Birth Rates in Boston Highlight Immigrant Families Influence
Inquiries by the Boston Board of Health report birth rates near 20 000 annually, with highest rates in wards 2 and 5 housing large immigrant populations. Despite high birth rates among foreigners, infant mortality remains similar to wealthier areas, aided by breastfeeding and close maternal supervision. bottle feeding is more common among the wealthy. The piece frames America’s problem as limiting birth rates to a single immigrant class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Board of Health
Francis X. Mahoney
Boston
East Benton
North End
West End
Back Bay
America
Pupils of Miss Temple to Hold Annual Recital
The pupils of Miss Edna Josephine Semple will hold their annual recital Friday evening at 8 o clock in the vestry of the Brest Universalist Church Thompson Square Charlestown. The program includes lessons by Miss Temple and her pupils and dances by Helen Jos and Margaret Soutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Josephine Semple
Brest Universalist Church
Thompson @uare
Charlestown
Miss Temple
Helen Jos
Margaret Soutter
Strike Breakers at Parkhill Mills Denied
Fitchburg June 6 Reports that strikebreakers were imported to Parkhill Gingham Mills were denied by mill officials and union leaders tonight. Pickets said eight strangers arrived at rail gates but chose not to work after learning the reopening effort failed due to few workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Parkhill
Banquets for Pigeons and Sparrows Daily in Union Square
Lewiston Maine June 6 each weekday noon in Union Square A W Sturtevant of Auburn feeds pigeons and English sparrows. Birds flock to him as corn signals attract attention. Pigeons perch on wrists and shoulders while sparrows eat grains tossed to the ground. The pigeons tolerate the sparrows sharing the feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Union Square
A. W. Sturtevant
Auburn
Friend
Mary Goose Star of Screen Dead in Newark
Mary the trained goose known for films with Mary Pickford is dead after a dog killed her. Pasquale Cliberti was fined five dollars for freeing the dog from the barn of John C. Warner, the goose's owner, to let it sleep there. Other trained geese were killed but Mary was the flock’s star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
United News
Mary
Goose
Mary Pickford
Pasquale Cliberti
John C. Warner
Cliberti
Seventeen Patrolmen and One Sergeant Commended
Seventeen patrolmen and one sergeant who responded to the Pitts Street fire early Sunday morning in the West End were commended in General Orders No. 88. The notice, read at all city stations during roll call last evening, praises their actions as 180 horses were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts Street
West End
Gompers denounces Supreme Court ruling on Coronado Mine case
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, denounces the U S Supreme Court decision in the Coronado Mine case. He says it lets capital impose conditions on workers but expects Congress and the people to repudiate the ruling and curb its impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Supreme Court of the United States
Coronado
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Congress
People of the United
Cap Makers Strike Affects Boston Hat Shops
More than 80 members of Cap Makers Local 7 are on strike in Boston due to a 15 percent wage cut and loss of holiday pay. About 20 to 40 shops of the Boston Hat and Cap Manufacturers Association are affected. The workers say they operate under a agreement expiring December 1, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Maukers’ Local 7
Boston Hat & Cap Manufacturers’ Association
Nathan Cohen
Local 7
Tug Wilson Testifies Before Middlesex Grand Jury
Earl Tug Wilson held at East Cambridge jail for shooting Park Officer Philbrick in Arlington April 9 testified before the Middlesex Grand Jury yesterday morning. It is believed he spoke about freight car brakes on the Boston and Maine railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Tug) Wilson
East Cambridge
Philbrick
Arlington
Middlesex Grand
Wilson
Boston & Maine Railroad
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Edna J, Temple
Parkhill Mills
Greater Boston
Franklin Park
Wm. N. Willis
Broadway
Everett, Mass
Gompers
Patterson
Summer Star Arch & Chauncy Sts
Diamond Merchants & Jewelers
Washington Street
Bedford
Lavender
Iceland
Shetland
Zephyr
The
Boston Post
Agiletias
Used Car Bulletin
Packard
Judkins
Franklin Motor Car Co
Commonwealth Avenue
Frank E. Wing Marmon Distributors
J. W. Weeder
Mer
Annex
Commonwealth Ave
Tel
Brook
Boylston St. B
Salient Stephens
Stephens
Oldsmobile
Reed Motor Car Co
Brighton
Apperson Direct
Apperson
Packard Touring
Goodrich
Apperson Motors, Inc
Brookline
Maxwell
Chalmers
Studebaker
C. E. Fay Co
Gardner
Maxwell T. C
Leghorn Motors Co
Linscott Motor Co
Chandler
Lexington
Daniels
Nash
National
F. A. Dutton Motor Co
Ball Baquare
West Somerville
Eest
Seahils Avenue
Cleveland
Oakland
Overland
Chandler Motors
N. E
Ses Commonwealth Ave
Uned Car
Ik Bay
Oakland Road
PAIGE
Henley-Kimball Co
Hudson-Essex Used Car Dept
Beacon Street
Essey Loree Elena
Essex Cab
Franklin
Briscoe
Reo
National Motor Car Co
McFarlan
New England Velie Co
Westinghouse
Mitchell
Boston-Buick Co
Massachusetts Avenue
Ford
Metz
Chandler Dispatch
Ford Light Delivery
Sills-Chevrolet Co
N.ek
Huntington Avenue
Portland
Providence
Dort T. C
Jackson T. C
Buick
Olds
T. C
Stearns-Knight
Jeffrey Nichols Motor Co
New England
J.h.macalman
Stearns Knight
Mass. Avenue
Mass
Westcott
Wouypon
Saxon
Jackman Jameson Motor CO
Single
Lincoln
Winton
Holmes
COLE
Hudson Town
Cadillac Automobile Co
Locomobile
J. W. Bowman Co., Inc
Massachusetts Ave
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