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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1922

Page

5

Lincoln Pageant Cast for Chautauqua Park July Event

Announcement of the Lincoln pageant at Chautauqua park next Monday and Tuesday, featuring about five hundred participants in three parts and twenty four scenes depicting Lincoln's life. Includes full cast lists, directing staff, and a synopsis to aid readers in understanding the performance.

Chautauqua Park Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Pageant Scenes A Biographical Spectacle of Lincoln Life

A stage synopsis outlines Scenes from youth through death and legacy. It covers Lincoln as a boy with Nancy Hanks and Ann Rutledge, slave auction in New Orleans, Mary Todd courtship, Blackhawk War, Civil War campaigns, the Lincoln Douglass Debate, Lee surrender, Booth assassination, and a final patriotic Ballet of Peace with iconic figures and monuments.

Willa Gibson Mae McNemara Karl Simerman E. Zimmerman Preston Abraham Lincoln Charles Grayson Robert Lytle Carlton Lytle Merrit McDaniel Richard Clark Warren Homer Richardson Almon Dewey Allen Delbert Badham Daniel Boone Clayton Neiswanger David Crockett A. W. Clow George D. Prentice Louisville Courier-Journal E. E. Stutzman Caleb Haze Ralph Thompson Parson David Elkin J. Reade McCrory H. F. Macson Ann Rutledge RTOS Teamsters Ollie P. Perry John Custer Ray Guest Darrel Ross Ranford Vandyke Orville Elder J. &. Ream Lyman Bunce Belle Rice Clark Lincoln Cabin Lincoln Nancy Hanks Lincoln Thomas Lincoln Caleb Hazel Cabin Abraham New Orleans Cfutt Mary Todd James Shields Blackhawk War Company Charles Dresser Bennie Owen Bennie Washington Julia Ward Howe U.S. Grant Harriet Beecher Stowe Louisa M. Alcott Celia Thax ‘Yer Margaret KE. Sangster General Lee Grant Ford’s D.C Major Rathbone Clara Harris John Wilkes Booth Uncle Sam Columbia

Reforms urged by Gov Kendall for Iowa government

Governor Kendall urged sweeping reforms including board and department consolidations and a state budget system to cut taxes. He praised budget economies used at Washington and urged citizens to lobby for reform, while noting code revision should occur by the next assembly and opposing a costly special session.

N. F. Kendal Fortieth General Assembly Wapello County Farm Bureau Iowa General Assembly Commonwealth of the Union Ottumwa General Dawes Washington Department of State Thirty-ninth General Assembly Illinois Ohio Nebraska South Carolina

Mystery Pastor Seen at Weslery Street Church

The dialogue notes Miss Green and Miss Crochet discussing a gentleman who attends Weslery Street Church weekly and fills in as choir term helper, identified as the pastor. The exchange implies recognition of a church leader frequenting services.

Weslery Street Crochet Miss Crochet Boston Transcript

Was Gypsy Girl a Victim in Malvern Barn Fire

In Malvern Iowa on June 29 the community questions if a Gypsy girl was cremated in a barn fire that destroyed the Strahan farm. Bones were found among ashes and screams were reported as two people ran away. A nearby Gypsy camp had inquired about a missing girl and local efforts tied to Gypsy leaders are described.

Malvern J. M. Strahan

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