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Show August Day Eventful in American History-August History-August 3 has proved to he such an eventful date In American history S that the War department has Issued a long comment on It, Incorporating the following facts : It began the World war, which contributed con-tributed most to American history. It marked the opening of the Panama Pan-ama canal. It marked the peace treaty 135 years ago betweeii the government -and the Indians of the Northwest, giving us Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and western Pennsylvania. This treaty followed one of tlie most terrible and destructive Indian wars in American history, in which George Rogers Clark, "Mad" Anthony Wayne and others distinguished themselves. |