What Is Said of Henry Watterson
Reports quote Henry Watterson of Kentucky delivering a Lincoln lecture to a large Atlanta audience at the YMCA praising his eloquence and Lincoln portrait. The reviews from multiple papers highlight his oratory, storytelling, Southern accent, and reverent study of Lincoln’s memory, calling it a masterful eulogy.
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Henry Watterson
Young Men’s Christian Association
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Son of
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Red Watterson
Lincoln
Kansas City Times
Pike Opera House
Cincinnati
Watterson
Incoln
Commercial Gazette
Cinnati
Wat Tson
Boston
Wendling Praised Across Newspapers For Stonewall Jackson Lecture
Multiple editors hail Wendling as a premier orator. Atlanta Constitution calls the speech a grand triumph. Los Angeles Tribune lauds him as peer to the country’s top speakers. Other papers praise his mastery and the enduring impact of the Carpenter of Nazareth discourse.
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Stonewall Jackson
Atlanta Constitution
Los Angles
Cal
Tribune
Wendling
Louisville Courier Journal
America
Jackson
South
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dixon Delivers Lively Lecture Praised by Clergy
Rev. Kerfoot and Rev. Henson salute Dixon as uniquely powerful. Rev. Carter hails him as the king of American orators. Rev. Cowsert calls the lecture the finest ever heard in Natchez. The Atlanta Constitution notes his manner is hard to reproduce. The talk at the opera house drew constant laughs and hearty approval.
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F. H. Kerfoot
Natchez
Sargent Prentiss
Atlanta Constitution
Dixon
Opera House
Sam Jones
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