The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-04-14
EFRAYKLERs. oREAir DAY.
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iag Associates Activity.
Louis. Mo-, April io.-There Is
y activity ut the headquarteTs OF
Travelers' Protective Assoc, ion,
result of tho setting aside Of June
y 7. p. A. day at the Worlds Fair.
George s. Morrow, ono OF the best
wn ex-traveling men Of st. Louis,
been President for nearly four
~ but owing to pressure OF bust
engagements, has announced his
ntion to decline denomination this
even II the election be made
nimous as on previous occasions.
National Board are cooperating
him to make the concluding event
ka administration one of the grand
In the history Of the association.
annual convention will meet ut
ria, Ill, June Q, 2, and 8, and the
travelling men will proceed by
Val train on the 9th to Chicago. On
10th they will parade to Jackson
3 in twenty State divisions, each
he'd by frst-class band. In the
hnds there will be speeches by the
ornors OF ten States and u program
Unique proportions.
ho school revenues of st. Louis
n just been increased by 800, 900 u
through o merchants tax bill
led by the Governor. The money
enable the school board to put
eject y plan that will place the
polls Of the city far in advance OF
= Of the other large cities in the
ter Of practical education for
ths fitting themselves for their life
*. There is already a IA
AuA1 ttuining school here, but II Is
tree, and 1t has been long desired
HE friends of the public school to
~ out the idea Of manual training
them far enough to give any boy
70 wants it practical knowledge Of
mechanical trades. With this
5ncy that can be done. A system of
= manual trimming, with special
dldings, will be established early in
: next session of the schools.
The street paradcs in st. Louis, dur
3 the fall festivities, and in Chicago
the opening of the Worlds Fair will
made much more attractive by the
esence Of n body of cavalry which the
alians OF this city have organized.
40 troop is composed Of about !, 200 OF
Q wenlthicst young men among the
allan citizens of st. Louis, and they
6 uniformed more picturesquely than
hussar, every bit OF their equipment
ing warlike, however. They carry
rht weapons of several kinds. The
appings of their horses are splendid
ID costly, some of the richer riders
wing them made of solid silver. All
e men are fine looking fellows, con-
ierably above the middle-height, and
ey make n striking spectacle on pa
dc. II is the only body OF this sort
this country ana they are worth see
More than three thousand families
st. Louis are now having homes
tilt for them by the building = ocia-
,na, of which there are four hundred
tho city. Their secretaries report
at they have on hand applications
r that many houses of an average
luc of 81, 800 apiece. Tho building
ason has just opened here, with the
st clear and sunny days Of spring
ID the associations are all letting
cir contracts. The total value OF
csc homes will be over four million
liars, and If they are finished by the
d Of the year, us the will probably
|, the whole amount of money spent
building in the city will nearly
nblc the figures of last year, which
re about three millions.