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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
22
Mayor Curley proposed a wagon tax on milk dealers to raise city funds. He urged license fees of 5 dollars per wagon per year instead of the current 50 cent per dealer annual flat rate, forecasting thousands in revenue.
At a hearing most dealers favored increasing the city’s revenue from milk traffic with a proposed tax of 2 dollars per wagon per year. The Mayor said dealers should cover a large share of the approximately 18 000 dollar annual cost of the dairy inspection service, implying dealers must pay or the city will cover the shortfall.
A public hearing on compulsory pasteurization drew over 190 milk dealers. Proponents favored it while most sentiment opposed compulsory measures due to higher costs. Accusations targeted Dr James Q Jordan head of milk inspectors as pursuing dealers, sparking clashes over city inspection work.
Relatives of Arthur J. Slevin, a former Boston boy killed in a New York saloon, returned from New York after an unsuccessful probe into his death. His Stoughton family, respected locally, notes he lost his packing job and was reluctant to ask for help. He was found asleep in the saloon when the incident occurred.
Report says Slevin died instantly after an axe strike in a saloon. He was well educated and spoke several languages. New York police think the death resulted from accident rather than intent to kill.
Between fifty thousand and sixty thousand people are expected to visit the repository at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross today. Cardinal O Connell will celebrate a solemn pontifical high mass at 9 a m followed by a procession of the Blessed Sacrament. The chapel is beautifully decorated with flowers and will be open all day for visitors to make their devotions.
Six year old Josephine Kashus of 476 Southbridge Street was struck by the automobile of Dr Homer Gage consulting surgeon at City Hospital while playing near her home. She died from injuries. Police said the accident was purely accidental.
Mrs. Elizabeth Welles of 230 Huntington Avenue learns in San Francisco she is heir to the estate of Charles W. Raymond, a forty-niner who died in 1912. The inheritance includes California and New York real estate, government bonds, and cash.
Mrs Maud Ford Lanigan of Boston sues James F Lanigan Sr a Lawrence banker and manufacturer for 50 000 in a post mortem alienation suit claiming she was ignored at her husband s funeral and forced to pay her own carriage to attend. The elder Lanigan leads major local businesses while the deceased was an Arlington Trust vice president. The case aims to divide his estate as no will exists and litigation is expected.
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