Battle Ships in Hurricane Thrills at Chautauqua
Hon. Arthur K. Peck presents a travel talk with motion pictures about the U S Life Saving Service. Dramatic scenes show lifeboat rescues and shipwrecks as 40 foot breakers crash the coast. Peck narrates a vivid, accessible account of heroic government service.
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U. S
Arthur K. Peck
Chautauqua
Peck
U. S. Life Saving Service
Government Life Saving Service
Government Service
Pecke
Dr William E Geil on Foreign Missions
Dr William E Geil discusses foreign missions as an unbiased observer not a missionary. He notes high Samoan church attendance, missionary progress in seventy years, and a dramatic night walk among villages where families read the Bible prayed and sang.
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WM. E. Geil
Geil
Willam Edgar Geil
Gell
Horrah for Women's Day at Chautauqua Feature
Miss Bella Kearney of international fame and wide travel to speak at Chautauqua this season. A world student and world traveler, she earned honors from Von Buelow of Germany and mingled with European rulers and geniuses. Her Berlin address to the International Congress of Women and talks in Shanghai Yokohama underline her prominence in the women’s awakening movement.
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Bella Kearney
Chautauqua
Belle Kearney
Miss Bella Kearney
von Buelow
Germany
Serge
Russia
Tolstoi
Europe
International Congress of Women
Berlin
National Educational Association of Shanghai
America
Yokahama
Japan
Belle Kearney Praised At Chau tauqua Woman's Day
Belle Kearney of Mississippi is hailed as a modern woman of diverse experience and global insight. Endorsements come from John Sharpe Williams Isabel Somerset Dr Anna Shaw Rev Mcarthur Col Geo Bain and other reformers praising her leadership and the women’s day at Chau tauqua with strong support from attendees.
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Belle Kearney
Balfour
Misa Kearney
Europe
Lebanon
Miss Kearney
John Sharpe Williams
Isabel Somerset
Anna Shaw
Rev. Mcarthur
Col
Geo. W. Bain
Chautauqua
Dr Gail the Explorer A Big Man-Cannibal and World Traveler
Dr Gail the explorer captivates Chautauqua audiences with tales from Papua and his travels. Known as the Big White Chief among cannibals, his great size hides a head and heart full of knowledge about unknown peoples and cultures. He ascended the platform and impressed locals with his stature and secretive personal details.
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William Edgar Gett
Dr. Gell
Papua
Garretta's Pony Dog and Bird at Chautauqua
A feature in Chautauqua promises entertainment and education with Garretta's trained pony Prince, a team of dogs and numerous birds. The act offers clean amusement aimed at both young and old, highlighting novelty and variety amid a program praised for its accessibility and value.
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Garretta
Chautauqua
Man With a Joy Face at Chautauqua
Thomas Mallory to appear at Chautauqua offering wholesome humor and common sense in a lively lecture. His playful, plainspoken style aims to lift spirits and provoke thought with contagious wit and vivid stage presence.
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Thomas Mallory
MaClary
Explorer Geil on China to Speak at Chautauqua
Dr Geil the explorer, famed for travels along the Yangtze, will lecture at Chautauqua this summer about Chinese progress and his diary observations. He describes inns, bridges, and ceremonies, and promises tales of tribal peoples and a pigmy race in Africa among other experiences.
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Chautauqua
Yangtze River
China
Geil
Celestial Empire
Mother Earth
Stone Bridge Shoup
Dragon Cave Barrier Hill
Worthy Virtue Hall
Chaoumchang
Chautaudua
Aitvica
Early Distaste for Milton Passed by Grandmother
A brief anecdote from Youth's Companion recalls Thomas Hughes receiving a guinea as a boy. His grandmother took it, bought Milton's poetry for him, arguing he would value it later while he would waste money on toys. Hughes later admitted he disliked Milton as a result and never fully outgrew it.
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Milton
Thomas Hughes
Doubt Over Bible Translation Profit Motive
A critic questions claims that Parrar Fenton could profit greatly by tailoring a Bible translation to a denomination. Reports note an English congregation offered £200 for an Old Testament adaptation and a US offer of $25,000 for a tailor made New Testament version. The piece argues such retranslations are common but reflect one man's view, not definitive meaning.
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Parrar Fenton
United States
Stepping into a tiny eatery a man demands display meat
An irritable customer insists on a specific piece from the showroom. The waiter concedes to keep the peace, cooking it for him. The meat arrives blistered by heat and the waiter explains the pieces in the window are for advertising, not for eating.
Pease's Name Proves a Clever Trade Gone Wrong
In Boston suburbs a horse dealer named Lemuel Pease from Chelsea Massachusetts swaps horses with a peddler. The Dutchman assumes Pease is a rich buyer and learns the trade was unwise only after asking for Pease’s name. The peddler exclaims in German I've lost mein horse.
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Lemuel Pease
Chelsea
Mags
Boston
Mr. Pease
Lila
Iike
Pease
Lem Pease
Lazy barber fights fatigue in slow shave scene
A weary barber, worn from long hours, labors through a patient shave as his own fatigue slows him to a crawl. He mutters through a halting lather while the customer endures a drawn out routine, finally provoking a practical quip to speed the process.
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Steve
Lid
Drama of Real Life in a Cracked Play Scene
A stage manager scolds a writer for a plot where the villain marries the heroine and the hero suffers, insisting the work must be true to life while the author counters that such realism was requested. The exchange hints at tensions between dramatic shock and moral portrayal.
Fairy Tales for Children Urged by Lady Tennant
Lady Tennant calls for children to hear fairy tales and the works of great writers. Reading aloud shapes young thoughts, offering freedom and a sense of romance. A five year old’s tale of a king’s throne shows exposed influence of storytelling on imagination.
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Lady Tennant
London Times
Jean Paul Richter
Romance
Joseph
Why Jack Robinson is Quick Foxen Ferguson Explains Origin
Oxford professor A Ferguson discusses old time ballads in public places where onlookers sang full histories of victims. He notes the phrase quicker than you can say Jack Robinson derives from a sailor who returned to Portsmouth to find his beloved wed elsewhere and vowed to sail forever.
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A. Foxen Ferguson
Oxford University
Jack “Robinson
England
America
Jack Robinson
Portsmouth
Boston Transcript
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