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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
4
A year-old infant drowned in four inches of water in a pail during the Nieuw Amsterdam’s voyage from Holland. The tragedy occurred as the steamship arrived in New York on December 31, with the drowning linked to a Christmas doll gift.
Mrs Jan Pustus and family on a Des Moines bound voyage left baby Jan Jr asleep as Santa doll fell from bunk. Jan Jr reached for the doll and fell into a bath pail, water covering his face. He died. the body was lowered into the sea after the family returned. Passengers collected a purse for the bereaved family.
Prominent Boston real estate men and bankers urged the State Board of Bank Incorporation to establish the Down Town Co operative Bank in the same offices as the Metropolitan Trust Company. The lineup of interested figures includes William J. Mc Donald Chandler M Wood Mark Temple Dowling J Sumner Draper James T Carroll Frederick C Woodruff George I Robinson Jr and Clarence Widridge.
Francis G. Caverly carefully planned the killing of Bertha Dorothy MacLeod a manicurist shot in her Winter street office and then fatally wounded himself letters to his attorney James B Henchey and his mother show intent to end his life and to take care of the girl. The body will be buried in Northwood Centre after the father and mother arrive from New York and Boston. Miss MacLeod known as Daisy Rogers will have private funeral at her Allston home and be buried in Evergreen cemetery Brighton.
Beginning today and continuing tomorrow a two day home makers conference will be held in Somerville High School hall under the auspices of the woman's clubs. Exhibits cover Management of the Home Food Clothing Household Care Heating and Lighting Thrift Child Welfare Literature on Household Topics From the Land of Our Forefathers Mothercraft and War Savings Stamps.
The health department reports a total death count of 11,596 for 1919 with 1,872 non residents, down from 17,447 deaths and 2,424 non residents in 1918. Influenza deaths fell sharply from 9,500 in the late 1918 period to 8,463 for all of 1919, while diphtheria caused 2,670 deaths in 1919 compared with 2,832 in 1918. Infant deaths dropped to 1,792 in 1919 from 20,908 in 1918, and births declined from 20,367 to 18,490. Ph ysicians have 14 days to file birth returns, so 1919 figures may rise.
A Parisian milliner predicts a fashion shift lowering costs as fewer garments are made. The latest model Fance arrives in the United States with no stockings, ultra short skirts, sleeveless designs, and sandals, signaling leaner wardrobes.
New York judge dismisses dispossess action, saying a tenant who cannot find another home due to postwar housing conditions cannot be ousted for refusing higher rent. Judge Strahl notes changing circumstances justify molding the law to public needs. Nathan Hirsch hails the decision as a victory for rent profiteering concerns.
Paris dispatch reports American organizations in Paris will shrink after peace. Only one military attache remains. troops on the continent will be reassigned to occupation zones. It notes uncertainty over U S participation in Turkey treaty talks and mentions 192,000 tons of docks to be delivered as Scapa Flow compensation.
Pittsfield teachers acting as an association will present to the 1920 school committee a petition for a flat $320 annual raise for each of the citys 250 teachers. If granted, the increase will take effect Jan 1 1920 and create an aggregate rise of $520 since Sept 1.
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