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OPERA HOUSE WILL HAVEA FUSE DEOP CUBTAlX.Mr. F. ft. Megan, of Kansas CityJ w»ai Sn Perry JMs ■atek representing ibe Kansas City Seeuic Co.. which concern will pgint lie scenery aor £ue aey opera bouse- The directors se*i leeted. the riebesi Itsiga of drop ear-tain that he had to oStr aud it is indeed a beauty. They also selected about eleven hundred dollars* 'vorzh * of scenery all told, mcjtading Interiors^ wood, garden, Sandsx-ape. street scenes, etc- Whw the chok-e of the scenery was made it was found that j then? was a deStit of four a mad red! dollars In the appropriation that had j: been set apart for the Item of scenery and in order to procure the full a* mount that had been (-iiu*a iz was decided to put on an ad curtain and sell a limited number of ads. Thv ciais house curtain will k- whvuthe orchestra begins “is overture aisd display this curtain. In sewn hours time worth of ss^ice on the adcuitain was sold Monday. S2£- worth have been sold since and there arc ;.vs three spaces which ciu l«- taken 3 any parties who toe aoi bt-eu ^w‘- 2-ed_ It as probable- tltat th-r* v. iJj ;j no space for sale in a day or nvoThere are eSgtUferb men at work now on the building and the work is progressing rapidly. The front roook on the main H*or ar«- pLisicred and the plasterers are now at work on the froBi rooms up stairs.It looks now as though the building will be complete even thecontract time. Oct. l^tb. The seats for the opening night will be reserves) on and after piwuk-r so s«lt;-holders of tickets iaj«5d do well to get ibem as soon r-s possible If dit-y have any yet to sell. Parties sdiini; tickets and parties holdup tickets would do well to tak^ down the number of each ^ticket. ** that it can he headed off, should it lost or stok £E-r«
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Perry Daily Chief

Perry, Iowa, US

Wed, Aug 26, 1903

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