Forcible Feeding of Patients at Worcester
Hearings at Worcester State Hospital focus on alleged abuse of insane patients. Witnesses largely defend current methods as humane while noting food quality and wages. board temporarily allows further testimony from complainants and nurses to substantiate claims of abuse, torture, and mistreatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
State Board
Scribner
Michael J. O'Meara
Ida A. McNeill
Haren
James McMichael
Th. Scribner
George W. Galvin
Roston
John Addison Haien
Galvin
Halen
O'Meara
John Isenney
Kenney
William Hutch
William Foster
David Walsh
Coleman Motherway
Herbert Dalton
Irene Fitts
Vernon Briggs
Miss Fitts
Helen Rogers
Mary Healy
Miss McClellan
Mrs. O'Brien
Mrs. Moley
Miss Camp
Miss Gorman
Mary Brent
Motherway
Tripe
Dalton
Worcester State Asylum
Fireboat Battles Blaze Aboard Templemore at President Roads
Fireboat 44 under Captain Eaton battled a harbor blaze in the hold of the abandoned British steamer Templemore, lying at President Roads. Streams of water fed the hull for hours after the vessel was towed in by the revenue cutter Androscoggin, with flames intermittently leaping as onlookers watched from the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
President Roads
Boston
Androscoggin
Revenue Cutter Service
Garfield to Speak for Bird in Massachusetts
Former Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield along with Hon. W Bourke Cochran and former Judge Bainbridge Colby of New York will travel to Massachusetts to speak on behalf of Mr Bird in a political event. The speakers represent notable national figures as the campaign aims to bolster support.
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Secretary of the Interior
James R. Garfield
W. Bourke Coechran
New York
Bainbridge Colby
Massachusetts
Bird
Newton Bars Dance Hall
Newton, Mass. becomes the first city in the state to ban public dances for gain after Police Chief Fred W. Mitchell orders closures of three weekly assemblies. Clergy had pressed Mayor Hatfield citing immoral new steps and rowdy behavior. private dances by social, fraternal, and religious groups remain allowed at the Nonatum, Circuit and Lincoln halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Massachusetts
Fred W. Mitchell
Hatfield
Nonatum
Circuit
Lincoln
Winthrop Fire Seen For Miles
A Winthrop house occupied by the Thompson family and Lewis J. Tucker and wife and child caught fire. Tucker, the son in law, entered upstairs to rescue 1 year old Maxine Tucker who escaped to Helen Connor’s home. Mrs Stevens alerted neighbors and firefighters quickly confined the blaze to the residence despite heavy damage. The cause remains undetermined with Tucker speculating the bedroom closet.
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Thompson
Lewis J. Tucker
Tucker
Mr. Thompson
Little Maxine Tucker
Little Maxine
Helen Connor
John Stevens
Harbor View Avenue
Boston Harbor
Winthrop
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Copenhagen
Melton and Kersey
Wark
Goodyear
Washington St
St. Hamilton Place
Male
Samuel RB. Woodward
Mr. Haien
Dr. Woodward
Templemore
Garfield
New England
Messaline
Lyons
Berlin
Jordan Marsh Company
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