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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1910
Page
7
In Chicago on January 28 officials report about 3000 husbands are fathering infants not their own, as babies are adopted by their wives and many fathers remain unaware of the true parentage. The scandal highlights widespread adoption secrecy and unrecognized paternity in the city.
Lyman W. Rogers, treasurer of National Maternity Hospital, cites about 250 annual adoptions and discusses troubling practices in the adoption of infants. He notes most mothers are unmarried and that the same patient rarely returns to the hospital, amid charges of deception and impropriety in city and state cases.
Clergy from Boston area gather for Tenton services at Church of Our Saviour Roslindale with notable names like Rev. E C Tuthill and Rev C H Brown listed among officiants. Also notes annual Ladies Night at Universalist Church Roxbury and a slate of talks and recalls from various city churches.
Mr. E Eldridge of 1175 Tremont Street asks the Post to locate his wife's brothers John Henry and William Dwyer missing for 40 years. A large sum of money awaits the brothers in a New Hampshire bank.
Instructions outline chicken soup from bones, potato bake with onion and butter, lemon custard crust, rich ice cream guidance, and custard molds. Each section lists ingredients, steps, and serving tips attributed to Mrs J H Finch Jr, Mrs E F Fisher, Mrs George H Davis, and Nellie E Zackular with their listed addresses.
Burton Holmes presented a slide lecture on Italy at Tremont Temple last evening. He described Vesuvius eruption scenes from 1906 in Naples and a 1883 earthquake in nearby Ischia, with images of Sorrento Amalfi and Neapolitan life ending with Capri and the Blue Grotto. The talk repeats this afternoon.
The Women’s Catholic Union of Charlestown hosts its last whist party before Lent on Tuesday evening February 1 at the clubhouse. Committee members include Esther L. McNellis chair, Mary Herrick Agnes McLean Jennie Murphy and Catherine Tremlin.
A 24 year old stenographer writes from Boston proposing to share a home with a group of sisters and their mother. She notes musical talent and a piano, seeks an interview to discuss renting rooms near the city for enjoyable times together.
A reader asks which of two appealing women to marry. The adviser urges choosing the one whose traits best complement the suitor, then questions whether love is a romantic feeling or a mere calculation of qualities.
A 20 year old girl asks if she should marry a 30 year old suitor to ease the burden of supporting her 5 year old brother after her parents’ death. The adviser cautions against marrying solely for support, urging true love as the basis for a happy union.
Dr J C Bayles of New York urges head cleanliness to avert baldness and praises Birt's Head Wash for cleaning the scalp. The label prints the full formula Refined Soap Salicylic Acid White of Egg Cocoanut Oil and Glycerin.
A husband expresses willingness to do anything possible to ensure his wife happiness, highlighting the duties of family and marriage in meeting essential needs and sustaining affection.
Ernest Fox Nichols newly elected president of Dartmouth urged alumni at a Somerset banquet for more than dinners and praise. He argued teachers need ongoing support and real encouragement beyond lip service to education.
President Nichols cites poverty oath and obscurity for teachers and argues for higher social standing to attract capable minds. He recalls speeches by Charles M. Hough and others, then notes a new board of officers for the association with Reynolds as president and Streeter as secretary.
In Zanesville Ohio on January 28 probate Judge H C Smith awarded custody of Natalie to Howard Chandler Christy after Mrs Howard Chandler Christy sought habeas corpus. The ruling ends the long custody dispute in favor of the artist father.
In a crowded courtroom Judge Smith ruled that the child must not be permanently removed from the Christy home in Duncan Falls or deprived of Miss Rose Christy’s care without court permission. The court acknowledged Mae Belle Thompson Christy as Natalie’s mother and ordered reasonable visitation and communication, drawing applause from the audience.
A late night fire at the New England Gas and Coke Company plant in Everett started from spontaneous combustion in the coal grabber built among seven pockets. The blaze caused $12,000 in damages. the steam collier Melrose with Captain Frostad was moved from the pier as crews fought the fire and saved thousands of tons of coal.
Creditors petitioned real estate promoters Israel Sirk and Joseph Alpert into bankruptcy in the United States District Court yesterday seeking relief under federal bankruptcy law.
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