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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
upon the liberality which had been evidenced throughout the loyal States in caring for the men of the Union army, and in terms of merited compliment extended to the ladies of the State of Michigan commendation for their zeal and active effort in behalf of the sick and wounded soldier. His Excellency Austin Blair was then introduced, and in an address able, patriotic, eloquent, and replete with interesting incidents of the war, he held the close attention of his audience for an hour. After singing, of rare excellence, by the "Musical Association of Kalamazoo, " the vast crowd was dismissed, every man and woman seemingly congratulating themselves that the public exercises
had been to them of great interest, and worthy of the cause for which the "Sanitary Fair" had been planned and arranged.
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