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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
3
Edward I. Rantoul continues his bid to deny his wife Lois Burnet Rantoul any share in the custody of their children Mabel Lowell and Harriet Charlotte. He has appealed the Probate Court ruling citing 11 objections.
The objections allege the children Mabel and Harriet should be in their father’s custody for their happiness and welfare. They argue Mrs. Rantoul is unsuitable due to associations, reputation, conduct, and failure to comply with the decree, contending the court erred and that future welfare favors the father.
Peter Casey a Boston attorney once disbarred argues in Supreme Judicial Court for mandamus to force Judge Wait of the Superior Court to let him appear as counsel. He asserts the bar association lacks authority to disbar him and cites rights in the bill of rights.
George W. Coleman president of the City Council described the open forum and Word Hall meetings as successfully inculcating democracy among foreign elements of the State. He spoke at the January supper of the Business Women's Club at the Twentieth Century Club. Mrs. Robert A. Woods outlined plans for a forum delegates conference at the club February 2.
Weather entry notes partly cloudy skies with a high of 45 and a low of 25 for the day a year ago. The page also includes an advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine with a signature line attributed to E. W. Grove and a 25 cent price.
Delegates at the New England conference of the National Federation of Women's Clubs set March 5 as Baby Week in Newbury Street Central Congregational Church. The campaign joins a national effort by the Children's Bureau to teach mothers in major cities better infant care.
State health officials back a statewide campaign led by Mrs George Winslow Perkins to educate mothers on infant care through moving pictures public health exhibitions and nursing demonstrations. District committees in Boston will urge church pastors to address babies in sermons and Catholic clergy to engage foreign residents. Stereopticon lectures show proper feeding clothing and baby care with two nurses per exhibition. The effort aims to reduce infant deaths as New England conference ends with a talk on feeble mindedness.
Meriden New Hampshire January 19 Miss Mary Frost aged 97 died from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire as she tried to feed a stove Monday. She was born in 1819 and was the town's oldest resident. Her father was the area’s pioneer physician.
A 25c advertisement extols Laxative Bromo Quinine as a remedy to fortify the system against grip influenza and colds. It touts the quininic blend as a germ destroyer and tonic that keeps the body in condition to resist illness. EK. W. Group signs the box.
The Symphony Orchestra announces a shift from auctions to fixed price subscriptions for next fall and offers current season seat owners until March 4 to register their seats. Registration occurs at Symphony Ball 10 to 1 on Thu Fri Sat weekly and during Friday matinees and Saturday concerts.
A 3 year old boy, Henry Ratuina, toppled from a third story window at a home on Beach Street, Charlestown. He landed about 20 feet and was hospitalized at Haymarket Relief Hospital where he was placed on the dangerous list.
华盛顿一月十九日，伍德少将在参议院军事委员会作证时警告称 美国海岸线对任何组织良好的外国军队都可能被攻击 即使有要塞 陷阱和潜艇 海洋也并非真正的屏障 他说 当前国家极度缺乏备战 若出兵 仅需十五万训练有素部队就可在集结前造成难以估量的损害
General Wood argues national defense must link suffrage with military service and supports a 210,000-strong regular army with a reserve system. He favors a continental army if universal service fails and criticizes War Department increases as inadequate, warning Canada might have joined the U S in 1812.
Captain Charles H. C. Brown of Regent Circle died at his home yesterday after a long illness. He served in the Civil War and was born in Portsmouth New Hampshire on March 16 1839.
Representatives Gardner Hensley and Tavenner urged a probe into motives behind preparedness support. Gardner’s resolution would include organizations and individuals such as himself and William J. Bryan, arguing donors should be disclosed if speeches are paid for. A magazine teaser notes Octavus Roy Cohen’s story in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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