Squantum Seeks Annexation by Boston City
Irate Squantum residents petition the Legislature for annexation to Boston over local improvements. The move, filed at the State House and to be advertised, marks the first time a town portion seeks to join Boston. James H. Foster cites dissatisfaction with Quincy governance and notes a prior unanimous approval by an improvement group of 75 members.
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Squantum
Boston
State House
Quincy
James H. Foster
Local Improvement Association
Quincy Road of Trade
Gets-IT Corn Cure Claims Quick, sure relief
The advertisement touts GETS-IT as a fast sure remedy that removes corns. It promises rapid relief with dramatic claims and includes testimonials about its effectiveness.
Gets It Corn Remedy Promises Quick, Painless Results
The ad touts GETS IT as a fast 2 second application that dissolves corns, warts, callouses and bunions without harming surrounding flesh. It claims no bandages or knives needed and notes availability from BE Lawrence & Co. in Chicago and Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston.
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BE. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Boston
Self Cure for Rupture Headlined by Captain Collings Book
A self cure for double rupture is claimed by Captain Collings in a free, no obligation book and remedy. He says past doctors urged surgery but he healed himself, and now offers the book and remedy at no cost to readers who clip and mail a coupon.
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Collings
Truss
W. A. Collings
Reform League Announces 33rd Annual Meeting
The National Civil Service Reform League begins its 33rd annual two day session with a public meeting at the Hotel Vendome at 11 o'clock. Delegates from civil service groups nationwide and allied societies will attend. speakers include prominent civil service figures.
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National Civil Service Reform League
Hotel Vendome
League
Civil service convention opens at Hotel Vendome in Boston
The National Municipal League holds sessions at the Hotel Vendome with leaders from Harvard, Connecticut, and state commissions reading papers. A luncheon at the University Club precedes a public lecture at the YMCA hall. A public meeting and a Boston University Hall session feature talks on merit systems and good roads. The event closes with a banquet at the Vendome.
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Hotel Vendome
Simeon . Baldwin
Connecticut
Lowell
Harvard University
Clinton Rogers Woodrun
National Municipal League
Fon
Lewis van Dusen
Philadelphia Civil Service League
H. 8 S. Gilbertson
National
Short Ballot Organization
Garrett Droppers
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Logan W Page
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Huntington Avenue
Marian C. Nichols
Massachusetts Women's Auxiliary
Baldwin
Boston University Hall
Boylston Street
Philadelphia
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Dean of All Policemen Aged 93 Still Active in Weymouth
Oliver Houghton of East Weymouth, Civil War veteran and longtime Weymouth police officer since 1869, remains on active duty as a special officer. He has served as chief, patrolman, constable, and remains alert and faithful while taking lighter tasks due to age.
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Oliver Houghton
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Hss
Houghton
16Th
Massachusetts Light Artillery
Washington, D. C
Talks on Babyology Promises Insightful Next Sunday
A brief notice announces another installment of Talks on Babyology, described as highly interesting and valuable. The event is set for the upcoming Sunday in the publication’s schedule.
Wilson outlines anti trust program for current session
President Wilson and six Democratic House Judiciary Committee members concluded a White House meeting outlining the anti trust legislation to be pushed this session. The measures aim to advance several specified goals as the administration prepares its bills.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
House Judiciary Committee
White House eyes trust law overhaul and interlocking bans
The plan would declare nearly a dozen forms of restraints and contracts conclusively unreasonable, shifting the burden to defendants to prove no restraint. It would prohibit interlocking directorates among large firms and create an interstate trade commission to regulate, investigate, and aid courts in dissolving trusts. The President backs general Lemroot LaFollette bill ideas as White House talks continue with Congress.
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Interstate Trade Commission
White House
House
Doctor Fined In Fraud Case In Quincy District Court
Dr. John H. Anderson faced five charges from State Officer Arthur Keating for Boston Mutual Life Insurance. He allegedly certified applicants as sound without examination. James H. McNeill pleaded guilty to one charge and was fined 100 dollars with sentence suspended for a year. other charges were placed on file. Anderson's office and residence are noted in Gothland Street and his wife lives at Washington and Edwards streets.
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John H. Anderson
Quincy
Avery
Arthur Keating
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
Anderson
South Boston
James H. McNeill
Gothland Street
Washington and
Edwards Streets
Government Seizes Chicago Health Bulletin Photograph
The United States government seized and destroyed the current weekly bulletin of the Chicago health department. The back page showed a photo of the reverse side of a silver dollar, and reproducing a coin likeness carries a $100 fine.
