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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
8
Friday and Saturday features include Anderson ginghams linens percales cotton foulards woolens and Cheney silks. The sale promises style beauty serviceability and economy in cost with dresses priced to move stock quickly and attract shoppers.
The women and children's wage bill advanced from the Senate ways and means committee. It authorizes an investigation of wages in every industry and targets stenographers, shop girls, and telephone operators while seeking data from mills and other workplaces where women and young workers are employed.
The bill shifts from fixing wages by boards to granting State boards the power to investigate needs and feasibility of a minimum wage. Committee reasoning notes fixing wages may be unconstitutional, while reports on specific industries and suggested wages remain possible. A five member investigating commission will be appointed by the Governor with advice and consent.
John Golden of Fall River advocates allocating a labor representative a child advocate and a female member to the seat of the countil. He argues low wages harm women and children workers and that exposing pay inequities could curb immorality in large cities.
The French Bull dogs Club of America staged a major prize event at the Hotel Astor sun parlor. Gain's Riquet, owned by Grant Norman of Brooklyn, defeated Charlemagne owned by Miss Mary Winthrow, a famed bulldog. Arnold Lawson of Boston exhibited Noswal Kenfiels. Mrs. Lawson won multiple honors with Mirette De La Mare and Noswal Nabob among her top entries.
Mrs. Eunice N. Sweetser, 94, native Wakefield resident and widow of Asa N. Sweetser, died early yesterday at the Home for Aged Women. She leaves three grandsons. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the old Sweetser homestead on Main and Nahant streets.
Boston has become a hub for pickpockets from across the country. Investigations show a widespread immunity system that has allowed many offenders to avoid punishment despite police captures.
Police say one in three cases ends with criminals escaping punishment through bonding. After arrest and lower court prosecution, thieves appeal and are released on bonds until Superior Court sessions, creating a reputation of impunity drawing criminals from around.
The piece notes that a man has defaulted and records at police headquarters and Clerk Manning’s office confirm the claim. It details holiday thefts totaling about 125 dollars, limited arrests, and a pattern of ongoing daily robberies versus low punishment rates in Superior Court. Bondsmen sometimes post appearance money, which is forfeited if defendants fail to show.
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