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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
9
The Ludlow eviction crisis escalates with police patrols on duty and a relief fund distributing bread and meat to homeless immigrants. Lt Gov Frothingham and Councillors Barry and others plan a mediation tour to Northampton and Ludlow to calm tensions amid ongoing plant layoffs and nightly surveillance.
Ludlow Manufacturing Associates issue a statement defending wage scales, 55 hour weeks, and welfare work while blaming strikers for the dispute. They cite higher wages than competitors, a 55 hour week, and note evictions followed calls for wage increases and creel crew actions. They claim Poland and Greek workers faced tensions, riot rumors, and that the mills aim to keep 1000 workers employed with stable dwellings.
Father Nowak reports Ludlow strikers want to retain their present wages of 6.50 to 10 dollars weekly for 55 hours of work. They argue that the latest wage cut would reduce pay by about 20 percent, making it harder to make ends meet.
Mrs Larz Anderson Alice Nielsen of the Boston Opera Company and a list of patronesses from the South End Day Nursery Auxiliary led the annual fair at the Vendome in Back Bay. The program included a 4 pm musicale and a cafe chantant after 8 pm. The Harvard Glee Club performed and Dorothea Dix children contributed readings. Open today until 10 pm.
Ludlow and two nearby towns led by example in worker housing with rents half of Springfield rates. Every home includes a yard, with a library and recreation rooms dating to 80 years ago. The Ludlow company reports about a quarter million dollars spent on community improvements. It runs free schools, a textile program, and evening classes for Poles Italians and French, plus a clubhouse band house hospital and athletic field for workers.
Mrs Blancha Rishel of Clintondale Pa reports using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to treat her four year old daughter Kathryn Rishel’s dermatitis. She recalls initial failure with doctors and other salves, but relief began soon after starting Cuticura. A younger son also improved after use. Date Oct 22 1908.
For over thirty years the Cuti cura Remedies have been popular in thousands of homes for eczema rashes itchings irritations and other skin and scalp conditions. Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and related products sold worldwide by Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston. Free literature on skin diseases mailed upon request.
Chairman Willard Howland of Chelsea and the Massachusetts State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation said the board offered to mediate between Ludlow strikers and Ludlow Manufacturing Associates but both sides declined. He noted prior investigations and word sent to both parties, who responded they could settle without mediation.
The Old-Fashioned Store run by the Roxbury Universalist Church Men's Club drew a large crowd last night at Buena Vista and Fenno streets and will reopen this evening. Officers named include President R. D. McKeen Vice-President Henry Weinz Secretary Francis Ryder Treasurer Joshua Seaver.
An article from the Ladies' Magazine promotes canthrox shampoo as a cheap home alternative to beauty services. It claims a teaspoon of canthrax in hot water makes a tubful of lather, cleanses, soothes the scalp, and helps hair dry quickly.
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