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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1920
Page
7
A committee investigating maternity benefits presented its plan to study deaths among mothers and infants. They reported 800 maternal deaths last year, up 70 percent since 1904, and 10,000 infant deaths, about 10 percent of births, with findings to be shared with the next legislature and recommendations on maternity benefits.
A catalog line lists electric coffee percolators and urns in nickel and copper finishes priced from 14.50 to 25.00. Electric chafing dish priced at 3.50, chafing dish sets with fork and spoon at 4.75. Immersion water heaters 7.00 and over, noting budget fashion and household appliance sales.
This week practical demonstrations showcase the Ideal Fireless Cookers. The device roasts bakes and boils with no heat loss to the room. It features a water seal and automatic steam release valve to prevent over heating and is aluminum lined.
Frank V. Thompson, superintendent of Boston schools, challenged Carnegie Foundation findings that married women are superior teachers. He told a Post reporter that married women teachers tend toward childless marriages, contradicting state law and religious tenets.
A discussion features Mr. Thompson arguing that married women must balance home life with teaching and child bearing, criticizing the Carnegie Foundation. Frank W Wright counters that married teachers were efficient during war but not necessarily superior, and notes shifts in teaching standards since earlier eras.
Mayor Peters announced a contract for an electro hydro therapeutic outfit at Boston City Hospital after Councilman Donoghue pressed for a $750000 loan order. Clapp Anderson Company received the contract for the new apparatus at $1603.
It touts Mercer as a safe vehicle and highlights numerous other good qualities, presenting safety as an inherent feature of the Hare's Motors product and promising overall excellence.
An Africa focused display at Paul Revere Hall during the International Congregational Council highlights missionary life in Natal and Zulu culture. Dr. G. A. Wilder and Rev. H. A. Stick guide visitors through native crafts, home life, and carved artifacts while sharing stories of Wilder’s sixty-five year mission journey among the Zulu.
Portrait of Mrs. Helen Taylor said to be mother of a soldier whose condemned tunic was found in Quebec has been forwarded to the Post by W H Malloy Fitch Phillips Limited of Quebec to be returned. The back bears the name Mrs Helen Taylor and address 28 Belvidere Street Boston with the words Mother and Quebec. Inquiry at that Boston address reveals she lived there five or six years ago.
Ernest R. Springer was yesterday appointed chief engineer of the transit department with a salary of 5000 dollars per year, 4000 less than the former chief Edmund Davis who earned 9000 dollars. Springer had been acting chief engineer and had a salary of 3600.
In New York on June 29 Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes fiercely condemned the modern tendency toward secularism federal centralization and socialism in education during a sermon at the opening of the Catholic Educational Association of the United States 17th annual convention.
A clergyman laments secularization in education and the push toward federal centralization and socialist ideals. He argues religion protects youth, warns of spiritual and moral harm from media, law, and cinema, and condemns public schools severing ties to religious belief.
The United States customs barge office has been transferred to a new location and will resume operations under the new administration. Officials stated the move aims to streamline maritime inspection duties and improve port efficiency.
The Long wharf office for 75 years will transfer today to the appraisers stores building at Atlantic and Northern avenues. Boarding officers and inspectors move to a three room suite on the fourth floor facing Atlantic. The vacated structure is being remodelled for business use. Earlier the opposite section was vacated by the immigration service.
Dorchester Judge Joseph R. Churchill presided yesterday over two milk standard violations. Jobian Majjar of 101 Maxwell Street, owner of a Washington Street grocery, was fined 15 dollars for selling milk below standard, while Arthur Voumiakis of 15 Faulkner Street received a 10 dollar fine on a similar charge.
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