The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

DrSt bicycle lOuIS Htlu III lhlS Npuh-
try, made on high wheels. and since
known as the wheel about the Hub"
was observed a few days ago by 40
wheelmen, several of whom partici-
pated in the original run. The wheel
men met at the usual place In RoX-
hurry. under command Of Walter I.
Kendall OF the Boston Bicycle club,
and followed by a score Of high pow
cred automobiles, started over the
time honored route toward Sharon.
Mrs Margaret Mcdonald, probably
the Oldest resident of the Roxbury dis
trict, and one OF the Oldest women OF
New ENGLAND. died at her home re-
Gently. aged lO6 years. Death was
due 10 old age Miss Mcdonald re-
tained her faculties up 10 the last few
minutes and was able TO converse with
the relatives who gathered about her
bedside.
she was born in the highlands Of
Scotland. and al the age of 10 came
20 this country. She remembered as
girl the war Of 1872. About 90 yesrs
ago she was married and at that time
came TO Boston. Her husband, James
Mcdonald. served through the civil
war. He died in 1875. Mrs. Mcdonald
is survived by one granddaughter.
Or. Victor Stafford, the medical in
spector at the immigration bureau on
Long wharf is an old Dartmouth man.
Many of the old grads recall the
young man known to his classmates
as "The Wizard" The title is not at
all out of place even now, 1t seems, as
the doctor possesses wizards eye
for diseased or undesirable aliens. 50
thorough has been his inspection that
the city of Boston is singularly free
from the alien diseases which ailllcl
many other large cities i'm which for
eigners settle.
The fishing schoOners, Thcrese and
Alice, which arrived here the other
day, brought a steam gauge, set on
piece of oak plank, supposed to have
been part of the wreckage of the lost
steamer Portland. which foundered In
the great storm Of November, 1898,
while on her way from this city to
Portland
The gauge was pulled mp on trawl
hook by one of the schooner's crew,
on the northeastern part of the mid
die bank, twenty-four miles east of
Boston light, or about midway be
tween Cape Cod and Cape Ann. The
water is forty-three fathoms deep on
the bank.
At various times fishermen have
hooked fragments OF wreckage sup
posed to haveE,o from the Portland
in that vicinity
The assignment of trained nurses to
our public schools, to examine and
look after the physical condition OF
the children, has thus early proved
jts desirability. The nurses went on
duty at the opening of the school, and
their earliest examination revealed
several cases of contagion, such as
scarlet fever measles and mumps, and
these were Immediately excluded from
the schools There also were many
cases OF chronic diseases, especially
diseases of the eve, and some of these
pensary or hospital according to the
seriousness of the case, in every in
stance with the consent of the par
ents. Cases of assesses also were
found and not a few children were
suffering from septic fingers and toes.
As the nurses carry with them bag
containing simple remedies and band
ages they were able to treat slight
cases themselves. The new system
shows good results from the start
While the question of an increased
price for milk is being agitated il is
recalled that II is now fifteen years
since Nathan Straus began selling
pasteurized milk i'm the poorer sec
tions Of New York city and giving II
away TO mothers too poor To buy. or
course IL is impossible to say how
much infant life has been saved by
him, but IL is certain that the vital
statistics show marked decrease in
infant mortality in all the districts
reached by his milk depots. II is a
record in which any man might well
find happiness During the past
three months Mr.. Straus has main
tained seventeen stations and while
the season is now practically over, he
will keep six stations open all win
ter. During the past season nearly
three million bottles OF milk and
million and a quarter glasses were
sold or given away In fifteen years
thirty million bottles or glasses of
milk have been sold or given away,
and nearly four hundred cities in diff
ferent parts of the world have fol-
dowed Mr.. Strauss example
A rather interesting story concern
ing Boston's business relations with
the west is told 10y Henry G. Long Of
this city. q member of the Western