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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
4
Letter to the editor from Boston dated June 1 1916 argues against over fattening of infants. Dr Charles E Page cites a nurse who raises healthy babies on firm hair mattresses belly down and against pasteurized milk, claiming 1000 healthy births under proper care avoid under-one deaths except accidents.
Promotes a personally conducted tour by railroad through Colorado and Salt Lake City with daylight travel. Highlights scenic Royal Gorge and Sierra Nevadas. Free illustrated folder available from Alex Stocks, New England Passenger Agent, Boston.
Gouvernor McCall battles Senate over workmen compensation reform and Civil Service expansion. He abandons immediate legislation and backs special commissions while signing bills on mental health, waterways, and public works. The day ends with the governor signings and looming final session.
Ralph Lamont and Russell Cook wrote the plays presented by this year’s graduating class in the Somerville High auditorium. A large audience greeted the performances and the authors received many congratulations. Cast included Ruth Donovan Lois Bateman Russell Cook Harry Field James Given Carroll Bunker Angela Perron Frederick Gay Dorothy Perkins Ralph Lamont Ruth Armstrong.
Notices posted at the Chandler Motor Car Company plant in Cleveland announce employees will receive a profit share equal to 5 percent of all wages for the year ending June 30 1916. The payout is included with the July 20 payroll.
This year’s strawberry crop is projected at 20 million dollars, topping prior records. The National City Bank educational department summary estimates about 300 million quarts, with 1909 value at 18 million and notes shifting leading producing states from Maryland to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The U S Navy Ensign George Field Neilley wed Miss Emma Farnsworth yesterday at the Unitarian church in Winthrop.
A distinctly naval wedding was held at sea port with service members from the fleet in attendance. The ceremony combined maritime tradition and military rites, reflecting the couple’s ties to naval life and the shipboard community.
W C Durant was today elected president of the General Motors Company at a directors meeting in New York. Durant heads the Chevrolet Motor Company and succeeds Charles W Nash.
W. C. Leland, vice president and general manager of the Cadillac Company, was elected a director of General Motors Company.
A Boston Navy Yard telegram reports the destroyer Warrington suffered heavier damage than thought after striking a submerged breakwater off Rockport Massachusetts. Hull frames propellers and shaft bent yet turbines remained intact.
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