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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
9
Washington dispatch reports Surgeon General Torney concludes hookworm disease, despite its economic importance in the South, does not greatly affect the health and efficiency of the army after extensive investigation into its prevalence and severity within military ranks.
Surgeon Torney presents annual findings to the Secretary of War noting many infections show no symptoms. Microscopic tests reveal mild cases. Major Chamberlain’s Jackson Barracks study shows 68 percent infection among 44 Southern recruits, 54 percent among 57 Southern first enlistments, and 15 percent among 384 Southern second or later enlistments.
Remains of a cellar wall from the original Harvard College building or Edward Goffes house, dating to 1638, have been uncovered on Massachusetts Avenue near Wadsworth House. The wall suggests the Goffes house site and may reveal foundations of the university’s first structure as work continues eastward.
In a caucus today Democratic Senators chose Senator H D Money of Mississippi as the Senate minority leader to replace Senator Culberson of Texas who resigned.
A cable report from Santo Domingo says the British vessel Johanna carrying 250000 dollars worth of sugar from Hailo to Philadelphia with 25 crew members sank at sea off Santo Domingo. Half the crew may have perished.
A message from Captain Nickerson aboard the Johanna confirms his ship foundered but that he and at least half the crew are safe. The vessel sailed from Iloilo on April 27 and last reported Aug 17 at Port Natal. Chief Officer Wyman is missing. The Johanna, built in 1891 at Amsterdam for the Anglo-American Oil Company, measures 238 feet long with a 37 foot beam and 22 feet deep.
Captain Horace Hillman of the Eliza Benner from Edgartown reports selling 22 000 pounds haddock and 1 000 cod after two days off Sandy Head. Nine other vessels arrive with mixed catches and fluctuating prices as British ships bring sugar and lumber shipments. ashore vessels Henry M Stanley and Clin tonia face losses or light damage while weather and cargo moves continue.
Governor Draper and Miss Caroline Atherton spoke at the Lynn Women's Clubhouse opening a $50 000 building. They urged cooperation as a civic force, noting factory growth, railroads and the role of churches and political parties in progress. Church, nation and city were represented among 400 attendees from multiple clubs.
Ship arrivals list numerous steamers and schooners docking at Halifax Boston Philadelphia New York and other ports. Vessels include Ivernia Columbian Canadian and City of Macon with crews changing hands and tugs assisting barges. A detailed ledger notes origins destinations and dates from late November to December.
Pianist William A. Becker faced mixed verdicts in Jordan Hall as critics praised his dramatic Chopin and Schubert Schumann pieces yet faulted technique and control. Review notes heavy pedaling and uneven balance between hands, while highlighting a memorable Vogel als Prophet and the Polonaise.
A publisher style advertises Pape's Diapepsin as a safe candy like remedy that digests food and prevents indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes and promotes a 50 cent case from the pharmacist for gas sour stomach headaches and stomach discomfort. It stresses ease of use and avoiding laxatives.
The herring at Bay of Islands has migrated 300 miles to St Mary's Placentia and Fortune bays with fishermen predicting a complete fishery failure at Bay of Islands for 10 or 20 years. The note cites experienced fishermen and references Wynd's Point Malvern England with a death date for Jennie Lind as November 2, 1887.
Fifteen lives and half a million dollars in property loss on land and sea are the tolls from a storm that swept Newfoundland and its waters over the last ten days. A note mentions a $100 prize awaiting 20 Boston schoolchildren whose photos appear in the next issue for identification.
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