Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1908 — Opie Read to be Here. [ARTICLE]

Opie Read to be Here.

Opie Read will be here next Tuesday evening, March 24th. Mr. Read was expected to .ho fchs at SiVIM jn#‘ getter of the lecture course, and when he took sick following his advertised appearance there were many expressions of regret, and the public refused to be satisfied with any other ente/tainer za a substitute. And co, after some solicitation by the library lecture board, Mr. Read ■Eos - been secured and will be he e next Tuesday evening. The house 1 sr.cuid bo packed as it has lie » been before. Mr. Read has secured a place in the hearts of those who ' have r§ad his works that can not be 1 displaced and it should be an op--1 portunity that none should miss to hear him speak. He has various programs that he ! uses, and the different numbers Inelude many of hls most popular ! sketches, among them, ‘‘NegroWhims,” j ‘‘Big Bill and Little Bill,” ‘‘Shooting : Out the Moon." “The Bronsons,” t “Reading Book Reviews” and others. Others may recite these stories but none can send through the veins the j same thrill of realization that Opie j Read produces. He has lived these tales as he has written them and his presence lends a strange enchantment to the stories. Don't miss this number, which concludes the lecture course.