Rage for Life to Save Baby Ends in Doctor Visit
A worried family rushed their infant to medical care after the child drank Garbolic acid. The parents drove about four miles to reach a doctor who treated the baby and advised further monitoring.
05 May 1902
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1902
Page
1
A worried family rushed their infant to medical care after the child drank Garbolic acid. The parents drove about four miles to reach a doctor who treated the baby and advised further monitoring.
Mary, 18 months old, died after her father left carbolic acid within reach at their New Athens township home. The parents raced to Freeburg for Dr Henry Sertel, covering five miles in a buggy, but the child died before arrival.
The letter from Admiral George Dewey to Mrs Carrie Herepool explains that U S sailors drank coffee not liquor during the Manila Bay battle Coffee was used to keep crews alert and liquor was forbidden aboard ship except for medical use in accordance with United States regulations.
Dr Maggie B Shipp wife of Brigham H Roberts who was barred from Congress two years ago initially refused to attend the National Association of Womens Clubs in Los Angeles. After appeals to church leadership and ministers authorities urged her to stay away, and she reluctantly complied.
Fire gutted a building at 304 Pearl Street in New York, occupied by Eureka Bedding. Two persons perished and several were injured after flames broke out on the first floor near cotton and stair pads from a cigarette stub.
Pittsburg report says Mrs Kate Soffel wife of Allegheny county jail warden pleaded guilty to abetting and aiding in the Biddle Brothers escape of January. She faces sentencing next Saturday.
Bulletin from Castle Loo notes Queen Wilhelmina’s illness has ended hopes for a happy childbearing event expected in September. Despite the miscarriage, the queen’s general condition is described as satisfactory at the moment.
Milwauker Wisconsin May 5 Colonel George Poppert president of the George Poppert Manufacturing company marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Poppert migration from Germany by wedding Annie Poppert former wife of his son. Court records show divorces for two sons and a third son obtained a Kansas City divorce from the woman who will become stepmother to her former husband. The colonel says he funded Henry, the oldest son, with $16000 to build a Kansas City factory. Henry dissipated the funds and sent his wife back to her father.
Thomas Seward of New York, tied to United States Loan and Deposit, traveled from Central America aboard the Breakwater and recounted a Guatemalan City park incident involving William Godfrey Hunter Jr. and Mrs. Barthel. He described Hunter challenging Barthel and triggering a political scandal with rumored banishment orders and furniture claims. Hunter had been a Kentucky Senate candidate and A P A leader.
Eighty four prisoners under guard attempted to break through a guard line at dinner. Forces fired after a prearranged signal killing thirty five Moros and capturing nine. The rest escaped.
May 3 1921 Los Angeles clubwomen enter a auditorium decorated with pink carnations after a morning session focused on re incorporation and color questions. The New York compromise favors southern delegations as Georgia proposed the amendment allowing state federation members to join the General Federation if endorsed by their state executive board.
London reports J Pierpont Morgan received 2 500 000 in stock for organizing and financing a new shipping combine. Sums for other deals include United States Steel 15 000 000 and Metropolitan Securities 30 000 000 in stock. Attending attorneys deem the totals high but not excessive.
Tacoma May 5 Judge Wickersham and Guide Louis Lane traveled from Nome on January 10 to Mekimo tribes at Cape Prince of Wales for scientific research. He has studied Pacific coast aborigines for twenty years and aims to support the theory that North American Indians descend from Mongolians swept across the Pacific. He lived among Eskimos, gathered legends, and collected rare curios for the Smithsonian.
A Waterspout near Foss, a town on the Choctaw railway, reportedly drowns 12 people. Washita river rose ten feet as reported from Anadarko I T to Kansas City Star.
The Chief Justice and the Supreme Court sustain government authority to detain Chinese travelers in San Francisco. The ruling leads to deportation of the detained Chinese to China, affecting transit through the United States to other countries.
In Raleigh on May 5 a conference of the Fire-Tried Holiness movement in Greensboro drew crowds as believers shout, pray, and enter trances. Preacher Thomas C. Hodgin claims to cast out a devil, triggering a disturbance that left Edward Haynes of Davidson County insane and jailed for safety.
A general order threatens action against all involved with the trust to silence mouths. The document warns participants to stop discussing the matter and suggests forthcoming enforcement. Names or dates are not provided in the readable text.
Chicago reports the beef packers tightening defense amid government inquiries with John S. Miller hired to lead the defense. Warnings go to cattlemen and merchants to stay silent while meat abstinence depresses cattle prices by 25 cents per hundred. Armour Swift and Nelson Morris discharge 300 workers as demand slows.
Patrolman W G Valentine faces scrutiny after he charged his 71 year old mother with drunkenness and had her jailed in Bridewell The law department review to Mayor Harrison cites the county court asking for a pardon for the woman while Chief O Neill says the matter is in court hands not his.
Evansville Indiana May reports John Burger a Petersburg merchant tailor died this morning at age 60. Once betrothed to a society girl the day of their wedding he was deserted and vowed never to speak to a living soul again. He later married another man.
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