventh Ward
L. A
Ned Buntline
McBeth
Hemilton
Samesske
Jem Carwine
Chronicle
Barnet
Roscius
Rome
I Ayrte
A. Foster
Beaton