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fall, he will remeuioer trns occasion with i'eelinga oi pride.The colored people of central Iowa will celebrate Emancipation day, in Cedar Rapids, on the 1st day of Aug. W. P. Emery, the barber under Bliss' drug store, will deliver the oration, and we predict it will be a good one, as he is a man oC extensive information and can use the English language effectively. The party will go up the river on a steamboat where the exer-eises will take place. A grand ball in the city will close the exercises in the evening.Cedar Rapids, we think, has done nobly in responding to calls for aid tonirn:cetaewbicdismaga.iifailuknoAiCallMiat c«N(jruodilcC
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Cedar Rapids Times

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US

Thu, Jul 13, 1882

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