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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1908

Page

7

Milk Law Repeal Opposed by Boston Homeopaths

Worcester County Homeopathic Medical Society calls for repealing current milk statutes and replacing them with looser rules, but Boston physicians and leaders oppose changes. They insist on purity as the standard and warn that loosening laws harms public health and the profession.

Worcester County Homeopathic Medical Society Boston Worcester Massachusetts J. Arnold Rockwell The Boston Homeopathic Society

Martha Washington cars provoke heated letters in Boston

Readers flood the Post with opinions on creating women only transit cars for safety and propriety. supporters praise exclusive cars for clerks and shop girls while opponents warn of gossip, car crowding, and class division.

Iitor Post Martha Washington Greater Boston Post Wditor Nine

Where Millionaire Searles Will Place Home for Aged

The Fallon estate in Lawrence, once High Park Lodge, is deeded to the Lawrence Home for Aged People by Edward Searles of Methuen. The land fronts Berkeley street and Fern street and forms part of a fortune rumored to reach $30,000,000 with gifts totaling nearly $2,000,000.

Millionaire Searles Fallon Edward Searles Methuen Lawrence Searles Berkeley Street Fern Street High Park Lodge Fallon Estate Mass

Best Recipes From New England Housewives

A collection of home recipes from New England housewives with instructions for salmon croquettes ham and parsnip stew fig bread pudding omelet, cake, and pie fillings. Recipes credited to Mrs. Harvey Choate Thistle Mack Palmer Southworth and others, with addresses in Dorchester East Providence Bath Holyoke Hyde Park and Bridgewater.

C. G. Choate Warren Avenue East Providence Charles Thistle South Street Bath M. Amy E. Palmer Greenwood Avenue Hyde Park Carl Southworth Bridgewater

Winning Her Blue Eyes Her Perfect Natural Grace

The poem extols a girl in her teens with blue eyes, jade lips, and curls. It praises her youth, innocence, gentle wit, and beauty, noting her walking, singing manner, and charming presence. It wonders what kind of wife she would make as she brightens rooms like sunbeams.

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Woman Blames Herself for Fatal Train Wreck

Miss Mary Bannon telegrapher at Kaylor tower told a coroner's jury she caused the Cresson and Clearfield wreck that killed engineer John McNellis and seriously injured seven others. She said bad handling of instruction to hold a train until another passed caused the collision.

Altoona Penn Mary Bannon Cresson & Clearfield John Be, McNellis Miss Bannon Kaylor Cresson

Women Foresters Observe Sixth Anniversary Whist Party Dance

Lady Fitzgerald Branch of the Irish National Foresters, the largest all female unit, will tonight commemorate its sixth anniversary with a whist party and dance at Sherwood Hall 9 Elm Street. Chief ranger Miss Susan Goldrick leads the event with committee members Mrs Catherine M Clark Miss Jennie Jones and Misses Fitzgerald and Helen Doherty.

Lady Fitzgerald Irish National Foresters Sherwood Hall Elm Street Susan Goldrick Catherine M. Clark Missy Jennie Jones Fitzgerald Helen Doherty

Handkerchief & Apron Firm Reports Bulkhead Entry Theft

About $250 in goods were stolen from the Handkerchief and Apron Manufacturing Company, 111 Kneeland street and 41 Albany street. Between 11 o'clock Saturday night and 3 yesterday afternoon unknown persons took 24 dozen plain handkerchiefs, 144 dozen border handkerchiefs, 72 dozen blue handkerchiefs, 84 dozen men's sleeve tops, 27 dozen men's canvas gloves, 10 dozen girls' white aprons, and seven dozen muslin window curtains. Entry was gained through a bulkhead.

Kneeland Street Albany Street

Studied cries of children and parental influence

A historical discussion urges studying a child's cry to understand development. It argues fathers may hinder growth by rough handling. It notes mothers misread facial tics as smiles and warns against unnecessary medicine after illness. It condemns ignorant nursery maids and comments on girls with delicate legs suffering in all weather.

