1903 8/13/03 "Weary Willie Walker" A vaudeville show with 'nine new acts.'(CLC) 8/19/03 "When the Bells Toll" A play produced by a travelling Co. 8/22/03 "Imogene or the Wilde's Secret" A comedy-drama produced by the New York Co., Perring & Ortte. 8/25/03 "In Sunny Italy" A minstrel show produced by the Ted E. Faust Co. 9/12/03 "Nobody's Claim" A comedy produced by the Holnen's Brothers Co. 9/15/03 "Railroad Jack & Lion" A play. 9/25/03 "A Boy Wanted" A musical play featuring comedian, Victor Stone. (cancelled) 9/25/03 Variety show with Mabel Hastings, an Australian soprano, and Victor Stone, comedian. 10/5/03 "A Run on the Bank" A comedy by Pusey and St. John's Co. with Ward & Vokes. Real names were Hap Ward and Harry Laughlin. 10/6/03 Dance with Chicago City Band and William Forquer as Dance Prompter. 10/15/03 "The Denver Express" A play. (cancelled) 10/19/03 Lecture by C. Oliver Powers as a benefit for Chicago School Library. 10/20/03 Catholic Fair 10/21/03 Catholic Fair 10/22/03 Public meeting regarding the Deer Link Springs Sanitarium Project. 10/26/03 "The Village Square" A drama with actress Miss Verna May and H. A. DuBois Co. 10/27/03 repeat of above 10/28/03 repeat of above 11/3/03 "Si Plunkard" A rural farce comedy written by Robert G. Morris andproduced by the J. C. Lewis Co. (cancelled). 11/8/03 Temperance meeting for all churches by Rev. Fr. Mulhane of Mt. Vernon. 11/9/03 Public meeting about proposed Dear Lick Springs sanitarium project. 11/10/03 "Macbeth" The Shakespeare play with actor John Griffith. 11/19/03 "A Devil's Lane" Comedy-musical with Elmore Sisters & Jas. F. Green. 11/20/03 Vaudeville show by twenty black performers, Troubadours Comedy Co. 11/23/03 "Minstrels Phantasma" Show with 30 performers prod. by Frank Adams. 11/24/03 Lecture, A Trip Through Cuba, by Rev. J. B. Watson of Cleveland. 12/3/03 Dance party with piano music by Miss Crawford of Bellevue. 12/9/03 "Dora Thorne" A play based on the novel. 12/14/03 "The Only Girl" Play prod. by Minnelli Brothers Co. & Mina Gennell 12/15/03 A play produced by the Minnelli Brothers Co. with Mina Gennell. 12/16/03 "The Whirlpool" Play prod. by Minnelli Brothers Co. & Mina Gennell 12/17/03 "The Golden Cliff" Western play by the Minnelli Brothers Co. with Mina Gennell. 12/18/03 "Little Nugget" Comedy-drama by the Minnelli Brothers Co. with Mina Gennell. 12/19/03 "Cinderella" and "Beyond the Rockies" Plays produced by the Minnelli Brothers Co. with Mina Gennell. 12/20/03 Lecture, The Good Samaritan, by Rev. J. B. Watson of Cleveland. 12/21/03 Masquerade ball hosted by the Motive Power Dept. of B&0 with Pitcher's Orchestra. 12/31/03 New Year's dance party hosted by the Young Men's Club. 1904 1/2/04 "The Johnstown Flood" A play produced by the Edward Houghton Co.and written by Charles Townsend. 1/13/04 "Down and Up" Acobatic farce comedy prod. by the Hickman Brothers. 1/14/04 Dance party hosted by the Young Men's Club. 1/28/04 Dance party hosted by the Young Men's Club. 1/29/04 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" A play produced by Al W. Martin. 2/1/04 Benefit show for the Chicago School Library with harpist, Marcia Laura Hill, and impersonator and elocutionist, Elwin Kendal Hill. 2/12/04 "Peck's Bad Boy" A farce comedy produced by Heath Co.. 2/15/04 "Why Women Sin" A melodrama written by Will C. Murphy and starring Miss Marie Yorke and child actress, Miss Ida May. 2/18/04 "Among the Sierras" Play produced by the Hilda Tucker Stock Co. 2/19/04 "Valley Farm" A play produced by the Hilda Tucker Stock Co. 2/20/04 "Heart of New York" A play produced by the Hilda Tucker Stock Co. 2/21/04 "Creole's Revenge" A play produced by the Hilda Tucker Stock Co. 2/26/04 "Legally Dead" A play by Eunice Fitch produced by Hazel and Harry Shannon & Co. 3/1/04 Church benefit cantata, "King Rudeness" with Professor E. E. Phelps. 