Norris and Woolley Publishers Note
Fragmentary note from Norris and Woolley, publishers, likely listing office or masthead information. Readers see partial names and service reference with no clear event or date.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
2
Fragmentary note from Norris and Woolley, publishers, likely listing office or masthead information. Readers see partial names and service reference with no clear event or date.
United States and Russia coordinate on Chinese negotiations with a note clarifying actions. The 34th Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Chicago elected officers and announced the 1901 Denver gathering. St. Joseph post office ransacked for cash stamps and cards. no clue. North Vernon saw a fatal collision injuring several. Chaffee slated for brigadier general promotion. German interference over South Africa and warships to protect Yangtze trade. Train robbery near Tipton Wyoming. $1,000 reward offered. Bresci jailed for life for king’s assassination. San Francisco to host next Knights of Pythias encampment. Rev. Dr. Francis M. McCabe dies at 77 in Topeka.
Chicago veterans from the Civil War march in a grand parade along Michigan Avenue. Thousands of onlookers witness the display as old soldiers in blue march past, with bands, horns, and formal reviews surrounding the scene. The event recalls secession battles and the enduring patriotism of the Grand Army men.
A lengthy Civil War veterans parade moves through a reviewing stand with Col. James H. Wood as grand marshal. The procession features the Pageant of Patriotism, posts from New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and many other states, with 196 posts represented in a compact, orderly march.
Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart reports 1900 membership at 276,662 in 6,778 posts, with 30,000 men in parade and 800,000 rail passengers coming to Chicago for the encampment. The four largest departments are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois, with the high-water count in 1890 at 409,489 members.
Maj Leo Rassieur of St Louis to command the Grand Army of the Republic for the coming year. Elected at the thirty fourth annual encampment in Studebaker Hall with unanimous delegate support. Other officers chosen include senior vice commander E C Minniken of Maine and junior vice commander Frank Seaman of Tennessee.
Inspector General M. J. Cummings reports on the strength and resources of the various state departments. The summary highlights essential facts from the full document.
General Shaw reviews the G A R’s work since election, presses for a pension court of appeals and new Memorial Day date, notes relations with H Clay Evans, and highlights solidarity among veterans and affiliated groups. He cites Adjutant General figures, cites 276,662 members as of June 30, 1900, and notes 11,819 net losses for the year. William Taylor of La Crosse, a 0h-year-old veteran of three wars, is the parade’s oldest participant. McKinley says he cannot attend the Chicago reunion due to pressing duties.
PUNTERS earnings for the week reach 103 404 dollars as Wisconsin Central notes strong August. Lake Chautauqua traffic grows for Erie. Kansas City routes rely on freight car loans to meet volume. Northwestern launches Chicago to Mason City through sleeping car service. Grand Trunk relays eight miles of track in a day, a possible world record. Clinton Iowa roundhouse touted as largest, holding fifty locomotives. Northern Pacific ends agreement with Oregon Railway for Portland routes. Toledo St Louis and Western aims to upgrade gysteng into first class status with vestibuled trains.
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