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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Italian Immigrant Society will investigate steerage conditions on ocean steamships. Miss Angela Ramani, the society’s general secretary, says the group has long been dissatisfied with conditions aboard steamships for immigrants.
At the society headquarters Miss Marian tells a Post reporter that steerage aboard incoming steamships remains inadequate for women. She notes women prefer female stewards, critiques male stewards, mentions Italian commissioners and their welfare role, and cites language barriers, dormitory separation, and seasickness as factors in immigrant hardship.
Arthur P. Howard, editor of the Salem Despatch, won the mayoral election with 3 310 votes against rivals Adams 3 866, Colbert 2 799, Cahill 2 540, Wilkins 2 336, Whipple 2 240 and Lally 2 178. He rose from poverty to lead a rising paper, reflecting a dramatic personal history and a jail libel arrest last year.
Dr Chapman reports many kind people visit the office to donate letters toys books stockings and necessities for children. The Post Santa distributes bundles so letter writers wake to gifts and bright holiday cheer. Investigators note widespread need from illness and poverty caused by tuberculosis, with many first-time requests for aid. Continuous community support is welcomed to help reach deserving families.
A set of handwritten letters from children asking Santa Claus for gifts due to family hardships. One child reports a missing father, a deceased mother, and unemployment, while others cite illness and financial strain as reasons they cannot celebrate.
A Daily Fire Record lists calls with times and addresses across East Boston South Boston Roxbury and Dorchester. Names Edward Tark Richard Keyes James Winfield Margaret Simonds and Daniel Ford are noted with losses ranging from 10 to 200 dollars. The log records box numbers street addresses and reported losses for each incident.
A new scalp treatment promises beautiful hair by massaging with Crudol the crude oil product. It claims to remove dandruff with one application and, if used regularly, promote hair growth. Crudol is sold in drug stores in 50c and 25c tubes or by The Crudol Co. 1771 Broadway New York City with sample tubes sent for 10c in stamps. Crucial Antiseptic Shampoo is offered with a 10c regular size tube.
Several persons faced charges under pure food laws as Inspector Jordan of the Board of Health prosecuted. Louis Winer was fined 50 dollars for selling watered milk. Placido Calapal fined 10 for misusing a milk bottle. Kliman Edward Jonson and James Mundy each ten for selling milk below standard. Others paid 10 dollar penalties for selling substandard milk and not cleaning milk cans.
Mrs Snowden defends militant suffrage while recounting abuse at meetings and arguing 5,000,000 English women earn double a dollar daily. Tremont Temple hosts speakers including Susan Fitzgerald and Julia Ward Howe as crowd pays up to a dollar for entry.
A speech excerpt discusses unequal rights and justified resistance by oppressed classes and proposes action by Liberal women in Britain. It contrasts American and British suffrage stances and ends with the view that woman suffrage means less of sex and more of humanity.
Councilman Joseph Dart of Charlestown wore a woman's pair during a dinner with Scigiiano and others. A shoe wager led to him walking home in high heels, making slow progress and drawing comments from friends. He persisted to prove the bet, arriving lame but undeterred.
Boston suffragists in six taxicabs with 30 walkers rode through the business district to showcase Votes for Women banners. The procession stopped at Pearl Street restaurants and Quincy and Faneuil Hall markets as crowds watched. Mrs. Snowden led despite a cold and was kept for an evening Tremont Temple meeting.
The Boston Opera Company will not perform on Saturdays or Sundays after December 18 as it prepares for a Western tour. The remaining schedule will focus on weekday performances at the Boston Opera House.
The Wright brothers and Glenn H. Curtiss clash in a U S Court seeking a preliminary injunction to stop Curtiss from manufacturing aircraft. Wrights claim Curtiss infringes their key balancing and propulsion ideas. Attorney Toulmin emphasizes the Wrights as pioneers in heavier-than-air flight.
The Hon. Curtis Guild Jr. departs Boston early Monday for a West Coast bound trip. He will speak as day’s orator for New Englanders of Missouri in St. Louis on December 21, for New Englanders of Illinois in Chicago on December 22, and for New Englanders of Ohio in Cincinnati on December 28.
The Republican city committee plans a Friday gathering in the Tremont building to choose a course for Boston mayoral politics. President Montague opposes endorsing any candidate, while only Ward 9 chairman James W. H. Myrick backs Mayor Hibbard. Rumors say Herman Hormel may resign as city committee secretary.
John F. Fitzgerald failed to appear at a banquet for William Randolph Hearst hosted by Henry Siegel last night. The event drew others to Fitzgerald headquarters with afternoon and evening crowds, and the planned joint appearance with rival candidates before the Roxbury Improvement Society tonight will not occur.
The article argues that true luxury in New York hotels rests on homelikeness and comfort. It highlights the Hotel St Regis at Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street, noting its restful ambiance, impeccable service, and European restaurant caliber. Rates quoted include single rooms at 3 or 4 dollars, private bath options at 5 dollars, a parlor suite at 12 dollars and up.
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