Frank Beard was many things. A guest speaker at Otterbein’s College Chapel on a cold day just before Christmas, 1880, he was a Union veteran of the Civil War, a prominent artist, illustrator, and speaker on the Chautauqua circuit. He was a Prohibitionist and a popular entertainer, well paid for his services.[i]

 

He was also deaf.

[i] Columbus Dispatch, December 18, 1880

 

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