Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1909 — AUTHORIZES PROCLAMATION [ARTICLE]

AUTHORIZES PROCLAMATION

Senate Passes House Bill Making Feb. 12 Lincoln Day.. Washington, Feb. 2.—The senate has passed the house bill making Feb. 12, the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, a legal holiday. The president is authorized to issue a special proclamation. The bill also declares that as a part of the national memorial to Lincoln there may be built a highway from Washington city to the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa.