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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
7
A debate over free admission for Boston’s Art Museum features trustees, Harvard President Eliot, and donors arguing benefits, debt, and private funding. They note the city provides no support while New York’s museum is government funded. Some officials push for phased abolition with more donations.
Malden Feb 16 Miss Ethel M Smith 20 engages to Willard E Robinson a millionaire twice her age head of Robinson Bros & Co soap makers. She says all girls should marry older men and asks why not like Alice Roosevelt. Robinson says they plan to marry early June and may use his new Winchester mansion as home.
The New York Board of Health campaigns against adulterated foods with a list of suspect goods. Boston officials note many items like beer wine coffee tea milk and sausages show adulteration and cite tests showing high contamination rates. State analyst Albert Leach praises enforcement and claims milk leads in adulteration while many samples of frankfurters and bologna contain additives.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as the best nourishment and a aid to digestion. It promises quick digestion of ordinary food and urges those run down to try the product from Scott & Bowne of New York at 409 Pearl Street.
At a surprise party for Miss Annie J. Meaney organist of Lady of the Rosary Church South Boston she received a gold headed umbrella and a solitaire diamond ring. Andrew P. Duran gave the presentation speech with compliments from Revs Cummins and Kenney. A collation followed.
New York comptroller Metz argues Carnegie libraries drain city resources and hide costs behind gifts. He cites site costs, rising clerical staff, and European trips as ongoing expenses while municipal builds provide fixed budgets and transparent limits. Massachusetts towns like Melrose praise Carnegie gifts as vital.
College girls arrive from Syracuse University Colby College and Boston University to open the 32d annual Girls Sigma Kappa Society convention in Boston. Alumni from New England and New York join, with a round of social events planned by Delta Chapter Boston University. Members visit Harvard Radcliffe and Wellesley before a grand officers reception at Franklin Square House and an annual banquet at the Bellevue.
Max Henry Newman will address boys on Tuesday evening February 20 at St. Stephen's House 2 Decatur Street. All boys from the Chicatawbut and other clubs are invited to attend as he explains the aim and purpose of boys clubs.
Samuel R. Cutler, trustee of Revere Public Library, argued last night that the $20,000 Carnegie gift carries no string. He said the town must provide a suitable site and maintain the library at at least $2,000 annually, with the cost about $500 less than before the current building.
Information from fire headquarters outlines a large procession for the funeral of Chief William T. Cheswell. The service will start at his 24 Chambers Street home at 1 30 Sunday with a memorial at Tremont Temple and interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, featuring Masonic and civic honor guards from fire and veterans groups.
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