3/10/04 Dance hosted by the Young Men's Club with piano music by Miss Crawford of Bellevue. 3/18/04 "My Friend from Arkansaw" A play. 3/22/04 Local talent show, "Chicago Home Minstrels," directed by DeForest West. 3/24/04 "The Hoosier Girl" A play with Kate Watson and Gus Cohan. 3/28/04 "The Old Plantation" A play. 4/14/04 "The Little Homestead" A play of New England life written by W. B. Patton. 4/16/04 "A Homespun Heart" A rural play with actor, A. L. Evans, anddirector, Leon Williams. 4/22/04 "Dot, the Miner's Daughter" A four-act comedy-drama with local talent for the Young Men's Baseball Club. 4/22/04 "Ebony" A play. 4/24/04 Banquet hosted by the Knights of Columbus. 4/25/04 L. O. T. M. Fair and dance. 4/28/04 "Bibi" A comedy-drama costumed and staged by John B. Rogers. 4/29/04 "Bibi" A comedy-drama costumed and staged by John B. Rogers. 5/27/04 Chicago grammar school commencement. 5/29/04 Chicago High School baccalaurette service with Rev. L. C. Summer. 7/26/04 Concert and reading with the Harmonic Quartet and Miss Locke. 8/13/04 Minstrels produced by Ted E. Faust. 8/20/04 Show by the Waltz Sisters. 9/8/04 Dance hosted by the Young Men's Club with piano music by Miss Crawford of Bellevue. 9/20/04 "A Royal Slave" A melodrama produced by Gordon & Bennett Co. featuring John Bowersox and adapted from the book, The Fair God,by Gen. Lew Wallace. 9/22/04 Dance hosted by the Young Men's Club with piano music by Miss Crawford of Bellevue. 9/27/04 Heber-Edison kinetoscope motion picture show. 10/5/04 "The Little Outcast" A melodrama. 10/6/04 Carnival dance with piano music by Miss Crawford of Bellevue. 10/10/04 Lecture, The Sunny Path, by Rev. O. D. McKeever. (CLC) 10/11/04 "The Missouri Girl" A comedy written by Fred Raymond and starring Hilda Tucker. 10/18/04 "Si Plunkard" A variety show. 10/26/04 The B. of R. T. Minstrel Show produced by Arthur E. Spear and William Bingnam and featuring local talent. 11/3/04 "London Gaiety Girls" A "refined burlesque". 11/4/04 Dance lessons featuring the Glide Waltz. 11/7/04 Show: "The Great Rogers" with Rogers, the Magician, and Pitcher's Orchestra. 11/8/04 Show: "The Great Rogers" with Rogers, the Magician, and Pitcher's Orchestra. 11/10/04 Lecture by Ross Crane, the cartoonist. (CLC) 11/14/04 Public meeting regarding the electric railroad issue. 11/21/04 "Fogg's Ferry" A comedy with Kittie Cameron. 11/23/04 Lecture, Sermons from Shakespeare, by Father L.J. Vaughn. (CLC) 11/28/04 "Ingomar, the Barbarian" A play produced by the Holden Brothers Co. and featuring John A Preston and Mary Atheling. 11/30/04 "Uncle Hez" A rural play by Frank Adams with Warde's American Band and Orchestra. 12/6/04 Musical show with the Byron Troubadors with Benjamin Byron,harp soloist. (CLC) 12/16/04 "Next Door" A variety show produced by the RoyerBrothers Co. 12/21/04 A show produced by the Finnegan's 400 Co.. (cancelled) 12/29/04 Dance class and party with Professor Couchenour and hosted by the Masonic Lodge. 1905 1/3/05 "The Two Johns" A musical farce produced by J. C. Stewart. 1/9/05 "Thou Shall Not Kill" A play produced by Federick Schwartz with Miss Mable Bardine and Kendall Waston. 1/10/05 Entertainment by Miss Vanda E. Kerst, Elocutionist. (CLC) 1/11/05 Reading with local musical talent featuring Vanda E. Kerst. 1/12/05 New Year's dance with Homan's Orchestra of Tiffin. 1/16/05 Lecture on the Russo-Japanese War by Saburo Koshiba (CLC) 1/20/05 "Wife in Name Only" A comedy-drama by Garland Gaden written by Frank Knight. 1/26/05 Dance party with Homan's Orchestra. 1/27/05 Lecture, The Anglo-Saxon, by Ingram E. Bill, Jr. (CLC) 2/2/05 "Out of the Fold" A rural-comedy-drama produced by Henry B. Marksand written by Langford McCormick. 2/6/05 "Peck's Bad Boy" A play. 2/14/05 Wrestling match: Walter Willoughby vs. Ted Tonneman. 2/15/05 "The Game Keeper" Irish comedy-drama. 