Campaign urged to stop sale of infected beef
Officials and hospital leaders in Boston urge prohibition of selling meat known to be infected with tuberculosis. A matron from a leading consumptives hospital calls the practice criminal and a danger to patients. Advocates praise a Post coupon urging Senators to pass the bill to ban the sale of tubercular beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth A. Power
The
Free Home For Consumptives
Free Home
John FE. Somers
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Holy Ghost Hospital For
Tts
Cullis Consumptives
Blue Hill Avenue
Seaver Street
Dorchester
Boston
Dorchester Avenue
Channing
Francis and
Bellevue Streets
Roxbury
Post
Holyoke Doctors Ban Tuberculous Beef Sale
Holyoke physicians condemn selling any tuberculous beef for food. Dr. A B Wetherell calls for destruction or disposal, and officials from the Vidvoke Medical Association and City Hospital echo the stance as a public health imperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoki
Holyoke
A. B. Wetherell
Board of Health
No Beef Till Right to Choose Meat Contentions
Elizabeth S Webster of Somerville argues taxation without representation echoes in meat safety. She questions state power to force consumption of allegedly tuberculous meat and condemns Somerville as a dumping ground, urging public input and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Bunker Hill
Prospect Hill
Dr. Peters
Elizabeth S. Webster
Landers Street
Hearing on Probe of Infected Beef Sales in Massachusetts
The joint rules committee heard Senator Parker push for a probe into how diseased beef reaches consumers. Dr. Peters defended federal inspection and argued most beef entering Massachusetts is inspected and safe, while some officials favored legislative committees or the Board of Health for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentiss Parker
Roxbury
Joint Legislative Committee On Rules
Walker
House
Parker
State Board of Health
Legislative Committee On Public Health
Massachusetts
Cowee
Worcester
Board of Health
Gates
Westboro
Peters
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
West
United States
Boards of Health
Martha’s Vineyard
Somerville
Bureau
Martha's Vineyard
Fay
Ward 18
Doyle
Dean's Kidney Pills Promote Relief From Back Pain
An old sympathetic health ad explains kidney pain linked to uric acid and nervous irritability. It claims Dean's Kidney Pills cleanse kidneys and blood, relieve congestion, and cites a Boston case of back pain relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Joseph Holland
Cottage Street
Boston
Mass
Doctors Debate Sale of Tuberculous Beef in Boston
A series of physicians from Boston areas including Dr. Theodore Erb 159 St Botolph street Dr. H H Sawyer 15 Massachusetts avenue and others argue over whether tainted tuberculous beef should be sold or banned. They criticize inspectors and call for suppression or stamping to protect the public and the poor from diseased meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore C. Erb
St. Botolph Street
Koch
H. H. Sawyer
Massachusetts Avenue
Isador H. Coriat
Newbury Street
H. P. Towle
Marlboro Street
Amelia Burroughs
DR di Cart
Boylston Street
Cattle Bureau
Boston
E. G. DE Wolf
Square Deal for Butchers and Consumers
The article argues that selling slightly infected meat should be suppressed until proven harmless, urging authorities to keep such beef off the market to give the public a square deal and relieve suspicions on beef sellers. It cites the governor noting no US or state labeling requirement for slightly infected meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Journal
United States
Union
Obstruct L CARS fined for blocking tracks by two teamsters
Two teamsters, Julia Mahoney of Somerville and Arthur Allen of Dorchester, were fined $5 each yesterday by Judge Burke in the First Criminal Session of the Municipal Court for obstructing car tracks with their team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Mahoney
Somerville
Arthur Allen
Dorchester
Burke
Label tainted beef for a square deal readers urge
A letter argues for labeling tainted beef to protect the public. The writer cites Post articles on pure food laws and tainted beef passing through many hands, urging clear labeling to ensure safety and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Meat Inspector Defends Sale of Slightly Infected Cattle
North Adams March. Meat Inspector H. A. Tower says a dealer was fined for selling meat from a cow with a tuberculosis infection. He criticizes eastern authorities for deeming such meat acceptable and insists the law must be followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
H. A. Tower
al. Fower
End of a Red Nose and Tuberculosis Note on Meat
A column discusses a skin product called possum used for complexion and blemishes, its availability from pharmacists and the Emergency Laboratories in New York. It also reports on meat inspection practices, condemning cattle with tuberculosis, sending condemned meat to rendering and noting cold storage inspection with government stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton’s
Eemergency Laboratories
West Twenty-fifth Street
New York
United States
Eam
Springfield
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L. H. Clarke
Holyoke City Hospital
Doctors
Lawrence
C. G. Carleton
Lawrence Tuberculosis League
A. L. Sikind
Lawrence Tuberculosis Commission
Meathsister
W. Hall Coon
Essex County
Seaw
Charles P. Mccill
North Andover
R. H. Lawlor
Methuen
John P. Torrey
Andover
Legis
Doan
Foster-Mitsuru Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Clare Sale
J. R. Hobbie
Board of Wealth
Gilchrist
Washington and
Winter Streets
New Dorset
Navy
Royal
Nattier
Reseda
Champagne
Kees
Socecas Hills
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