Killed by a Tight Collar in Morwood Hotel
William F. Dillon, 46, died at a Morwood hotel after his collar choked him. Found by his 18 year old son, he wore the collar despite difficulty in putting it on this morning. Medical examiner cites a slight indigestion swelling contributing to death. Dillon worked for a local manufacturer and had a wife in New York City.
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Morwood
William F. Dilfon
Dillion
Dillon
West 115Th Street
New York City
Uncomfortably Fat Then Try This New Prescription
The article touts Glycol Arbolene as a wonder drug for obesity from a major pharmaceutical firm. It advises mixing with aromatic elixir and dosing after meals, claiming it increases fat combustion and blocks fat formation in foods, with prescription through regular druggists or wholesalers.
New England Phone Office Links Fast Connections to Single Operators
A Boston phone official cites January average four seconds to connect calls in New England praising the speed. Paris reports slower links with married women blamed for delays. New York also fast but trailing New England.
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New England
Boston
Paris
New York
Vermont shuts churches schools and Y M C A to halt smallpox
In Johnsbury Vermont on February 11 all churches schools the library and the Y M C A were closed and all public gatherings forbidden to curb a smallpox spread. Ten cases across four families have caused alarm while authorities impose strict quarantines. The State Board of Health is expected to review the situation within days.
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Johnsbury
Board of Health
State Board of Healthes
Church of the Redeemer Opens in South Boston
The Church of the Redeemer in South Boston began services on May 13, 1885 after a long local effort to establish an Episcopalian church for City Point residents. Earlier meetings and a chapel named St Matthew's Chapel formed, with various ministers guiding the project until the move to East Fourth Street and the renaming in 1887.
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Church of the Redeemer
Episcopal
East Fourth A
Boston
City Point
Benjamin Dean
St. Matthew's Chapel
John Wright
Albert Crabtree
A. St. John Chambre
D. D
Alfred F. Washburn
A. B. Shields
Gold Dust Declares Independence for Housewives
The ad promotes Gold Dust as a quick easy way to clean with little effort. It claims the cleaner attacks grease and dirt, letting housewives use their brains instead of muscle and urges readers to sign their own declaration by ordering from the grocer.
Aged Woman Escapes Fire At Malden Home
Emily Q Shaw an 8 year old invalid rescued from a Malden kitchen fire at 8 Bowers avenue. Officers Fraser and Devanna carried her to the street through smoke as the home suffered $3500 in damage. She hid from flames but escaped serious harm and was later moved to 6 Hamlet street.
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Emily Q. Shaw
Bowers Avenue
Malden
Fraser and
Devanna
F. KE. Clapp
Hamlet Street
Stable Inspections Boost Parade Entries Say Directors
The Work-Horse Parade Association states stable inspections are separate from the parade and an entry can be made in either or both. A Boston horse owner notes inspections raise stablemen’s interest, and entry blanks will be issued this week. Entries include the horse’s prior parade appearances and awards a blue badge for high condition.
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Work-Horse Parade Association
Boston
Valentine Party of Guild of St. Radegonde
Members of the Guild of St. Radegonde a group of Catholic nurses graduates and pupils will hold a Valentine party tomorrow evening in the music room of Boston College Bodality Chapel. The guild comprises trained nurses many employed in major hospitals and some in senior positions.
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Valentine Party
Guild OF ST. Radegonde
Boston College
Brain growth map shifts from phrenology to neural networks
Dr Himer E Southard of Harvard Medical School warned that rapid brain knowledge growth will lead to patients blaming failing neurons in the clinic. He contrasted old phrenology charts with a modern brain map like a telephone system, noting the brain’s frontal and parietal expansion and limited opportunities to study living brains.
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Docr
Himer E. Southard
Bullard
Harvard Medical School
Southard
Baron Lister, Noted English Surgeon, Dies
Joseph Lister first Baron Lister pioneer of antiseptic surgery dies in London at age 74. Born 1827 he served as professor of surgery at Glasgow and Edinburgh universities and at King's College London.
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Baron Lister
London
Joseph Lister
Glasgow
Edinburgh
King’s College
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
Ad touts Papes Diapepsin as a fast acting remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims a single dose digests all food eaten, prevents fermentation and gas, and allows eating any food with no stomach discomfort. A 50 cent case is recommended from a druggist with relief promised within five minutes.
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New England Phone
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Church OF the Redhember
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Then. K. Krampens Company
Chicago
Gold Dust Twins
Dr. Southard
Science
Schlitz
Jos. Gahm’ & Son
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