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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
2
Yesterday at Chautauqua Carrie Nation delivered a strong afternoon address to a large audience urging voters to support home and babies. She justified her use of smashing methods as necessary for reform and moral progress.
Carrie Nation delivers a forceful, controversial talk at the Chautauqua afternoon, calling her mission divine and detailing her saloon-smashing methods. She promotes her book and hatchets, defends her actions, and argues against secret societies while noting political party critique and voter appeals for mothers and babies.
The program lists solo pieces by Miss Corette Eileen Aroon-Verne on violin and Miss Maxwell on soprano. Selections include Ah I Have Sighed to Rest Me from Il Trovatore, a Wagner piece, and other arias and obligato solos. The performers are assisted by Miss Dorothy Latchem on piano.
Sixth Day on Sunday August 15 rounds closed until 1 00 p m except campers. All invited to preaching by Doctor Bushnell and a short talk by Doctor Wilson. Preachers urged to help make the Sunday service a success. The Rounds will lead the music with Psalms and Hymns for all.
On Monday August 16 the day includes Bible Hour with Dr. Bushnell on Psalms at 9 30 a m Kindergarten with Miss Noyes Boys Club with Prof Griffith Girls Club with Miss Maxon History at 10 30 a m with Prof Wilcox Horace Greeley the Prince of Journalists Short Concert at 1 30 p m Elizabeth de Barrie Gill Harpist Battis the Dickens impersonator Kindergarten Miss Noyes Boys Club Prof Griffith Girls Club Miss Maxon Full concert by Elizabeth de Barrie Gill at 7 30 p m
A fragmented roster list names across letters A to W with multiple individuals and titles. Includes Miss Nellie Tripp Miss Lewis Annie Winter and various numbered entries, plus an academy and rest room notes. The source reads as a directory style or seating chart with numerous personal names and initials.
R H Faris of Winfield and Earnest Frank of Fairfield visit the Chautauqua grounds with several others from nearby towns. Attendees include Miss Lillie Krieehbaum Burling ton Dr W P Gardner Wellman and families Mrs Alice Wilson Keota Mrs Wilfred Stewart Struthers Ohio John R Hawthorne Prescott Ia Rev J J Hales Olds and Ralph. Sunflowers decorate in honor of the Kansas governor and Mrs Nation. Campers express satisfaction with grounds conditions and enjoyment.
The city hosted Buffalo Bill's show and Carrie Nation in one big day with attendance likely over 12 000. Buffalo Bill impressed with riding, shooting and circus acts while Carrie Nation drew about two thousand at the Chautauqua grounds. Restaurants and cafes were busy all day as crowds enjoyed the Wild West spectacle and related performances.
An advertisement touts Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a quick cure needing one or two doses for ordinary cases. It claims reliability for both children and adults and lists F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy as suppliers.
Lost WARTS watch charm possibly on Chautauqua grounds or in town. Finder please leave at Journal. Lost key ring with key and button hook. Return to Journal office. For Sale two second hand bicycles with phone numbers 415 and 405 black. For Rent two furnished rooms with bath Miss Jennie Smith 600 W Main St. For Sale Buffalo Bill billboards must be taken by August 14 by A Hl Wallace & Son.
An animated account details the build up to Bunker Hill near Boston as Patriot forces under Putnam and Prescott fortify the hill to check British General Gage. British assaults falter under disciplined colonial fire and dwindling powder, with Charlestown burning in the background.
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