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Joy of Life and Charitableness

Illinois Staats-Zeitung, June 8, 1887

Chicago's German population is given an opportunity both to enjoy itself and be charitable, for tomorrow will mark the opening of the Festival Grove, connected with the Old People's home. Germans of other cities were unfavorably impressed by the fact that a rapidly growing city like Chicago, with a large German population, has hardly a place in the open where German-Americans can hold their festivals. The rent collected from the use of the Grove will benefit the Old People's Home.....

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