2/16/05 Show by Copley Square Concert Co. of Boston. (CLC) 2/21/05 "Uncle Josh Spruceby" A drama of New England. 2/22/05 Concert with Chicago City Band conducted by P. S. Palmer. 2/23/05 Dance hosted by the Chicago Jct. Dancing Club with Homan's Orchestra of Tiffin. 2/24/05 Concert with local performers: a male quartet, a mandolin group, and a band under the direction of P. S. Palmer. 2/27/05 "Hooligan's Troubles" A comedy vaudeville review. 3/6/05 Dance party hosted by Knights of Columbus with the Chicago Jct. Orch. 3/9/05 "The Gladiator" a one-act tragedy and "Toodles" a two-act comedy,both starring actor Robert Downing. 3/10/05 Dance party with Homan's Orchestra of Tiffin. 3/16/05 St. Patrick's supper with musical program directed by J. M. Geier. 3/22/05 "Old Arkansaw" A play by Fred Raymond. 3/24/05 Dance: the L.O.T.M. Masquerade Ball with Homan's Orchestra of Tiffin. 3/30/05 Masonic dance with Homan's Orchestra of Tiffin. 4/5/05 "The Younger Brothers" (also titled: "The Northfield Bank Robbery")A melodrama. 4/10/05 "A Romance of Coon Hollow" A play. 4/14/05 "Two Merry Tramps" A musical farce by Wood & Ward. 4/27/05 Dance party with Homan's Orchestra and Professor Couchenour. 5/5/05 Lecture on the "customs and manners of Oriental life in Palestine, Syria, and Egypt by an Assyrian, Dr. Thomas S. Suleeba." 5/11/05 Dance party with Homan's Orchestra and Professor Couchenour. 8/16/05 Benefit show featuring local talent produced for baseball club. c.1905-6 "Alvin Joslin' " A play. c.1905-6 "Billy Kersand's Minstrels" A variety show. c.1905-6 "The Bowery News Girl" A play. c.1905-6 "A Country Boy in New York" A play. c.1905-6 "The Eleventh Hour" A play. c.1905-6 "Joshua Simpkins" A variety show. c.1905-6 "The Little Homestead" A play. c.1905-6 "The Midnight Flyer" A play. c.1905-6 "The Price of Love" A play. c.1905-6 "Sandy Bottom" A play. c.1905-6 "Ted E. Faust's Minstrels" A variety show. c.1905-6 "The Train Robbers" A play. c.1905-6 "When Women Love" A play. 8/25/05 "The Holy City" A play with Edgar Jones produced by Gordon & Bennett. 9/6/05 Dancing class with Professor Couchenour (and every Wed. hereafter). 9/16/05 "A Runaway Match" A musical comedy. 9/21/05 "At Sunrise" Dick Huffman's melodrama. 9/22/05 Dance with Dehmer's Orchestra and Professor James Shanklin of Tiffin. 9/30/05 "Shooting the Chutes" A musical comedy produced by Murray & Mackfeaturing comedians Harkwood & Leonzo. 10/5/05 "Over Niagara Falls" A play written by Joseph Le Brandt and featuringSeneca Indian Chief Starlight. 10/10/05 "A Royal Slave" A romantic play. 10/17/05 Lecture: The Key to the 20th Century, by Dr. Thomas Green. (CLC) 10/19/05 "Finnigan's Ball" A farce-comedy. 10/26/05 "The Old Clothes Man" A melodrama written and acted by James Kyrle MacCurdy and produced by Rowland & Clifford. 10/27/05 Dance with Dehmer's Orchestra and Prof. James Shanklin of Tiffin. 11/1/05 "Next Door" A variety show featuring the Royer Brothers Acrobats. 11/17/05 "Rudolph and Adolph" Musical farce produced by Broadhurst & Currie. 11/18/05 Musical show by the Kaffir Boy Choir. (CLC) 11/20/05 A benefit show, The Country Store, presented by the St. Francis Congregation. 11/21/05 A benefit show, The Country Store, presented by the St. Francis Congregation. 11/28/05 The B. of R. T. Minstrel Show produced by Arthur E. Spearand featuring local talent. 11/30/05 Dance party with Homan's Orchestra of Tiffin. 12/1/05 Dance party hosted by the Golden Rule Masonic Lodge. 12/3/05 Dance party with Homan's Orchestra of Tiffin. 12/5/05 Show produced by Fatty Felix Co. 12/12/05 Variety show starring one-man entertainer, Captain Jack Crawford. (CLC) 12/14/05 "A Slave of the Mill" A drama with electrical effects written by Hal Reid and produced by Hal Reid and Garry Gordon. 12/18/05 "Mable Heath" Play produced by Bob Hutton & the Sutton Stock Co. 12/19/05 "Mable Heath" Play produced by Bob Hutton & the Sutton Stock Co. 12/26/05 Lecture, "Oberammergan, Its People and Their Plays", by Henry Ellsworth. 