The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-11
LABOR TO HONOR
LINCOLN MEMORY
BY CELEBRATION
Mayor Stern Asks Business
Places to Close at
Noon Tuesday
O'CONNOR AND
YOUNG SPEAKERS
Patriotic Rallies to Be Held
Both Afternoon and
Evening

observing the anniversary Of
Abraham Lincoln's birth, two big pa
triotic meetings being arranged at
! the Fargo auditorium, to be held at
O'Clock in the afternoon, and at
8 o'clock in the evening.
The speakers will be Atty. J. F. T.
| O'ConnOr of Grand Forks. who will
! address the evening meeting, and
| Judge n. G. Young, who will speak
| in the afternoon on the subject, The
Childrens Part in the War"
Burleigh F. Spalding will offer the
pledge of loyalty at the meeting.
Music will be furnished by the
North Dakota Agricultural college
cadet band, the Concordia college
band, and the combined orchestras
I Of the grade schools. Thirty Boy
Scouts in uniforms will act as usheTs.
The final meeting Of the general
committee of arrangements for the
observation Of Lincolns birthday
was held Sunday afternoon at the
commercial club rooms with a full
attendance of representatives Of the
unions and other patriotic bodies.
Afternoon Program, 2 O'Clock.
Music by COncordia college band
while audience is assembling.
| Invocation ......... DR. r. A. Beard
star Spangled Banner Gall sing) Key
Soldier Boys March .......... Boyer
On the March ................ Fulton
Schottische-At the Front :. Vernero
March-On to Victory ...... Sender
BY combined grade orchestras of
the Fargo public schools,
81 pieces.
Observation-Disclosures to the United
states Flag ....................
LaVerne Lindskog, assisted by
Robert Herbst and Richard Schnell
Military drill -. Fargo school cadets
Recitation-A Big Mistake .....s...
................... Rosetta Olson
Address-The ChiIdren's Part in the
Flag Drill--WeIl Never Let Our Old
By Is Aa fi5 college Girls Giec
club.
America (all singl ..:............
........,...... Band and audience
Thirty Boy Scouts will act as ush-
ers both afternoon and evening.
Evening Program. s O'Clock.
Music &C.. Agricultural College band
Battle Hymn of the Republic Oed
by Mrs. f. r. WrighD ............
Band and audience.
Reading-Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress
Recitation-A Perfect Tribute $50.
Pledge ..... Miss Lillian Thompson
Music ..... Agricultural College band
Address ....,. Hon. J. F. 7. O'Connor
Belief and Pledge of Loyalty. go:
Star Spangled Banner lied by Mrs.
e. r. WrighO Band and audience
The PrOcIamatiOn.
Mayor Stern's proclamation follows:
ITO the people of Fargo:
The duty Of our people to Loyalty
support the national administration
in all its efforts to defend American
institutions and the principles of lib
erty and equality on which they rest,
against the aggressions of despotic
power and personal ambition, ought
to be evident to all.
1T was to establish freedom that
our nation was founded. 1t was TO
preserve liberty and to .perpetuate its
principles as exemplified by American
institutions and ideals that Abraham
Lincoln laid down his life.
The whole civilized world does
homage to his memory, and in our
state his birthday-the 18th day of
February-has been made a public
holiday to enable the people to show
their appreciation of his services and
sacrifice and to call attention OF the
young to the purity of his motives
and character, and unseIfsh service
in the cause of humanity
I'm view of these facts, and par
ticularly to encourage the rising
generation to dedicate itself to the
ideals for which our great president
gave his life,
Il. Alex Stern, president of the
board of commissioners of the city Of
Fargo, call upon all citizens OF the
city to close their places of business
from ~ o'clock noon until 6 o'clock |
p. m. on Tuesday. Feb. IL, 1918, and
urge that they and their employees
devote the afternoon and evening of |
that day to patriotic service and edu-
cation, to the end that all may be |
more ready and better prepared to do |
their whole duty in the present CON |
hict between the forces OF American
liberty and old world autocracy,
I'm testimony whereof, have here
by set my hand and caused the seal |
OF the city of Fargo to be af1xed. this
9Th day of February, A. D. 1918"