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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1913

Page

24

Harvard Will Offer Eugenics Course Next Academic Year

The Harvard faculty will offer a full eugenics course as the 278th year opens next September. Professor W. E. Castle will lead the program, taught within Zoology No. 2, and will cover heredity environment and the origin of new races. Students urged expanding the course, and the Harvard Crimson advocates linking hygiene and preventive medicine to enhance usefulness.

Harvard Cambridge W. E. Castle Castle The Harvard Crimson

Boston City Council Fails to Pass 500000 Street Loan

The Boston City Council yesterday failed to pass a 500000 loan order for street improvements amid a dispute with Mayor Fitzgerald who has vowed to veto if it reaches him. President Kenny held a special meeting to second the order and two other less important measures, but three Good Government councilors were absent and a quorum existed only to avoid potential anti Good Government votes.

Boston Fitzgerald Kenny Smith McDonald Coulthurst Reform anti-Good Government Association Order

Pupil of Orville Wright Dies in Blaze on Joy Ride

In Lima Ohio on June 12 Andrew Drew, pupil of Orville Wright, was killed when a biplane he planned to test exploded during a so called joy ride. His partner J A Brabason warned him against flying but Drew insisted on trying the untested machine.

Lima, O Andrew Drew Orville Wright Drew J. A. Brabason

Aviator Drew Dies In Lima State Hospital Crash

A fatal accident at the Lima State Hospital aviation grounds occurred when an aircraft fell about 200 feet. Drew and his mechanic Brabason found the body beneath the wreck after help arrived. Drew had urged a test flight at dusk, despite safety concerns about lighting and landing space. The craft was the same machine used by Calvin Rodgers on his coast‑to‑coast flight two years earlier.

Brabason Lima State Hospital Drew State Hospital Calvin Rodgers

High cost of living notion gains little support says grocer

Frederic W. Mayhew, general manager of C. D. Cobb & Bros., Han overs street, explains prices with several quoted items. Kippered herring five cents per can, choice new rice five cents per pound, Green Mountain potatoes 19 cents per twelve, fresh churned creamery butter 29 cents per pound. He notes many quoted prices are lower than a decade ago as the firm distributes throughout New England.

Frederic W. Mayhew C. D. Cobb & Bros Hanover Street Corner Union New England Adv

Baby Falls Sixty Feet to Death in West End Window

Israel Garfincle an 18 month old boy son of Max and Esther Garfincle of 80 Phillips street West End fell from a fourth floor window about 60 feet to a yard at 7 45 last night He was found unconscious by tenant Harry Olinck and died at Massachusetts General Hospital The mother who slept through the tragedy swooned upon learning of it and the child had crawled onto a chair by the window before climbing onto the sill and toppling out.

Israel Garfincle Max and Esther Garfincle Phillips Street West End Harry Olinck Massachusetts General Hospital Israel

Bomb Explodes Wounding Crowd at Lisbon Procession

In Lisbon on June 12 a dynamite bomb thrown from a window exploded during a street procession, killing many and wounding numerous others. Authorities investigated as rescuers aided victims in the crowded area.

Lisbon Portugal

North End man given suspended six month sentence in larceny case

Joseph Piscopo of the North End, convicted in Suffolk Superior Court of larceny from a fellow countryman by the old handkerchief game, received a suspended six month sentence in the House of Correction from Judge Brown yesterday.

Joseph Piscopo North End Suffolk Superior Court House of Correction Brown

Japan Honors U S Missionary Dr Daniel Cros Greene

A message from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions reports that the Emperor of Japan on May 16 awarded the third order of the Rising Sun to Rev Daniel Cros Greene of Tokio, the board’s senior missionary in Japan. The decoration is the highest granted to civilian residents of the empire.

American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions Japan Daniel Crosby Greene Tokio Greene Empire

One Day Off Neal Treatment Promises Quick Cure

Neal Institute advertises a three day treatment to purge alcohol from the system with no time loss. It cites three years of Boston practice and new institutes in Portland Springfield and New Haven, offering free consultation and confidential private rooms. Letters from cured patients and endorsements from professionals are promised.

Neal Institute Neal Boston Portland Springfield New Haven Massachusetts

Neal Institute Addresses and Contact Numbers Listed

The Neal Institute lists locations at 304 Newbury Street Boston Back Bay 3970 Worthington Street Springfield Me 147 Pleasant Avenue Portland Maine with corresponding telephone numbers for day or night inquiries.

the Neal Institute Newbury ST Boston Back Bay Worthington St Springfield Pleasant Ave Portland

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