Poisoned man saved by blood transfusion in Boston
Max Katcey of Dorchester risked his life by giving over half a pint of blood to his brother Edward after he attempted suicide by gas. The operation at the Relief Station, led by Drs. L T Wilson and J C Hubbard, opened arteries in both brothers and transfused blood for about an hour. Edward remained in danger but the procedure saved him. Max recovered slowly.
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Boston
Max Katceo
Greenhaynes Street
Dorchester
Edward
Myrtle Street
West End
Max
Edward Katcey
Crowley
John W. Lyman
Paper Duty Cuts to Boost News Print Prices
Washington reports the select committee on pulp and paper recommends lowering the duty on news print from $6 to $2 per ton and placing ground wood on the free list. It also proposes a duty of one twelfth of a cent per pound on mechanically ground wood pulp and calls for plant breeding research to support paper manufacture.
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Washington
Select Committee On Pulp and Paper Investigation
House
Bureau of Plant Industry
Sacred Heart School Girls Stage Comic Plays on Washington Birthday
The Sacred Heart School Girls of East Cambridge will present the comedy Wanted A Maid and the musical Aunt Susie’s Lecture in the old church building on Washington’s Birthday and the following evening. Cast includes Helen O Hearn Helen Shaw Ethel Small Annie Corley for the comedy and Lillian Sweeney Helen Kiley Louise Costello Lene Martin Sarah Fitzgerald for the satire, with a 100 voice chorus and dancing after Tuesday night’s show.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
East Cambridge
Susie
Washington
Helen O’ Hearn
Helen Shaw
Ethel Small
Annie Corley
Lillian Sweeney
Helen Kiley
Louise Costello
Lene Martin
Sarah Fitzgerald
All Who Would Enjoy Good Health and Laxatives
A promotional note emphasizes right living and proper recreation as paths to health. It touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a wholesome remedy, claiming the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Co. offers general satisfaction and is sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
West Honored for 50 Years as Boston Letter Carrier
Charles F. West has completed 50 years of continuous service as a Boston letter carrier and will be honored on Washington's Birthday by the Boston post office with a parade and dinner at Faneuil Hall. At 69 he remains active and holds the distinction of the longest continuous service among carriers.
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Charles F. West
Boston
Washington
Faneuil Hall
West
Longest Serving Penny Postman to Be Feted in Boston
At 19 he joined the government as a penny postman and remains the longest serving carrier. Mr West has been feted nationwide by the Letter Carriers National Benefit Association for seniority, while Boston plans to honor him with a march to the State House and a reception by Governor Draper at Faneuil Hall.
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West
National Benefit Association
Boston
State House
Draper
Mr. West
Faneuil Hall
Brown Brother Sleeps in Chicago Lodging House
Edwin A. Brown of Denver brother of the New York Central president spent a night at Chicago Municipal lodging house as part of studying city housing efforts. He aims to inform Denver’s push for modern lodging houses and gained inside knowledge of Chicago practices.
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Chicago
Edwin A. Brown
Denver
New York Central
Brown
W H Trumbull Declares Bankrupt in Boston District Court
Walter T. Trumbull of Salem head of W H Trumbull & Co filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. Liabilities total $146 000 with assets of about $50 300. Secured debts amount to $54 625 and unsecured claims include 60 creditors led by R H Dana trustees and Banque France Americane. Assets mainly negotiable stocks and bonds about $47 600. remaining assets from accounts and unliquidated claims bring total to about $50 200.
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Walter TI. Trumbull
Salem
W. H. Trumbull & Co
Congress Street
United States District Court
E. H. Gay & Co
FE. H. Gay & Co
Asiatic National Bank of Salem
First National Bank of
Boston
City Trust Company of
R. H. Dana
William Kenefick
Indorser
Eliot National Bank of Boston
Arthur Day
Wall Street
New York
Schools Honor Washington Across City and State
Exercises in honor of Washington's Birthday were held in all schools with song and verse. Thousands of children across the state paid tribute to the father of the country. In the Horace Mann School every class room received a silk flag and every scholar a small flag, gifts from the Woman's Relief Corps.
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Washington
Horace Mann
Woman's Relief Corps
Autopsy Finds No Blow Fatal in Crossland Death
Watertown February 19. Medical examiner West and Dr Reeves Newton performed the autopsy on Frank Crossland the schoolboy who died after a scuffle with John Scanlon. They found heart failure caused the death and no sign of a blow.
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Watertown
West
Reeves of
Newton
Frank Crossland
John Scanlon
Young Crossland
Police Chief Exonerates Scanlon After Autopsy
Chief of Police Daniel H. Cooney said the autopsy results exonerated young Scanlon of any blame and that no further steps would be taken in the matter.
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Daniel H. Cooney
Young Scanlon
Rear Admiral Charles S Cotton Dies at Home
Rear Admiral Charles Stanhope Cotton of the U S Navy, retired, died here today.
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Cotton
Nice
Charles Stanhope Cotton
United States Navy
Japanese Stowaway Vanishes From Steamer Philadelphia
Tasuyo Nakamura, the first Japanese stowaway brought to this port, disappeared after being placed aboard the steamer Philadelphian for deportation to London. A porthole in the safe room is blamed for his escape and the steamship company faces a possible fine. He claims to have starved in New York and previously served on an American sailing vessel and in the Japanese navy.
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Tasuyo Nakamura
London
Steamship Company
Tasujo
Philadelphian
Tandon
Barber Charged With Forgery After Discharge
J Herman Russell a Tremont Street barber is charged with obtaining by fraud a letter not intended for him. Inspector Patterson arrested him for forging a draft contained in the letter addressed to J Henry Russell of Cambridge. The draft for 672 came from a Houston law firm.
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United States
Hayes
J. Herman Russell
Tremont Street
Patterson
Police
J. Henry Russell
Cambridge
Boston
Houston
Tex
AIDED CHINESE OVER BORDER
Captain Harvey C. Daly of the schooner Freddie W Alten and backer Philip M. Springer were jailed for six months and three months respectively by Judge Dodge in Greenfield for conspiring to smuggle Chinese from Mexico into the United States. Springer’s three months already served were deducted. Stay of sentence granted pending appeal. Springer’s bail reduced to 3000, Daly bail remains 5000. both men furnished bail.
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Harvey C. Daly
Freddie W. Alten
Philip M. Springer
Greenfield
Dodge
United States District Court
Mexico
United States
Daly
Springer
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Indictments Served Pending for Pulitzer and World Editors
Certified copies of federal indictments against Joseph Pulitzer and editors of the New York World were sent to New York by U S District Attorney Baker. Service on the defendants is not yet determined but expected to take place in several days.
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Washington
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
New York
United States
Baker
Cuticura Ointment Praised As Pure And Harmless
A New York reader lauds Cuticura Ointment claiming a three year old ate an entire box aboard a transatlantic trip and recovered from a cold. The letter extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for infant skin care and treats birth humors, urging worldwide use and listing depots in London Paris Sydney Cape Town Moscow Tokyo and Boston.
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New York
Cuticura
Atlantic
London
Charterhouse &Q
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Australia
R. Towns & Co
Sydney
South Africa
Lennon, Ltd
Cape
Town
Loredon
Russie
Perrein
Moscow
Japan
Maruy
Tokio
Potter Drug & Chem
Corps Eoie
Poston
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Sacred Heart School
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Adler
Panama
Hanover
Portland
Wolf’s
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W.H. Trumbull
Crossland
California
Joseph Squire
Thare Lembei
North Street
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St. N.Y
Pennsylvania
R. R
Fall River Line
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Rodney Macdonough
Bromfield St
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