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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1911
Page
14
Cornell University in Ithaca New York reports a severe mumps outbreak with thirty five students ill and the infirmary overtaxed. The school will advertise for accommodations to house the cases as the epidemic continues to spread.
Dr. Malcolm Seymour of 405 Marlboro Street claims that raw and soft boiled eggs may cause cancer. He argues that uncooked eggs contain cells like human cancer cells that could enter the stomach, attach, grow, and spread to other parts of the body.
Dr Seymour argues that the common hen egg may harbor primitive human cell layers capable of cancer transmission. He cites studies by Peyton Rous on chicken tumor extracts and notes 1904 German investigator Kelling's dog inoculations with hens eggs.
Thieves struck again in the business district yesterday escalating a two week spree. On Lincoln street the second floor office of W A Hartz was entered by forced entry with a jimmy, desk rifled and furnishings vandalized. Similar break ins damaged the offices of H W Beck and the Summit Fur Company on the third floor.
The union unanimously endorsed the bill before the Legislature to provide for pure milk. Local officers reported the organization is in strong condition with plans under way to perfect the union and support continued growth.
Boston art models press for union. They seek 75 cents an hour, citing current pay as insufficient for posing duties. Beatrice King leads organizing efforts. plans include a mass meeting and potential strike and affiliation with the American Federation of Labor.
Mrs H S Dobbins of S84 St Botolph Street cites Chicago paying 7 cents an hour and urges union formation for higher wages. Miss Margaret Johnson of 59 Falmouth Street supports discussing strategy with Miss King and other models to push studios to come to terms.
James I Hatfield formerly of 5 Kearsarge Street Roxbury died after being ground to death under an elevated train at the Dudley Street terminal. He was a transfer man for 17 years at Dudley Street later working for Hotel and Railroad News. His wife, now in Jamaica Plain hospital, and three daughters Edith 16 Alvah 15 and Helen 9 survive along with his fraternal affiliations. The family plans the funeral at Waterman’s Chapel tomorrow.
Dr Herbert S Johnson spoke at Warren Avenue Church opposing Sunday baseball. He warned semi professional games would draw large Sabbath crowds, harm churches, and invite gambling and noise, while supporting Sunday recreation for workers in hot weather.
Crowley store crowds gather for a sensational sale at the Continental. The Summer street shop drew eager shoppers all day as the Continental promises a strong week ahead.
In the Mojave desert a burro stood on the track as the Santa Fe Limited stopped to save a prospector named Henry Gooding who had broken his leg ten miles south of Siberia. A note tied to the burro’s leg appealed for help.
Mayor Charles E. Hatfield of Newton and chairman of the Republican State committee departs for a mountain camp in New Hampshire for the holiday period.
Rev Cortland Myers denounced the police commissioner as a pitiable specimen during a sermon on the Girl's Startling Possibility at Tremont Temple. He urged newspaper men to heed his remarks and said any man who would hold the office 24 hours and confess should be removed.
The preacher warns that police inability invites vice in Boston. He denounces slander of the city while condemning employers who pay meager wages to working girls. He urges protecting a young woman's supreme value and criticizes superficial fashion over character.
Patrolman Michael J. Shea tried to arrest Lena Mathews of 7 Gray Street after seeing two women fighting. Mathews bit the officer on the palm, sending him to Relief Hospital for treatment as three of her friends attempted to free her. Mathews is charged with being drunk.
The Continental’s Wonderful Sale of Crowley & Gold stock drew a large crowd. Traders rushed in on Saturday to take advantage of the deal, leaving many unable to wait their turn.
The Continental advertises a Crowley and Gold stock sale that swept the town with a crowded Saturday shopping scene and promises buyers their share of bargains.
Max Mitchell leads Boston based Desertion Bureau under Federated Hebrew Charities to locate and prosecute deserting Jewish husbands. National network will share photos and deserter descriptions with bureaus nationwide, rabbis, newspapers, and Jewish societies. Local attorneys urged to prosecute obstinate offenders.
A sequence of daily fire calls lists six to seven incidents across Boston areas including Beach Street Jamaica Plain West End and East Boston. Notable losses include Our Lady of Lourdes rectory with 1200 and Joseph Silverstein with 1000, plus smaller figures for Harold Casterline 100 and George Spanropol lis 25.
The Continental Clothing House at Washington and Boylston streets announced a stock sale that caused a sensational rush. Crowley and two others were noted as well known in relation to the event.
In Portland Maine on February 19 a general delivery of east wing prisoners was nearly stopped when turnkey George Delano found fumigated clothing missing from a room, tipping off conspirators and foiling the jailbreak plan.
The jail held 119 prisoners including two federal inmates George Sullivan and William Thompson serving terms in Atlanta for breaking and entering the Hartland post office. Authorities found a solder key and melting cup in Sullivan's cell a cold chisel in Thompson's, missing clothing and saws in a vacant cell used for refractory prisoners and four bars sawed from a window. Officials believe a planned escape during post supper corridor access was intended.
John Anderson, 53, manager of the Hotel Ormond in Ormond, Florida, and Mt. Washington Hotel in New Hampshire, died suddenly in Florida. A Portland native, he was son of General Samuel J. Anderson and long linked with his father in railroad and hotel ventures. He never married.
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