Danish Doctor Undertakes 21 Day Hunger Fast in North Adams
Dr. Im manuel Pfeiffer began a 21 day fast aiming to show mind over body. He plans daily records, long walks, wood sawing, cold baths, and deep breathing while abstaining from food for three weeks with regular monitoring by local physicians. He believes daily two meals suffice and will document physiological changes each seventh day.
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North Adams
Immanuel Pfeiffer
Dr. Pfeiffer
Denmark
New York
Rathbun
Fitzgerald Heirs Debate Over Dead Brother Will and Fortune
Edward Fitzgerald, brother of John E. Fitzgerald who died in New York, disputes the will set for probate. The case centers on whether John died intestate and how the estate should be shared among Edward, Miss Nellie Moriarty, Eugene and Sadie Durkin, John O Shaughnessy and others. Mme. Connolly, John’s widow, left a substantial fortune from her Fifth Avenue dress business and real estate, complicating the probate contest.
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Edward Fitzgerald
John E. Fitzgerald
New York City
Fitzgerald
John E
H Street
South Boston
Nellie Moriarty
Eugene
Sadie Durkin
Edward
John O'Shaughnessy
John
Htis
Mme. Connolly
Australia
China
Fifth Avenue
Daniel R. Lyddy
Mr. Fitzgerald
Paris
Chauncy Hall Alumni Seek Cambridge Campus Move
At the Chauncy Hall Alumni Association dinner in Boston, Principal Taylor urged acquiring about fifteen acres near Boston for a Chauncy Hall School with dormitories and updated facilities. Speakers noted the school's role as a feeder to tech institutes and highlighted prominent alumni and deaths. Elected officers included A F Sortwell as president and Curtis Guild Jr as a vice-president.
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Chauncy-Hall Alumni Association
Exchange Club
Taylor
Chauncy-Hall School
Boston
Chauncy-Hall
Cambridge
August N. Sampson
Demeritte
Oliver F. Bryant
Chauncy Hall
E. T. Bouve
Sortwell
Arthur P. Cushing
Francis’ Batchelder
Institute of Technology
Samuel Johnson
John C. Ropes
Samuel May
Samuel, Bond
Julius Adams
D. 8. Ford
O. H. Durrell
A. F. Sortwell
Curtis Guild, Jr
J. H. Beale
Francis Batchelder
A. G. Frothingham
No Epidemic at Harvard Contrary to Headlines
Dr. M H Bailey states that since October there have been two diphtheria cases, one scarlet fever, twenty one measles, and a few grip cases at Harvard Centre. He argues these numbers do not constitute an epidemic given the student population.
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Harvard Centre
M. H. Bailey
Boston Daily
Harvard
Medical student fined for posing as physician in Chelsea
In Police Court H. R. Foster, a medical student and drug-store clerk, was found guilty of presenting himself as a physician. He was fined 100 dollars and appealed, bond set at 590 dollars for Superior Court trial.
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Chelsea
H. R. Foster
Duke of Portland Honored With Garter Return
London crown grants the late Duke of Ostminster’s Garter to the Duke of Port in a ceremonial act dated March 6. The move solidifies ongoing ties between prominent aristocrats within the royal orders.
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Duke OF Portland
London
Duke of Ostminster
Duke of Portand
Indicted Press Figures Tied to Brooklyn Rapid Transit Reports
A special grand jury in New York indicted six men connected to false Brooklyn Rapid Transit reports. Alfred Goslin, Harry Alexander, Charles Davis, Eugene Packer, Warner Allen, and Bogart face charges including felony and conspiracy with bail set at 11,000 for Davis and 7,000 for Packer. The panel hints at more implicated individuals and urges scrutiny by financial authorities.
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New, York
Brooklyn
All Street’ Review
Eugene Lacker
Warner T. Allen
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Bogart
Goslin
Grand
Davis
Packer
How Mrs Magoun Died Mystery Shrouds Brookline Woman
Mrs. Lillian Codwise Magoun wife of Arthur Magoun president of Magoun Leather Co Boston and A Magoun Leather Co Chelsea died by her own action at her mother's home in Wellesley Hills. Found in a bathtub doctors say death not by drowning but a simple cause not made public.
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Arthur Magoun
Brookline
Wellesley Hills
Hazelton
Charles F. Chamberlain
Bourne
Marshall L. Adams
Selectman
Provincetown
Hill
Little Wanderers
Boston
Hyannis
Joe
Seth Smith
Joe Hill
Charles Dyer
Elizabeth . Roberts
Emma L. Williams
J. Harvey Dearborn
Adams
Firemen Drink Charges Spark Town Meeting
Reverend Joseph Carden accuses Winthrop firemen of drunkenness and political protection. He cites drunken incidents at the new host house celebration and alleges outsiders hold keys to the hose house. Officials delay action as investigation is promised and a public hearing is planned with the Board of Selectmen.
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Winthrop
Joseph Carden
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Boston
Rew
George Well
Board of Selectmen
Board of Engineers
Mahany
Board Ofengineers
Douglas
Carden
Smith
Hilton Will Validated by New York Supreme Court
Justice McAdam and a jury in the New York Supreme Court ruled the will of former Judge Henry Hilton valid. Horace Russell, an executor, sued Edward B. Hilton and other heirs to settle the will’s validity to prevent future challenges. Judgment for the plaintiff was directed and an injunction will restrain any attempts to set the will aside.
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New York
Justice McAdam
Supreme Court
Henry Hilton
Horace Russell
Edward B. Hilton
Robbers Break Safe at Hand Sewing Company
Burglars blew the safe door in the Hand Sewing Company office in Pawtucket Rhode Island stealing 4000 dollars in cash and 1000 dollars in stamps. No clues to the thieves.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Tenement House Exhibit At Ashburton Place Rooms
The Twentieth Century Club in Boston opens a vast tenement house exhibition at 14 Ashburton Place, displaying about 600 photographs from Boston and other cities. It contrasts model and unsanitary housing, maps poverty and disease, and features plans for Seward Park with an illustrated lecture on the slums to be held Wednesday evening by Mr. Haynes and Harold R. Estabrook.
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Twentieth Century Club
Ashburton Place
Bates
Hart
Boston
New York
Haynes
Brooklyn
London
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Centies
France
Germany
South End
Seward Park
East Side
New York City
Jacob Sleeper
Somerset Street
Mr. Haynes
Harold R. Estabrook
Murder trial exposes defense plan on Joe Hill case
The trial of Joe Hill for Mamie Hill's murder reveals the defense admitting the killing but seeking to prove mental irresponsibility. They will present about seventy five witnesses including experts and evidence on birth circumstances and parental history. Witnesses describe Hill's past, from birth in an alms house to prior adulteries and threatening behavior.
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Barnstable
Joe’’ Hi
Mamie
We Hill
Hill
Provincetown
Chamberlain
Josephine Washington
Joe Hill
Joseph W. Hill
Boston
Joe
Letteray
Bradford
Teresa Cahoon
Bison
Joseph Washington
David P. Gifford
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Bailey
Wall Street Review
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THE
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Uae
Mps
Washington
Haney
Ua E Saerman
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Joseph Hill
Pet
William D. Weseton
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Shawmu Purniture CO
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