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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1920
Page
21
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs for gentle stomach relief. It claims children enjoy the fruity taste and notes full directions on each bottle, urging buyers to look for the California name on the package to ensure a harmless laxative.
The data summary lists mean barometer, mean temperature, mean dew point and mean relative humidity as reported in the period weather observations. No further context or values are provided in the fragment.
The largest fisher fleet in months gathered at the local mart with 52 vessels and hundreds of thousands of pounds of seafood. Prices slumped while notable arrivals included the Gladys Thorburn with 54 swordfish and the Loon bringing the region’s biggest catch in years, along with coal imports from New York and Norfolk.
Shipping notices list steamers and tugs sailing from North America to ports like Halifax New York and Narragansett for September. Vessels include Prince Arthur Governor Dingley Lackawanna Valley North Land Socony Bel fast and schooners Billie Martin and Eskimo. Tows involve barges Canton ton Three Sons Kath leen and L H Davidson and others sailing from Jersey City and Portland to New York as reported.
The Cave Girl by George Middleton and Guy Bolton opens in the city at the Globe Theatre last evening. The story follows a woods living girl with basic education and wholesome ideas, not a prehistoric cave dweller.
Grace Valentine leads a Stratford style woodland romance as a New York banker schemes to wed his son to the widow’s daughter. A forest professor and his adopted daughter complicate loyalties, with theft, fire, and romance driving the denouement. The cast includes John Cope, Mark Smith, Martha Mayo, Marion Buckler, Saxon Kliing, Arthur Bates, Brandon Peters, and Franklyn Hanna.
Vaudeville bill at Keiths Theatre features Va Le ska Suratt in Scarlett with John McFarlane and Jack Hayden. The lineup includes Val and Ernie Stanton English Boys From America Miller and Mack Patricola Ed Janis Le Grohs Devorah and Zemater and Kinograms topics of the day.
The week’s top feature is If I Were King with William Farnum as Francois Villon, touted as one of Boston’s best first run photoplays. The vaudeville bill features Marie Fitzgibbons, Page Hack and Mack in Wait for a Friend, Morris and Gordon in A Holland Halloween, Furman and Nash and Seymour and Jeanette, Topics of the Oy and Kinograms.
King Victor Emmanuel signed the treaty of St Germain today in Rome. The accord, approved by both chambers, re establishes peace between Italy and Austria after unanimous Senate approval.
Southampton Sept 27 Two seamen from the White Star liner Olympic were remanded for a week without bail on charges of stealing a ring from Mrs Lucius M Boomer of New York as the case moved toward a formal trial.
London social rivalries flare as Jimmy Challoner clings to Cynthia while Christine weds him. Christine's kinsman Alfred Kettering stirs tension with secretive returns and social intrigue. Gladys Leighton watches, Kept Horatio’s shadow looms, and a staged romance frays under suspicion.
Jimmy Challoner considers warning Kettering away as Christine tests his patience with a sharp welcome and hints at dinner plans. Kettering excuses himself, while Christine and Jimmy grapple with unspoken tensions and possible separations.
Mrs Challoner and Mr Kettering share a tense farewell after a tense interruption. He longs for her happiness and urges giving her husband another chance, while she battles tears and longing. The scene ends with her retreating to her room as the night grows dark.
In New York a Cortinaphone method offers a piano teacher in every home with twelve double disc records and a guided course. The R. D. Cortina Company at 14 East 46th Street distributes a free booklet detailing the home instruction system.
Fashion notes show nets embroidered in tinsels and colors as evening wear key item. The fall tailor made suit pairs with the long tuxedo collar as a defining style feature.
Victor Herbert leads a musical comedy revival at the Tremont Theatre in The Girl in the Spotlight. The show features strong singing, lavish costumes, bright dialogue, and a plot about Molly Shannon seizing her chance in show business with Max Preiss as producer. Nina Romaine's health rebound, a twist with the true author, and Preiss’s downfall anchor the entertaining portrait praised by Broadway.
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