1906 c.1/1/06 "East Lynn" with Jane Dora. c.1/2/06 "The Sign of the Cross" 1/12/06 Concert with the Boston Orchestral Co. with Leon C. Batchelder,flute soloist. (CLC) 1/15/06 "Texas Sweetheart" A play. 1/20/06 "Rip Van Winkle" W. Irving's story adapted by Joe Jefferson,produced by Horne, with comedian and wooden shoe dancer,Ed. F. Hale and "Rip and his dog Schneider." 1/23/06 "King of Tramps" A play. 1/25/06 Show featuring Ralph Bingham, ".world's greatest single band artist." (CLC) 1/26/06 "The Village Fool" A pastorial comedy about Abraham Lincoln in which Frank Owen appears as "Old Nenny Noggins." 1/27/06 "Texas Sweethearts" A play with Alan Villair and Pearl Lewis. 1/30/06 "The Two Johns" A musical farce by J. C. Stewart with Al Riceand Ned Cortis. 1/31/06 Chicken-pie supper hosted by Ladies Auxillary to the B. of R. T. 2/3/06 "Romeo and Juliet" A play production by Simeville. 2/9/06 "The Irish Pawnbrokers" A Jos. W. Spear's comedy with Irish FarcaursDavis and Mack and Baronness Marie Katherine Von Zeiber. c.2/20/06 Various shows during weekend produced by Orpheum Stock Co. 2/27/06 Dance party hosted by Knight Templars of Huron County. 3/2/06 "The Clay Baker" A four-act play by Jannette Stevens Kelley,produced by Harry Scott and with character actor William V. Mong. 3/5/06 "Faust" A production of Porter J. White. 3/15/06 "Why Women Sin" A play produced by Will C. Murphy. 3/19/06 Lecture by Dr. James Hedley: "Sunny Side of Life" (CLC). 3/20/06 Annual St. Patrick's Supper hosted by St. Francis Church. 3/26/06 Oriental ball with Homan's Orchestra hosted by the L. O. T. M. 3/28/06 "Uncle Josh Perkins" A four-act comedy-drama by Lem. B. Parker. 4/12/06 "The Last Rose of Summer" A play starring W. B. Patton. 5/16/06 Dance with Homan's Orchestra hosted by the Volunteer Firemen. 6/1/06 Commencement of Chicago High School. 6/5/06 Annual reception and banquet of Chicago High School alumni. 6/28/06 Concert: "B. of R. T. Musicale" with Olive Beatrice Fitzsimmons,Lulu Hatfield Solomon, & violinist from Oberlin: Phoebe Harrington. 8/23/06 "Hand of Man" A play produced by the Orpheum Stock Co. 8/24/06 "Church Across the Way" A play produced by the Orpheum Stock Co. 8/25/06 "A Wife Wanted" A play produced by the Orpheum Stock Co. 9/10/06 Moving picture exhibition by Liberty Amusement Co. 9/14/06 "Under the North Star" A melodrama with Clarence Bennett produced by Gordon & Bennett. 9/20/06 The O. V. V. I. Veterans 55th Annual Reunion. 9/21/06 "A Summer's Fancy" A four-act comedy, locally produced by Mr/Mrs. Percy H. Levin. 9/22/06 repeat of above. c.10/06 "A Gambler's Daughter" 10/8/06 "The Village Parson" A melodrama. 10/16/06 Concert presented by the Cincinnati Cremona Orchestra. (PLC) 10/18/06 "Quincy Adams Sawyer" A rural comedy-drama. 10/22/06 Moving picture exhibition by Liberty Amusement Co. with Master Ben Fox. 10/31/06 Lecture, The University of Hard Knocks, by Ralph Parlette. (PLC) 11/5/06 "The Warning Bell" A musical drama produced by Gordon & Bennett and starring Phil Jean Barnard and Miss Wanda Ludlow. 11/9/06 "The Honeymoon" A play starring comedian Miss Charlotte Burnett and including the Rice Family and a program of motion pictures. 11/10/06 "La Badie's Bostonians" A benefit show for the B. of R. T. presented by the All Star and Novelty Co. including the Rice Family and a program of moving pictures. 11/15/06 "The Real Widow Brown" A musical comedy. 11/16/06 Public meeting about proposed new railroad to Bucyrus. 11/27/06 Concert of local talent with Harmonic Quartet and reader, Miss Nina M Youman (PLC). 11/28/06 Dance: "Call Boys' Dance" with Homan's Orchestra. 12/6/06 Vaudeville show presented by Green's Vaudeville Co. with Irish comedians Fulton & Larkin and specialty couple: Mr. & Mrs. Nick Huges. 12/14/06 Movie exhibit with "color effects" by the Motion Picture Co. of Wash. D.C. 12/15/06 repeat of above. 12/19/06 Lecture by Fred Eugene Baker: "The Lucky Number" (PLC). 12/20/06 "The Clay Baker" A melodrama written by Janette Stevens Kelley and produced by Roland & Clifford with William V. Mong. 12/22/06 Motion pictures show. 12/27/06 "Johnny Wise" A musical absurdity" with cast of 25 produced by Harry B. Linton.

