Washington’s Centennial Parade Across the Nation
Massive centennial celebrations mark Washington’s inauguration across Chicago and major cities. Parades, church services, and speeches honor the first president as officials, cadets, veterans, and thousands observe with bunting and fireworks.
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Potter
St. Paul’s
Broadway
Vessey Street
Archbishop Corrigan
Gov. Hill
Grant
Dr. Storrs
Hamilton Fish
Elbridge T. Gerry
George Washington
United States
Centennial Inauguration Day Celebrations Across Iowa
Des Moines observed a holiday with decorated streets and a major parade. Foster's opera house hosted addresses by A. B. Cummins and F. W. Lehmann to large crowds. Keokuk held Rand Park events with speeches and artillery salutes. Mason City crowded Grand opera house for talks by J. J. Clark and others.
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Cutcaoo
Chicago
George Washington
Washington
Central Music Hall
Robert T. Lincoln
J. McPherson
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Farwell Hall
Tuthill
L. D. Thoman
Civil Service
Rabbi Hirsch
Exposition Building
C. Albertson
Doolittle
Board of Trade
Robert McIntyre
Gunsaulus
Hickey
Post
Congregational Church
Danville
Oddfellows
Underwood
W. R. Jewell
Monticello
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fellows
Waukegan
Charles Whitney
Kankakee
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Academy of Music
Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Brown
John Johnston
G. W. Hamilton
E. C. Winkler
Keokuk
Rand Park
Mason City
Grand Opera House
J. J. Clark
William Wilcox
J. MacConlogue
J. R. Jones
E. J. Blythe
Indiana Observes Centennial Across Cities
Indianapolis and Peru hold wide centennial observances with church services, parades, and speeches by notable figures. In Indianapolis Senator Turpie and Judge Byron K. Elliott address crowds. in Peru and Wabash public ceremonies and Catholic and civic demonstrations mark the day.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Turpie
St. Paul’s Cathedral
John M. Butler
Plymouth Church
Tomlinson’s Hall
Byron K. Elliott
Denny
Peru
Wabash
Washington
Christian Church
Philadelphia’s Centennial Arch Honors Union at Independence Hall
A centennial arch with thirteen golden stars and Pennsylvania at the center graces Independence Hall. Tablets recall the Capitol era 1790 to 1800 and homage to Presidents Harrison, Washington, and Adams. A Maine Central note claims no snow plow usage last winter.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Congress
Pennsylvania
United States
Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Adams
London to Host Exhibition of Antique and Historical Shoes
A London venue announces an exhibition featuring antique and historical shoes. The event will display footwear from various eras, highlighting craftsmanship and social history.
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London
A Footnote of Wit and Tales From a Quiet Evening
A string of jokes poems and quips from a 19th century column features witty dialogue about law, bonnets, pigs tails and social pretenses. It blends humor on manners marriage debt and eccentric observations with light verse about a divorced man pursuing a new sighting.
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Chicago
Noreristown Herald
Janas
Jaggs
Mrs. Potts
Mr. Potts
Cincinnati
Patrick Doolan
Betsy
Dame Nature
Peri
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Schofield
Pine Street
Aids
West Point
Howard
Delaware
Benjamin T. Briggs
James A. Beaver
New Jersey
Roberts. Green
Georgia
John B. Gordon
Connecticut
Morgan G. Buckley
Massachusetts
Oliver Ames
Maryland
Gov
BE. &. Jackson
South Carolina
John P. Richardson
New Hampshire
Charles H. Sawyer
Virginia
Fitzhugh Dee
David Bennett Hill
North Carolina
Daniel C. Foch
Rhode Island
Royal C Taft
Vermont
William P. Dillingham
Kentucky
Simon B. Buckner
Ohio
Joseph B. Foraker
Louisiana
Francis IT. Nichols
Mississippi
Robert Lowry
Michigan
C G. Luce
District of Columbia
Col
KE. Co. Blount
Florida
Francis P. Fleming
West Virginia
J. B. Jackson
Gov. Seay
Alabama
James P. Engle
Arkansas
J. N. Cooper
Colorado
J W. Fifer
Ilinois
Hovey
Larrabee
Iowa
Burleigh
Maine
Merriam
Min
Nesota
Francis
Missouri
Thayer
Pennoyer
Oregon
Hoard
Grand Army of the Republic
Loyal Legion
City Hall
Morton
Fuller
Blaine
Gen. Sherman
Admiral Porter
Cleveland
Hayes
St. Paul’s Church
John M. Langston
Senator Shearman
Peter Hendrickson
Judge Harlan
Barrows
Second Regiment
Lake Front
Cregier
Judge Prendergast
Mason
A. Gi. Lane
Union League Club
Columbia
Springfield
Capitol Grounds
Seymour
Capitol Avenue
Gerry
Richard F. Storrs
Clarence W. Bowen
J. G. Whittier
Mr. Whittier
Chauncey M. Depew
Col. Bryant
F. A. Husher
Minneapolis
Ollie
Waukesha
Amusement Hall
T. B. Ryan
John T. Kelly
Racine
Oshkosh
Burnell
Richard Guenther
Charles W. Felker
C. B. Wilcox
Madison
University
Maine Central
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