Harvard Doctor Warns Public Libraries Harm Eyesight
Dr Myles Standish of Williams College Harvard Medical School urges gentler lighting for libraries and indirect illumination to prevent eye strain. He warns against flickering lights in trains and insists on breaks after short reading periods to protect binocular vision and prevent contagious eye conditions.
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Myles Standish
Williams
Opthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Standish
Reading Light and Color for Easier Writing
A guide notes walls and shelves absorb light, suggesting pale green or buff wallpapers to save energy. It advises placing the desk lamp on the left for an unobstructed sheet and warns against reading in fading light to avoid eye strain.
Two Doctors Mistaken on Bright's Disease Revisited
Center Colorado patient with fifteen year Bright's Disease was deemed hopeless by two physicians. Fulton’s Renal Compound, added at center, revived him in ten days. now he weighs 190 pounds and walks. Riker Jaynes and John J. Fulton Co. advertise the remedy.
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Place—Hospital
Pueblo
Colo
Bright
Gaden
Center
Mary Gaden
Fulton
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
John J. Fulton Co
San Francisco
Two Teens Escape Drowning After Ice Breaks in Charles River
George Gero aged 17 of 4 Bellows Place Charlestown and Thomas Minehan of 2 8 1 Martins Street Charlestown fell through a Charles River ice opening yesterday. Daniel Hurley 19 with five U S marines from the naval prison hauled them ashore after swimming with a rope. Gero suffered exposure, Minehan refused transport, both were treated locally.
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George Gero
Bellows Place
Thomas Minehan
Martin's Street
Charlestown
Charles River
Gero
Minehan
Daniel Hurley
Naval Prison
Brockway & Reed
Doctor Shoots Self in Swansea After Daughter's Death
Dr. William A. Dodge a 67 year old dentist killed himself today in Swansea area. Friends say he never recovered from his daughter's death last May and a note to a friend mentioned going on since Ethel's death at Decoration Day. Survived by a widow and one daughter.
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Swansea
William A. Dodge
Dodge
Ethel
Fall River
Judge Alfred A Hall Dies in Vermont at 63
Judge Alfred A Hall of the Superior Court of Vermont died at his St Albans home from Brights disease at age 63. He served on the bench since December 1, 1906 and was prominent in the advancement of Free Masonry.
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ST. Albans
Alfred A. Hall
Superior Court
Vermont
Morris Steinert Dies At New Haven Home
Morris Steinert renowned for expanding the Steinert firm and aiding Yale with antique instruments died at his New Haven home after a long career as a musician collector. Born in Scheinfeld Bavaria he built a US musical legacy including lectures at Harvard and a major instrument collection now tied to the Yale School of Music. His son Alexander Steinert of Boston manages company affairs.
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Morris Steinert
New Haven
Morris’ Steinert
Scheinfeld
Bavaria
Germany
New York
Steinert
America
Theodore Thomas
Thomas’ Orchestra
University Town
Yale
United States
Yale School of Music
Boston
Sanders Theatre
Harvard University
Henry Krehbiel
The
New York Tribune
Arthur Fredheim
Morris Steiners
Vienna
Princess Metternich
Alexander Steinert
M. Steinert & Sons
Commonwealth Avenue
Auto party sinks through ice in Savin Hill incident
A powerfully built swimmer named Mr. Coombs rescued a party from a car that broke through ice between Savin Hill Yacht Club and Commercial Point. He swam unassisted five minutes to save Mrs. Lee and Metcalf, while others escaped or were aided. The car remains at the bay bottom.
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Metcalf
Mr. Coombs
Lee
John R. Macbeth
George McCurdy
Grampian Way
Macbeth
New Haven
Thompson's Island
Coombs
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Commercial Point
Savin Hill
Corinthian Yacht Clubs
Steinert Family Names Heirs and Residences
Morris Steinert lists his children Albert M. Steinert of Providence Rudolph Steinert Frederic Steinert and daughters Mrs. S. B. Shoninger and Mrs. Charles Weil all of New Haven. He plans a night departure for New Haven with his wife.
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New Haven
Morris Steinert
Albert M. Steinert
Providence
Rudolph
Frederic
S. B. Shoninger
Charles Weil
Man Suicide by Laying on Train Tracks Near Quincy
Ernest Ceapetti a 28 year old of 13 Brooks Avenue Quincy adopted death by own action laying his body across New Haven road tracks near South Quincy Saturday night His body found next morning split in two by a track walker He had acted strangely recently and his family had urged guardianship He leaves a wife and two small children.
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Ernest Ceapetti
Brooks Avenue
Quincy
New Haven Road
Cenpelli
Phelps Case Seeks Clemency Hearings and Farewell Messages
Mrs. Phelps plans to join her husband in Boston after a messenger arrives midday. Advocates argue the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Haskins was not premeditated, seeking a second degree verdict or commutation. Witnesses including Daniel Miles press Governor Foss’s council, while sympathy funds are redirected to Mrs. Phelps. The condemned man reads a sorrowful farewell from his wife, who prays for family strength as execution looms.
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Daniel Miles
Westminster
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Phelps
Major Walsh
Fost
Foss
Flo
Emmett F. Haskins
Haskins
Providence
Malden
Vibration to Put Out Fires by Kellogg Demonstration
Charles Kellogg the birdlike singer claims vibration can extinguish fires and entertain skeptics with a four foot flame obeying pitch. He states tuning forks can replace hoses for fires and even tie a person to a tree with notes. He predicts vibration will supersede electricity as a motive force.
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Kellogg
Mr. Kellogg
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