Stage calendar fills Boston theatres with varied acts
The Majestic, Hollis, Tremont and other venues announce next week lineups. Gertrude Hoffman headlines The Mimic World at the Majestic, with The Warrens of Virginia closing Saturday. Many titles follow, including The Richest Girl with Marie Doro and The Thief with Kyrie Bellew. Lyman H. Howe’s Touring Program comes to Tremont Temple, presenting a globe-spanning voyage through Stockholm to Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Hoffman
Majestic
Warrens
Virginia
Hollis
Marie Doro
Kyrie Bellew
Margaret Illington
Red Mill
Colonial
Boston Theatre Stock Company
King
Den
Man Thompson
Merry Widow
Tremont
the Globe
Castle Square Theatre
Heroes of the Street
Keith
Adelie Dunlap
Alice Lloyd
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Charlotte Hunt
May Morrison
Betty Wicreith Guy
Mabel Green
Avenue Girls
the Howard
Star Show
Williams and Walker
Orpheum Theatre
Bert Williams
Dora Dean
Harry Marks Stewart
Larry Smith
Vandeville
Hub Theatre
Theatre Comique
Lyman H. Howe
Tremont Temple
Stockholm
Sweden
Surrey
Old England
Manitoba
British Columbia
Cairo
Khartoum
Egypt
Mecca
Nile
Pyramids
Desert
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Said to Prevent Surgery
The advertisement claims Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has saved women from surgical operations. Testimonies from Mrs. 8 A Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs Alvina Sperling of Chicago Illinois describe relief from female troubles and avoidance of operations. The copy extols the remedy as a thirty year standard for female ills including displacements inflammation and fibroid tumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
8. A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Alvina Sperling
Cleyrne Ave
Chicago
The Milliner: wages and duties of women milliners
A Boston series on women workers describes millinery as a viable trade. Apprentices earn about 4.50 weekly. novices sew, frame hats, and trim. An experienced frame maker earns 10 to 12 weekly. expert trimmers 20 to 25 weekly. About 5000 women are employed in Massachusetts millinery, with nine hour days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Brockton Fair Opens With Sunny Weather And Horse Show
Sunny skies greeted the 35th Brockton Agricultural Society fair on Governor's Day drawing 35 000 attendees. Notables including Lieutenant Governor Draper viewed the horse show featuring entrants such as Reginald Co Vanderpilt Thomas G Plant Paul A Sorg C W Watson and J W Harriman. The fairhouse crowds filled every department as organizers declared financial success and with handtubs and veteran firemen arriving for the next day’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Brockton Agricultural Society
Draper
Boston
Reginald Co. Vanderpilt
Thomas G. Plant
Paul A. Sorg
New York
C. W. Watson
Fairmont Farms
Richmond
J. W. Harriman
Avondale Farm
Housatonic
Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Bostock’s Animals Arrive for New England Food Fair
A long line of cars delivered the Bostock trained wild animals to Mechanics Hall and the basement cages at the New England Food Fair. The show, combining Earl's Court London and Dreamland Coney Island, will be split during the fair with alternating performances daily starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
Frank C. Bostock Consolidated
Mechanics’ Building
Grand Hall
New England
Earl's Court
London
England
Dreamland
Coney Island
N. Y
Homer At Her Best In Worcester Festival
In Worcester on September 30 1908 Saint-Saens Samson and Delilah featured Mme Homer with Beddoe De Gogorza and Martin under Mees. Her superb voice and artistry drew high praise while Beddoe’s hoarseness affected the second act. Tomorrow Elgars Caractacus opens the New England festival with the usual soloists except Jomelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Saint-Saens
Samson and Delilah
E. Louise Homer
Daniel Beddoe
M. Emilio de Gogorza
Frederick Martin
Arthur Mees
Mme. Homer
Mr. Beddoe
DeGogorza
Abimelech
Gaza
Martin
Elgar
New England
Mme. Jomelli
Man Relies on Judgment to Avoid Wealth Accumulation
The statement suggests a four person approach can succeed in avoiding the accumulation of substantial money when guided by individual judgment.
Farmman Rescued from Suicide Attempt After Bloodhound Search
In Coopersville Michigan on Sept 30 George L Lawton a 45 year old farmer was tracked by bloodhounds to a woods hideout where he attempted to kill himself. Neighbors aided by a deputy sheriff located him in time to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coopersville
Mich
George L. Lawton
The Well Informed Demand for Citrus Syrup Laxative
The General Demand for a simple pleasant liquid laxative guides use of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The California Fig Syrup Co. promotes honest, gentle, prompt relief trusted by physicians and families. Buy the genuine product from leading druggists, fifty cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senna
California
Caliornia Fig Syrup Co
Debs Special Threats Stir Boston Waterbury Meeting Plans
Ex Representative James F. Carey labeled threats against Eugene V. Debs as hot air and fake. He cited Socialist Labor activity, Riley poems, and a Red Special visit itinerary through Waterbury Westfield Springfield Worcester Natick and Boston with a 40 member entourage and three bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debs
James F. Carey
Socialist Party
Post
Waterbury
Conn
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Labor Party
Gene Debs
Boston
Socialist Laborites
Carey
Faneuil Hall
Westfield
Springfield
Worcester
Natick
South Station
Brady Weds Miss Dalton at Sandwich Church
In Sandwich on Sept 30 Robert T. Brady, manager of the Bay State Belting Company, married Miss Josephine Dalton at Corpus Christi Church. The bride is sister of Captain John Wilfred Dalton. bridesmaid May Rose Dalton. best man James L. MacDonald of Boston. usher James C. White, private secretary to Boston Mayor Hibbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandwich
Robert T. Brady
Josephine Dalton
New Corpus Christi
Brady
Bay State Belting Company
John Wilfred Dalton
Cape Cod
May Rose Dalton
James L. MacDonald
Boston
James C. White
Hibbard
Woman in Roxbury Emerges from Bed to Warn of Fire
Miss Agnes Smith of Magazine Street Roxbury suffering from appendicitis sprang from bed to alert families on both floors that their house was on fire late Tuesday night Then she left her bed to safety. The blaze started in the first floor store and her dog woke her to the danger. She is recovering from the ordeal with no injuries beyond the strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Smith
Magazine Street
Roxbury
Miss Smith
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Wallace
Charlotte Corday
Panama
Wallace Gibson
Oxford
Menin
Edge
Stair
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Mme
Homer
BY Olin Downes
Laborites
James Whitcomb Riley
Miss Dalton
LA Vida
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Piedmont
Royal Arcanum
J. J. Hogan
John J. Hogan
Royal Arcanum Club
Ford Hall
Howard A. Horton
Howard C. Wiggin
Rome
William N. Ryder
Gloucester
Samuel L. Powers
Alice M. Bowditch
J. W. Hopkins
Alice May Bowditch
Somerville
James Wesley Hopkins
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
N. K. Bishop
Emanuel Episcopal Church
James Bowditch
Lexington Avenue
West
W. L. Douglas
Avanr A Anartmant
Essawasaes
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Baret
W.L. Douglas Shoe
Washington St
Cor
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Court St
Howard St
Hanover St
Summer St
Lincoln St
Dudley St
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