Boston

Harvard lecture on The Sick Child by Dr. Thomas Morgan Rotch

Dr Thomas Morgan Rotch spoke yesterday afternoon at Harvard University Medical School on Longwood Avenue delivering a lecture titled The Sick Child under the Faculty of Medicine auspices.

Thomas Morgan Rotch Faculty of Medicine Harvard University Medical School Longwood Avenue

The Hidden Dangers of Child Illness and Anatomy

A Boston physician denounces exposing children to cold and argues for a new classification by anatomical age. He criticizes nurses, overmedication, and the strain of competition in schools and sports as causes of illness.

Women to Play Music for Workers on Canal

Uncle Sam plans a series of concerts in the canal zone for workers. The troupe sailed aboard the Colon, headed by Ruth Anderson violinist Katherine Rogers soprano Frida Ohling contralto and Laura Coype pianist.

Canal New York Sam Canal Zone Colon Ruth Anderson Katherine Rogers Frida Ohling Laura Coype

Two Society Families in Three Cornered Mixup

A pair of divorce and alienation suits will be heard next summer in local courts. Samuel C L Haskell of Medford sues his wife Minneola Spencerley Haskell. Elizabeth G Hmery sues Mrs Haskell for 10000 damages. Howard B Emery is named in the Haskell suit for divorce. Boston Winthrop and Medford are involved, with Haskell a noted civic figure and Emery a New England Telephone engineer. Co defendants include Provident Institution of Savings and Old Colony Trust Company to secure funds.

Samuel C. L. Haskell Minneola Elizabeth G. Hmery Haskell Howard B. Emery Boston Winthrop Medford Elks and Masons Greater Minneola Spencerley New England Telephone & Telegraph Company South End

Sweets

Peggy hides in a sofa while a family wedding resolves a love triangle. Cousin Dick arrives from the West as big sister admits her feelings for him, and the wedding proceeds with Peggy in a pale green sash and a box of bon bons.

Peggy Priscilla Big Sister Pegsy Fairyland Bobby Eeene Eges Sister

Raid Leads to Arrests at 7 Oxford Street

Officers from Station 4 conducted a raid at 7 Oxford Street. One hundred sixty individuals were arrested for being present where gambling implements were found at the time of arrest. Seized items include one deal cap 23 playing cards and 304 counters.

Oxford Street

New Canon Law Tightens Catholic Engagement Rules

The Holy See issued a law effective Easter Sunday requiring written betrothal agreements witnessed by a bishop priest or two or three laypersons. Catholics must present baptism certificates and live in the parish for a month. Marriages should occur in the bride’s parish barring good reasons to wed elsewhere.

America Holy See Archdiocese of Boston Robinson Catholic University United States

Love and Sentiment Advice From Miss Champagne

A married woman seeks help about a physician who harasses her. The counselor urges ending contact with the doctor, warns the ethical breach, and suggests changing doctors and not discussing the matter with her jealous husband unless safety requires it. The tone advises prudence and firm boundaries in a difficult situation.

Miss Champagne Christian L. L North Pole South Pole

Emma Nevada’s Daughter Debuts in Rome Opera

Mignon, daughter of famed soprano Emma Nevada, premiered tonight at the Constanzi Theatre in Rome in the Barber of Seville. The house was crowded with aristocrats, diplomats, and music notables. Patti is expected to arrive tomorrow to assist.

Rome Mignon Emma Nevada Constanzi Theatre Patti

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Ny Homeopaths Worcester Society H. Calderwood Society Boston Society Wiien Shopsiris New England Housewives Alice Harvey Edwin Street Dorchester Verna Mack Miller Avenue Holyoke Dr. Roth DR. Rotch Sumeola Haskell the Post Sunday Post Lora W. Freeman Bury, Mass Mildred Champagne Genuili Wellbach Welsbach
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