Charles H. Plattenburg: editor traveler lecturer

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Charles H. Plattenburg
PERMANENT ADDRESS: VINTON, IOWA.

Editor Traveler Lecturer



Charles Howard Plattenburg
Announcement
CHARLES HOWARD PLATTENBURG while yet a young man, has gained the reputation as an orator of great power and ability.  At the great International Convention of the Christian Church, held in Omaha in 1902, he delivered an address to twelve thousand people which the Associated Press reported as the most eloquent and brilliant of the entire convention.  ¶Mr. Plattenburg enjoys the distinction of having never lectured in any town or city without receiving an invitation to return.  He has been called back in some instances five and six times.  Before assuming editorial work, he was pastor of a church in Cleveland, Ohio, and preached weekly to one of the largest congregations in the city.  His lectures are a rare combination of wit, wisdom and pathos, that never fail to please and thrill his audience.

The tributes and excerpts (personal and editorial) contained in this pamphlet from prominent men and newspapers, demonstrate the popularity of the lectures and the esteem in which Mr. Plattenburg is held as an orater and lecturer.



Lectures

WORMS BENEATH THE BARK
THE LAND OF WILLIAM TELL
PARIS OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY
PRINTERS' INK AND THE PRINTER'S DEVIL




Appreciations
From
Hon. Cato Sells
Pres. State Bank, Cleburne, Tex., Chairman last Dem, State Convention.  Former U. S. Attorney for Iowa.

I regard C. H. Plattenburg as one of the most accomplished and effective platform orators in my acquaintance.  He is highly educated, is a student and philosopher, has traveled extensively, has had large contact with his fellows both at home and abroad, is full of the milk of human kindness, fully appreciates the sublime and humorous and paints in beautiful and eloquent language, alike, the serious and frivolous things of life.  He is always high-minded, instructive, entertaining and well worth the time of all who appreciate a really good lecture.

From
B. L. Smith
Secretary of the American Christian Missionary Society.

I am just home from the Omaha convention, and take this, the first opportunity of writing you a letter of hearty congratulation upon the work that you did at the Convention.  Your address on Saturday evening on The Transforming Power of the Christian Endeavor, was one of the two greatest speeches of the Convention.  I remember it with a great deal of pleasure.  It stands out clear and clean, and marks you as one of the coming men of the church.  I extend to you my earnest and hearty congratulation upon the success of your work in this direction, and assure you that it pleases me beyond the telling.

From
Hon. M. J. Tobin
Attorney and U. S. Revenue Collector for northern Iowa.

I have personally known Mr. C. H. Plattenburg during the four years last past and during that time have had the pleasure of hearing him deliver a number of lectures and addresses.  I gladly say that he is most interesting pleasing and instructive as a platform speaker.  Indeed I consider that he has no superiors as a lecturer in Iowa.  He is not only a scholar, but he is a thinker and a seer, who interests all classes.  He has scholarly lectures, full of wit and wisdom that are a real treat to hear.

From
Judge E. F. Brown
President Vinton, Iowa, Chautauqua Association.

I have had the personal acquaintance of C. H. Plattenburg since his removal to Vinton several years ago.  In that time I have had the pleasure of listening to his eloquence on many occasions.  His lectures combine wit with wisdom, entertainment with solid and substantial information, and a pleasing personality with an effective delivery.  As a speaker he is most popular where he is best known, and this proves his worth more than anything else I can say.




Press Dotices

Shelby, Ohio.: C. H. Plattenburg's lecture at the opera house Tuesday evening was a most able effort, indeed.  His pictures of Paris and the days of the French revolution were gemlike.—
Daily Herald


Marshall, Missouri: He has as a speaker that attractiveness which nothing short of the glowing genius of an orator can command.  As a speaker, he has retorical beauty of language, penetrating and profound thought, and a grace in posing before an assemblage, that never fails to thrill and enkindle the affections of those who hear him.—
Progress


Ashland, Ohio: C. H. Plattenburg delivered his popular lecture at the Church of Christ last evening, Paris of Today and Yesterday, to the delight of all present.  He is a power and master in discription, forceful in language and an orator of exceptional ability.  His citation of incidents of the French revolution were masterpieces.—
Daily Gazette

Brandon, Iowa.: Friday evening, Jan. 6th, C. H. Plattenburg filled the third number on the lecture course.  Few of us ever have or ever will hear another equal to him in purity, beauty and dignity of oratory.  Mr. Plattenburg spoke to us on Paris of Today and Yesterday.  Some of his descriptions of historical scenes of that city, were they given to the public in print, would soon find a place among the gems of rhetoric.  His description of the tomb of Napoleon and the reflection resulting from a look at the face of That mighty Mentor of Europe, were expressed in language that rivalled the famous speech of Robert Ingersoll, At the Tomb of Napoleon.—Rev. E. C. Lockhart


Higgensville, Mo.: Charles H. Plattenburg is one of the most eloquent men in the Christian ministry.—
Jeffersonian

Urbana, Iowa.: Mr. Plattenburg is a convincing orator.  His wit, vocabulary resources, expressive and descriptive power, together with his magnetic personality, leave no doubt in the minds of his hearers, of the ideal lecturer and orator.

Hattie Belle Burrell


St. Louis, Mo.: A brilliant young orator.—
Evangelist


Vinton, Ia.: A magnificent speech upon a magnificent subject.
Review


Garrison, Ia.: The speaker of the day, C. H. Plattenburg, captivated his hearers at the start and held their close attention to the finish.  Time does not permit a review of the address, but highly commendatory expressions are heard on every hand and Mr. Plattenburg added new laurels to his reputation as a platform orator.—
Independent


Lexington, Mo.: His speaking is wonderful, almost phenominal.  His mind, almost without effort, seizes the important parts of his subject, which he presents, with many appropriate illustrations to his auditors.  His spartan-like convictions cause him to speak with convincing force, interest and zeal.  His easy, rapid and broad classifications enable him to speak without being tedious and tiresome to his auditors.
Intelligencer


Uniontown, Pa.: The church was packed with a deeply interested audience, and the young pastor deserved it, for he is a forceful and eloquent speaker.  Added to his vivid imagination and ready flow of language is an admirable faculty for humor and satire which he knows how to use with dignity and effect.  His shafts have a Parthian vigor, yet leave no sting.
Evening Genius

Vinton, Iowa.: C. H. Plattenburg gave his lecture, Worms Beneath the Bark from our Chautauqua Platform last August.  He captured his audience at the beginning and held it to the end.  Mr. Plattenburg is a gifted orator who electrifies his audience with his eloquence.  No other gift bestowed upon man exceeds the gift of eloquence, and Mr. Plattenburg has the gift and knows how to handle it.  Worms Beneath the Bark is a beautiful word picture, that is pleasing, entertaining and instructive.—George N. Urice, Secretary, Vinton Chautauqua