Chautauqua!

July 2, 1906, Menasha Record

We've touched upon the subject of "chautauqua" before, essentially an educational opportunity of lectures and presentations and orations of an eclectic nature.  In today's terms, it might be likened to TED Talks.  This particular one was held in Appleton but we visited one at Brighton Beach some years before:  https://menashabook.blogspot.com/2014/03/mystery-solved-brighton-beach-chautauqua.html