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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1918
Page
5
A Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin lauds the Boston Trade School for training girls and notes that 744 entrants into their trades stayed in industry longer than the belief that working girls leave after a few years.
Analysis of 2500 Massachusetts trade school records finds dressmaking and millinery most common among 2600 girls, with 49 percent using trained trades. Among 1113 located, Boston pupils show stronger wage earnings and longer retention, while Worcester and Cambridge cohorts lack sufficient data for firm conclusions.
George Whitmarsh 85 is at City Hospital suffering gas poisoning after being found unconscious yesterday forenoon in his room at 1858 Washington Street. The wall bracket was torn from its fastening and the room filled with gas. he is listed on the dangerous list.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley declared at the Forsyth Infirmary that sugar shortage is the greatest blessing of the war, noting more teeth are destroyed by sugar than by any other cause and that the country has learned to do without sugar.
A speaker argues that mothers who give sweets harm children’s teeth and calls sugar a major culprit. He urges moderation, favors natural sugars like honey, and notes that many Americans lack dental instruction and many youths have poor teeth affecting military service.
The fourth severe snowstorm to hit the central States this winter died out last night without major damage. Despite fears of rail disruption after earlier blizzards, railroads reported normal train movement.
Adolph Pavch stedt, once with G. Amsinck & Co. the Bolo Pasha fund firm, was brought from Plattsburg New York and interned at Ellis Island as an enemy alien before transfer to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. He was arrested about a week earlier at the Lake Placid Club in the Adirondacks.
Ancient household remedy advertised for kidneys and bladder issues. Claims quick relief from pain, urinary issues, and general vitality. promotes three sealed sizes and a money back guarantee through druggists.
Smuggling drugs to soldiers was uncovered when a freshly baked loaf of cake, cast into an ash barrel, triggered an officer’s suspicions. The cake was the third found in as many Sundays in the refuse can of the same infantry company.
A private and a young woman visitor, names withheld, were startled when confronted with a cake containing narcotics. She admitted smuggling drugs in cakes on prior visits. Other incidents include a death from a perforated appendix for Private Allan F. McFarland of Houston Me and injuries to privates Heap and Young in separate accidents. Dane Hans Broch discharged from Officers Training School for noncitizenship. Army orders ban civilian hat cords. only army issue cords allowed.
Memorial exercises for Major A. P. Gardner were held in Town Hall built largely through his efforts. The program featured a hymn sung by Hamilton High School Girls Glee Club, with Judge Alden P. White and Assistant DA William H. McSweeney as speakers. Resolutions from Elbridge R. Anderson were adopted. A portrait in uniform was presented by local citizens. Congressman W. W. Lufkin sent regrets.
Forsyth Dental Infirmary offers an evening course next Wednesday about wartime dental care. The program promises painless extractions and free service to attendees, highlighting broad accessibility to dental treatment during the war effort.
Massachusetts Dental Society launches a war preparedness course with 25 dentists at Forsyth Dental Infirmary. The free clinics include painless tooth extractions using novocain and aim to train for front line and returning wounded care. Sessions begin next Wednesday with follow ups February 6 and 13 at 7 PM.
After a 200 mile voyage in wintry New England waters the United States Shipping Board training ship returns to port. The leg tested propulsion endurance and crew readiness amid harsh seas and cold.
The ship Calvin Austin arrived at its base with a crew of apprentices who showed improved seamanship since departure. They had a strong boat drill in Portland harbor, guided by Shipping Board officials including Henry Howard of Boston and Captain Irving L. Evans of Cleveland in charge of navigation schools.
Special services mark the 50th anniversary of the Protectory of Mary Immaculate in Lawrence. The golden jubilee sermon will be delivered by Rev. M. J. Scanlan of Cathedral parish, Boston. Founded in 1868 by Rev. Father Taffe, the orphanage is run by the Grey Nuns who also oversee other facilities.
Holy Ghost Hospital Cambridge and St Helena's Home for Young Women on Union Park Street in Boston are mentioned together in this historical notice. The brief item notes two care institutions linked to the area and time period.
Major General Hibiki of the Japanese army says over 100000 and 600 Protestants in Japan worship in churches per a two year old census. He notes a Tokio Presbyterian church with more than 1300 members and states he is one of three representatives chosen by the emperor to aid entente soldiers in France through the Y M C A.
John Burns a 49 year old Boston Elevated motorman living at 16 Grant street Cambridge was seriously injured when struck by a northbound trolley while reversing a switch between Adams and Haymarket squares shortly before 6 yesterday. He rolled feet and collapsed on the platform and is believed to have internal injuries.
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