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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1909
Page
5
Dr. William T. Councilman addressed a free course at Harvard Medical School discussing inflammation. He explained causes of boils abscesses and other inflammatory conditions during a one hour lecture in the hall.
Dr. Councilman performs a rabbit ear flushing demonstration under electric light and chloroform. He explains blood cells, red and white corpuscles, tissue blood supply, and pulse related pain with vivid comparisons and microscope observations.
The Board of Aldermen may elect a chairman this afternoon as deadlock nears break. Alderman Curley, Democratic caucus pick, warned Democrats might vote for a Republican chair, hinting at possible political trades after the president of the common council was chosen last Thursday. George P. Anderson is the Republican choice.
Cardenio F. Iking began his first Sunday in state prison rising at 5 30. He joined others at the messroom for baked rice coffee and milk and later attended chapel at 10 40 led by Rev. Herbert Whitten. After service he had baked sausage potatoes coffee and bread for dinner and spent the rest of the day reading and writing ending with an 8 o clock retirement.
Rev. Herbert S. Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist Church discussed the ambitions of former financier Cardenio F. King last night. He portrayed his rise and concluded with a plea for a simple life.
Berlin observers track President Roosevelt's confrontation with Congress, noting parallels Germans see between his assertive leadership and their own historic ruler's character, a reflection of shared political culture.
New York Jan 17 The Hat Manufacturers Association met to decide on an open shop policy and a fight to the finish in response to the hatters strike that began Friday. Manufacturers warn that hat prices will rise as the dispute disrupts the busy season.
Twelve Hat Manufacturers' Association directors met as Samuel Mundheim estimated 15 000 to 20 000 strikers with many non union workers also out of work. He urged notice from the union and argued the union label had little value to manufacturers or consumers.
London reports that England now fields a powerful Dreadnought fleet under Vice Admiral Sir Francis Bridgman in the Nore division. The Lord Nelson joins the line, replacing Magnificent, with Victorious as the lone pre Dreadnought. More dreadnoughts Temeraire Bellerophon and Superb expected before midsummer.
A Sunday police bulletin lists deaths by own action a freezing death and a gas poisoning among recent incidents. Nathan K E Nickerson 37 hanged himself at 80 Read Street Winthrop leaving a wife and child. William J Noonan 42 found frozen in doorway 33 Milford Street. Thomas Smith 56 on dangerous list for gas poisoning lodger at 2 Holley Square. Mrs David K E Wallace showed mental disorder at 124 Stanford Street and was removed to the House of Detention.
Indorsed by delegates from 22 New England centers the district 19 meeting favored universal suffrage for women and backed a national eight hour day for machinists. S M Thompson of Hyde Park was reelected president with a full slate of officers and an executive board. The convention adjourned to meet in Boston April 11.
An advertisement promotes X Zalia gargle a quick sore throat cure priced at 59 cents. It claims direct throat contact heals inner tissues as fast as external skin and suggests buying from a druggist.
Jan 17 Naples sailors from the Connecticut and Culgoa attend mass and Episcopal service and are greeted by cheers. It was learned later that church collections for earthquake sufferers totaled 500 dollars with sailors contributing a large share.
Sacramento January 17 report that 25 laborers were drowned when a railroad trestle between Sacramento and Davis collapsed in a flood.
George W. Cummings, a Malden chemist and former school committee member, was arrested by headquarters inspectors for larceny of 5406 pounds of glue valued at $702.78. The incident stemmed from a shipment of glue belonging to Dean & Lobdell of Boston that was consigned to a customer who failed to pay.
Mrs J W Mason of Benoit Bolivar County Mississippi appeals by letter dated January 13 to help find her son Mortimer W Mason said to be in Boston He was mustered out of the service about two years ago and intended to locate in Boston He has been absent from home since July 1901.
Broken-hearted Cambridge resident Thomas Austin of 61 Spring Street died at home yesterday after the death of his youngest daughter Catherine, 22, about four weeks earlier. Austin had long been connected with the Revere Sugar Refinery. This marks the second family death in a month.
London reports the death of Lord Amherst of Hackney who suffered an apoplexy and died within hours. His famous library had been sold recently at public auction in London.
Actress Clara Morris aged 60 is gravely ill at her Yonkers home after a long illness traced to a nervous breakdown. Her private life name is Mrs Frederick C Harriott and family members fear for the outcome as authorities note she has been ill for some time in New York.
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