Twilight Sleep lecture draws crowds at Baby Weeks event
Dr Marie Knudson’s talk on Twilight Sleep drew hundreds despite snow as mothers packed Houghton & Crutchions Filene's and Jordan Marsh venues. The session, led by Dr Eliza Cahill, covered safer childbirth, memory loss during labor, and broader surgical uses, with nurses and doctors fielding intimate questions.
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Houghton & Crutton’s
Filene
Jordan Marsh
Marie Knudson
Knudson
New England
Freiburg
Germany
Labor 10 Pick Candidate For Boston School Board
Three delegates from every Boston union who are registered voters will vote in a labor primary to choose a candidate for the Boston School Board at the December city election. The primary meets at Wells Memorial Hall at 2 30 Sunday afternoon. The decision followed a Boston Central Labor Union committee meeting and sub committees were appointed to run a campaign. Circulars explaining the purpose and plan will be sent to city unions within 10 days.
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Scopola
University of Pavia
Ralph Reach
Brooklyn
Bertha van Hoosen
Chicago
van Hoosen
Women's City Club
Boston
Pilgrim Hall
Marion Nute
Edith Hale Swift
Margaret N. Noyes
New Fingland Hoepital Medical Society
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Preventable Diseases of Middle Life Lecture
Dr Martin Edwards told the Women's Municipal League at 6 Marlboro Street that babies and athletes attract more medical attention while middle aged adults are largely neglected. He spoke during the third Wednesday public lecture on preventable diseases of middle life.
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Martin Edwards
Women’s Municipal League
Marlboro Street
Health and middle life decline call for preventive care
The speaker warns of rising degenerative diseases in middle life and urges early prevention starting in childhood. He cites a 41 percent rise in mortality from heart and kidney diseases and advocates regular medical checkups, better hygiene, and parental responsibility to raise healthier generations. The final lectures outline women's health duties and social hygiene responsibilities.
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Ken
New York
Death Penalty Backed as House Rejects Abolition Bill
The House of Representatives voted 91 to 87 in support of capital punishment for murder. Representative Hill of Cambridge failed to obtain a roll call, missing the required 30 votes, after seeking to substitute an abolition bill with the judiciary committee report.
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House of Representatives
Hill
Cambridge
Committee On the Judiciary
Mass Armenian Loss in Erzerum Reported
London dispatch says Russian sources in Petrograd report only 16 Armenians survived in Erzerum from a population around 40,000. The information was forwarded by Reuters to the Russian capital.
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Erzerum
London
Petrograd
Reuter
Liquor Suit Over Purchases by Minor Son
Katherine F. Quireyns of Boston sues the Irish American Athletic Association in Suffolk Superior Court claiming liquor was sold to her minor son George 152 times between Jan 1 1915 and Jan 18 1916. She seeks $100 for each sale, totaling $15,200.
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Irish-American Athletic Association
Suffolk Superior Court
Katherine F. Quireyns
Boston
George
Lodge to Receive Suffrage Deputation in Lynn
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will meet a deputation of his women constituents in Lynn on March 16 before he speaks. He wrote to Mrs. Thomas H. Gray Jr., chair of deputations for the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, whose headquarters are at 3888 Boylston Street.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Thomas H. Gray, Jr
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Boylston Street
Lynn
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