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[Relief Organized for Poor Families in Germany]

Illinois Staats-Zeitung, Feb. 3, 1871

Extensive report(over 4000 words) of a victory mass meeting in the Turnhalle. 3000 people. Considerable sums collected for poor families in Germany(Herr Louis Wahl Prountes to give $50 each to 5 families annually as long as he lives.)

Caspar Buty presides. Dr. Von Holst gives the main address. Compares Germany with a Cinderella, boast that the world has learned to fear her. But Germany has drawn the sword only for the sake of peace.

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