The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-28

Three more cases Of diphtheria have
made their appearance in town, one of
them being of a decidedly malignant
form. The families afflicted are those
| of Fred Martin and Charles Hart Of
| st. John street, the latter case OF
| which was mentioned in The Spy this
morning. the child having shown
symptoms of the disease last night.
Two of Fred Martins children are
stricken, a boy, Wilfred L., aged q
months, and a girl, Leone e., aged
! four months. Wilfred was taken i'll
| last night and the board of health i'm
mediately had the house placarded.
The little fellow is not as yet very Sc
riously ill.,
The girl is not so fortunate. She was
taken i'll this morning, diphtheria show
| ing itself in its most malignant form,
and her death is rather expected than
a recovery. She is so young that she
cannot withstand the ravages Of the
disease. and the doctors have little hope
for her.
Harris child is also seriously
| ill. and being but four months old,
there are grave fears that she, too, will
fall a victim. There is apparently
good ground for the statement of the
members of the health board that the
eastern portion of the town should be
furnished with a complete system of
sewers. and that at once.
While it is true that diphtheria has
shown itself to a small extent in other
parts of the town, it is in the Can
ada" district that it has been and is
playing such terrible havoc with the
lives of the children. There are now
some cases extant where there is lit
tie uncertainty as to the nature of the
illness and the physicians do not wish
to needlessly alarm the parents and
people in the vicinity by announcing
them until they can be positive.
A big change will be made in the
Goodyear stitching department of the
E. & A. H. Batcheller shoe factory next
week, whereby a much larger output
of work will be possible. Three new
machines will be put in, one Goodyear
stitcher. a Goodyear channel turner
and a Goodyear welting machine. Some
of the old benches are being removed
from their places in the factory to
make room for the improvements. Each
machine can be run by one man, but
several more pairs of shoes can be
turned out each day than under the
present arrangement.
Elmer Churchill, foreman of the
stitching department at the E. g. A. H.
Batcheller shoe factory, has reconsid-
cred his resignation, and decided to
withdraw it, The deal which he was
making with A. Cont for the latter's
fruit store, fell through, and ON this
account Mr.. Churchill has decided to
retain his present position.
James Foley of the Worcester post
office department is visiting the family
Of Michael Prue in the eastern part of
the town.
The High School Athletic Association
held meeting this afternoon and COM
pleted arrangements for the field day
to be held May goth at Oakland Gar
den. 1t was voted to withdraw indefi-
nitely from the Worcester County South
Athletic Association. The hurdle race
is to be substituted by the relay race.
No member of the school will be all
lowed to take part as an official. A
base ball' game win be arranged-the
sophomores and freshmen vs. the ju-
niors and seniors. The day viii be
ended by a social in Castle hall, to
which none but members Of the school
will be invited.
Matthew Carey, employed in the H.
H. Brown shoe factory, fell in a faint
while working at his bench this morn
ing and had to be carried to the Cen
trail House, where he boards DR..
Thomas J. Garrigan was called and
found that Mr. Carey's throat was af-
fected, this giving rise to the belief
that he had diphtheria. DR.. Garrigan
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