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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1915

Page

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Opening Night Tuesday August 10 8 15 The Tottens Magicians

Opening night unfolds Tuesday August 10 at 8 15 featuring The Tottens Magicians and Tilusionists in a billed event. The program promises illusion acts by a notable trio with a focus on family entertainment and stage craft.

Tottens

Lafollette Day Lecture and Music Program

On Wednesday August 11 morning Leland R. Robinson and Dr. C. S. Riker present popular lectures. Afternoon features the Imperial Quartette with a Prelude by Frederic Knight Logan and Pete Bowen on piano and marimba. Night includes The Imperials and U S Senator Robert LaFollette discussing War.

Leland R. Robinson Dr. C. S. Riker Frederic Knight Logan Pete Bowen U. S Robert LaFollette

Public lectures and musical acts headline Thursday program

Morning events feature Leland Robinson and Dr. Riker in popular lectures. Afternoon offerings include the Imperial Quartette and Senator Helen King Robinson of Colorado performing Blue Beard's Wives.

Leland Robinson Dr. Riker Imperial Quartette Helen King Robinson Colorado Blue Beard

Great Musical Event Night Prelude Recital Highlights

The Imperials present Night-Prelude with Mr Evan Williams, hailed as America's greatest Welsh tenor, in a recital. The program features a blend of selections designed to showcase Williams’s tenor range and the ensemble’s harmonic support in a refined concert setting.

The Imperials Evan Williams America

Nine White Hussars Offer Afternoon And Evening Entertainment

Friday program lists the Nine White Hussars performing in full afternoon concert and a half hour evening show. Sarah Mildred Wilmer reads Kindling between acts. The event unfolds at the local venue with the notable troupe delivering musical entertainment and literary reading.

Leland Robinson Dr. Riker Nine White Hussars Sarah Mildred Wilmer

Farmer's Day Saturday Features Lectures and Concerts

Saturday August 14 offers a morning lecture by Le land Robinson on "Some Problems Arising from the Present Conflict." The afternoon includes a half hour concert by the Nine White Hussars and a talk by Hon. Wm. H. Murray of Oklahoma "The Philosophy of the Plow." Night closes with another Nine White Hussars concert.

Leland Robinson Nine White Hussars Wm. H. Murray Oklahoma

Sacred Concert by Iowa Brigade Band Directed by Holt

No admission fee charged for a sacred concert presented by the Carnegie Peace Foundation. The event features the Iowa Brigade Band and honors Hon. Hamilton Holt of New York City editor of The Independent, at The Federation of the World.

Iowa Brigade Federation of the World Hamilton Holt New York City the Independent Carnegie Peace Foundation

Opening lectures and concert program announced

On Monday August 16 an afternoon lecture by Dr. Stanley Le Fever Krebs will be followed by a night concert by the Knights of Pythias Glee Club directed by Frederic Knight Logan with reading of Mary Magdalene by Maeterlinck presented by Miss Irene Bew ley.

Stanley le Fever Krebs Knights of Pythias Glee Club Frederic Knight Logan Irene Bewley Mary Magdalene Maeterlinck

Evening and afternoon concert program announced

Morning lecture by Prof. R. H. Slyvester and Dr. Stanley H. Krebs followed by an afternoon Chicago Trio Co. concert. Evening features a Chicago Concert Trio Co. performance with an illustrated talk by Geo. Cherrie, official photographer of the Roosevelt Brazilian Expedition.

R. H. Slyvester Stanley H. Krebs Chicago Trio Co Chicago Concert Trio Co Geo. Cherrie

Bryan Day Programs Feature Bryan and Accordion King

Morning lectures by Prof. R. H. Sylvester and Dr. Krebs, with an afternoon program headlined by Bellino the Accordion King and Pref. James A. Burns. Wight-Bellino and William Jennings Bryan present one of his great addresses in Bryan Day activities on Wednesday, August 18 in Bryan.

R. H. Sylvester Krebs Bellino James A. Burns

Night Programs Promised at Oskaloosa August Evening

OsKaloosa program schedule lists a Thursday lecture by Dr Krebs and a popular talk by Dr Arthur Walwyn Evans. A night of children’s operetta performed by Miss Newton’s charges opens the program, followed by a full concert by the Rileldaffer Skibinsky Company.

R. H. Sylvester Krebs Rileldaffer-Skibinsky Co Arthur Walwyn Evans Miss Newton Ribeldaffer-Skibinsky Co

Closing Day Programs Feature Lectures and Comedy Plays

The program for Friday August 20 includes Dr Krebs popular lectures in the afternoon with The Comedy Players presenting Prelude and a lecture by Dr J Whitcomb Brougher. Evening performances feature The Comedy Players in sketches from various plays. A moving picture show at the post-independence night closes the program.

R. H. Sylvester Krebs Comedy Players J. Whitcomb Brougher Pictare

Wallingford schemes for Griswald estate buy in reform bid

In a satirical tale set in Tarryville, Wallingford and ally Blackie plot to seize Griswald property through a dubious reform campaign. Griswald offers a price for his residence while Wallingford pretends legality, timing, and a boat landing scheme as leverage. Entangled by greed, politics, and wit, characters maneuver for land and power as the riverfront deal climaxes with a hefty payment and sly courtroom-style maneuvering.

Wallingford Niw Dan Reform Tim Measen Vous Tarry Griswald R. Griswald Vivian Mr. Griswald Griswald County Blackie Daw’'s Harry Blackie Wilkinson Cream Paint Company Willamsburg Cream Paint Company Pike Griswald Harry Griswald Brother Curtis Iecarcely Wal- Ungford New Purchase Ratus Sammis Brackie Masen Violet Bonnie Jim Tim Mensen Blackle Florida Chinchilla Williams Java Charley's Tarryville Jim Wallingford Tim Violet Bonile Williams Big Tim Ticonderogatreet Tarryville Boat Club Griswald Wharf Lacy Chinchilla Cook J. Rufus Wallingford Tim Meason

Blackie Takes Charge in Reform Headquarter Scene

In Chapter III Blackie Dan identifies the distinctive wallop sound. Wallingford suspects Jesse James is in trouble again as he rises from his chair in Tarryville reform party headquarters.

Desi MLJ Toad Blackie Jesse James Squints Legs Wallingford Blackie Dan Tarryville Reform Party

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