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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1918
Page
2
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The piece recalls the 1869 National Peace Jubilee in Boston honoring the Union’s restoration. Patrick Gilmore organized a nationwide festival in a 60 000 seat tabernacle, featuring a 20 000 voice chorus, 2000 musicians, and stars like Ole Bull and Parepa Rosa, amid grand organ and drum displays and a classical program.
The second day of the Jubilee drew General Grant and other dignitaries to a massive national celebration. Ten thousand voices joined in See the Conquering Hero Comes as the organ thundered and the audience roared with excitement.
Mozart’s Twelfth Mass and Gounod Ave Maria featured Mme Parepa-Rosa as soloist with 200 choirs, Ole Bull leading violins, and a dramatic finale with Stars and Stripes. A grand military band, drum corps, artillery, and synchronized bells via telegraph augmented the performance.
The article lists woods heavier than water and notes others that may float or sink when dry. It cites Dr. Edward FL Bigelow and names species such as white wood canella alba
The readable content is fragmented and does not form a coherent event or proper names to summarize. No identifiable persons, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes are present.
Authorization to appoint instructors for a Curative Workshop at Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital was received by Col. F P C A Kellum. Federal Board of Vocational Education backs rehabilitation through training in agriculture shop work and commercial fields for wounded soldiers. 31 more overseas patients arrive next week bringing total to about 200. Fort Sam Houston expects to care for up to 2500 wounded troops states Kellum and surgeon general.
The report describes a dialogue where Wood plans to sample every kind of drink once in an effort to gather firsthand information. Park notes the fundamental error was attempting to finish the task in one evening, highlighting a temperance lesson from a Youngstown Telegram item.
The quote contrasts wealth with true riches found in giving. It notes that some admired as wealthy are actually poor in joy and sacrifice, and that real richness comes only after mastering the art of giving up for others.
The convention of the French Revolution abolished the ordinary calendar and established a new system starting at the autumnal equinox. Descriptive month names replaced old terms and Fructidor was defined as the last month, running from August 19 to September 18.
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