Radcliffe girls read minds in psychology demonstration
Three Radcliffe College students Helen Thayer M Ruby Hobbs and Miss Beaton and Professor Muensterberg conducted a classroom demonstration in which each girl tried to identify one of 50 clipped news items by rapidly naming an associated word. The first girl failed to name any word apart from the clipped article she had just read after the word Emperor prompted an 18 second pause.
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Radcliffe
Helen Thayer
M.ruby Hobbs
Miss Beaton
Muenterberg
Muensterberg
Daily Newsapers
Roosevelt
Fire scares at library as waste paper catches fire
Flames leaped twelve feet into the air from a street fire in front of the Public Library yesterday afternoon. Waste paper in the basement caught fire but the blaze was confined to the incinerating room by stone walls and heavy doors. An open flue likely held a smouldering cigar or cigarette. Fire engines arrived to douse the flames with water and chemicals. patrons and staff watched anxiously as crews ensured no spread to the main building.
Peruna Credited With Restoring Health In Testimony
Testimonies from patients in New York Georgia and Colorado praise Peruna and Manalin as cures for kidney bladder catarrh and headaches. Mrs Emma Green reports dramatic relief after three weeks and months of improvement She credits the remedies with strengthening her and returning her to normal activity.
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Emma Green
Jason Street
Denver
Col
Augusta Pauline Ochs
North English
Iowa
Hartman
California Syrup Co. Figs and Elixir Advertisement
An old advertisement extols a fig and elixir syrup from California Syrup Co. claiming gentle cleansing and laxative, marketed as a refreshing, wholesome remedy. It emphasizes simple, natural ingredients and urges purchase from reputable druggists, noting a fixed price per bottle.
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California
Hhe Company
California Syrup Co
Hibbard Refuses Noyes and City Appointments
Ex mayor Hibbard rejects Noyes offer to resign for a share of his old post as Civil Service reviews continue. The board approves Maginnis as art commissioner while weighing multiple other mayoral appointments to the sinking funds, police and street offices amid political frictions and possible department consolidation.
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Civil Service Commission
Charles D. Maginnis
William T. Fitzgerald
Regent Circle
Brookline
Fitzgerald, Hubbard & Co
Leonard H. Rhodes
Thomas F. Lally
Keyes Street
Patrick J. Brady
Sinking Funds Commission
W. Prentiss Parker
Maginnis
Port
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Samuel H. Borofsky
Board of
Children’s Institutions
Louis K. Rourke
John @. Kennedy
Joseph P. Lyons
Morris L. Morrison
Matthew Cummings
Mary E. McIsaac
Bowdoin S. Parker
George A. Hibbard
Felix W. MecGettrick
John B., Martin
Wiliam J, Age Sem
Heinze Attacks Prosecutor and Grand Jury in New York
On May 13 Heinze harshly criticized US District Attorney Wise who prosecuted him and the grand jury that indicted him. He faulted eastern newspapers and warned jurors that federal attorneys do not judge facts in the grand jury room and that New York press overawes institutions.
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New York
United States
Wise
Grand Jury
Heinze
East
Harvard Sophomore Dies in Hospital
Maurice McPherson a 23 year old Harvard sophomore died yesterday morning at Stillman Infirmary Cambridge from pneumonia. His home was Bridge town New Jersey where his body will be shipped today. He had been ill two weeks and prepared for Harvard at Bridge town High School. Last year he belonged to the Freshman Banjo Club.
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Maurice McPherson
Harvard
Stillman Infirmary
Cambridge
Bridgetown
N. J
Mr. McPherson
Fire fighters glued to floor at Worcester blaze
Worcester firemen battled a street railway barn fire on Market street when varnish spilled from two vats in the armature shop exploded and coated the repair shop floor. The blaze caused little damage but left the crew coated in sticky insulation varnish from head to foot.
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Worcester
Worcester Fire Department
Street Railway Company
Market Street
Armature
Negro Blood Divorce Cause in New York Supreme Court
May 13. Hidden negro blood in the wife's veins is sufficient ground for annulment of her marriage to a white husband, the New York State Supreme Court ruled. William Horton, a wealthy plumber, obtained an interlocutory decree of annulment, charging Edith May Williams misrepresented herself as of Spanish descent before marriage.
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New York
William Horton
State Supreme Court
Edith May Williams
Injunction Grants Restraint Over Wool House Construction
Judge Rugg of the Supreme Court issued an injunction against striking union men and against the trustees and project of the new nine story wool warehouse on Summer street extension. L. P. Soule Company is restrained from interference with its building contract. The strike by Bricklayers' Union No 3 and Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union No 7 halted progress due to employment of non union labor.
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Summer Street
Rugg
Supreme Court
L. P. Soule Company
Fargo Trust Workers Strike Ties Up Warehouse Contract
The Fargo Real Estate Trust moved to end its contract with the L. P. Soule Company, asserting delays certified by the architect. The court found the certificate a pretext for a strike aimed at pressuring contractors, ruling the call unlawful and an incipient conspiracy to injure Soule.
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Fargo Real Estate Trust
L. P. Soule Company
Rugg
Tech
L. P. Soule & Co
Brockton Seeks Pied Piper as Rat Menace Grows
Brockton May 13 Rats increase rapidly prompting City Physician Charles G Miles to issue an extermination warning. He notes the rats appear sleek and unafraid, suggesting residents may be feeding them as pets, a dangerous misconception prompting action.
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Brockton
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Punsterberg
Peruna
Jackson Hadley
Esopus
N. Y
M. FE. Seymour
Bow, Georgia
Peryna
Manalin
York
Colorado
Georgia
Mrs. Jackson Hadley
Mrs
Wille
Bess
the Press Publishing Co
Harry Palmer
Massa Bess
Hibbard
Noyes
Parker
Fitzgerald
Democratic Party
Senator Parker
McCarthy
Thomas R. O'Connor
Thomas F. Campbell
Water Department
William J. Welch
Civil Service
Welch
Thomas F. Dolan
Eugene McCarthy
Wire Department
Dolan
Jacob Wirth
Gi Pierce, Co. Oa
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