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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
3
Joseph A. Cahalan, longtime supervisor at Sullivan Square playground and former Boston curb Exchange secretary, remains at City Hospital awaiting a decision on a delicate procedure to remove a renal calculus from his right kidney. An X ray confirmed a kidney stone that threatens his life.
Colonel Patrick McGovern a Hartford insurance leader married his former telephone girl Julia Pillsbury Kinghorn. The 63 year old groom gave a $50,000 wedding gift.
A widely known patient, Cahalan, has undergone left kidney removal and is noted by medical professionals across the country. Multiple medical journal articles describe his experiences on the operating table and public fascination with his case.
A 28 year old Dorchester man Cahalan has spent 86 months in hospitals since falling ill after the A A Marathon on Patriots Day. He weighs about 160 pounds and is reported in good condition now at City Hospital. He is married and active as treasurer of the Catholic Club and a member of multiple Catholic and fraternal organizations.
The Allan line steamer Parisian docked from Glasgow two days late after a violent voyage stirred by heavy winds and rough seas. Passengers, including many children, suffered seasickness while engines faltered and wireless gear blew down twice. American travelers learned of an assassination attempt on Colonel Roosevelt, news not yet wirelessed aboard.
In Detroit on October 16, James Sullivan and Frank Kelly of Boston were jailed for begging and intoxication. After displaying sunburnt hands and noting their team’s two straight losses, Justice Stein discharged them, saying hard work and the double defeat justified no begging.
Silk lined overcoats priced at 9.75 in black vine and gray shades. Silk lined to edge with finished worsteds, thibets, oxfords. Limited quantity remaining from S. H. Harrison Co located at 662 672 Washington Street.
The wedding of Colonel McGovern and Miss Kinghorn took place in a private setting due to family bereavement. Rev. Michael A. Sullivan officiated, with few relatives present as the couple departed for New York afterward.
Seymour Howell Taylor of Adrian was elected editor in chief of The Tech the Massachusetts Institute of Technology daily. Taylor entered Technology in 1909, left for a year, and returned in September 1911. He is a Glee Club member and active in student affairs. Bertram Farnest dams of Brookline was elected business manager and is a sophomore.
An advertisement touts HYOMEI as a guaranteed remedy for catarrh and related illnesses. It claims relief from hawking, snuffing, crusts, and inflammation, with a complete outfit priced at $1.00 and extra bottles at 50 cents. Instructions urge inhaling蒔vapors over a bowl to speed relief overnight.
A historic health piece promotes the liver as a key organ and explains liver torpor leads to poisons in the body. It extols a natural remedy, Hunyadi Janos Water, as a gentle fast-acting laxative that cleanses the liver and purifies the system, warning against substitutes.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad executives receive a letter from John F. Duffy of the Mattapan Civic Improvement Association advocating renaming Forest Avenue station in Mattapan to Morton Street station on the Midland division. The note argues Forest Avenue naming is misleading due to nearby Forest Hills and cites other local stations Dudley Bird and Harvard streets.
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