Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-26
MANY NOTED
LECTURERS
SPLENDID ARRAY OF TALENT
FOR THE cTTUMWA cHAU-
TAUQUA NEXT SEASON.

STURGEON WILL SPEAK
William Jennings Bryan, opie Read,
Sam P. Jones, Frank Dixon, DR..
Waters, Dr.. Guy Carleton Lee, Al
ton Packard, Rev. Father Moran,
Prof. Pearson, Dr.. c. A. Vincent.
Rev. William Sturgeon of England,
Frank Dixon, Opie Read, William Jen-
nings Bryan, Rev. Sam Jones,
Rev. Father Moran, and DR..
| Waters of Brooklyn are some of the
leading lecturers that will appear in
Ottnmwa under the auspices of the OF
| tunSWa Chautauqua association during
the 1906 assembly The Chautauqua
will be held about a month later than
that of last year and the program will
be second to none to be given at Iowa
Chautauquas.
4 Besides the noted lecturers the best
of talent in the entertainment line
will also be secured 1t is the aim
1 of the management to have something
going on all the time so that one may
enter the Chautauqua grounds at any
time during the day or evening with
the assurance of being splendidly en-
tertained. DR.. G. A. Vincent of Gales
. burg. Ill, who made so many friends
at the Chautauqua last year, will again
: have charge of the platform and will
conduct Bible study classes each day
at 1880 a. m. DR.. Vincent
: will also lecture one afternoon On the
subject, "a Message from Lincoln" a
lecture that has been highly comm end
\ ed in several states.
Arrangements are also being made
with the Ottumwa Choral society, the
Fifty-fourth Regiment band and well
known local quartets to furnish music
each day in addition to the program
by outside talent.
: The Program.
The program has only been partially
completed as yet The Chautauqua
will begin Friday evening, July 81,
with a concert by the famous Whitney
brothers quartet and will continue ten
DAYS. The quartet will appear on the
program at various times for the first
four days.
On Saturday afternoon, July 2S, Rev.
William Splrgeon, one of the greatest
, and hest known preachers of England,
will lecture.
: Saturday evening there will be a
lecture by Frank Dixon, who has ap-
peared in Ottumwa under the auspices
of the Y. M. G. A. and whose lecture
was one of the most brilliant ever
heard in the city.
concert by the Whitney brothers
quartet will precede the lecture by
Mr. Dixon. Sunday afternoon Rev
William Sturgeon will preach and in
the evening there will be a sacred con
cert by the Whitney quartet, followed
NV an annronriate entertainment by A
Iu Newens.
Opie Read will lecture Monday aft
ernoon, July 81 Mr.. Read, through
his books, is known to nearly every
reader in America and is one of the
greatest story tellers and platform at
fractions Of the day.
Monday evening, July 81, humor
Gus lecture by A. M. Newens will pre-
icede lecture by Rev. Father Moran
Of Cleveland, Ohio.
Tuesday afternoon, August 1, Rev
Sam Jones will lecture. Nearly every
= one has heard of this noted preacher
n orator and it is expected that nearl.
e everyone in Ottumwa and vicinity will
= wish to hear him. In the evening
i there will be humorous lecture ant
), entertainment by Alton Packard, o
e New York. Mr.. Packard is a famous
l. cartoonist and WI illustrate his lee
n ture with drawlnL rI Uncle Sam
s Folks" Mr.. Packard will deliver an
a other lecture Wednesday evening an,
q lit is said of this master caricaturis
that he always has a larger audienc
n on the second evening than on tn
=. first. He will only fill few engage
# ments during the 1906 season and tn
= local committee considers itself mos
:, fortunate in securing him for two lee
IS lures.
# Or. Guy Carleton Lee.
e On Thursday afternoon there wi
If be a lecture by Dr. Guy Carleton Lee
IS of John Hopkins university, Baltimore
L. Nd, and a noted orator, editor an
;e historian. His subject will be 9TH
Sc True jefferson Davis" He is a tru
southerner in all that the name in
plies, and is considered one of tn
greatest orators and educators of tn
y country. Preceding the lecture Their
1 will be moving picture entertain
ment by the American Vitagraph Ct
4 On Saturday evening moving pi,
ture entertainment by the Vitagrap
company will precede lecture 3 b
Prof Pearson, of Philadelphia, editc
of Talent" Prof. Pearson will ais
= lecture Saturday evening, August 4.
y Bryan to Speak.
On Saturday afternoon, August
William Jennings Bryan, will lectur
on "The Old World and Its Ways.
Mr.. Bryan is now making tour of tn
old world and it is expected that tn
IS lecture by the eloquent Nebraska
ed will be most interesting. Mr.. Brya
mt has not appeared before an Ottumw
es audience since 1896 and the commi
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