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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1912
Page
4
A proposed permanent three member commission would investigate wages for female Commonwealth workers when wages are deemed insufficient for living costs and health. It would summon witnesses and examine papers. A wage board would include six employer representatives six employee representatives and three disinterested members.
A state commission reports that many women workers in confectioneries, stores, and laundries earn well below living costs. It proposes a three member minimum wage commission, wage boards, and public hearings to set legally binding minimum wages for female employees and minors. The plan aims to reduce sweating and parasitic labor while boosting industrial peace and worker health. The report is signed by Lefavour, Evans, Anderson, and Golden.
Former congressman John A. Keliher declares his bid to serve as delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore on June 25. The piece notes Republican leaders like Charles S. Baxter pushing unpledged delegates amid concerns over President Taft’s prospects for re election.
A 3:05 morning blaze caused 1000 damage to Boston North Ferry headhouse from a defective boiler. Passengers watched as interior partitions burned and the roof collapsed, with no injuries. Firemen responded quickly and halted further danger. ferry service ran on a 20 minute schedule. The harbor fire boat arrived to assist but was not needed.
Clinton investigators including police and state militiamen scoured the Clinton area from dawn until night for Thomas Morrison of Park Street who vanished from his home early Wednesday morning. Dozens of volunteers joined the search as authorities issued no leads.
A 4 year old boy named Morrison, sick with typhoid pneumonia, dressed and left his sister Miss Bridget Morrison's home at 8 am. She saw him ahead near Franklin Park heading toward California district where a soft hat was later found. Police and militia units searched several districts including Duck Harbor Mossy Pond Stump Hill Burditt Hill California Germantown New Jerusalem and Berlin and Boylston roads. Chief Freel printed hundreds of circulars seeking the missing boy.
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