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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
9
By the will of Mrs. Ellen B. Derby of Fitchburg who died April 17 a framed wool specimen from Mary’s Lamb was left by Miss Mary E. Tyler of Somerville to the Somerville Historical Society.
Edward J. Ryan of Boston was elected national president of the Railway Mail Association over George H. Fair of Topeka and L. G Freeman of Syracuse. Ryan received 4700 votes, Fair 9500, and Freeman 1300. Voting by mail, results announced at the Quincy House.
Dr. John Babst Blake told the Women's Municipal League that public knowledge of cancer symptoms could lower deaths. He and Dr. Edward Nichols spoke under AMA auspices about disease prevalence, recognition, and early action, with Nichols focusing on laboratory aspects.
Dr Blake argues that if public understanding of cancer symptoms and early detection spread within five years, cancer deaths could drop 75 percent. He notes cancer is curable when localized, urges vigilance after age 30 and warns against the belief that cancer means death.
The funeral for Dr. A Ernest Gale of Brookline died at his Chestnut Hill home Tuesday April 27 at age 46 follows a six month illness. Gale, linked to John Paulding Meade & Co Boston, is a Haverhill native son of John E Gale and brother of Herbert Gale of Gale Shoe Mfg Co. He attended Andover Academy class of 1888, Harvard 1889, then Michigan Medical School and practiced in Chicago for about a decade before illness halted his work.
The body of Mrs Tryphena McNeill queen of the McNeill clan of roving gypsies was moved from Simonsville to Guttenberg New Jersey to lie in a vault until Decoration Day when elaborate burial rites will occur.
Five hundred Harvard seniors in caps and gowns knelt before the freshman class at Widener Memorial Library and begged for money for the annual senior picnic. The collection, lasting over an hour, yielded $245 in watches jewelry and cash as freshmen tossed bills into canvas nets. Charles Brickley criticized the freshmen before they loosened up to donate.
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