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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1899
Page
6
The city plans two days and three nights of festivities to greet Admiral Dewey returning from Manila. A massive naval parade up the Hudson, a banquet, and a Madison Square arch celebration highlight a municipal budget of 150000 for the elaborate postwar reception.
The four span drels over the main entrance will be filled with figures symbolizing the Atlantic, Ocean and Pacific on one side and the North River and East River on the other, highlighting New York as the nation's leading commercial city. The keystones bear a great eagle, and the apex shows a quadriga of sea horses drawing a ship in triumph.
The article describes massive electric decorations for Dewey’s reception, with 36 foot high Welcome letters on Brooklyn Bridge and 800 feet of illumination. It details 8,000 lamps, searchlights from towers, and mirrored lighting across East and Hudson river fronts seen up to 50 miles. Rail and ship terminals, private yachts, and City Hall park will join in the nationwide display.
Urgent plans for accommodating millions during the Dewey celebration unfold as clubs form across the country and hotels in New York brace for overflow. A central union square bureau may coordinate lodging, while private electricians promise extensive lighting displays and public celebrations loom across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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