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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1899
Page
6
A faded verse heavy with seasonal imagery mingles with a public notice of rising heating costs and a Chicago celebration. The text shifts from a small town mood of dreary rains to a large scene of President McKinley’s corner stone ceremony, guarded crowds, and speeches by Gage and Mason.
President William McKinley presided over the corner-stone ceremony for Chicago’s new federal building. A civic procession and naval and diplomatic observers attended as thousands cheered through Jackson Boulevard. Secretary Lyman J. Gage presided, receiving strong cheers from the crowd.
An article fragment notes a luncheon where a federal committee pursues a stated quest. Strong entities and precise actions are unclear from the readable text but indicate a formal gathering or briefing related to federal oversight or policy inquiry.
A massive October 10 parade in Chicago honored cornerstone ceremonies for a federal building. President McKinley, Mexican Minister Mariscal, Canadian Premier Laurier and other guests reviewed marching divisions, bands and thousands of civic and military participants, including First Illinois Cavalry, Grand Army of the Republic veterans and numerous national and local organizations through a dense, celebratory route.
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