1907 1/4/07 Lecture by Father F. C. Kelly: "The Last Battle of the Gods" (PLC). 1/4/07 Lecture by Father F. T. Mokan: "Success or the General Welfare." 1/5/07 "My Wife's Family" Musical comedy by Hall Stephens & Harry Linton. 1/15/07 "Old Plantation Quartet" A show presented by an all black group. 1/23/07 "County Fair" An amateur production of this musical play. 1/25/07 "At the Old Cross Roads" A play of the South produced by the Arthur C. Aiston Co. with Rita Harlan and William Brommell in lead roles. 1/31/07 Dramatic sketches featuring Mr. Pierce and Ethel West (PLC). 2/8/07 Dance with Homan's Orchestra. 2/15/07 "A Thorn in Her Heart" A comedy-drama presented by the all black Sunny South Co. 2/16/07 Variety show presented by Rockwell's Sunny South Co., a black group with band. 2/22/07 "A Fight for Love" A comedy-drama produced by J. C. Matthewsand starring boxing champion of the world and athleticactor, Bob Fitzsimmons. 2/28/07 Show presented by Edwin Brush, Magician and Illusionist (PLC). 3/6/07 "My Dixie Girl" A comedy-drama. 3/20/07 Dance: "An Old Fashioned Dance" featuring Homan's Orchestra. 3/22/07 "The Warning Bell" A pastoral comedy-drama produced by Gordon & Bennett. 3/26/07 "A Country Kid" A play produced by a travelling companywith orchestra and band. 3/29/07 Show presented by The Dixie Jubilee Concert Co. (PLC). c.4/07 "Motion Pictures and illustrated songs by Behm & Johnson (to be shown on an irregular schedule at the Opera House and in the Sheidley Hotel building). 4/1/07 Dance: "The L.O.T.M. Calico Ball" 4/18/07 Concert presented by students of Chicago Jct. schools produced by Miss Wilbur. 4/19/07 "Si Plunkard" A play performed by J. C. Lewis and His Funmakersand Musicians. 4/25/07 "Ole Olson" A Swedish-American dialect comedy play with singer, John Cumpson. 6/20/07 Commencement exercises of Chicago Jct. High School. 6/21/07 Alumni meeting of Chicago Jct. High School with Mr. A. G. Bagnall. 7/17/07 Wrestling match: Walter Willoughby vs. Billy Edwards. 8/6/07 Dance with Homan's Orchestra. c.1907-8 "Clay Baker" A play. c.1907-8 "A Desperate Chance" A play. c.1907-8 "Light in the Window" A play. c.1907-8 "Shadows on the Hearth" A play. c.1907-8 "Toymakers" A play. 8/20/07 "The Folks Up Willow Creek" A show with a band and orchestra. 9/9/07 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" A show by Stetson. 9/12/07 "Jerry from Kerry" A musical farce comedy and vaudeville attraction featuring John (the "funniest Irishman on stage"), Eunice, and George Patten; comedy acrobats: T. C. Campbell & W. H. Fletcher; and a concert band and orch. 9/24/07 "Monte Cristo" A Fred G. Conrad production as arranged and played by Eugene Moore, and rated as "one of the best Edmond Dantes, ever!" 10/04/07 "Quincy Adams Sawyer" A return engagement of this rural drama of New England. 10/22/07 "The Holy City" A biblical drama by Clarence Bennett featuring Salome's dance before King Herod. 10/24/07 Dance: the first local dance party with "Professor Reynold's New Orchestra." 10/26/07 "A Dangerous Friend" A refined melodrama produced by Fred G. Conrad. 10/28/07 Vaudeville show with Black Crook, Jr. Extravaganza Co.: "the very best vocal, comedy, vaudeville, panomimic, and terpsichorean artists." 10/31/07 Dance with Homan's Orchestra. 11/4/07 Concert with the Parland-Newall Co., famous bell ringers (PLC). 11/6/07 "The Girl of the Sunny South" A comedy-drama of the Old South. 