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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1915
Page
8
The second and last lecture on baby care will be given by Dr Richard M Smith at the Women's Municipal League headquarters 6 Marlboro street today at 4 15 PM. The public is invited as he explains care during hot weather and how to prevent sickness in infants.
Dense smoke and a small cotton fire trapped workers at the Enterprise Mattress Company building. Miss Lillian Levine directed seven co workers to safety as 20 bales burned on the sixth floor and required lowering to Beverly street. The mattress factory faces an estimated 25000 loss while the furniture company suffered only water damage.
The Stationary Engineers Union 16 urged the State Legislature to defeat House bill No. 2060, substitute for 1111, arguing it creates class legislation and endangers public safety by allowing unlicensed operators. Joseph A. Nash called the current licensing law the result of years of experience and essential to protecting life and property.
Walpole fire crews and volunteers battle a stubborn brush fire stretching about a quarter mile along Fisher Street with a backup into the woods. Damage tops $5000 to timber as residents prepare to flee if flames widen. The blaze, visible for miles, remained uncontrolled at 1 o'clock.
Dr Charles E Page argues antitoxin worsened diphtheria mortality since 1898, citing England registrar figures and Britannica notes. He challenges Dr Place and supporters to disprove his claim, offering $1000 to any skeptic or the Post editor.
Joseph Lune argues for reorganizing the Board of Prison Commissioners as proposed by Governor Walsh. He says a single paid executive with expert staff would improve administration, parole processes, and public reporting, replacing the current mix of an expert and four volunteers. He dismisses Ways and Means opposition as unfounded and urges passage.
A severe drought followed by locusts decimated Honduras grain crops, leaving the republic almost entirely dependent on the United States. William D. Patterson, a chemical engineer, reported the situation after returning from Honduras aboard the United Fruit steamer Esparta in Boston.
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