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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1910
Page
5
Helen Keller, famed blind author, wins support in New York for mandatory newborn eye prophylaxis. She urges legislation to place a sterile silver solution in every delivery, aiming to reduce ophthalmia neonatorum blindness by a large share.
The letter recounts Dr. John Jeffries and Francois Blanchard as early balloon voyagers from Dover to Calais, with Jeffries later buried in Tremont Street's Granary burial ground. It notes their roles in recognizing General Warren's body at Bunker Hill and identifies Jeffries and his family as East Boston settlers.
Bishop Sheldon Griswold visited Boston delivering sermons at Trinity Church All Saints Brookline and Church of the Advent. He consecrates the altar at Church of St Augustine and St Martin. Other notices include Good Cheer Association anniversary and various sermons and lectures at multiple churches.
A five day quarantine was declared for the Newport Rhode Island naval training station and its 2317 apprentices and instructors after a scarlet fever case was found. The disease caused three deaths at the station last year.
Givanski Krantxiz, a 33 year old laborer in Lincoln New Hampshire, escaped fatal injury after touching a 6600 volt wire with an iron tool. His hands and arms suffered severe burns but he survived the shock without fatal harm.
St Louis dated report on Fast Wood River Illinois naming newly elected village officials nearly all Standard Oil employees except one outsider. Emblem plans include an oil can and a motto referencing John D. Rockefeller with talk of fines and rebating as likely misdemeanors.
The 14th concert of the season by the New England Conservatory Orchestra and advanced students will be held in Jordan Hall Tuesday evening. It will be conducted as usual by Mr. Chadwick, who has just returned from conducting the Theodore Thomas Orchestra in Chicago.
Berlin reports a very young schoolboy killed himself on a railway this week. The case sharpens concern over child death by own action in Germany, with about one such tragedy weekly and motives often unclear to the public.
A boy forged his parent’s signature on a school report to hide poor results and later killed himself after the school sent the document to his parents. The piece notes that about one fifth of child death by own action reports involve girls and cites May to August as the deadliest months, suggesting heat and school stress as factors.
The wrecked schooner Mertie B. Crowley split apart after days of grinding seas off North West End Reef. The hull yielded and all six masts were cast overboard, ending a drawn out salvage effort as Captain Haskell his wife and crew were rescued a week earlier.
Paris reports Monna Delza famed for La Maison de Dance at Vaudeville Theatre insists she never steps on a sidewalk. A friend showed a boulevard gossip item claiming she was seen walking with a companion, which she denounces as a lie and shameful.
George D. Coburn, a witness in the Russell will case, was buried today at his Cottage street home. The service was led by Rev. Thomas Sims of the Congregational Church in Melrose.
The Joseph Caunt Shoe Company of Lynn bought 42,000 square feet at Amherst and Carleton streets Cambridge to build a six story brick or reinforced concrete plant for shoe manufacture. It will employ about 500 workers with 60,000 square feet of floor space and room to double later. Wilfred Barnes arranged the land sale. foundation work starts at once and occupancy is planned by June.
Miss Minerva Coverdale, star of The Beauty Spot with Jefferson De Angelis, warned the manager she would resign unless the laundry bills for her lingerie and wardrobe were paid. The manager agreed to cover all such bills, citing high laundry costs in Pittsburg and Cincinnati as justification.
A gang of twenty men raided the offices of Clarence Lebus in Lexington on January 20, entering the Burley Tobacco Society president's building. They did not steal items but warned the watchman they would return that night to blow Lebus and the place to ruin.
New York January 30. Friends of Dave Benjamin an 85 year old hunter of Riverhead Long Island describe him as a crack shot. He bagged three red foxes yesterday while with a hunting party recalling his Long Island hunts half a century ago and his famed marksmanship.
Captain A L Cummings of the four mast schooner Theoline reports sighting the wreck of an abandoned water filled schooner in the Gulf stream on the passage up from Jacksonville. The Theoline discharged 750 000 feet of lumber and could not approach to identify the craft. Revenue cutters will likely be dispatched to search for the vessel.
Mary Clougher of Mendoza street and George M. Slosson a drug clerk in the Richmond Favour store were arrested last evening charged with selling liquor illegally to Reserve Officer James P. Brady of Station 10. In the afternoon Ann Barnett of Longwood avenue was arrested by Officer Murray on a similar charge.
The Rev. Dr. Clifton D. Gray of Stoughton Street Baptist Church Dorchester defended the St Gaudens statue of Phillips Brooks. He said the sculpture captures the preacher bearing a message of good news, with a Christ inspired portrayal and background emphasizing spiritual power.
Rear Admiral N Mayo Dyer USN retired was buried in Wyoming cemetery as mourners gathered at his home 16 Vine Street. The Rev W W T Perrin conducted services with Legion of Honor draping and honor by admirals Wadleigh Wilde and other members. active pallbearers included nephews J H Pratt and C M Pratt among others. Wyoming Lodge Masons sent representatives at the rites.
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