11/15/07 "New York, Day by Day" A melodrama produced by T. H. Winnett. 11/18/07 Lecture by L. B. Spafford, the cartoonist and humorist (PLC). 11/22/07 "The Real Widow Brown" 11/31/07 Dance Party 12/20/07 Lecture by Dr. L. G. Herbert, entitled: "A Talk among Men" (PLC). 12/31/07 Dance Party 1908 1/9/08 "A Royal Slave" 1/10/08 Lecture on the Celtics by Father Coan (sub. for Father Laycock)(PLC) 1/15/08 Local dance hosted by the Old Folks' Dancing Club. 1/20/08 Lecture by Mr. Houson, impersonator & humorist, & his wife. (PLC) 1/30/08 "The Widow McCarty" A farce musical comedy by Ben Craner. 2/1/08 Saturday night dance with Professor Reynold's Orchestra. 2/6/08 "On the Bridge at Midnight" A comedy & drama presented by "a travelling company." 2/10/08 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" a Harriet Beecher Stow play produced byAl. W. Martin with a company of fifty. 2/11/08 Lecture by humorist, satirist, reader, and impersonator,Mr. Booth Lowery. (PLC) 2/14/08 "My Wife's Family" A musical comedy. 2/15/08 Dance featuring the Chicago Ladies Orchestra. 2/20/08 "Uncle Josh Jenkins" A musical story of New England lifefeaturing a band and orchestra with ten solo musicians. 2/25/08 Recital by the Harmonic Quartet and a reading by Miss Nina Youman of Tiffin. (PLC) 3/2/08 Variety show produced by the Salisbury Family Orchestra (PLC) 3/6/08 "Under Southern Skies" A musical by Lottie Blair Parker with asextette of old plantation melodies.27 in cast, incl: Willard Berry, Elso Beold, and Edward Mainrod. 3/7/08 Wrestling: Walter Willoughby vs. Ben Moore. 3/9/08 Meeting ( with entertainment) of the Knights of Honor. 3/16/08 Variety show by the Orpheum Vaudeville Co. of Shelby, Ohio, featuringThe Big Four Quartet, James Thomas, the Scissor Grinder, Awara, theContortionist, and Fogleson and "Dewey," the most intelligent dog. 3/19/08 Musical variety show by black group, the Swanee Jubilee Co. (PLC) 3/23/08 "Joshua Simpkins" (Uncle Josh Jenkins Co.). 3/26/08 Lecture by S. A. Long 4/7/08 Concert by an Afro-American group of Fairport, Ohio, the Olympia Ladies Quartet, featuring a program of classical ballads and plantation melodies by Misses Underwood, Smith, Brown, and Ball. 4/11/08 "East Lynne" 4/15/08 "Magnificent Minstrels" Featuring 32 artists, produced by Donnelly and Hatfield. 4/16/08 Barn dance with Misses Crawford and Franklin. 4/21/08 Dance: "Eagle's First Annual Dance" with Homan's Orchestra. 4/24/08 Concert with Professor Reynold's 15-piece orchestra. 4/28/08 Benefit concert with Chicago City Band, Prof. Reynolds, conductor. 4/30/08 "As Told in the Hills" A comedy and melodrama of western life. 5/14/08 "Irish Biddy" A vaudeville act featuring Warda & Happy Jack 5/30/08 Afternoon lecture by Ref. T. F. Hildreth. 5/31/08 Baccalaureate ceremonies with a sermon by Rev. Father Coan. 6/2/08 Commencement ceremonies of Chicago High School. 6/3/08 Annual meeting and reception of Chicago High School alumni. 8/6/08 Performance by Master Gordon, the 14-year-old champion buck and wing dancer. 9/9/08 "Tempest and Sunshine" A play roduced by W. F. Mann, dramatizedby Lom. B. Parker, and based on a novel by Mary J. Holmes. c.9/08 "Hi Henry's Minstrels" c.9/08 "The Jollier" 9/18/08 "The Cow Puncher" A western drama by Hal Reid under the directionof W. F. Mann and with music provided by Prof. Reynold's Orchestra. 9/22/08 "Meadow Brook Farm" A play. 10/2/08 Exhibit of movies produced by the Motion Picture Co. of Wash., DC. 10/3/08 repeat of above. 10/14/08 Democratic rally with Hon. W. G. Sharp, Curtis T. Johnson, A. E. Rowley, and Mayor S. M. Young of Norwalk. 10/20/08 "An Artist's Romance" A comedy-drama directed by Will Binghamwith local talent. 10/23/08 Republican rally with speeches by Hon. H. M. Daugherty, L. Hoyt and H. M. Palmer. 10/23/08 Wrestling: Willoughby vs. Edwards. 10/26/08 "The Devil" 10/29/08 "The Boy with the Boodle" Played by George D. Mackey. 