Famous Doctor Southard Dies in New York
Dr. Elmer Ernest Southard, 70 Francis Avenue Cambridge, a renowned psychiatrist and Harvard faculty member, died yesterday in New York after a three day pneumonia illness. His wife, Dr. Mabel Austin Southard, lecturer at Wellesley College, was at his bedside.
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Elmer Ernest Southard
Francis Avenue
Cambridge
Harvard University
New York
Mabel Austin-Southard
Wellesley College
Dr. Southard Acknowledged as Leading Mental Health Authority
Noted physician Dr. Southard earned international recognition for psychiatry and social service in hospitals. Born in Boston in 1876, Harvard graduate, chess champion, he held key roles at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts mental health institutions, served in WWI, and led national psychiatry groups. Survived by wife Dr. Mabel Fletcher Austin and three children, Horace A., Ordway, and Anne G.
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Southard
Europe
Horace A
Ordway
Anne G
Boston
Harvard
Mabel Fletcher Austin
Austin
Minnesota
Cambridge Institution
Boston Chess Club
St. Botolph Club
Senckenberg Institute
Wrckfort
University of Heidelberg
Bullard
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Commission On Mental Diseases
Massachusetts Psychiatric Institution
George Washington University
Chemical Warfare Service
National Research Council
Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Medico-Psycho Association
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Pittsburg Fire Destroys Two Buildings in McNeesport
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed two buildings and damaged several more at McNeesport near Pittsburg. Loss estimated at 2800,000 with $800,000 noted as PIT. Fire authorities investigated the blaze on February 8.
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Pittsburg
McNeesport
Here
Jews in Ukraine Starvation Appeal Draws New England Audience
Meyer Grossman former head of the Jewish secretariat of the Ukrainian government urged American Jews to aid starving Ukrainians at a Scollay Square Theatre meeting. The Zionist Bureau for New England organized Palestine week to boost relief and support for rehabilitation efforts. Other speakers included Dr. M. M. Eichler Abraham Alpert Robert Silverman Henry H. Levenson and Benjamin Rabalsky.
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Meyer Grossman
Ukraine
Mr. Grossman
Grossman
Ukrainia
Palestine
America
M. M. Eichler
Abraham Alpert
Robert Silverman
Henry H. Levenson
Benjamin Rabalsky
Luxurious planes promise fast travel and safety in mass aviation
The article describes luxury passenger planes with salons, electric lighting, wireless telegraph and telephone, and two tons payload. It notes Aero Club of Massachusetts aims safety first, no aerobatics, and plans for winter wheels and summer skis. Boston and New England push to lead in commercial aviation with new seaplanes and field expansions.
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London
Paris
Aero Club of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
New England
William F. Long
International Aircraft Corporation
Reginald Thomas
Thomas-Pigeon Aircraft Corporation
East Boston
Paton MacGilvary
Curtiss Airplane Company
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Philip C. Nash
Pemberton
Influenza Cases Rise Amid Nurse Shortage
The city faces a surge in influenza cases as health authorities struggle to combat the disease with a shortage of nurses. Volunteers arrived yesterday at the District Nursing Association, but demand for nurses remains far higher than supply.
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District Nursing Association
Influenza Toll Rises in Boston as City Seeks Volunteers
Boston reports 147 new influenza cases by 9 am and sixteen additional flu deaths along with fourteen pneumonia deaths. Dr. Woodward says the year’s illness is less virulent and shorter in duration, with peak expected by midweek. Red Cross emergency committee seeks nurses and volunteers, station nursing rooms operate citywide, and volunteers are urged to report to the Red Cross at 142 Poylston Street.
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Boston
William C. Woodward
Woodward
The
Red Cross
Greater
Salvation Army Hospital
Gifford
Nursing Association
Influenza Emergency Committee
Volunteer Service Bureau of the Red Cross
Poylston Street
Horse Dies in Roxbury Stable Fire
One horse perished and seven were saved when fire swept the Sandy Bros stable at 959 and 961 Columbus Ave Roxbury shortly after 9 PM. The two story wooden building stored hay and grain in a thickly settled district. Snow hindered the fire department and damage reached $3000. cause unknown.
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Sandy Bros
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
Germany Receives Allied List of War Criminals
Berlin reports that the allied list of war criminals and a covering letter were handed to Premier Gustav Bauer by the French chargé d affaires M De Marcilly at 9 p m Saturday. The note explains why only the greatest offenders are named and states Germany may be prosecuted for others if found.
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Berlin
Gustav Bauer
M. de Marcilly
Millerand
Baron Kurt von Lersner
Bauer
von Lersner
Germany
Milerand
Baron von Leisner
Paris
Army
Navy
von Heeringen
von Kluck
Falkenhayn
Pastor Denounces Spiritualism in Church Sermon
The Rev. William Harmon van Allen, rector of the Church of the Advent, condemned spiritualism and mediums at a recent service. He said the afterlife as portrayed by spirits is grotesque and trivial and would rather die than enter such a world.
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William Harmon van Allen
Church of the Advent
Fire sprinklers and safety urged against measure
The letter argues House Bill No. 441 would repeal powers requiring automatic sprinklers in high risk buildings, including basements of mercantile structures and tenements. It cites Boston records of 80 fires extinguished in a year and urges retaining sprinkler rules to protect life and property. Alfred Davenport signs as chair of the Fire Prevention Committee, National Association of Insurance Agents.
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City of
Boston
Boston Board of Underwriters
Alfred Davenport
National Association of Insurance Agents
Shipping Board savings cut payroll and costs
The Shipping Board reports reorganizing the division of operations saves over 1 million dollars annually. By dropping 454 employees the payroll falls 60 percent and staff drops 63 percent. Further savings come from halting printed publications and reduced stationery use across district offices in principal seaports and Washington.
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Shipping Board
Washington
The
Payne
theNamaion
Bromo Quinine Tablets For Cold Prevention Ad
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a preventative for colds grip or influenza. It directs readers to look for B W Grove on the box and notes a 30 cent price.
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B. W Grove
Free 10 Day Tube Promises Cleaner Whiter Teeth
A promotional notice urges readers to order a free 10 day tube to compare results after ten days. It emphasizes cleaner and safer teeth and invites readers to examine their own mouths with a mirror to see the change.
Aircraft capacity advances questioned in Q and A
Questions and Answers discuss machines carrying 50 people, future designs for 100 and hundreds per flight. A respondent notes propeller revolutions around 1300 1400 rpm to maintain speed, with possible throttle down to 1250 rpm at altitude to sustain height.
Flu passes peak of epidemic in New York
New York City Health Commissioner Copeland announced the peak of the influenza epidemic has passed with two days of declining new cases. In the last 24 hours 1872 new influenza cases were reported, raising the total to 58,442. pneumonia cases totaled 12,082 and deaths reached 1755 from influenza and 3141 from pneumonia.
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New York
New York City
Copeland
Pepsodent Promises Teeth Film Removal And Whiter Teeth
Dental authorities link plaque film to decay and tartar and say ordinary brushing fails. A new dentifrice Pepsodent uses activated pepsin to dissolve film and fight plaque, offering a 10 day tube to prove its benefits and show cleaner whiter teeth.
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Exskie Adkins
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Uncle O J
BOT
Tom
Theqdore
Hedlund
Technology Aeronautical Engineering Society
Tech
Harvard Aeronautical Society
van Allen
Alden Bros
Alden Bros. CO
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Combatant
Portant
Pepsodent Company
S. Wabash Ave
Chicago
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