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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1909
Page
2
Senator Root paid tribute to Dr. Eliot praising his four decades of influence on Harvard and American education. President Taft cheered as Root lauded Eliot while Eliot said he would pass Harvard to younger hands and look forward to ongoing progress under his successor.
Alexander Garvey, a blind Civil War veteran, was paralyzed aboard a Roxbury to South Boston car while en route to the Immaculate Conception Church retreat. Police arrested him for drunkenness at City Point terminal, and he was sent to City Hospital for treatment after being ejected at West Newton Street.
In a Post reporter interview, Mary Garden expresses happiness and gratitude for the warm Boston reception. She notes the crowd’s keen appreciation, the theatre’s facial expressions over applause, and her wish to meet Harvard students, while mentioning a slight cold but overall joy.
MacDonnell's Tremont Temple marks its 21st anniversary with a record-breaking week of bargains. The Big Little Store offers a space filling display of goods, courteous service, and the motto good goods at right prices. Customers are drawn by new special bargains this week surpassing all prior offers.
Miss Garden captivates Boston with a powerful Salome performance aided by M Renaud and an attentive, stylish crowd. The reviewer notes her dramatic interpretation equals her singing and highlights the audience’s sincere admiration and the strong supporting cast. Governor Draper applauds, Campanini conducts the orchestra, and Hammerstein plans to return to supervise the engagement.
Mary Garden stars in Thais at Hammerstein’s Boston venue. The production contrasts revival charm with daring modern staging, drawing a large, varied audience and strong crowd anticipation for Garden’s future appearances.
The second opera night surpassed the first with Governor and Mrs. Draper among arrivals greeting friends in the lobby. Society figures including Mrs. Curtis Guild and many others wore black lace, satin, and liberty fabrics in elaborate gowns with diamonds and lace detailing.
A testim onial from women in Camden New Jersey and Erie Pennsylvania promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy for female troubles. The advertisement claims a 30 year record, roots and herbs origin, and urges all suffering women to try the medicine. It asserts many cures and advertises genuine testimonials.
An ad promotes the Phono-Pneumo treatment claiming it cures deafness and catarrh by addressing ear tube blockage ear bone stiffness and thickened eardrum and offers free consultation and trial before April 11. Notable testimonials cite long-term deafness from Paradise Green Stratford South Boston Bridgewater and other locations.
Office at 92 Huntington Ave Boston near Mechanics Building lists hours 9 11 AM 1 80 8 30 PM Tuesday and Friday evenings 6 8 closed Sundays holidays offers books on Deafness and Catarrh and specializes in Deafness and Catarrh.
In Pasadena California at high noon March 29 the wedding of J Lollie Heilbronner of Chicago Illinois and Helen Brown Campbell of Hull Massachusetts was conducted by the Rev Samuel G Dunham No cards issued
Death notices from Dorchester Cambridge East Boston and surrounding areas detail March 28 to April 1 funeral plans. Eliza Callahan Catherine Doyle Ettridge Mary McLaughlin John Hayes infant Mary Murphy Noone James Noone Lewis Richardson plus church Masses at St Margaret's Sacred Heart Immaculate Conception and Eliot Church. Relatives invited to attend.
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