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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1909
Page
9
A recalling narrator recalls Bob Garnet now famed comedian and their 25 year friendship born in misery. They share childhood circus days, Bob’s hard times, a sick girl named Gay, and their joint effort to ease her suffering with small gifts and shared tears.
In a backstage drama, Bob endures a night of hardship as a sick child struggles nearby. He battles his own pain to perform, kissing the girl goodbye and masking sorrow with a public grin. The narrative reveals his vow that the stage must erase personal sorrow for the show.
Frank Curtis known as the apostle of temperance conducts good cheer services every Sunday at 9 a m with hot coffee and sandwiches at Marshall's Work ingmen's Hotel. The meetings will continue throughout the winter.
An ad claims Mi o na tablets relieve stomach distress instantly and permanently cure dyspepsia by fortifying stomach walls. It cites a 1908 testimonial from E Bromley and promotes a 50 cent tin box at Riker Jaynes Drug Co with Booths Laxative Pills at 25 cents.
A sequence of home recipes including egg gelatine eggs filled and set in shells with jelly, chocolate squares with dates and nuts, a date and orange filling, and a spiced fruit cake. Recipes credited to Mrs. George P Ayres, Mrs Bingham Taylor, and Grace Marion Butler with ingredient lists and instructions.
A young man aged 25 asks about dating a woman 13 years older. The response notes peers ridicule him but urges self respect, warns that a 13 year gap often leads to unequal grounds in ten years, and suggests such marriages carry significant risks despite occasional happy outcomes.
At 8 o clock in Faneuil Hall the Fraternal Welfare League hosts a mass meeting of Boston's Young People's Clubs marking Lincoln's 100th birth anniversary. Saul Shore presides. Charles H. Baker gives the opening address. Frank Stearn recites Gettysburg Address. Mayors Hibbard and Lee Hicks, Drue King and others speak. Mary Slifer will read Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby.
Mme. Marcella Sembrich signed for 80 concerts in America next season under Loudon Charlton management. The tour will run from October to May 1910, visiting principal cities across the United States Canada and Mexico.
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