Oskaloosa Chautauqua Week Sounds of Stage and Lectures
Flood of events fills August schedule with Rev Geo Stuart and Rev C S Medbury lectures, Grace Hall Ridelhaffer soprano, James K Vardaman oration, Chicago Operatic Co, Barnhouse Orchestra, Chautauqua Ladies Orchestra, Heavens Sisters, Ojibway Indians, and Mountford lectures. Early ads promise free admission, autos, and a grand auditorium in the West.
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Mennine
Jesa Pugh Co
Geo. .R. Stuart
Jess Pugh Co
Grace Hall Ridelhaffer
Rev. C. S
Chautauqua Ladies’ Orchestra
CG. S. Medbury
Chicago Operatic Co
Ofternoonn
Benjamin Chapin
Abraham Lincoln
Madame Mountford
Jerusalem
Ralph Bingham
Early Dutch emigration and the city of Pella saga
The piece recalls Elder Post guiding settlers to a proposed “City of Refuge” in Iowa near Pella, the relocation of the town, and the building of the American House hotel. It notes the 1864 65 stage line Burlington to Fort East Maines via Oskaloosa and Pella, and outlines Holland’s religious strife driving emigration, with about 800 of 1300 sailing on the first colony and later waves bringing about 1500 more settlers to the New World.
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SOI
The
Express
Pella
Thunder Creek
Elder Post
Mr. Scholte
Iowa
Refuge
Scholte
A. W. Swalm
Pete Mathews
Old Central University
Kate Keables Beard
Major Post
Burlington
Fort East Maines
Oskaloosa
Holland
National Reform Church
William II
New-World
Col
Roscoe’s Gravy Moment Shocks Sunday School
In a Sunday school scene Roscoe, three, visiting with his big brother Richard, disrupts the usual Lord’s Prayer pace. During a pause he loudly proclaims And a little gravy, prompting distress among siblings and consternation from the class as the recitation proceeds.
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Roscoe
Richard
Way of War Attacks the Inescapable
A stark statement depicts a ruthless method of war aimed at striking only those with no means of escape, contrasting with notions of courage. The phrasing suggests a harsh critique of targeting vulnerable groups in conflict.
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Chautauqua
Penn Campus
Wient
Barnhouse Orchestra
Reno
Chas. R. Taggart
Vermont
Nat M. Bringham
Coronado
Kit Carson
Heavens Sisters
Frank J. Cannon
Chae. R. Taggart
Newark City
Heavena Sisters
Lena S. Sadler
Sarah Mildred Willmer
Aunt Jane
Kentucky
Hearons
Mrs. Sadler
Iss Willmer
Madame Mountfork
the Heavens
Dick Craine
Dians
Longfellow
Castoria
Ghe
Electric Palace
N. Ver Steeg’s
Martha Washington
S.E
Mahaska County
A. L. Rice
Oskaloosa, Ia
Victor J
EVANS
Julia Post
Irene Thomas
B. W. Burleigh
William H. Bickers
Ida B. Wise
James T. Nichols
the Culvers
Chas. J. Hall
Howard Wade Kemsey
Evangelist Johnson
Friend of
Men
Mable Iowa Jones
Monely
E. G. Weaver
Chase Talker
Miller Sisters
Nice
Cool Grove
Pella National Bank
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