Infant Mortality Tied to Poverty and Housing Costs
Miss Julia C. Lathrop of the Children's Bureau reports a nationwide study linking infant deaths to low income, labor strain on mothers, and housing neglect. Manchester findings show higher mortality in low rent homes and lower rates where homes are owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia C. Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Washington
Miss. Lathrop
Hester
N. H
Crex
Manchester
Blanton Attacks Labor In Speech On Wage Demands
Washington dispatch reports Congressman Blanton criticizing railroad workers wage demands. He cites Henry Bacon of Haverhill Massachusetts and shoe plant workers earning 120 dollars weekly for 44 hours and leather cutters 70 to 80 dollars for 44 hours with four Saturdays off. He urges executive power to curb industrial autocracy and notes threats against him daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blanton
Henry Bacon
Haverhill
Mass
Congress
Brotherhoods
Republic
Jewell
Foreigner Held for Chasing Children in Lexington
Joseph Zarkowesky, 40, of 212 Endicott Street Boston, arraigned in Concord District Court after police say he terrorized Lowell Street children Thursday evening. He picked up stones and pursued youths, and was ordered to Psychopathic Hospital for observation. A second man who attacked children in East Lexington berry pastures is being sought by Lexington and Arlington police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Zarkowesky
Endicott Street
Boston
Lexington
East Lexington
Concord
Lowell Street
Psychopathic Hospital
Berry Pastures
Arlington
Noonan’s Hair Petrole Ad Promises Hair Growth
An advertisement pitches Noonan’s Hair Petrole a hair dressing tonic made of petroleum with an antiseptic and no bad odor. Barbers report surprising results on thin dry hair and offer the tonic at 15 cents per application, sold by barbers druggists and department stores from T Noonan & Sons Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noonan
Mfrs
T. Noonan &Sons
Portland St
Boston
Wiggin Confesses No Real-Life Model For Her Characters
Hollis Centre Maine August 8 Kate Douglas Wiggin author of The Lady of the Twinkle and the Smile says she never drew a character from a real person in her books. Critics and readers have long claimed some figures mirrored actual lives. She asserts they have not been accurate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Centre
Kate Douglas Wiggin
New England
San Francisco
Kate Wiggin’s Quillcote Home Reveals Creative Core
At Quillcote near the Saco River Kate Douglas Wiggin discusses her methods and motives. She says she never based characters on real individuals but uses a composite of village life to shape enduring figures. Wiggin plans Europe rest and hints at autobiography after death.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Quillcote
Saco River
Hollis Centre
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Mother Carey
Penelope
Kate Wiggin
New England
Saco
Hollis Bridge
Kate ‘Douglas Wiggin
Hollis
Dorcas Society
New York
Peabody
Polly Oliver
Europe
Brookline to Raise Wages of Employees
Brookline officials endorsed a townwide pay hike at a special meeting. The plan raises wages across departments with tiered increases from 5 to 15 percent based on current salaries, sets laborer pay at 4 dollars per day, caps on duty firemen and policemen at 1700 after five years, and boosts new police and fire recruits to 1300 a year for two years with 100 annual raises thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Board of Selectmen
Lowell Council Proclaims Irish Independence Plan
The Lowell City Council passed unanimously a set of resolutions favoring Irish independence and invited President Edward De Valera to speak at a large mass meeting for the Irish Victory Fund. Resolutions were presented by Commissioner Dennis A. Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Ireland
Edward de Valera
Irish Victory Fund
Dennis A. Murphy
Raid nets 15000 in equipment at Martha's Vineyard
Government investigators conducted raids on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard seeking army equipment valued at one million dollars allegedly salvaged from the wrecked British steamer Port Hunter at Vineyard Haven. The seizure follows the vessel sinking last November with an eight million dollar cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha’s: Vineyard
Vineyard Haven
Raids Seize $15000 in Army Gear Across Cape Cod and Island
Four raids, three in New Bedford and one in Oak Bluffs, confiscated army clothing and gear valued at about 15000. Major haul at Le Sanitary Laundry in Oak Bluffs included 87 leather jerkins and 560 olive drab shirts valued around 5500. No arrests. owners claim innocent purchases and may be refunded. Authorities, led by Captain Stark and Captain Halliday, pursue higher suspects in a wartime salvaging probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Martha’s Vineyard
Max Fox
South Water Street
Samuel Horenstein
Acushnet Avenue
New York Clothing Company
Union Street
le Sanitary Laundry
Oak Bluffs
Martha's Vineyard
B. A. Nickel
Cape Cod
Charles R. Stark, Jr
R. C. Halliday
U. Ss. A
Fort Rodman
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Cintares Dept
Kavi Douglas Wiggin
Katie Wiggin
Herbert L. Baldwin
Philadelphia
Trrom
Lowell Council
DE Valera
Columbia
Fenway Talking Machine Shop
Massachusetts Ave
C. E. Osgood ‘Company
Washington St
A. McArthur
Henry W. Berry Co
Cambridge
M. A. Wood Furniture Company
Royal Furniture Co
Canal St
Conclave Phonograph Co
Cornhill
Staniford ST
Pilgrim Talking Machine Co
Cambridge St
Cambridge, Mass
Ted
Ohio
Kalaiauki
Talking Symphony Machine Shop
Bromfield Street
Hunter
Talking
The
Grafonola Company of
Tremont Street
Phones
Sue
Henry Burr
Irving
Jack Kaufman
Lucille
Bert Williams
Sweatman
Columbia Orchestra
Columbia Records
Columbia Graphophone Company
Socerls Ate Company of
Grafonoa Dept
Krey Music Co
Washington Street
Boston, Mass
Fields Corner Music Store
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
Ace Mae
Uphams Corner
Music Store
Strand Theatre Bldg
WM. A. Blair
Mgr
Mildred Miller
Frank Blair
Tremont Sreet
Columbia Grafonolas and Records
Beach
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