Muscatine Chautauqua Proclaims Greatest Year Yet
Muscatine Chautauqua announces its 1909 assembly will be its best ever with top lecturers and entertainers from national ranks. William Jennings Bryan and other prominent figures are listed among speakers. Prof. J. P. Gilbert directs the platform and Miss Mabel Rilling heads children's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Chautauqua
William Jennings Bryan
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
G. A. Gearhart
Florence Maybrieck
Lenora M. Lake
Gohnm. Daly
J. P. Gilbert
Lawrence B. Stringer
John B. Ratto
Ernest Wray O’neal
Charles R. Taggart
Strickland W. Gillilan
J. Everist Cathell
Mabel Rilling
Music for the Museatine Chautauqua Promises a Rich Ten Days
The Museatine Chautauqua will feature a stellar musical lineup led by Bohumir Kryl and his 40 piece band with eight operatic soloists. The Schubert Quartet and Whitney Brothers quartet join planned readers Miss Gertrude Canfield and Mrs Foss Lamprell Whitney. The Schildkret Hungarian orchestra, the Four Artists company with Miss Marvy Agnes Doyle, and Muscatine's own band under Prof. Julius Pauliet compose six major ensembles across ten days.
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Museatine Chautauqua
Museatine
Bohumir Kryl
Schubert
Gertrude Canfield
Whitney Brothers’ Quartet
Foss Lamprell Whitney
Edwin M. Whitney
Schildkret
Four Artists
Daylong schedule of lectures concerts and readings
Morning sessions for children and music at 9:00 and 1:30 feature Miss Mable Rilling Paudiet's Band and Prof J P Gilbert. Lectures include The Coming Man The Divine Rights of the Child Bird and Insect Musicians Spirit of the Pioneer The Price of a Soul and Emerald Gems in America's Crown. Evening concerts and readings conclude the day with Schubert Quartet readings by Miss Gertrude Canfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Rilling
J. P. Gilbert
Paudiet
G. A. Gearhart
Schubert Quartet
Lawrence B. Stringer
Gertrude Canfield
Schubert
Bryan
William Jennings
America
John Daly
John B. Ratto
Mable Billing
J. FR. Gilbert
Afpternoo
Mary Agnes Doyle
Maybrick
Florence E. Maybrick
Four
Weekly Arts Schedule of Lectures and Concerts Featured
A dense timetable lists July 26 to August 1 events led by Prof J P Gilbert Mable Billing and Paudhet s Band. Highlights include lectures on Bird Migration Flowers and Perfume and Mrs Maybrick s story with readings by multiple artists. Musical acts feature Whitney Brothers Quartet Schildkret Hungarian Orchestra and Kryl s Band among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Billing
J. P. Gilbert
Schildkret Hungarian Orchestra
Strickland W. Gillilan
Paudhet
Muscatine Chautauqua Season Ticket Offer
The season ticket admitting the holder to all 30 entertainments is $1.50 until July 13, then $2.00. Single admissions are 25 cents. For tenting, camping, and ticket details contact W. F. Chevalier in Muscatine, La.
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W. F. Chevalier
Muscatine
Beautiful Chautauqua Grounds at Muscatine
The Vi ta uqua in Muscatine is held at Citizens' Railway Park, a beauty spot easily reached by streetcars. The grounds are high and dry, away from city noise, with a six minute schedule during the assembly. Water and supplies are plentiful on site.
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Muscatine
Citizens’ Railway
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Iowa
Chautauqua
Thomas P. Gore
United States
Ernest Wray O'Neal
Whitney Bros
Kryl
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