Show E IN T E A mg RN I 1 A L new hew bedford mass is celebrating it ALL AIA IN PLACE joreg ident atvill tonch a button and alid set it all in motion EW BEDFORD mass oct 9 special with appropriate services in churches i all denominations new bedford will sheri sher in in tomorrow a week of celebration s recognition of the semi centennial anniversary sary of its incorporation as a ty ity for a full year preparations for jus ie event vent have been in hi progress and out one half of the population has id a finger in the preparatory pie new adford boasts of but population A jt t her gramme pro for the week is on a ia ila that would do credit to a city of a allion once famous the world over a whaling port and embalmed embalm ed in in his y as the first city in america to cottons her commer comme r A 11 interests have not been lost sight of the celebration and one of its fea res icsis is the tho complete a 1 of a cites manufacturing enter ases ever attempted in new england the form of an immense industrial position occupying a specially erect building buil dins with a floor space of nearly square feet all the machinery is in place and on morning in the library of the bite house at washington president kinley will touch chehey the key that will art the giant engine and set the ene machinery exhibit in motion the wn is gayly decorated and from tri ephal arches blazes the sentiment that jw w bedford welcomes the worlie the le bration has attracted international and the duke of bedford one the proudest and most wealthy peers 5 sent to the mayor a toast of happi ss 53 and good fortune to the city add f this bit of advice the bedford from whom you take ur name has of late prospered and in cased ased and is now one of the most dutiful and healthy centres bentres of aduca 0 o n in england En aland it is difficult to ex es ess its leading characteristic or to epst gest a sentiment drawn from purely al considerations but perhaps the irit of the midlands of england may summed tip jr in in the word moderation ind 1 I cannot do better than suggest you ou the thought g that the quiet pros ity of bedford is due to its miffland midland f it of avoiding extremes for visiting newspaper n of whom a number have already ved ived were opened this morning in in argo of a committee headed by george hough and the significant announce nt was posted that the would not be sed day or night until the celebration a over the whaling city is filling i P with visitors and will be a blaze of thusia sn on monday |