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Chicago
United States
Chicago Health Department
Colds Cause Headache and Grips Prompts New Tablet Box
Fragmentary clipping notes a medicine box with bromio quinine tablets priced at 25 cents and marked with a signature. The garbled text suggests an ordinary cold remedy warning or endorsement printed on packaging.
Home for Aged People Is Nearly Completed
The Deutsches Altenheim on Centre street West Roxbury is nearing completion and will be ready for occupancy by week’s end. The colonial style concrete building sits on a hilltop among over an acre of woodland and features a five room first floor and four room basement with living dining kitchen lounges laundry and heating plant. A large four sided piazza and gas lit halls with steam heating and electric lighting complete the care home’s quiet setting.
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Deutsches
Secretary Pleads for Widows Society at Annual Meeting
At the seventh annual Widows Society meeting Mrs William Caleb Loring the secretary warned that the society is in a bad way. She urged more contributions and new enlistments to prevent reduced assistance to beneficiaries.
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Widows’ Society
The
William Caleb Loring
Policeman's Slayer Is Electrocuted in New York
Nelson Sharp of Monroe county was executed in the electric chair in Auburn New York for the murder of Patrolman Frank Ford of the Rochester police. He faced death unaided and died today after the May 18 1912 crime.
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Auburn
N. Y
Nelson Sharp
Monroe County
Frank Ford
Rochester Police
Doctors Discuss Eugenics at Massachusetts Meeting
The eighty first session of the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological Society convened in Evans Memorial Hall with many city physicians in attendance. Dr Evangeline W Young spoke on practical eugenic problems and education and legislation. Mrs Irving R Day discussed sex hygiene. Dr Horace Packard spoke on Oriental eugenics after returning from Japan. Officers for the next year were elected and a skin grafting exhibit featured at the scientific session. about 150 members attended a banquet at Hotel Thorndike.
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Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological Society
iEvans Memorial Hall
Evangeline W. Young
Irving R. Day
Horace Packard
Japan
George V. N. Dearborn
Frank Gardner
DeWitt G. Wilcox
Mary Pratt Chadwick
Herbert D. Boyd
Clara Grey
M. D
Harry J. Lee
Caroline Y. Wentworth
Hotel Thorndike
Adamson's Balsam Ad Warns About Cold Dangers
An advertisement urges readers not to trifle with a cold and claims Adamson's Balsam will cure it, highlighting the health risk and a remedy from a period ad.
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Adamson
Adenoids Gone Cure for Boy's Criminous Tendency Draws Comment
In Malden District Court, William J. English, a 14 year old Everett boy, is claimed to have stopped petty crimes after adenoid removal. Doctors assess possible hypnosis, brain function, or coincidence, with opinions split on a causal link.
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Malden District Court
William J. English
Everett
Boston
English youth freed after adenoid operation court case
Yesterday in Malden Court the English boy, on probation after a two year pattern of neighborhood trouble and a recent larceny charge, was described by doctors teachers police and parents as a model youth since Dr. R H Morris removed his enlarged adenoids. Judge Bruce ordered the case dismissed amid testimony linking past misconduct to his affliction.
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Malden
R. H. Morris
Everett
Young Jinglish
Bruce
Henry A. Christian
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Elks Lodge Opens New $35,000 Building for Bazaar
The Vere lodge of Elks unveiled its new 35000 dollar building to the public on opening night of a four day bazaar. Hundreds of members and friends attended with the goal of raising funds to finish interior furnishings.
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Revere Lodge of Elks
Health column cures and tonics for common ailments
Read answers offer dandruff cure plain yellow min go, weight gain with hypo nuclane tablets, rheumatism mixture, mentholaxene syrup for cold, digestives telepeptine, cadomene tablets for energy, arbolone for weight loss, sulphur tablets for constipation, and tincture card balmwort for bed wetting and catarrh relief.
Harvard Players Present Let's Get Married at Brattle Hall
Harvard Dramatic Club stages the winter season premiere in Brattle Hall Cambridge this evening. The three act farce Let's Get Married by Emmet S. Beach Harvard student from Saginaw Michigan is featured. A curtain raiser The Three Strangers adapts the book of that name is planned.
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Harvard Dramatic Club
Brattle Hall
Cambridge
Emmet S. Beach
Harvard
Saginaw, Mich
Get Rid of Piles at Home With Pyramid Pile Remedy
Advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Remedy promising relief from piles without surgery. Claims quick reduction of congested veins and pain relief, offering a free trial package by mail and a regular 50 cent package at drug stores. Recommends sending coupons and using a pile truss if worn.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
Marshall, Mich
Fred
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