11/6/08 Speech on temperance by John H. Bain of Marion, Ohio. 11/12/08 Speech on temperance by C. B. Fletcher of Fostoria, Ohio. 11/21/08 Speech by Branch Rickey, a noted baseball player. 11/22/08 Speech on temperance by J. A. Cuneen, an Irish-Catholic machinist orator from Chicago, Illinois. 11/30/08 "The County Sheriff" A play of western life by Kathleen Farroe Kennedy and starring Miss Louise Price. 12/1/08 Dance. 12/18/08 "Guy Brothers Minstrels" A vaudeville show of music and features. 12/24/08 Dance with Homan's Orchestra. 1909 1/25/09 "Across the Marshes" A local production directed by Will Bingham. 1/26/09 "An Artist's Romance" A local production directed by Will Bingham. 2/4/09 "Utah" A Mormon comedy-drama written by Lem B. Parker,produced by the Wallace R. Cutter Co. and starring Miss Bigden. 2/5/09 "Henderson's Comedians" Headed by Hall Butler of Anna Helas Parisian Model fame. 2/6/09 (same as above) 2/16/09 Bazaar benefit for the New Temple & Opera House. Host: C. Temple Co. 2/17/09 (same as above) 2/18/09 (same as above) Also: performance of chorus: the Brother Masons. 2/19/09 (same as above) Also: performance of a chorus: the Brother Masons and Mrs. Josephine Milton and Miss Lola Milton. 2/20/09 Boo Club Dancing Party with Homan's Orchestra. 2/25/09 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen annual dance with Homan's Orchestra. 2/26/09 "Ma's New Husband" A farce-comedy with music & lyrics by George Fletcher and book by David Edwin. 3/12/09 "The Convict's Daughter" A comedy-drama. 3/19/09 Lecture: "The American Navy at Home & Abroad" by V. P. Randall with150 colored stereoptican slides. 3/23/09 Chicago Royal Arch Masons dance, lunch & reception with Homan's Orch. 4/8/09 YMCA concert and entertainment with Professor Reynold's Orchestra. 4/17/09 "Drummer Boy" with Major R. H. Hendershot, original drummer boy ofthe Rappahannock and son, J. C. Hendershot, also a drummer and fifer. 4/30/09 Dance with Homon's Orchestra. 6/19/09 Lecture, The Mask Removed, by Evangelist James S. Bitler. 6/20/09 Lecture, Where They Have Gone Over, by Evangelist James S. Bitler. 7/8/09 "Home Dance" with Arters, Palmer & Hoffman Orchestras. 7/13/09 Select dance with Arters Orchestra. 7/28/09 Machinists benefit dance with Arters Orchestra. 8/20/09 Cedar Point Dance. 8/25/09 "The Moonshiner's Daughter" A musical play of the South with Miss Mary Carew. 10/15/09 Confetti ball with Homan's Orchestra. 10/19/09 "As Told in the Hills" A play produced by W. F. Mann and starring an Irogois princess, Wah-to-Waso. 11/12/09 "The Banker's Child" A drama and comedy produced by Harry Shannon and starring Little Grace Elder. 12/4/09 "My Boy Jack" A play by Edwin Milton Royle and produced by Fred G. Conrad Co. 12/16/09 "Reaping the Whirlwind" A play produced by the Kinsey Komedy Co. with Paul Brady. 12/20/09 "Guy Brothers Minstrels" Ten acts with 30 performers produced by George R. Guy. 12/31/09 Business Men's Minstrel Show, a local production, directed by R. B. Stinger, as a benefit for the Masonic Club. 1910 1/1/10 "Business Men's Minstrel Show" (a local production with 36 performers). 1/19/10 Dance with Homan's Orchestra. 1/28/10 I.O.O.F supper with band music entertainment. 1/31/10 Wrestling match: Walter Willoughby vs. Jim Galvin. 2/3/10 "Daniel Boone on the Trail" A historical romance of old Kentucky. 3/17/10 St. Patrick supper. 7/4/10 July 4 celebration dance. 11/3/10 Speech by Gov. Harmon. 11/10/10 "In Jungle Town" A vaudeville show and motion pictures with Clara Williams and Mildred DeVere produced by Ross and Shaw. 11/11/10 "In Jungle Town" with Clara Williams and Mildred DeVere. 11/12/10 "In Jungle Town" with Clara Williams and Mildred DeVere. 12/1/10 "Grand Concert and Dance" with the Troubadors. 12/10/10 A show (?) and a dance after the show with Homan's Orchestra. c.12/10 Vaudeville show run for several weeks produced by Fred Boose and Sam Morrison. 