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rnacka recited tho poem wltli perrect enunciation, and gave «nch word anil line tt* true mean tuff-AdJrotft of the Day*The Bohemians of Cedar IXaplds huvo ulwnyn had brilliant ftpcnkoTB at their memorial ceremonies, nnd yesterday's program was not without one of tliatfc. Attorney Joseph Mekola delivered the address of the dny, and be srfocted a subject which kopt tho great crowd listening attentively to every word.Mr. Mokota. called attention to the fact that thnro nro great he rob* In all walks of life, He said that tho pnlillu must hnniir Its soldiers, but that It must not forget tho pioneers, tho women, and all men who did worthy things during their life.Mr, Mokota gave a brief, but effective delineation of tho American people before tho time of tho civil war. lie stated that tho north nnd south were divided because of different types of pcoplo. Tlio people of the north, he said, were tho Puritans who descended from tho most Industrious imm of Europe. They were strong men, for thry came from walks of life In which they had learned how tn combat with advorsltv. Tho people of tho south, however, etitno from tho aristocracy of Europe, mid did not bcllovo in work and education. Mr. Mokota called attention to tho words of Governor Berkley of Virginia, who- paid, “I pray to God that • this colony may never have freo schools and a freeMpress.During the war of tho revolution, tho people or tho uouth and north united because they had one common enemy* but Immediately after the war, they again became separated, The speaker then described conditions leading to tho civil war* and emphasized tho fact that rtnvery was not tho cause of the war, but that state rights caused tho great struggle.Mr, Mrkota also said that the .procession of yesterday was one of the moat Inspiring ho ever raw, and paid a high cnnipllmmit tf tho children or the Hokots fttal thn jnjj'Ua of the Do-hemtrm HChi'f'X. Hu pjiolto of the great work XMhomlan ImJpea u-cro rtolnp In ecj(Vi!ar ItapUK and mated that every ' ! Holicmtan In tho city should helott* to 10 one or two of these.lodgos. Ifi-'Crtnomoti pi011 Mr. Mokota paid'a high tribute Jo id! Count Leo Tolstoi, to Chan. .Ir»ntU*rtil*id u r ry-i great f mho m km-Amor lean, and to tho 1 late Jeffrey Hrbek. ♦
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The Evening Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Mon, Jun 05, 1911
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