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Title: History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its completion.--Description of the memorial structure, and roll of honor
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Gleason, William J. (William John), b. 1846
Subjects: Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland, Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History Civil war
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The Monument commissioners
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ly. This had a depressing effect on thesemethodical gentlemen, resulting in giving them a badcase of dyspepsia. The fact that a fence had hithertobeen built around the foundation of everv new down-town business block, agreeable to a City Ordinancemade and provided for such purpose, seemed to becompletely forgotten. That particular fence around thefoundation of the Soldiers Monument was an outrage,and must come down! The poor dyspeptics feltterrifically disgruntled, and they rose right up on theirdignity and protested. As one of their butterfly dudes expressed himself: Weally, dontcherno, the deah boys wouldnt stawndit! Us fellahs musnt be twi fled with! Our pawthsmust not be obstwucted ! That blawsted fence mustcome down, dontcherno. Notwithstanding the acrimonious protests of a fewunhappy gentlemen, the Monument Commission werenecessitated to go right on in the line of their duty tothe accomplishment of their work. So straightway theclubdiners and luncheon squad sought to plant a new
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soldiers and sailors monument. 221 battery against the incipient Monument, which wouldcause the Commissioners to immediately capitulate.Their mighty Krupp gun bore upon its breech the sig-nificant and captivating legend— Board of Trade. Neatly printed circulars were gotten out, courierswere sent hither and yon to collect sufficient recruits toman the battery. The newspapers were pressed intothe service; glaring headlines, stirring editorials, localsquibs, knowing winks, earnest entreaties, hearty hand-shakes, and all the preliminaries and paraphernaliaincident to the siege of a castle were brought intorequisition, supplemented and sustained by the muni-tions and resources of the vast commerce of the inlandseas and the prosperous industries of a beautiful andexpanding city. The Monument Commissioners wereto be annihilated. The promoters of the MonsterMass Meeting started off with the self-satisfied andmartial airs of a new country brass band on its firstpublic appearance. However, by

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