The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . THE BURNING OF CHICAGO. the water was drawn off. Of the crew of eighty at Williamsons mill, but two were saved. I might tell you of a lot more places, for my uncle lived in Wisconsin then and told us all about it. Why, more than fifteen hundred lives were lost just in Wisconsin, said Bennie. [1872] The next year there was a $100,000,000, fire in Boston, addedKatie. 1875 completed the centtin^ from the beginning of the Revolutio
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . THE BURNING OF CHICAGO. the water was drawn off. Of the crew of eighty at Williamsons mill, but two were saved. I might tell you of a lot more places, for my uncle lived in Wisconsin then and told us all about it. Why, more than fifteen hundred lives were lost just in Wisconsin, said Bennie. [1872] The next year there was a $100,000,000, fire in Boston, addedKatie. 1875 completed the centtin^ from the beginning of the Revolution. 278 A HUNDRED YEARS OF PROGRESS. [1076] and the events of 1775 were celebrated with appropriate cere-L -I monies in the various places where they occurred. Vasts crowdsfrom all over the land, visited Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, andone of the most gratifying features of the time was the presence of alarge number of Southern soldiers, and the fact that they participatedheartily in the ceremonies, continued Jake. The next year was theanniversary of the Inde-pendence of the UnitedStates, and preparations hadbeen made to observe itproperly, Bessieobserved. An in-ternational exhibition washeld in Philadelphia, andall the nations of the worldwere invited to attend. Itwas opened with imposingceremonies May 10, 1876,and was one of the mostnotable events of the cen-tury, for it illustrated theprogress of our A. garfield, It was visited by millions. [1881] Marion, what happened in 1881 which will be remembered aslong as the history of the United States is read ?James A. Gar
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