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Humorous Preacher Hob Burdette Near Death in Pasadena
Frank T. Berright reports on Hob Burdette a famed American humorist and preacher whose health is described as critical. He endures severe pain from a sciatic nerve injury while staying in Pasadena and receiving support from his “boys” of the American Press Humoriste. Burdette postponed a lecture tour to comfort a dying child from his church family.
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Humoriste
United Press
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Mark Twain
Ellmer King
Pasadena
Dy. Burdette
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Federation of Women's Clubs
America
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Hob” Burdette
Hob Burdette
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