Plague War Spreads Tuberculosis Hospital Plans in Mass
The Massachusetts Anti-Tuberculosis League held its second annual conference at 3 Jay Street. Speakers discussed state plans for additional tuberculosis hospitals and the role of society and local boards of health in rural areas. Dr Vincent Y Bowditch was re elected president, with other officers unchanged.
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State Department of Health
Boards of Health
Massachusetts Anti-Tuberculosis League
Jay Street
Vincent Y. Bowditch
Health officials urged stronger tuberculosis controls and open air schools
Dr Bowditch praised the health department for enforcing dispensary and hospital laws. Calls for stricter tuberculosis case registration and open air schools for tuberculous and healthy children. Dr Eugene R Kelley outlined plans for more tuberculosis hospitals managed by county officials. Lynn Board of Health urged cooperation with private agencies. Red Cross Christmas seal sales exceeded prior seasons. Afternoon papers urged rural surveys and more hospitals. the four state sanatoria face administrative challenges and patient adjustments.
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Bowditch
Commissioner of Health
Eugene R. Kelley
State Department of Health
Department
Tapper
Lynn
State Department
Arthur K. Stone
Trustees of Hospitals
Boards of Health
Stone
Fifteen Nominees Named for Harvard Overseers
The Harvard Alumni Association nominating committee selected fifteen graduates to stand for five Overseer positions to be elected at June commencement. Terms expiring include Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, Francis L. Higginson, Rev. George A. Gordon, and Abbot Low Mills. The top ten on a semi final ballot will appear on the June ballot, with the five highest vote-getters becoming Overseers. Nominees include William Thomas San Francisco Amory G. Hodges New York Howard Elliott Boston Congressman Samuel I E Winslow Worcester Odin Roberts Brookline Mark A DeWolfe Howe Boston Franklin G Balch Boston J Pierpont Morgan New York James A Lowell Boston Hugh M Landon Indianapolis Robert Homans Boston Philip Stockton Boston Eliot Wadsworth Boston Francis Lee Higginson Jr Boston Rev Samuel S Drury St Paul’s School Concord NH.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Eliot
Francis L. Higginson
George A. Gordon
Abbot Low Mills
William Thomas
San Francisco
Amory G. Hodges
New York
Howard Elliott
Boston
Samuel I E. Winslow
Worcester
Odin Roberts
Brookline
Mark A. DeWolfe Howe
Franklin G. Balch
J. Pierpont Morgan
James A. Lowell
Hugh M. Landon
Indianapolis
Robert Homans
Philip Stockton
Eliot Wadsworth
Francis Lee Higginson, Jr
Samuel S. Drury
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Suffragist Alice Duer Miller Urges Active Women
Mrs. Alice Duer Miller of New York urged more suffrage activity before about 100 women at Miss Rose Dexter 400 Beacon Street drawing room yesterday afternoon. Miller promotes heightened effort for women's rights and suffrage.
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Alice Duer Miller
New York
Rose Dexter
Beacon Street
Firefighters battle Belvidere Court blaze on Belvidere Street
Firemen fought a fourth floor fire at Belvidere Court apartment house 57 Belvidere Street Back Bay. A woman spectator halted them to argue religion but was redirected. Damage estimated at about 500 dollars as smoke prompted several occupants to evacuate with no injuries reported.
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Belvidere Court
Belvidere Street
Back Bay
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