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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
12
J Russell Crory died when his home the Pattee House burned in Fort Fairfield on December 9. The fire, likely started by a stove in Crorys sleeping room, left one of Aroostook Countys oldest structures in ruins.
Strikes planned across the United States to protest the Mooney conviction and incarceration have been suspended until a special labor congress meets in Chicago on January 14 to examine all aspects of the case, announced by the International Workers Defence League.
Boston authorities began an early campaign to bar inferior turkey and poultry from the Christmas trade. Deputy Health Commissioner George H. McCaffrey said high prices had left dealers trying to dump unhealthy birds, but the city will ensure only healthy birds are sold.
Atlantic City December 9 private control of railroads with judicious regulation was urged in the report of the railroad securities committee of the National Investors Bankers Association now in session here. The pre war plan of railroad regulation was a failure and the roads should not be returned to that status without relief from burdensome conditions.
Striking trawler crews idle under rising fish prices due to severe weather. Six large trawlers at East Boston foot of New Street tied up as workers demand more hands on each boat. The dispute is over crew size rather than wages, with plans for further strikes as more boats return to port. No conference date set with Bay State Fishing Company.
In Atlantic City Taft urged sending sufficient U S troops to Russia to establish a Constituent Assembly and representative government. He described Bolshevism as an enemy to human society and said the method to defeat it would be settled at the peace table.
Washington December 9 under a bill by Senator King of Utah the judiciary committee favorably reported would require every person firm and corporation with government contracts since the war began to file copies of their agreements with the Attorney General and the commissioner of internal revenue.
Constance Frazier Boston University 16 assistant editor of S. E. Cassino Company Salem argues college women value genuine qualities in marriage and oppose Miss Sidgwick’s claim that American college girls know nothing. A letter from her follows.
An American reader defends college educated women against Miss Sidgwick. He argues many American colleges, especially Western ones, produce balanced women who marry thoughtfully, challenging the view that college education spoils marriage prospects. He warns some colleges fail to teach beyond books and laments rigid English college norms.
Constance Frazier, assistant editor at Boston University 1915, argues for co education across sexes and disputes Miss Sidgwick on American college life. She defends gender integration in work and social life and praises co education for removing sentiment. A marginal ad promotes Adamson's Balsam as a cold remedy.
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