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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
2
The Fifth annual Chau tauqua began last evening with a strong turnout and an excellent program. A concert by Schuberts highlighted the opening, and several readers reported good audience engagement throughout the evening.
The Washington County Chautauqua association opened its fifth annual session with a large crowd and a welcoming program. Schuyler W. Livingston chaired, Rev. George D. Rogers gave the invocation, and the Schubert quartet performed. President Livingston urged a focus on intellectual growth and moral improvement over wealth, praising high quality lectures and performers led by James Speed.
A detailed schedule lists morning and afternoon activities for boys and girls clubs including practical talks, outdoor athletics, Bible hours, nature lectures, lectures by Judge M. J. Wade and Hon. James E. Watson, various concerts by the DeArmond company, kite making, sermons by Rev. Charles R. Brown, and nature lectures by Speed and Wilcox. The day also features indoor games, college stories, and stereopticon nature lectures amid multiple back-to-back sessions.
A sequence of events lists a 2:00 PM concert by the Rounds Ladies orchestra, 2:30 PM discussion on The Race Problem in America by Prof. Wilcox, 1:50 PM Domestic Science with Miss McClure, a 7:30 PM concert by the same orchestra, and a 2:00 PM lecture The Man against the Mass by Rev. Frank Dixon. Dixon cannot attend the afternoon session. Wilcox will replace him. Bible study by Rev. Charles R. Brown Sunday morning is omitted. Brown will preach at 2:00 PM instead.
The Grand Lodge K of P met in Cedar Rapids for elections. Frank L. Wilson was re elected grand master of exchequer by acclamation. Other posts filled include Bernard Murphy supreme representative C Dowell Des Moines A Strawn Iowa City and Chas Collins Maquoketa as grand prelate.
George W Forman, longtime Iowa- Kansas bridge contractor and former city supervisor, died Tuesday July 30 in Alton Kansas. Born 1822 in Ohio, he settled in Iowa in 1841 and had nine children, with five surviving to attend his deathbed. His life was marked by quiet kindness and public service.
Long readable roster of tent owners and occupants on grounds listing names many with initials and families. The note asks Blanche Guthrie to fix errors and publish corrected list in tomorrow's Journal with the Journal representative on site.
Last evening Miss Molly McElroy was struck by a bicycle while crossing the street after a concert. She suffered painful bruising but no broken bones, and she was taken home by buggy. recovery will take several days.
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