If you were in Skidmore, Missouri on this date in 1908, you could have experienced a clean, wholesome play with real heart throbs. Here’s the advertisement from the Skidmore New Era, November 26, 1908, page 4:
Advertisement reads, “Coming! Coming! Gordiner Brothers’ Company. Presenting Charles A. Gordiner’s new play, ‘Big Jim’ at Opera House, Skidmore, Mo. Tuesday Evening, December 1. A new rural comedy in four acts. A play that teems with real heart throbs. Clean, wholesome and amusing. A play that you will like, one that you will want to see a second time. A play that you will feel better for having seen. Each of the four acts is set with special scenery.”