Immigrant mental tests urged at hygiene congress
Dr. Thomas W. Salmon of the U S public health service warned that the United States may reap an increasing harvest of insanity due to Congress failing to pass immigration laws requiring mental tests for immigrants. He spoke to the 15th international congress on hygiene and demography.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Thomas W. Salmon
United States Public Health Service
15Th
International Congress On
Segregation Urged For Feeble Minded Children In Colonies
Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New York urged segregating feeble minded children in colonies to prevent societal burden from criminals and paupers, arguing they cannot be made normal. The program also discussed American marriage and divorce statistics with speakers Rev. Dr. Samuel W. Dike and Dr. Joseph A Hill. Other topics included child conservation, community planning in child welfare, worker protection, and infant paralysis transmission.
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Woods Hutchinson
New York
Samuel W. Dike
National League For the Protection of the Family
Joseph A Hill
United States Census Bureau
America
New Boa Plume Used as Muffler in Hat Fashion
A detailed note on willow plumes used as hat trim, extending from crown to back or side, with cords for wrapping at cold weather. It describes lengths, colors, and styling on stiff hats like black velvet derbies, and notes high fashion yet costly appeal requiring a full or striking face to balance the ornament.
Professor Crushed in Elevator at Harvard Medical School
Dr Leonard W Williams a 40 year old instructor in comparative anatomy at Harvard Medical School was killed yesterday afternoon when an elevator in Building B died. The accident occurred about 3 o clock near 240 Longwood Avenue Roxbury with the deceased residing at 26 Gorham Street Cambridge.
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Leonard W. Williams
Gorham Street
Cambridge
Harvard Medical School
Longwood Avenue
Roxbury
Harvard Medical School Instructor Found Dead in Elevator Shaft
Dr. Williams, a three year instructor at Harvard Medical School, was found hanging head down in a third floor well by Patrick O'Brien at 3 o'clock. He had spoken with colleagues 15 minutes earlier and was a Brown University graduate. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Williams
Patrick O'Brien
O’brien
Warren
George B. Magrath
Magrath
Harvard Medical School
Brown University
Mass Meeting Permit Denied at Faneuil Hall
The commissioner of public buildings refused a permit for the Boston Ettor Giovannitti defence conference mass meeting at Faneuil Hall on Monday night acting on police advice. Secretary John J Ballam announced the decision last night.
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Boston
Boston delegates denounce permit denial for hall use
Following a meeting of eight delegates representing 120 Greater Boston organizations at the conference headquarters, Secretary Ballam said members were dumfounded by the permit refusal. A committee led by Pearl McGill and I W W orator, with Ballam and Morse, will urge Mayor Fitzgerald to arrange access. If denied, a large protest march of about 2000 people to City Hall may occur from Faneuil Hall Square Monday night.
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Greater Boston
Ballam
Pearl McGill
Morse
Stationary Engineers’ Union
Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall Square
City Hall
Pink Pills for Pale People Promise Health Through Blood
The ad extols beauty through health not cosmetics and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for pale people as a safe tonic for anemia and weak blood. It features testimony from Mrs Addie Griffin of Bridgeport Connecticut describing improved color strength and energy after using the product.
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Addie Griffin
Gilbert Street
Bridgeport
Conn
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