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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
7
Dr John D Adams of 251 Beacon street successfully grafted bone into a 7 year old boy at the Boston Dispensary. Pieces removed from the spine were replaced with bone from the patient’s own skin to halt a spreading infection.
Witnesses for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen testified in a Pittsburgh arbitration with 54 eastern railroads that mechanical stokers did not reduce firemen’s work and sometimes increased it. George D. Blackburn said firemen on Pennsylvania lines had inflated trip reports to exaggerate stokers' efficiency. the practice stopped after railroad officials admonished firemen.
Cairo Illinois reports the Ohio river reaching 54.4 feet at 6 30 PM marking a record high and driving the city into an exceptional flood state. In Paducah Kentucky floods worsen as first floors in wholesale and many retail stores flood while the river climbs to 52 2 feet with forecast to rise four more feet.
Hyomei uses healing oils and balsams to purify the air you breathe reaching nose throat and lungs. The treatment claims to kill catarrhal germs and restore mucous membranes with an air bath. It is sold with a money back guarantee and a complete outfit priced at 1.00 with 50 cent refills. Druggists nationwide offer the product.
An advertisement from United Feather Co. offers deep discounts on French plumes ranging from 15 to 34 inches and 21 to 22 inches, with various regular values. It promotes feather repair and styling at Temple Place Boston with quick dyeing and satisfaction guaranteed.
A triple bill by the Irish Players last evening featured Coats a one act comedy by Lady Gregory Maurice Harte a two act study of a man urged toward holy orders and The Wors e House Ward a Lady Gregory piece All three were praised for lively performances led by Arthur Sinclair Fred O Donovan and Eileen O Doherty with strong turns by J A O Rourke and Miss Allgood The program drew enthusiastic audience response to both new and familiar works.
Funeral set for Emily A Fifield a creator of manual training and kindergarten in Boston schools. She died yesterday at age 72 73. Services at Meeting House Hill Unitarian Church 12 30 PM tomorrow. Burial in Weymouth Old Village Cemetery. She served 18 years on the Boston school committee and was a nationally known education expert.
The Dorchester Progressive Club formed after prior storm delays met at the Municipal building Upham's Corner and elected officers. William L. Fernandez president John F. Leake second vice president D Frank Doherty third vice president Thomas G Powell treasurer Mrs James B Connolly vice president with about 100 in attendance Raymond FP Delano presiding.
Professor G C Whipple of Harvard's sanitary engineering department said in a lecture on vital statistics that married persons live longer than single ones. He noted higher death rates for married women up to age 40 and linked industry and immigration to rising deaths. He cited seasonal patterns and related aging in bank presidents to late life.
Lady Gregory will present the second of her talks tomorrow at 3 o clock at the Plymouth Theatre. She will speak on folk lore drawing from legends and stories of the West of Ireland. A special matinee next Tuesday supports the gallery project for Sir Hugh Lane’s Paris collection.
Four boys escaped today from the State Industrial School in Manchester New Hampshire and had not been located by late tonight. The escapees are Edward Boyer Frank Greenwood Harry Brown and Harry Simpson.
The Misses Fuller of Dorset England perform English Scottish and Irish folk songs in Victorian dress. The recital at Shailer Hall Brookline High School is April 7 at 8 15 pm with Irish harp accompaniment. Tickets from Miss Elizabeth Ward Paine's, Village Square shops and at the door. Patronesses listed.
Three workers were injured when scaffolding collapsed at 826 Washington Street Newton. Charles E. Wood 40 Beacon Street Newton suffers back and head injuries with possible fatal outcome. Christopher J. Grenrod 83 Watertown has a fractured wrist and possible internal injuries. J Paul Marchant 88 Newton sustains leg injuries.
Hveh Mack a bagpipe specialist sued after the Beacon Theatre paid him 1.35 for a week in Boston. He claimed 30 for 22 performances and the Suffolk Municipal Court ruled he deserved one twenty second of the salary, or 1.35, after testimony about cold pipes and audience reaction.
Yves Faure, a French military aviator, was killed when his biplane overturned at 300 feet and crushed beneath the motor on impact in Varisalles. The fatal crash occurred today as he attempted a routine flight, with details confirming a direct accident during operation.
A blaze in the sub basement of the Commercial building in St. Louis today damaged the reserve stock of the T. B. Boyd Furnishing Goods Company by 125000 dollars and the building by about 15000 dollars.
New Rochelle New York April 2 Edward J Fogarty of New Haven a Sheffield Scientific School student at Yale was instantly killed by a fall and electric shock. Donald F E Brockett another Yale student was badly burned but will recover.
Fogarty and Brockett, workers for a New Rochelle attorney, attempted to measure the Division street bridge for a damage suit. Fogarty touched a live wire and was hurled 30 feet to the tracks, suffering a skull crush. Fogarty hailed from Ansonia Connecticut and Brockett resided in Kansas City.
Cora Spencer a 17 year old girl at 330 Broadway Malden attempted to take poison by drinking tincture of iodine yesterday morning. A stomach pump saved her life but she remains in a very serious condition at the home.
Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch, speaking at the Mississippi valley suffrage conference in St. Louis, urged caution for women marching and lobbying. She cited a Springfield incident where a lobbyist was flirted with on a sofa, saying chaperones are needed to protect the cause.
Sarah J. DeBelle, 47, of 27 Berwick Park South End, is held at Charles Street jail after failing to post 3000 bail set by Judge Wentworth of the Municipal Court. She faces charges of carrying a loaded revolver and threatening Judge George of the Probate Court ahead of next grand jury appearance.
More than 1000 attendees at Copley Hall for the Boston Newsboys Club fourth annual show The Isle of Bamboo a two part musical comedy was a great success among present were Mrs John L Gardner Mrs Emma Wright Gibbs Mrs Francis L Higginson Mrs James J Storrow and Mrs Barrett Wendell Musical numbers included Daniel V Mulkern Maurice Idelson Edward Lothstein Max Cohen David Newman William Rivitz Alvert Shapiro and Dennis Sullivan After the show dancing followed with a long list of dances and encores into the morning hours.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine that tones the blood and body, prevents fevers, boosts appetite, and combats fatigue and nervous exhaustion. It urges readers to obtain a bottle today amid flood concerns.
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