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life of the man who from youth to advanced years really served his fellowmen, and such a memory will undoubtedly be an inspira- tion to them to take a high view of the calling of citizenship and to prepare themselves by study and thought to render such service as is within their capacity and opportunity.
ADDRESS OF U. S. SENATOR POMERENE. United States Senator Pomerene spoke as follows: "I am glad to have the opportunity to come to the beautiful city of Fremont to pay a tribute of love and respect to the mem- |
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of Fremont in their successful efforts in preserving Spiegel Grove for this community and for the country at large for all time to come. I congratulate them that they have in their midst Colonel and Mrs. Webb C. Hayes, who have done so much to preserve the works and memories of their father and mother. This home with its fond memories will be an object lesson to the boys and girls of this county and this state, they will have before them as an object lesson the lives of a man and woman, than whom, this state has produced none better or purer. As I look over the history of President Hayes, I feel that all his qualities, and there were many of them, his predominat- ing characteristic was his intense love for things American and |