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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1910
Page
7
Pittsburg on February 25 reports about twenty affluent youths disturbed by news of a 17 year old girl held at the county jail as Lillian Smith. Authorities found several suitcases linked to the case, marking a tense local curiosity.
Letters from about 20 Pittsburg young men reveal a passion driven blackmail scheme. A jailed beauty, Lillian, faces numerous larceny charges as detectives pursue letters and promises of marriage. Police suspect older women used her to trap rich suitors. arrests could spread to other cities as officers share photos privately.
Jeanne Peletreau dances reviewed at a private hearing before Judge Wentworth. Testimony threatens loss of a Boston hotel license and spurs a campaign against such exhibitions.
Miss Pelletreau and Margaret Percival faced arraignment last Friday. Pelletreau admitted dancing before men and some mixed crowds while wearing a Salome costume described as jeweled girdle trunks and spangled skirt. Percival pleaded guilty and received probation, later testifying for the government about the events at 541 Massachusetts Avenue in November. Rev. Johnson and Rev. Perry attended as spiritual advisors. Judge Wentworth sentenced Pelletreau to six months in the House of Correction. she appealed, with $400 bond posted.
Eminent actors urged changing the law to allow children under 14 to appear on stage at the State House hearing. Supporters included Francis Wilson Lotta Crabtree Sir Charles Wyndham Henny Clay Barnabee and Jay Hunt. Opponents such as President Eliot Bishop Lawrence and Howard W Brown from the Massachusetts child labor committee argued it would harm children. The committee adjourned the hearing and will consider in executive session.
Francis Wilson and theater figures from Boston and New York push to restore an old rule allowing child actors under licensing. Opponents cite risks to morals and welfare, while supporters invoke famed actors, managers, and educators urging stage as training, with large petitions and public editorials backing the measure.
A Boston Post promotion prints a schoolchild photo with a chance to receive a $5 gold piece by presenting at the City Editor’s office. The piece notes 20 Sunday snapshots, names Millie Ferretti of 199 Salem Street, and includes opinions from Bishop William Lawrence and other reform voices on child labor law and related matters.
An article urges parents to treat blotchy skin in children as signs of blood imbalance. It extols Stuart Calcium Wafers as a modern, pleasant remedy replacing older bitter tonics, claiming clear skin and healthier vitality as results. Readers are invited to request a free sample from F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
The White Star steamship Rom an ic leaves Hoosac docks at Charlestown at high water today with a large list of prominent passengers bound for tours in leading Old World cities. The ship will call at the Azores Madeira Gibraltar Algiers and Naples carrying 97 first class 50 second class and 250 steerage passengers. Saloon passengers include Mr and Mrs John Lawrence Miss Hester Lawrence Miss Mary Lawrence Dr EBJ Parks Henry W Haynes Emmett J Doane Bernard Connolly Mrs William Cush ing Rev and Mrs John Jay Lewis Boston Rev John A McCauley and Miss Mary M McCauley Dorchester Mr and Mrs George Lincoln Goodale Cambridge Mr and Mrs J H McGregor son and daughter of Toronto Albert Breitung Chicago Dr Frederick Munz D D Cincinnati.
Extreme cold last night caused two deaths in Maine. Frank A. Burnham, a milk dealer of Scarboro, died frozen beside the road while walking home. A man believed to be John McDermott of Lewiston, released from Auburn jail yesterday, was found frozen on a road in western Oxford.
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