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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
12
Ellsworth Plumstead headlines a diverse Chautauqua week featuring Powell-Portello Repertoire Company July 4 opening acts Robertson's Edison Projectoscope July 12 13 and a high class vaudeville and lecture lineup with Mendelssohn Quartet and Hinton White among others.
The Russo Japanese war drew global attention to Japan and Toyokichi Iyenaga, a Johns Hopkins graduate and former secretary of Japan's Foreign Department, now lecturing on political science at the University of Chicago. He is billed as a premier Orient scholar and his talks are described as timely and essential.
A July 20 23 platform edition of Puck features M Spedon as a personification of the bright side of life. His crayon sketches caricature audience members who never laugh, and his performance remains a vivid memory that brings mirth for months.
The piece highlights Sam Jones impersonator Crowl 5 and Rosani the jugler with two days of performances in July at Rosant and Nicoll venues. It also mentions Jane Monae of Modern Ma using magic feats, and Sta the child performer praised for her stage charm.
The intrepid Wisconsin governor LaFollette returns to the Chautauqua platform as a premier speaker. He is praised as a scholar orator and fighter, with broad appeal and a sharp critique of American politics. John Z White notes a lecture from Henry George doctrine proponent Ite, a printer, to discuss the right to work and the rising single tax movement.
A noted Australian traveler and scholar, Hinton White, presents a series of illustrated lectures July 22 to 24. Each talk includes nearly two hundred colored views from his global journeys. He is described as an engaging orator offering entertaining and informative evenings.
An obituary notes Richard Haney's death and highlights his late lecture talents on the American platform. He was versatile and eloquent with fresh, life facing content drawn from active writing, drawing praise for wit and thoughtful presentation.
The article praises Dr Walker as a foremost lecturer known for deep ideas delivered accessibly. It notes his gift for entertaining and profound discourse in scholarly topics presented in popular form. The July 1 lecture will be on Discontent.
July 13 event features a vivid Indian life tribute with 2000 participants on the grounds and a grass dance in the ball park. The program includes parades, primitive attire, a feast, and baseball games, plus lectures by O G Mason C E Stollcot and W A Rutledge at the Chautauqua Auditorium.
Dr Edward L Parks will conduct Bible study classes July 13 to 20 with daily sessions at 830 am. He is a nationally known lecturer with a focus on Isaiah and prophetic studies. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union institute meets July 6 to 11 at Baldwin Cottage Chautauqua with Nellie G Burger speaking and a final discussion on Prohibition in North Dakota. A statewide amateur baseball schedule provides entertainment for fans.
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