Quartet with bells at Chautauqua delivers sacred chimes
The Dynbits present a 150 bell instrument set with vocal solos quartet readings and humorous interludes at Chautauqua. Bells from the Westminster Abbey and St Pauls foundry include a 25 pound 16 inch diameter largest bell. The program features notable overtures and pro numbers and earns praise for harmonies and musical entertainment.
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Seartes
Chautauqua
Westminster
St. Paul's Cathedral
Date With a Party at Carey Chautauqua
A partner away on business caused a misunderstanding when the narrator met a friend's wife on the street and invited her to dinner. The husband returned unexpectedly and questioned the arrangements, leading to the wife revealing she and the narrator were going out to dine.
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Callen
Hnis
One Country One Language And One Flag Theme
Granville Jones, national organizer of the 7100 Per Cent American Cult, speaks on Chautauqua’s second night titled The Creed of Democracy. He urges Americans to wake to defend democracy against anarchist threats and organized revolution within the nation.
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America
Aritocracy
Gran- Aville Jones
Thas
Neighborly Gate Reopens Past Hearts in 1920 Tale
A comely middle aged woman, Lydia, confronts a long closed path to an old love as a new farm owner, John, returns to her after years apart. A village cat steals chickens, provoking banter, and the pair realize their past bond amid a quiet morning on a cottage porch.
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Lydia
John
Lyddy
Treagle
Ole Barlow
Liddy
Old Lovers Reconcile and Stay On as Mrs John
In a quiet country setting Lydia and John reunite after past quarrels. They recall a sleigh party, friendship with a dog, and vow to mend their ways. The couple plans to garden together, with Lydia becoming Mrs John after turning a page on their long story.
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Barlow
John
Lyddy
Lydia
Origin of cigar store Indian and tobacco’s spread
The article traces the cigar store Indian to Sir Walter Raleigh and English settlers in the South, noting seventeenth century fortunes visiting the unknown world learned tobacco from North American Indians, a symbol later tied to the industry. It recalls Raleigh’s servant and the fiery tale of ale as part of the history.
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Walter Raleigh
South
Raleigh
England
Gold bearing sands link Great Barrier Reef to Rand mines
The article explains a long geological progression from ancient sea sands to quartzite, noting gold carried by rivers and concentrated in vast ore deposits. Modern methods now allow extraction at around six dollars per ton, making Rand mines the world’s largest gold producers.
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Great Barrier_ reef
Australia
Rand
Tribute to Collis Potter Huntington in Building the Pacific Railway
Edwin L. Sebin lauds Huntington as a gifted man of tenacious purpose and adept in handling affairs. The volume notes his motto Do not work hard, we work easy as a defining phrase of his approach and character.
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Edwin L. Sebin
Collis Potter Huntingtch
Redwood Trees Highly Resilient to Enemies
The article notes redwoods are unusually free from enemies. Bark thickness, rarity of wing-blow and resistance to burning deter attackers. Main reproduction is via sprouts, with strong ability to regrow from old stumps, making them hard to kill or shatter.
Long fellow on aging as opportunity in nature’s law
The poet argues that aging brings compensations despite dim sight and hearing loss. He notes living as fully as possible is a natural law and cites the idea that age is opportunity, as illustrated by the poet Longfellow.
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Longfellow
Pa Was Right and a Store Owner on Advertising
A Chicago News excerpt depicts a conversation where a son criticizes overstocking and suggests that excessive items are kept due to lack of advertising. The editor, a villa owner, and a general store proprietor weigh in on managing goods and publicity.
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Sumutit
Villas
Elphess Fop
Clicago News
National Prosperity and Roosevelt on foundations of progress
The quote argues that national greatness rests on material prosperity built by thrift, business energy, and enterprise, alongside industrial effort, noting that prosperity alone cannot sustain a nation. It attributes the view to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt
The Teakettle Mystery In A Mountain Cabin Tale
Mary Knupp plans a deer season trip after reading a newspaper note. Ed Knupp leaves on a morning train to hunt, while Mary secretly follows to the cabin, hoping to ambush a buck and reclaim a lost edge in the hunt. Returns aboard with plans for coffee and steak.
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NeClure Newspaper Syndicate
Knopp
Messenger Buy
Mary
Maury
Ed Knupp
Mal
Hah
Megraw 3
Ted
Sin
Finelic
Hank
Dream Psychology and the Relief of Sleep
A discussion of how dreams bypass day’s sorrows and fears. Dreams reflect daytime experiences in a softened form as scientists suggest dreams provide mental relief from unexpressed thoughts and emotions. The text notes Goethe and mystics praising dream beauty as a source of peace and prosperity.
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Met
Guy
Goethe
Radiates Too Much Cheer in Morning Neighbor
The narrator complains about a cheerful neighbor who sings and whistles softly at early hours. He acknowledges cheerfulness can help others but questions if too much joy should wake others, hoping the neighbor would refrain from turning on cheerfulness so early.
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Mr. Goslington
Ming
Forget It A Slang Expression By Master To Get Rich
A slang expression likened to a sticking Master is proposed to apply to a wide range of schemes aimed at wealth. The remark, attributed to PExchange, critiques overreliance on easy money ideas and calls for skeptical, disciplined approach.
Power of expression and the Chautauqua spirit
A reflective piece on speaking up and sharing ideas. It argues that expressing thoughts strengthens creativity and identity. It cites poets, preachers, orators, and Chautauqua speakers as sources of personal and communal improvement, emphasizing democracy, education, and communal uplift through culture and entertainment.
Eccentricities of Genius Paul Verlaine Portrait
The piece sketches Paul Verlaine as a flawed genius, noting his life of religious experiments and excesses. It traces his post 1870 Paris life in cafes, absinthe, and public visibility from 1870s until his death in 1896.
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Paul Verlaine
Paris
Iss
Verlaine
Resourceful Bridegroom in Portland Wedding Escape
A Portland lawyer about to wed left his office to fetch a street lantern used to mark a hole in the road. He borrowed the lamp to signal a wedding procession, eloping with his bride while the red lantern glowed, and the couple did not notice any danger.
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Portland
Ife
Chautauqua Day Two Features Meakitteys Quartet
A Chautauqua program notes the Meakitteys quartet performing a mix of humorous and serious readings titled Fat Boy XPaint and Wish In, with Lucy Clark Trano Barbara Mark Lola French Mérjorie French among the company members including pianist and reader performers.
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Fat Boy
Xpaint
Wish
Nunghers
Lucy Clark
So- Trano
Barbara Mark
Lola French
Ant
Mérjorie French
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