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Chautauqua Week
7 Joyous Days
31 Events, $2.00
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Mt. Lake Park
AUGUST 19-25.
Dunbar Singing Band
Tyrolean Alpine Yodlers
Tuskegee Institute Singers - four Artists
Adriatic Band
Ida E Cole~
Dr. Paul M. Pearson
Frank Dixon
Hon. Russell H. Conwell
Hon. Wm. B. Wilson
DEBATE
Frank Stephens—
“For Women’s Suffrage”
Marjorie Dorman—
“Against Woman’s Suffrage”
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
By William Rader
“Panama Canal and Panama-Pacific Exposition
This article appeared in the August 13, 1914 edition of The Republican newspaper of Garrett County. It is an advertisement for Chautauqua Week at Mountain Lake Park. Featured is a debate on Women's Suffrage. Note that the man is "for", and the woman is "against".
FOOTNOTE: It was recently brought to my attention that there is considered to be a difference between the terms “suffragist” and “suffragette.” Apparently they tend to imply a difference in meaning from an historical perspective. Suffragists were defined as people who supported enfranchisement, in other words, the right to vote. Suffragette was seen as a somewhat derogatory and offensive term and used mockingly by anti-suffragists. This appears to be confirmed somewhat in reviewing several of the postcards and newspaper articles that are posted here.
As a side-bar, also note that the Tuskegee Institute Singers are also on the schedule for the week.