BURCH'S ORCHESTRA CONCERT, AT COLUMBIA HALL, ODELL, ILL., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1904. VIOLINS... F.M. BURCH, CECIL PHELPS, CARLOS COOK; BASS VIOL... HARRY ARMSTRONG; FLUTE AND PICCALO.... E.W. KINSLEY; CLARINETS... J. ROLLIN RUFF, ALBERT SHEPHERD; CORNETS... J.A. BURCH, ELMER TRAVIS; TROMBONE... MRS. A.M. BURCH. PROGRAM. PART I...
[Odell, IL? 1904]. Folio broadsheet, 8.5" x 15.5". Actual program information is contained in a block measuring 2.25" x 6" on the recto and 2.25" x 4" on the verso. The remainder of the broadsheet is filled with advertisements. Tanned, old folds with splits [crude tape repairs, no text loss]. Good.
The Burch Orchestra played many events in Illinois in the early 1900s. Mrs. Alex M. Burch, born 1858, and her son, Fred M. Burch, born 1878, were music teachers; John A Burch, the second son, born 1880, was a musician. All three are listed, with their musical occupations, in the 1900 Federal Census as living in Indian Grove, Illinois.
This broadsheet program lists ten different selections to be played by the orchestra, including Mr. Black Man by Arthur Pryor; and the William Tell Overture . Advertisements, mostly of businesses in Odell, Illinois, include : The Illinois-Manitoba Land Co.; F.A. Morrow Land Co., dealers in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Land; Guy L. Louderback, Attorney At Law; P.H. Langan, General Merchandise; Doctor Welsh, eye doctor; Dr. J.L. Tombaugh; John Watson, male clothing; Whitson & Newsam, dry goods; T.O. Bannister, physician and surgeon; Ambrose Breese, physician and surgeon; Henry G. Ohls, physician and surgeon; Miss Ferguson, Fine Millinery; E.T. Metz, Insurance; Hare's Pharmacy; D.B. Muzzy, dentist; Parker Deffenbaugh, livery; Cosgrove & Cleary; A. Storck, tinner and plumber; J. Gassensmith, grocer; Odell Cigars; Rammer & Watson, furniture and undertaking; Bank of Odell; and several others. Guy L. Louderback represented appellees in the Illinois Supreme Court and was a District Attorney in California by the 1920s. Illinois-Manitoba Land Company was made up of partners F. H. Clapp, H. D. Osgood, R. Menaugh, J. H. Kane, C. McGreevy and L. T. Earnhardt. Item #28128
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