Music Series Schedule With Lectures And Artists
The calendar lists events for the season including Mame Lang endorf and College Lecture Course on Oct 12, Rita Fornia Artist's Course on Oct 29, Thomas Brooks Fletcher lecturer on Nov 12, Alfred Calzin French pianist on Nov 19, and Florentine Orchestra at the College Lecture Course on Dec 10.
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Mame
Langendorf
Rita Fornia
Thomas Brooks Fletcher
Alfred Calzin
Florentine Orchestra
Rita Fornia Retained by Met Opera for Key Soprano Roles
Rita Fornia, a leading Metropolitan Opera Company member, is described by management as highly valuable and has been secured under a multi year contract to perform important soprano parts. Her voice is noted as a beautiful lyric.
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Rita Fornia
Metropolitan Opera Company
Rita Fornia Emerges in Leonora Substitution at Opera
A young American soprano from San Francisco, Rita Fornia, wowed critics after stepping in last minute for Leonora in Leonore at the opera, a role she had not rehearsed. Her quick ascent includes previous stand-ins for Mme. Eames and Mme. Sembrich, with future engagements at the Metropolitan and Boston Opera Houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Fornia
San Francisco
Mme. Eames
Leonore
Opera House
Miss Fornia
Leonora
Mme. Sembrich
Philadelphia
New York
Hamburg
College Happenings and Local Travels Featured
Saturday evening October 29th notes of campus visits and events. Prof. L H Pammel, J L Brown, W H Root, Edna Statler, Violet Pammel, and Jean Sloss are listed among visitors and travelers to Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. A choir for chapel, a Phi Delta Theta alumni banquet, and a Y W C A pulpit event are mentioned along with a college ladies quartet and various staff movements.
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L. H. Pammel
Des Moines
J. L Brown
New Providence
W. H. Root
Edna Statler
Nevada
Violet Pammel
W. J. Kennedy
Jean Sloss
Cedar Rapids
James Shallenberger
Herman Knapp
Miss Boatwright
Hastie
H. E. Summers
Majory
Dorothy
Fish
Phi Delta Theta
Jame Rush
Lincoln
National Guards
St Louis
Gertrude Mereness
Ingeborg Swensontune
M. H. Bickman
Christian Church
Edna Pammel
Algona
Purniort
Russell
Viall
Department of Home Economics
Prall
Ontario Street
Helen Webster
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toledo Firm
Local applications cannot reach the seat of disease. Catarrh is a constitutional condition, cured by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a trusted prescription, taken internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Composed of tonics and blood purifiers, it claims to produce cures. Send for testimonials free from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Society Notes Highlight Lynchville School and Des Moines Visits
Sweet Briar Academy in Lynchville Virginia notes staff changes with Mrs F E Marsh chief engineer of irrigation projects at 4800 a year. Mac Murray pursues liza Lehman and her quartet for next semester lecture. Porter returns from Chicago with Sopranos and Mrs Dutton. Des Moines visits include Mrs Ristine and son staying with Cockerly family. Hog Special and Soil Special discussions. Parker Special tour. Guthrie becomes Blue Valley Creamery field superintendent earning 2100. Hall's Pills advertised.
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Sweet Briar Academy
Lynchville
Virginia
F. E. Marsh
Glen Lake
Ashley
Mac Murray
Liza Lehman
Semster
G. D. Porter
Chicago
Clara Dutton. Thompson
Florence Walls
Albert Ristine
Albert, Jr
North Holston
Des Moines
Ristine
T. B. Cockerly
G. E. Stayner
Harold Clemmer
Helen Watts
F. K. Shuff
Nevada
Iowa
Shepler
M. G. T. Guthrie
Dairy
Blue Valley
Clairvoyant Sherwood Sought After Cash Losses Reported
Police hunt J R Sherwood a clairvoyant who has loitered in Reinhart flats three weeks in Sioux City Iowa. Farmer J R Carman of Emerson Nebraska says he gave 3800 to Sherwood to place in a package for his sisters. The package opened later contained tissue paper and the money was missing with other losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
J. R. Sherwood
Reinhart Flats
J. R. Carman
Emerson
Neb
Sherwood
Carman
Dolliver Illness Cancels Columbus Day Event
Fort Dodge October 12 The Columbus day celebration is canceled due to Senator Dolliver’s illness. He was to be chief speaker at Knights of Columbus exercises but his condition is described as serious and no details are being released.
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Fort Dodge
J. P. Dolliver
Dolliver
Knights of Columbus
16-Year-Old Boy Takes Own Life in Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa October 12 Leroy Trimble a 16 year old boy killed himself by drinking carbolic acid after writing a letter to his sister. In the note he selected hymns for the funeral and named his pallbearers.
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Ottumwa
Leroy Trimble
Red Men to Des Moines in 1911
Ottumwa Iowa reports the twenty eighth great council session of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas will likely be held in Des Moines next year.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Great Council
Jury Acquits Lon Ward of Assault Charge
Sioux City reports Lon Ward of South Sioux City was found not guilty after a ten hour jury deliberation. The case centered on an alleged assault against Miss Ida Teter. Presbyterians to Meet in Iowa City with the Twenty-ninth annual Synod of Iowa gathering plus Home Synodical society events scheduled for October 18 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Ward
Sioux City
South Sioux City
Ida Teter
Iowa City
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Home Synodical Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
I. J. Ferguson
Ames Distributer
Burley & Stevens
Canier Bros
Herman
Pruss
Comfort
Hosworts Drag Store
Georgia Walker
Fred Dusendschon
Chatterers’ Club
Miss Walker
Lawrence F. McCoy
Big Bend Transit Company
Spokane
Washington
Idaho and Washington Railway
Dimock
American Veterinary Association
Stange
Susie Cavanaugh
Tillie Renier
Dubuque
Armory Opera House
Farmer
Selon
J. B. Kooser & CO
Cales
U Tober
Queensware
Pork Department
Union National and
Union Savings Banks
Holdredge & Campbell
Kellogg Avenue
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