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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1912
Page
8
Louis delegates to a National Education Assoc session call for using public school buildings as social and recreational hubs. They argue the city should provide a complete activity program from kindergarten onward to curb childhood neglect and associated later costs.
Three meetings were held by major education groups with speakers including A. Ross Hill of Missouri State University and Lucy Wheelock of Boston. Hill spoke on ideals in modern education while Wheelock argued the kindergarten can reduce public school costs, citing figures on per pupil education costs and annual taxpayer burdens.
The Franklin spinners, about 25 workers, ended a strike after a wage demand for a dollar weekly raise to a $12 minimum and overtime pay. Carding department stoppages limited output, but overtime was granted and the company agreed to reduce spinner workloads to boost earnings.
Wong Youn Wei, 60, reported by Boston police as the first China man extradited, arrived from Ogden Utah in custody of Inspectors Hart and Conway. He faces charges of larceny totaling 2515.40 from the Empire Restaurant Company at 34 Beach Street during September and October of last year.
Wei a produce merchant and farm owner from Woburn faced extradition after authorities pursued him on a Western train bound for the Pacific coast headed for China. Interpreters and legal obstacles delayed the case as Hart Conway testified and a blizzard stalled a connecting train. Wong Chew, son of the prisoner, was later charged in a linked larceny.
City water division weighs monthly comparisons of each building’s current water use against prior months to catch excessive consumption. Inspectors may notify property owners and inspect fixtures where leaks or defects inflate bills, shifting remedy duties to owners.
Washington Feb 27 The House passed the fortifications bill keeping pace with last year. The agriculture appropriation bill of 15 836 976 awaits Senate action with a note of contention over salaries for Solicitor McCabe and two clerks. The debate may hinge on the department reform battles between Dr Wiley and McCabe and alleged influence by Florida Everglades promoters.
Mrs. Harriet Beeson Marston of Canton Ohio testified as the last witness for the defense in the Kimmel mystery case. She identified Andrew J. White as the man she believed she was engaged to in 1890 and described the claimant kissing and showing unusual friendship. Cross examination touched on incidents she said only her former fiancé would know.
Evidence from two witnesses in the packers trial shows nine of ten defendants attended Tuesday afternoon meetings between 1907 and 1910. They allegedly discussed shipments selling prices margins and territorial divisions in violation of the Sherman law. Francis A. Fowler was not identified as attending. Witnesses Alonzo N. Benn and A. Hayes named the attendees.
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