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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1912
Page
9
The mayor and Park Commission held a four hour playground fest in City Hall. Officials weighed site options for city and suburban playgrounds while Park Commission favors some sites despite opposition from attendees.
Chairman Peabody notes popular support for a Ward 2 waterfront playground but cites high land costs. Community leaders push alternatives in Lyman Fitton districts and Mt Ida, with votes and proposed acquisitions shaping the fight over sites in Ward 5 19 23 and Mt Ida.
An old advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as effective for various skin issues including itching inflammation eczema and burns. The copy claims fast relief and suitability for infants, with free samples and a mail offer from Resinol Dept. 10.
Beeston Opera House reports strong subscription prospects as ticketing continues. Board appeals for renewed support to reach a $150000 guarantee fund with new donors including Frederic L. Emery and several others contributing amounts ranging from $10 to $500.
At the fourth Massachusetts conference on tuberculosis the State Board of Health and its sanatoria system including Lakeville Rutland Westfield and North Reading received sharp criticism. Dr William C Hanson read the isolation hospital report and debate focused on keeping contagious patients confined and notifying local authorities. Dr Francis George Curtis and Dr J Albert Nyhen pressed for stricter controls to prevent consumption spread. Dr Arthur T Cabot described graded treatment exercises at the state sanatoria. Officers elected included Rev William B Geoghegan chairman and Seymour H Stone secretary with several physicians named to the board.
Dr. Adam S. MacKnight of the Fall River State Board of Health reports in his paper that among 27 discharged as arrested cases, 9 were known to be living, 10 had died, and 8 were at large without local authority knowledge. Of the living, 3 returned to state sanatoriums and the other 6 are careless about disease spread.
Ralph N. Butterworth of Revere has been appointed chief of police succeeding Acting Chief Co. P. Chainey who served the past year without a regular chief. Butterworth, a member of the school committee, was notified of the appointment last night.
N R Cass of New York City defeated Charles E Hughes son of a Supreme Court Justice for the position of first marshal to the graduating class at Harvard Law School yesterday.
Frederick B. Fish, president of the Commercial Club, denounces the recall of judges as a crime against society. He argues judges must follow the law without regard to temporary public opinion and warns that recalling judges in constitutional cases would erode legal foundations. He singles out President Roosevelt’s suggestion as ignorance of law and statesmanship.
A 20 foot iron kitchen ventilating funnel weighing about two tons broke from the roof of Youngs Hotel on Cornhill court side. It crashed to the court below striking the Rogers building fire escape and shattering hotel windows but caused no injuries. The heavy mass crushed street stones and required twelve men to move it to the hotel basement.
Louis Bernstein six years old of 32 Everett avenue Chelsea was fatally struck while crossing a street yesterday afternoon. The motorman Michael J. Driscoll of 67 Orange street Chelsea was held for inquiry but released an hour later after investigators found he had attempted to stop the car.
William J. Bryan charges Governor Harmon is backed by Wall Street and labels him reactionary. He criticizes Senator Hitchcock for supporting Harmon and says he would refuse a delegate seat if Nebraska votes Harmon, choosing to go to Baltimore to back a progressive Democrat.
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