Word: healthful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...warning, he sank to the pavement, and died a few minutes later. Dr. Hildreth was summoned, but arrived too late to render any assistance. The body was removed to the home of the deceased at 19 Francis avenue. Mr. Hyatt has not been known to have been in ill health recently. His age was sixty-three...
...Charles River Dam Commission will hold a public hearing at the State House from 10 to 1 this morning. Committees from the Board of Health, Park Department, Harbor Commission, and the Navy Yard will present reports stating any plans they may have which would be affected by the dam. A civil engineer will examine the reports and answer questions upon them. The hearing will be continued at the same hours tomorrow and on Wednesday...
...students particularly desirous of keeping in perfect health it may be of interest to know that every snow-storm is followed by a marked increase in the number of cases of nasal colds, the various forms of sore throat, coughs, less frequently catarrhal disturbances of the intestinal tract, and occasionally more serious illness. This is probably largely due to the fact that comparatively few students wear rubbers or overshoes, and that it is impossible without such protection to walk in several inches of snow and keep the feet dry. Wet feet are probably more prolific of the above diseases than...
...Cambridge and Newton, from the Metropolitan Park Commission, Associated Board of Trade, Boston Chamber of Commerce and from several private concerns spoke briefly at the hearing. They were united in the belief that the advisability of building the dam should depend first, upon its effect on the general health; second, upon its effect on the harbor and commerce of Boston; third, upon its effect on the park system...
...consider for a minute why we have athletic sports at all. Is it not for the pleasure and amusement to be gained from them, for the cultivation of manliness and for the benefit to general health and vigor? Of course in the case of our big teams or crews, where the strain is most severe, men do not try for them for their health, but to "make" the team, and for the honor and advancement to be gained thereby. And this is certainly worth some risk, as are also the lessons of experience and self-denial, and the spirit...