. Book of the Royal blue . lyhistoric to admit of complete evolution,and much of the town has been rev-erently preserved in its original form asa memorial to its and the nations pos-terity. Yet it is a thriving place, and atpresent boasts of many magnificentresidences and churches, numerousmodern department and other stores,three newspapers, two steam railroads,giving quick and convenient access to allpoints, a modern trolley road, whichtraverses much of the battlefield. Amongits many industries are a brick plant, fur-niture factory, roller mills, iron foundry,planing and wood working mills, i
. Book of the Royal blue . lyhistoric to admit of complete evolution,and much of the town has been rev-erently preserved in its original form asa memorial to its and the nations pos-terity. Yet it is a thriving place, and atpresent boasts of many magnificentresidences and churches, numerousmodern department and other stores,three newspapers, two steam railroads,giving quick and convenient access to allpoints, a modern trolley road, whichtraverses much of the battlefield. Amongits many industries are a brick plant, fur-niture factory, roller mills, iron foundry,planing and wood working mills, iceplant, ice cream manufactories, tileworks, novelty works, shirt factory,wrapper factory and others. Besides,the town boasts three banks, a trust com-pany and other financial institutions. Ithas numerous fine public schools andthe famed Gettysburg College andSeminary. It is estimated that 200,000strangers visit Gettysburg every year. Atlantic City Forty-fourth National Encampment, Grand Army of the RepubUc, Sept. ig to 24. occasion H E Forty - fourth Na-tional Encampment,Grand Army of the Re-public, will be held atAtlantic City, New Jer-sey, September 19th to24th, 1910. For thisexcursion fares will benamed from all parts of the UnitedStates to this most popular seacoast re-sort on the Atlantic Coast. The sessions of the National Encamp-ment will be held in an auditorium 2,000feet from the shore on the Steel Pier, atthe foot of Virginia avenue, commencingThursday, September 22nd, at 10 a. business sessions of the WomansRelief Corps will be held at St. Paul Church, Pacific and Ohio avenues,Thursday at 10 a. m. The Ladies of theGrand Army of the Republic at the FirstBaptist Church, Pacific and Mansion av-enues, commencing at the same Sons of Veterans and their Auxili-ary at the Hotel Rudolf; the Daughtersof Veterans at St. Nicholas ParochialHall, Pacific and Tennessee avenues ; theArmy Nurses, the ex-Union Prisoners ofWar, the Naval Veterans and others willcom
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