1911 1/19/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 1/20/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 1/21/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 1/26/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 1/27/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 1/28/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 1/31/11 Motion picture exhibit of Jeffries-Johnson prize fight. 2/2/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures, including: "Morrison and Parrot Comedy Sketch" 2/3/11 (same as above) 2/4/11 (same as above) 2/16/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures, including: "Thatcher, the Blind Wonder, and Regina" 2/17/11 (same as above) 2/18/11 (same as above) 2/22/11 Concert and reading with the Mozart Concert Co. (last CLC for season) 2/23/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 2/24/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 2/25/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 2/29/11 Concert: the Bancroft Trio. 3/1/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures, incl: "The Dancing Kids: Horan and Van" 3/2/11 (same as above) 3/3/11 (same as above) 3/9/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures, incl: "The Big School Day Act" 3/10/11 (same as above) 3/11/11 (same as above) 3/13/11 Agriculture Extension School 3/14/11 Agriculture Extension School 3/15/11 Agriculture Extension School 3/16/11 Agriculture Extension School 3/16/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures, incl: "The Sister Team" 3/17/11 Agriculture Extension School 3/17/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures, incl: "The Sister Team" 3/18/11 Agriculture Extension School 3/18/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures, incl: "The Sister Team" 3/20/11 Benefit for the High School Athletic Association 3/23/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 3/24/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 3/25/11 Vaudeville and motion pictures 3/27/11 Concert by the Bancroft Trio (cancelled) c.3/28/11 Show (title?): "Diehl and Mack play Hank and Lank" 3/30/11 Vaudeville & movies, incl: "Bits of Harmony & Comedy" with Margie C. E. Edwards 3/31/11 (same as above) 4/1/11 (same as above) 4/6/11 "The Vaudeville Act" featuring: "The Wise Kid" 4/10/11 "The Tramp at the Garage" with Chub and Gill. 4/11/12 (same as above) 4/12/11 (same as above) 4/13/11 "The Vaudeville Act" featuring: Norwood & Wheeler from Cleveland. 4/14/11 (same as above) 4/15/11 (same as above) 4/20/11 "The Vaudeville Act" featuring: "The Great Sister Team" 4/21/11 (same as above) 4/22/11 (same as above) 4/27/11 "The Vaudeville Act" featuring: a musical act with Augela & Miss Evangeline 4/28/11 (same as above) 4/29/11 (same as above) 5/30/11 Memorial Day Program. 6/4/11 Lecture, "The Three Great Worlds" by Bible Expositor, E. B. Ullery 6/11/11 Lecture, "The End of the World" by Bible Expositor, E. B. Ullery 6/18/11 Lecture, "Life Beyond the Grave" by Bible Expositor, E. B. Ullery 6/27/11 Motion Pictures. 6/28/11 Eagles' benefit with vaudeville acts, motion pictures and illustrated songs. 9/28/11 "The Girl and the Prince" A musical comedy with 25 performers by W. C. Hardy Co. 11/2/11 Performance by the LeBrun Opera Co. with Madame LeBrun. 11/27/11 Show: "The Fall of Troy, the World's Greatest Feature." 11/29/11 Motion Pictures 11/30/11 Motion Pictures 12/19/11 Loyal Order of Moose Dance 12/25/11 Seven big acts, motion pictures and a mechanical mule by the Baille Vaudeville Co. 12/26/11 (same as above) 12/27/11 (same as above) 1912 1/11/12 Lecture: "White Slavery and Kindred Questions" by William La Marsh. 1/23/12 Lecture: "Tragedies of the Unprepared" by Thomas Brook Fletcher

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