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Memorial Day Tribute in Mo town Celebrates Soldier Dead
A citywide Decoration Day observance in Mo therville drew large crowds to the opera house and cemeteries. Veterans, schoolchildren, and citizens honored fallen soldiers with flowers, a G A R salute, and a pastor's sermon. The procession heard a moving Roll of Honor listing many from Emmet county and nearby areas. Colonel Ormedy’s address urged reverence for graves, duty to country, and protection of the national memory for future generations.
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Motherville
East Side
Oak Hill Cemetery
F. W. Gian
M. B
Emmet
Enat Side
Osman Anderson
Lowanfantry
John Clark
Lowa
D. P. Reynolas
New York
Nelson Hamiin
Iowa
Eugene G. Ridley
Eugen A. Ridley
Iowa Cavalry
Matson
Wisconsin
S. R. Stedman
New York Cavalry
J. Bowman
Sylvester Clark
Pennsylvania
Simon E. Bemis
New York Infantry
E. M. Ellie
Minnesotal Dragoons
A. O. Satinbury
Iiots
John Wilaan
Illinois
M.D. Bevan
Wath Tlinois
P. P. Barron
6Th Army
Nele Peterson
2Nd
Iowa Infantry
Peterson
Sever Larson
15Th
Wisconsin Infantry
M. A. Vandenburg, Co. D,2nd Wisconsin Cavalry, Center Cemetery
Steiner Hanson
High Lake
Ewing B. Campbell
12Th
Amos Ketchum
Charleston
Ft. Sumpter
Union
America
Bland
Athens
Grant
Richmond
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln