Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30
Sundays Program Was Most
Successful One.
ADDRESS BY REV. A. E. CRAIG
An Eloquent Tribute to Soldiers in the
Late RebelIion-Major Hamilton in
Charge of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
tions Participating.
From Mondays Daily.

from hdoDQayS daily.
Yesterday afternoon memorial SER
vices were held at the Grand opera
house by the military organizations OF
the city, in the most suspicious and
successful manner that has been
known in Ottumwa for years. For
weeks the prominent members of the
local organizations of Sons of Veterans,
Grand Army of the Republic and Wo-
mems Relief Corps have been actively
engaged in preparing for the observ-
ance OF Memorial day and the magnifi-
cent result of their efforts was appar-
ent yesterday. There has of late been
Noticeable tendency to disregard
Memorial day in this city, but the
splendid showing made yesterday
demonstrates that the spirit of rever-
enee and devotion in the hearts
OF al true Americans, for the deceased
defenders of the country has not been
dead all this time, but has simply been
lying dormant, ready to spring into
Spirit of the Day.
The day was a most suitable one
for the purpose, and it lent no little
aid 70 the project which has been fos-
tered for weeks by a few energetic
citizens and which proved such sue
cess yesterday. Everyone felt the
spirit of the occasion. A feeling OF
JOY for the privilege of living in a
country such as this, where everyman
Is his brothers equal, where kings and
queens are unknown, was mingled with
sence of reverence and devotion for
those valiant defenders Of the flag
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Bile by dying in war for it's mainten.
ance during the dark days of the SOS
came the members of Donelson camp,
RESPECT for these men and for their
more fortunate but not less honorable
brothers who survived the war, was
the spirit that prompted Ottumwa PEG
pie to participate in the services which
were held yesterday. Year after year
as the time of the war grows farther
away, the number Of veterans of that
war grow less and this fact should
and does prompt the younger genera
lions to observe with more and more
respect, as time goes on, the days set
apart for memorial exercises in honor
of these veterans.
Most Successful on Record.
Ottumwa's observance of Memorial
day yesterday was by far the most sue
cessful observance on record for years
The opera house, where the services
were held, was all too small to accom-
odate the people who came to partici
pate in the exercises: The procession
which began the celebration of the day
was led by fife and drum corps
Company &C." I. N. G.. followed, Their
No. 80, Sons of Veterans, and last, tho
members of the two G. A. R. posts Of
the city. The two organizations Of
the Woman's Relief Corps marched
separately to the opera house.
Line of March.
The procession, started at the Ar
mory of Company &c" on West MAR
street and marched to the Sons of Vet
Grams hall, corner Court and Mail
streets, thence to the G. A. r. hall
corner Second and Court streets, an,
from there to Main street and dowr
Main to the opera house. Here the
Womans Relief Corps and the com
pany of militia were given seats upor
the stage, while seats were reserved
for the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veter
ans on the first floor. The opera hous,
was very prettily decorated with bunt
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