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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1921
Page
2
Directors of continuation schools in 44 Massachusetts communities met at the State House to discuss addressing unem ployed child workers during a low business mood and the role of continuation schooling in their welfare and future prospects.
Deputy Commissioner of Education Robert O. Small presided over a day long session focusing on policy updates and administrative matters. The event highlighted ongoing programs and future initiatives within the department.
Boston records show Harold F. Judd a 21 year old single man from Waltham died in a local hospital, the city’s sixth fatality this year from sleeping sickness. Four cases remain under physician observation in Greater Boston as the health department seeks statewide reporting from doctors. Roxbury Latin School members are noted in the report.
Amelia B. White, retiring chief matron of the House of Detention for Women, cautions the public that environment influences crime among women. After 27 years with the case, including 20 as chief matron, she helped process more than 100,000 women accused of breaking laws. She accepts retirement and a police pension.
Mrs. White in Dorchester speaks from the House of Detention about causes of women’s crime. She links poverty unemployment and prohibition to female relapses and notes the hardest cases are intoxicated women needing hospital care. Petty thefts also bring many women to justice as she seeks root causes.
Boston Cambridge and Watertown backed a plan to replace four dangerous Charles River bridges with new structures costing about 1.475 million dollars. The Cottage Farm bridge would run 760 thousand, River Street 175 thousand, and 270 thousand for each Western Avenue span. Costs allocated among Boston Cambridge Watertown rail lines Middlesex county Elevated Metropolitan District and Brookline.
A. C. Ackerly of 53 Linden Street Dorchester Mass received a $100 Post prize for the winning Insteader No 46 line. The author, employed in the Edison Electric Company transportation department at 1165 Massachusetts Avenue station, is a long time Dorchester resident and newcomer to Post contests.
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