Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1898 — IOWA DAY. [ARTICLE]

IOWA DAY.

A Big Crowd Attends Dedication of tbe State Building at Omaha. Omaha, Neb., June 24.—Iowans put on their best biband tucker Thursday and came across the river by the hundreds to take part in the celebration of lowa day at the exposition. The state building was dedicated with interesting ceremonies. The formal dedication was by Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, who, in a felicitous address, accepted the building from the president of the

state commission and turned it over to the exposition. Other features cf the dedicatory programme were musical selections by the Atlantic City band, a quartette and school children’s chorus and an oration by John N. Baldwin, of Council Bluffs. The lowa building is one of the most imposing of all the state buildings. The interior is especially elaborate in its decorations. Adorning the walls of the main corridor are ten large tapestries, painted by Carl Burritt. the well-known artist, and which depict the leading industries of lowa.