Chautauqua in Monroe City Praised for Uplifting Press
The eight day tour featured high class music lectures and readings. P Marion Simms drew criticism for a Saturday talk and was replaced Sunday afternoon by E M Sipple who impressed patrons. Gabriel Maguire and Col Bain delivered inspiring lectures, McCormick and Bronte entertained, Ethie Lewis charmed audiences, and Fisher Light Co provided acetylene illumination. A year end financial report follows for the 1911 Chautauqua event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Marion Simms
Simms
Supt
E. M. Sipple
Lewis Co
Col
Geo. W. Bain
Herbert
Elias Day
All Star Specially Company and Ladies Orchestra
Gabriel Maguire
Africa
McCormick
Bronte
Ethie Lewis
Miss Lewis
William Wood College
Tulton
Chicago School of Expression
Marion Simms
Sipple
Robert Parker Miles
Miles
Fisher Light Co
Churches and ministers in the Monroe City area brief
The column reports on church activity across Monroe City including L O Wilson attending the Columbia Annual Conference and Rev Wynn moving to a new pastorate in Vinton Iowa. It notes St Stephens Indian Creek communion services and lists sermons, prayer meetings, and Sunday School times for several churches including St Judes First Baptist and Grace Baptist. Also mentions Boy Scouts overseas exchange notes and a walking trip by W W Huebsch and wife visiting Laddonia Farber Wellsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Wilson
Columbia
Methodist Church
J. N. Vaughhiter
Christian Church
Vaughter
W. P. Wynn
Reavis
St. Stephen's Church
Indian Creek
Fr. Siebert
Stoutsville
St. Stephens Parish
Charles J. King
Imperial Boy Scouts of
Ballarat
Australia
Charles Henry Webb
Astoria
Long Island
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
St. George's Day
Kind
San Francisco
Aust
Colorado
Denver
Boston
New York
Panama
Denmark
London
Wiltshire
Shropshire
Chester
Sydney
Auckland
W. W. Huebsch
Laddonia
Farber
Wellsville
Perry
Items From Farmers and Local Trade News
Reports on farming sales and shipments highlight elation over cattle, hogs, and eggs. J H McClintic and W W Handley each shipped four loads of cattle this week, selling at seven dollars and forty cents per hundred for the McClintic herd. Marcus A and M L Perkins and Frank Brydon of Chatsworth Ill invest in Missouri land, praising prospects. Ed Jayne returns from a western trip and recalls companions Sullivanan and Chaloupsky amid a Colorado accident and a westward job change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J H McClintic
W W Handley
McClintic
Handley
Marcus A
M. L. Perkins
Frank Brydon
Chatsworth
Ill
Missouri
Brydon
Will Elliott
Democrat
Ed Jayne
Chas. Sullivanan
John Chaloupsky
Monroe
Mr. Sullivan
Colorado
Mr. Chaloupsky
West
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gem Theatre
THE
Royal Geographical Society of London
England
Monroe City
Bible School
W. Garnet Alcorn
ST. Judes
Harold G. Hennessy
First Baptist
T. D. Brown
Grace Baptist
Peeeine
Tee
C. A. Gordon
Grace Baptist Church
Rock School
U.S
Svend Aste Petersen
Odense
Geo. T. Fisher
Kansas City
Col W T Younell
Elbert Yates
F & M Bank
J.B. Kimes
Villisca
Iowa
Mr. Kimes
Market Report
Henderson & Sons
Green & Maxwell
J. H. McClintic
W. W. Handley
Barger & McClintic
J. H. Edwards
Cebu
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