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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
4
An epidemic of scarlet fever rages in the Mystic valley with Somerville Cambridge and Malden as chief sufferers. Cambridge reports about 100 cases Somerville 80 and Malden 20 as health boards work to stop the spread.
Eighty scarlet fever cases were reported in Somerville yesterday with 24 patients in the contagious hospital. Two teachers among the patients, cases spilling from outside towns, and fumigation planned for Fors ter School after three cases. The Board of Health and city officials urge vigilance and precautions.
City officials and health authorities in Cambridge race to curb scarlet fever after nearly 100 cases in three days. The Board of Health expands physician inspections in all schools and adds six doctors, while hospitals in Newton Somerville and Cambridge brace as wards open for patients. Mayor Wardwell backs aggressive measures and the School Board plans nurse inspectors in schools.
The Malden Board of Health reports 20 new scarlet fever cases total, with five from Belmont School. Belmont School was closed yesterday and every room fumigated today as parents take extra precautions to prevent spread.
About 1000 operatives at Chicopee Manufacturing Company walk out over wage dispute with agent Rawlinson. Prior refusals followed by a 5 percent rise at Dwight Manufacturing, with 200 weavers joining in. Head offices are in Boston.
East Boston Ladies' Auxiliary 4 AOH marked its 10th anniversary with installation and banquet at Hibernian Hall Havre Street. Presentations included a dinner set to Mrs Eri C Giblin and a silver cake basket to Mrs Ellen M Murphy. over 600 people attended with speeches by Fathers Griffin Sheerin and National President Matthew Cummings.
Residents in southern Brookline circulate petitions to force the School Board to reopen the Newton Street School. The historic, one room structure serves about a dozen pupils aged 5 to 7, now sent three miles to Heath School by unprotected barge due to rat nuisance and cold risk. The board cites cost as the reason for closure.
New York dispatch reports the steamship Ponce of the New York and Porto Rico line, last heard Dec. 28 after departing Ponce, remains missing amid fear of a collision with a derelict. Governor Winthrop cites a sighting of a 150 foot derelict near the Ponce area as a leading theory. The Maracas is hoped to locate and tow the disabled vessel to safety.
Sylvanian defended his link to invoking a statute docking members pay while asserting his House attendance was 9 percent. Lacey and Grosvenor explained the statute with Dearmond seeking printed minority views. Gaines and Mahon reconciled after a heated exchange ending with a handshake amid applause as discussion of the fortifications bill paused.
John L. Curry former Ward 9 councilman was acquitted in the Superior Criminal Court on a larceny charge involving money from Robert H. Edmunds. Edmunds had previously been fined $15 for contempt after missing the testimony, later brought to court on a capias.
Mme Szumowska presented an annual recital to a fair audience in Steinert Hall. Her program mixed German Polish French works from Mendelssohn to Saint-Saens with Bach like pieces, showing fluency and feminine charm, though tempos sometimes quickened in Mozart and Schubert.
Four men barely survived in Boston harbor when waves and cold maintained the danger for over half an hour. Rescue began when Michael Callanan at Simpson’s Wharf and a unnamed youth lowered a ladder from a watchman’s post. The tug Annie under Captain Hawes responded quickly, aiding with rapid towing.
A dramatic shipboard rescue unfolds as Callanan and a tug crew pull four men from a swamped dory near East Boston. The piece also advertises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, claiming quick relief for digestion and urging readers to request a free trial package.
A large gathering at Central Hall Chelsea heard public installations of Division 23 Ladies Auxiliary AOH officers. County officers presided and Mrs Ellen M Murphy received a silver jar from Division 23 on behalf of the county president Mrs D C Finlay.
The Ladies of St. Brendan hosted the Knights of St. Brendan the Council of the Irish County Clubs and friends in Dexter Hall Wells Memorial building last evening. A concert was given and an address delivered by President Jeremiah Carroll of the knights. A collation followed and the evening ended with dancing.
Samuel Fernberg aged 21 of 64 Bowdoin Street and Charles R. Cuneo aged 16 of 238 Prescott Street Somerville were arrested yesterday noon on Cornhill by Patrolman Herman and Inspector Patterson. They are alleged to have picked the pocket of Lucy T. Brooks of 169 Charles Street.
Police hunt for answers after the body of Italian kiln tender Ralph Confont is found on Achorn Street in Rockland with a bullet wound to the cheek and another to the chin. An inquest will be held tomorrow under Coroner M. P. Judkins.
In New York on January 10 former Governor Odell and Justice William A Keener sat through a habeas corpus hearing as Edward J. Russell confined at Dannemora conducts his case from the prison. Russell claims a conspiracy involving Odell and others and questions his mother about his life. The district attorney argued Russell has right to sue out writs and be heard while Odell should testify. Judge Truax allowed Russell to proceed and excused Odell and other witnesses until tomorrow.
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