If you were hoping to catch the Bonne Terre Band concert the Tuesday before last, I’m sorry to say you’ve missed it… by a hundred and two years.
Bonne Terre Band
While recently looking through the pages of our great-grandmother’s old Bible, we came across this advertisement. The ad is apparently for a local concert band which was to be performing Tuesday evening January 17, 1905 at the Lyceum in Bonne Terre, Missouri. When I look at the date on the ad (what appears to be a page torn from a magazine), I can hardly believe what great shape it’s in. The page is fragile, but perfectly intact still and quite legible. Apparently, general admission was a quarter, and if you really wanted to spend some money and reserve your seats, you’d pay thirty-five cents!
The ad was tucked between the pages of the Bible which was printed in 1881. If time permits, I will post a few scans of the Bible itself which is about eight inches tall (laying down) and is bound by leather covers nearly an inch thick. Quite the book, and quite a family treasure to be sure. Click on the page to see a larger version.
