Doctors urged into politics by Massachusetts physician
Dr Samuel Woodward of Worcester retires as Massachusetts Medical Society president after three years in office. He urges physicians to enter public life, citing global examples to a 500-person audience at Copley Plaza as the 138th annual meeting closes. Governor Coolidge Chief Justice Rugg and Bishop Davies attend.
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Samuel Woodward
Worcester
Massachusetts Medical Society
Copley Plaza
Woodward
Cleménceau
France
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Harvard Medical School
Coolidge
Arthur P. Rugg
State Supreme Court
Thomas F. Davies
Springfield
Rioting Racks Toledo Plant After Night of Violent Clashes
In Toledo Ohio on June 4 a night of rioting left two men killed and 25 injured, with two likely fatally, as the Willys Overland plant, tied to 13 000 workers over five weeks of labor disturbances, returned to quiet.
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Toledo
Ohio
Willys-Overland Automobile Company
Old Lowell drug store preserves 1855 Father John’s Medicine
The Merrimack Street apothecary in Lowell dates to 1827 and keeps old prescription ledgers, including the 1855 entry for Father John’s Medicine used for a priest’s cold and throat troubles. The piece covers how the remedy got its name and notes its nonaddictive, nourishing formula.
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Lowell
Mass
Merrimack Street
Father John
John O’brien
Murphy Frequent Visitor Tied to Ashenden’s Flat in Trial Start
Testimony from two women detectives linked attorney Thomas F. Murphy to the residence of Mrs. Lillian M. Ashenden at 1412 Commonwealth Avenue. He allegedly visited the flat the night before Herman L Barney was found there as his client faced an escape charge. The Brighton District Court opened the trial of Mrs. Ashenden, Mrs. Mary Collins, and Mrs. Marion O’Brien on the aiding escape case. The hearing resumes at 11 o’clock with witnesses ongoing.
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Barney
Kelcher
Casey and
Doherty
Michael Crowley
Murphy
Station 14
Brighton
Crowley
Ashenden
Commonwealth Avenue House
Alice G. Kelley
Commonwealth Avenue
Attorney Murphy
Mrs. Ashenden
Alice Kelley
Superior Court
Callahan
John Dillon
Joseph Hurley
O’brien
Suffolk
Thomas F. Murphy
Herman L Barney
Lillian M. Ashenden
Marion O'Brien
Herman L. Barney
Mary Collins
Brighton Court
Boston Fire Reform Proposed After New York Study
Captain Charles Donohoe of Boston plans to push changes after studying New York methods. He favors allowing promotion exams for lieutenant after three years probation and ending the six and a half year wait in Boston, and he supports abolishing horse drawn apparatus. Meanwhile suffrage advances spark mixed reactions at a Massachusetts Federation gathering as leaders press for a stronger legislative machine and educational funds.
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New York
Boston Fire Department
Hub
Fire Department
Charles Donohoe
Boston
Fire
John R. Murphy
Donohoe
Post
Engine
Murphy
Donohoe Seeks Fire College in Bristol Street Plan
Antain Donohoe proposes establishing a Boston fire college at the Bristol street fire headquarters, training new officers in fire fighting theory and prevention. The only existing college is New York's, which Donohoe attends two months, with day classes and night practice with Engine Company 33 and Rescue Squad 1.
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Antain Donohoe
Bos On
Bristol Street
New York
New York College
Boston
Fire College
Great Jones Street
Kenton
Harlem Fire Triumph Highlights Smoke Eater Captain Donohoe
Captain Donohoe, a Smoke Eater leading the rescue squad, earned praise from New York firemen after a three alarm Harlem blaze. He directed rescues and helped cut away live electrical wires amid the flames and will report suggestions to Commissioner Murphy after completing Fire College training.
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Donohoe
New York
Harlem
Fire College
Murphy
Senate approves Susan B Anthony amendment sparks club women rally
June 4 South Hadley Mass. more than 600 Federation of Women's Clubs members applaud as the U S Senate passes the Susan B Anthony Woman Suffrage amendment and sends it to the states for ratification. Concord's Mrs George Minot Baker is believed to be the next president of the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Senate
Herbert J. Gurney
Mrs. Gurney
Robert Gould Shaw
Sof
Boston Rayal Suffrage Association
Teresa Crowley
Woolley
Mt. Holyoke College
Gurney
Federation
George Minot Baker
Arthur A. Hibbard
J. Harry Poole
Frederick G. Smith
Joseph S. Leach
Frederick G. Bauer
Eugene L. Webber
Agnes L. Dodge
Walter G. Newell
Fed
South Hadley
United States Senate
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Concord
Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation Adopts Resolution on Adult Health Examinations
Among the members, a resolution was adopted endorsing periodic physical exams for adults to detect early disease. The federation cited higher middle life mortality in the United States. In the evening, a reception honored retiring president Mrs. Herbert J. Gurney and federation officers at Student Alumnae Hall.
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Federation
United States
Herbert J. Gurney
Intercollegiate Meeting for Irish Freedom at Faneuil Hall
Large delegations from Harvard Technology Tufts Boston University and Boston College join female groups from Radcliffe Wellesley Simmons Emerson and NEC for an Irish freedom event at Faneuil Hall tomorrow night. Dr Francis P McCarthy of Tufts chairs the Irish Freedom Fund committee. Speakers include Thomas Mullen Edward F McSweeney Judge Michael Sullivan and Daniel Foley. The meeting is for student bodies only.
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Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall
Irish Freedom Fund Aavsociation
Francis P. McCarthy
Tufts Medical School
Harvard, Technology
Tufts
Boston University
Boston College
Radcliffe Wellesley
Simmons
Emerson College of Oratory
New England Conservatory of Music
Thomas Mullen
Edward F. McSweeney
Michael Sullivan
Daniel Foley
Griffiths Broken Blossoms Delights at Colonial Theatre
Transcript critic H T Parker hails D W Griffiths Broken Blossoms for surpassing himself in both pictorial and emotional quality as the Colonial Theatre presents the new film.
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D. W. Griffith
Colonial Theatre
H. T. Parker
The
Transcript
Pictorial
Griffith
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