People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1893 — SPECIAL FETE DAYS. [ARTICLE]

SPECIAL FETE DAYS.

When the Different States and Organizations Will Celebrate. Col. Culp, secretary of the committee on ceremonies, has discovered that the duties connected with the assignment of dates for special fetes are more than arduous. It often happens that two or more states or organizations desire to celebrate the same day, and though sometimes no particular significance attaches to the date, great obstinacy is displayed. The following is a complete list of the special fete days arranged to date: Washington May 17 Wisconsin May 23 Maine May 24 Denmark June 5 Germany June 15 Nebraska June 15 Massachusetts June 17 New Hampshire June 21 France Julv 14 Utah July 24 Liberia July 26 Commercial Travelers. July 26 Independent Order of Foresters Aug. 12 Hayti Aug. 16 Colored People Aug. 25 North Carolina Aug. 18 Austria Aug. 18 The Netherlands Aug. 31 Nicaragua Sept. 1 New York • Sept. 4 Brazil Sept. 7 California Sept. 9 Maryland Sept 12 Michigan Sept. 13 and 14 Kansas Sept. 15 Colorado Sept. 19 Montana Sept. 20 Patriotic Order Sons of America ~ .Sept 20 lowa Sept. 21 Rhode Island Oct. 5 Spain Oct. 12 Italian societies Oct 12 Minnesota Oct. 13