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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
2
Lynn police say 14 year old Chester McKay died after his foster brother Clyde aged 1 accidentally discharged a light .22 rifle while they played in a basement. Chester crawled through a window and was hit in the eye dying within an hour.
Readers seek guidance on fatigue illness and kidney trouble. The column recommends tonics and tablets to restore strength, weight and color, noting overwork or worry as likely causes and advising medical-grade products from drugstores.
Readers ask about fatigue constipation dandruff weight gain and fatigue. Answers recommend overwork causes disease and laxatives blood purifiers with three grain sulfur tablets plain yellow mingos five grain arbolone and other tonics to improve strength and vitality.
A response advises that many young women crave fuller figures and promotes medicated venosol cream as a cheap, easy to use remedy. The directions accompany the product and the author promises a letter of thanks.
The Chicago case of a detective baby named Haiselden triggers wide debate among doctors lawyers and clergymen. Supporters argue death is best while opponents call for life preservation and moral scrutiny amid public outrage and the coroner's pending investigation.
Boston citizens react to Dr Haiselden's claim that defective babies may be allowed to die. Prominent figures including Dr Richard Cabot urge saving life, while others caution physicians against deciding who may live. Debate centers on ethics, medicine, and possible committees to evaluate cases.
Dr Haiselden at birth described the baby with several severe defects including closed intestinal tract paralyzed right facial nerves missing right ear one blind eye shoulder malformations and a notably absent neck He warned that if the child lived he would be a hopeless cripple prone to fits and severe disability
An advertisement promotes Pinex as a home remedy for persistent coughs. It claims to heal inflamed membranes and loosen phlegm while offering a pint of syrup for about 54 cents. It advises asking for 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex and notes a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Assistant District Attorney Webber asserts a duty to preserve life to its end arguing that harming a fetus or child is murder. He stresses consistency with ethics in peace or war and cites the protection of children as central to the law.
A letter by Mrs. William Lowell Putnam and associates argues against medical intervention in a Chicago case, contending nature should take its course and that saving a life would not benefit the patient or community. The stance dismisses sentimentality and favors nonintervention.
Simplicity marked the funeral of Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. About 8000 attended, 2500 inside the chapel, with a procession led by trustees and notable mourners, and the burial conducted in the institute grounds.
Concord New Hampshire dedicates its new armory in a ceremony with about two thousand attendees including Governor Walsh Adjutant General Charles H Cole and militia leaders. General Cole turned over the building keys to Governor Walsh who then entrusted them to Captain Michael J Dee as custodian.
In a tense session the house weighs heat about a plan to put GB. B. B. on City Hall annex front as mockery of James M. Curley. Officials face pressure to remove bronze shields before 3 PM. The debate hints at sharper exchanges between Curley and Dr. Fitzgerald.
Bucharest press reports a decree authorizing the War Ministry to requisition metals clothing medicines cloth machines for military factories river craft railway material and combustibles. Tradesmen must declare stock as Roumania foresees potential end to neutrality. The note appears in Milan despatch via Paris. The Adventures of Mollie Waddy and Tony continue Sunday Post.
An advertisement extols pure blood as the cure for many ailments and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as effective for purifying and enriching blood, removing scrofula and other humors, and boosting the whole system. It urges families to start taking it now to prevent illness.
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