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The Cairo Bulletin
Cairo, Alexander County County, Illinois
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On July 4 in Chicago, a large statue of assassinated Mayor Carter H. Harrison (killed Oct. 28, 1893) was unveiled in Union Park before a crowd, featuring a quote from his World's Fair speech on Chicago's audacity.
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Chicago, Ill., July 4.-With interesting
exercises and in the presence of a
large crowd a heroic size statue of the
late Mayor Carter H. Harrison, who
was
assassinated Oct. 28, 1893, was
unveiled today in Union Park. A tablet on the pedestal of the statue bears
the following quotation from an address
delivered by Mayor Harrison at the
World's Fair on the day of his
assassination:
"Genius Is but audacity
and the audacity of Chicago has chosen
a star.
It has looked upward to it
and knows nothing that It fears to at-
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Chicago, Ill., Union Park
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July 4
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A heroic size statue of the late Mayor Carter H. Harrison, assassinated Oct. 28, 1893, was unveiled in Union Park with interesting exercises and a large crowd present. The pedestal tablet bears a quotation from Harrison's address at the World's Fair on the day of his assassination: 'Genius Is but audacity and the audacity of Chicago has chosen a star. It has looked upward to it and knows nothing that It fears to at-'