Alameda County
Biographies
WILLIAM A. POWELL.
William A. Powell, a well known young attorney of Oakland, was born in this city August 29, 1880. He is a son of Walter and Anne B. (Denny) Powell, natives of England, who came to California in 1865, the father going by way of the Isthmus of Panama and the mother around the Horn in a sailing vessel.
William A. Powell acquired his early education in the public schools of Berkeley and later attended the University of California, from which he was graduated in 1902. He is a prominent athlete, having been a member of the varsity track team in 1902 and from that year until 1907 holding the Pacific Coast championship for hurdling. He now engages in the general practice of law in Oakland and controls an important and growing patronage. Mr. Powell is a member of the Athenian Club and is a democrat in his political views. He holds a high place in his party's councils, as is indicated by the fact that from 1910 to 1912 he was chairman of the democratic county central committee and is now a member of the democratic executive state central committee. Although still a young man, he has already gained an enviable place in the ranks of the legal fraternity in this part of the state and will undoubtedly be carried forward into still more important relations with professional life.
Past & Present of Alameda County, California – Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914
p. 218
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
EDWIN H. MAYON.
Edwin H. Mayon, a representative and esteemed citizen of Oakland, has held the position of chief deputy county auditor for the past four years and has made a most creditable record in that connection. His birth occurred in Pioche, Nevada, on the 1st of November, 1877, his parents being Thomas C. and Nellie C. (Reed) Mayon. The father, who was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, October 14, 1843, acquired his education in the place of his nativity and there remained until 1862, when he came to California and turned his attention to mining, locating first in Marysville and subsequently in Amador county, where he continued until 1875. He then went to Central America and followed mining there until his removal to Alaska, where he served as superintendent of the Apollo until 1900. During the past fourteen years, however, he has lived retired in Oakland, being widely recognized as one of its respected and substantial residents. It was here that he wedded Miss Nellie C. Reed, by whom he has two children: George C. and Edwin H., of this review.
The latter attended the graded and high schools of Oakland until seventeen years of age and subsequently spent eight months as a student in the Aydelotte Business College. He then went to Alaska and until 1897 was engaged as assayer in the mine of which his father acted as superintendent. Afterward he made his way to Dawson, Yukon Territory, and worked a claim until the spring of 1899, when he went to Nome, Alaska, being one of the first miners there. In the fall of 1899 he returned to Oakland, but in the spring of 1900 again made his way to Nome, where he was engaged in mining for six months. Subsequently he followed mining in the southeastern part of Alaska until 1901 and then sold out, returning to Oakland. From 1901 to 1904 he was engaged in mining in California, operating in Tuolumne, Amador, Butte, Trinity, Siskin [Siskiyou], Eldorado and Caliveras [Calaveras]. He was employed as bookkeeper in the office of the city treasurer at Oakland from 1904 until 1908 and in the latter year became chief deputy county auditor, in which capacity he has remained continuously since, discharging his duties in a highly satisfactory and commendable manner.
On the 4th of March, 1906, in Oakland, Mr. Mayon was united in marriage to Miss Ella McLaughlin, by whom he has one child, Elinor, now five years of age. He is a republican in politics and a Protestant in religious faith and is identified fraternally with the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Mayon is a wide-awake, energetic and alert young man, and both he and his wife are highly respected in the city where they make their home.
Past & Present of Alameda County, California – Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914
p. 218
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
THE BOHANNON CANCER INSTITUTE.
The Bohannon Cancer Institute, under the management of G. C. Bohannon, is an institution established for the scientific treatment and cure of cancer and all forms of malignant and benign growths without the use of the knife, burning plaster or X-ray. It is a large and thoroughly equipped private sanitarium exclusively for the treatment of cancer and tumor sufferers, and the men in charge of the institution have been unusually successful along their special line. Their experience in the treatment of malignant growths extends over a period of many years, during which several thousand cases have come under their observation. With the idea in view that there was no reason why they, who have had experience in the treatment of cancer and have made a special study of it, should not specialize in this disease as others do in other branches of medicine, The Bohannon Cancer Institute was established. It is only necessary to consult persons who have been patients at the sanitarium to be convinced that the services there are real and efficient and that the institution is conducted in a manner which commands respect and approbation from all who have come to know about it.
The directors of
The Bohannon Institute claim that cancer is a curable disease and base these
claims upon the success which they have had in the treatment of it. Their
scientific method utilizes many different medicines in such a manner as to
completely revolutionize the treatment of all abnormal growths, either malignant
or benign. There is no one medicine that can be successfully employed in
the treatment of cancer, and this fact to a certain extent accounts for the
failures that have been made in the past in this branch of practice. The
Bohannon method is founded upon three facts, recognized today by all regular
schools of practice. First: Cancer in its incipiency is always a local disease
and not a disease of the blood. Second : Cancer is a vegetating cell
growth and in every instance invades the tissues and glands by the process known
as infiltration. Third: Cancer, to be permanently cured, requires the removal of
the remotest cell. Recognizing these facts, The Bohannon Institute employs
anti‑cancer toxin, with a strong affinity for malignant growths, which, being
diseased and porous, offer it no response but absorb the medicine instantly,
leaving the sound tissue in a perfectly healthy and normal condition. The
advantages of this treatment are as follows:
(1) It is a very rapid method. The
patient only need spend a short time away from home; in many cases can be
treated and return home the same day; the busy man need not neglect his affairs;
the workman loses but a little time; the housewife is gone from her family but a
short time.
(2) It is a moderate priced treatment. Cost of treatment in every case depends entirely upon the extent of the growth and amount of tissue involved.
(3) It is a bloodless treatment. There is no loss of blood and consequently no weakening of the system.
(4) It is a safe treatment.
(5) It does not produce violent inflammation, as usually accompanies the application of escharotics in general, hence
(6) Pain is minimized.
(7) It does not undermine the constitution.
(8) It does not rack the nerves.
(9). Patients are not required to remain in bed.
(10) It does not affect the heart.
(11) The appetite is not impaired.
(12) It may be used inside the mouth and on other mucous surfaces.
This treatment, or anti-cancer toxin, is introduced into the affected tissues by a hypodermic syringe and in this way the diseased tissue is reached immediately and effectively. The toxin attacks and kills only the diseased tissue, having no effect whatever on sound and healthy tissues. The Bohannon Institute is located at 1813 University avenue in Berkeley and is thoroughly equipped and efficiently managed, being in the hands of a competent corps of directors, aided by a staff of hospital trained nurses, trained also in this particular line of nursing. The institution since its foundation in 1909 by G. C. Bohannon, its present manager, has had a very prosperous career and it treats an increasing number of patients year by year, its best advertisement being its satisfied clients.
Past & Present of Alameda County, California – Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914
p. 219
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler