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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
5
A remark calls the group a potential rock for the Acquaintanceship Club, Boston's new society intended to unite lonely young men and women, stirring concern about its future role and social aims.
A two week old club hosts a skating night at the Arena drawing about 40 young members and guests. debate over admitting widows to membership is postponed as extra men attend. president Carl Sanborn and Miss Harriet R. Farrar lead the group, stressing the club is not a matrimonial agency but a social gathering.
The first indoor track meet of the season comes at Tech gym at 8 pm as the class of 1914 defends its title. The 1914 group is favored due to many eligible "T" men, aiming to extend a three year hold on the supremacy despite earlier field-day losses.
A state health board distribution promotes open air living with a booklet on tuberculosis control and shelters on rooftops and tenements. It advises warm dressing rooms and beds preheated with hot water bottles, snug bed coverings, woolen clothing, and a canvas hood. Window tents costing about three dollars are described to allow fresh air while keeping rooms warm.
A bulletin by Dr. Thomas Spees Carrington outlines building temporary rear porches and sleeping porches as ornamental home features. It details costs including mosquito netting, sleeping bags from bed clothes, and knitted head protection. Carrington argues fresh air cures tuberculosis at home and endorses outdoor sleeping practices.
Testimony in a House money trust probe reveals Samuel Untermyer pressing George Baker on public assets of banks and cross holdings with railroads and insurers. Baker admits large personal stakes in several banks and discusses how directors move between rival firms amid a push for more disclosure and accountability.
The 49th annual meeting of the directors on Harrison avenue elected Cardinal O Connell honorary president. Acting superintendent Daniel J. Pyne reported 249 children in January 1912, with 334 admitted through court and 606 from parents or others. Of these, 731 placed in Catholic families, leaving 272 in the home as of month start. New officers include President John P. Manning and Secretary William J. Porter.
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