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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1914
Page
6
Morrison I. Swift argued that women remain enslaved by economic dependence on men. He stated that accepting support makes women children or mistresses and that men expect compensation through obedience, asserting true liberation requires economic independence.
A radical critique argues women must be freed from economic dependence to rebuild society and family. The piece links female parasitism to current ills, then shifts to a city hospital crisis with overcrowding, unpaid cases, and calls for funding and expanded contagious disease facilities.
Boston faces hundreds of scarlet fever cases housed in crowded homes due to lack of suitable hospital space and city funding. Dr. Wilfred G Grandison and Dr. Edward H Place confirm the strain, with about 600 cases cared for at home under conditions favoring contagion and hindering recovery.
Dr Edward H Place of City Hospital and Harvard Medical School cites full facilities and unmet needs as non paying patients fill beds. Dr Wilfred G Grandison of Charlestown denounces city violations of law for denying care to contagious diseases and scarlet fever cases, worsening spread.
Tonight at 7 the Younger Boys club meets at Union Congregational Columbus and West Newton. William Appleton Lawrence will serve as curate at Grace Church after ordination next June. Rev Maurice A Levy leaves Newton Centre for the rectorship in Brooklyn. Suffolk North Ministers meet tomorrow at Trinity Church Revere with Prof Henry W Holmes and Rev Burke F Leavitt speaking. Priscilla Social Circle serves ministers and wives. Wakefield Baptist Church heard Dr J W Franklin describe East mission work yesterday.
The Tierzy Girls of the Civic Service House stage two plays at Fauntleroy Hall Roxbury at 7 30 The Obstinate Family and The Peak Sisters. Proceeds support the Zionist movement aiding Jewish settlement in Palestine with 14 members aged 15 to 18 participating.
Police captured two armed men after a chase through roughly a dozen streets in the business district. The pair, linked to recent downtown breaks, were found near the George B Saunders store and Bowes Wharf station. They carried automatic revolvers, plenty of ammunition, a pearl handled revolver, 14 cartridges, dark lanterns, razors, knives, and $25 in bills.
A man named Rosas, claiming Nicaraguan identity, entered Casa Torres in Madrid and fired at former Nicaragua president Jose Santos Zelaya. Zelaya escaped unharmed, Rosas was captured, and claimed vengeance for his uncle's death.
The present week marks the final removal of old buildings on East Newton street to make way for the Franklin Square House extension. The new nine story brick structure will span from St James street to Washington street across Franklin Square, containing about 400 rooms and fireproof throughout. The corporation will spend $250000 to equip the building with top level conveniences and safety.
Washington report says Christian Endeavorers propose a campaign against new Easter clothes. Boston leader Rev R P Anderson disputes the move and says new clothes can fit Easter without desecrating the holiday.
Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Henry arrive from Rio de Janeiro in Buenos Aires. They come ashore at 5 pm to a warm reception from government officials the German minister and German societies.
In Tokyo on March 29 the Emperor offered the premiership to Prince Toyosato Tokugawa, president of the House of Peers, but it is believed the prince will decline the post.
Brattle Hall Cambridge hosts Harvard Dramatic Club spring show presenting three one act plays directed by Clayton D Gilbert head of the Conservatory of Music drama department. Casts include N W Loud Miss Marie Morris Ann Van Ness Christine Hayes and others. Performances repeat Thursday in Brattle Hall and Friday in Copley Hall Boston.
The Weather Bureau forecast frequent rains nationwide for the coming week. Temperatures are expected to run above normal in the East and South, near normal along the northern border and Rocky Mountain region, and on the Pacific slope.
The magazine SYSTEM markets itself as a cure for rising business costs by promoting devices and methods that save time and labor. It urges owners to study March SYSTEM, promising full year access for $2 with a refund if value is not found, and lists Chicago and New York offices.
Eighty percent of the Boston Telephone Operators' Union members have sweethearts, say union officers. They refute Harvard professors and a Post report claiming phone girls’ kisses carry electricity and endanger suitors.
Boston's new fish pier opened to sightseers as crowds toured the structure. The schooner Mary brought a fresh catch after arriving from old wharf. About 100000 pounds of groundfish awaited sale and the exchange floor would open at 730 AM. The Italian and Portuguese dory fishermen gain space for wholesale sales only as retailing ends at old wharf.
Alderman W. P. Barr tells a police committee hearing that sermons from Minneapolis pulpits contain too much sex talk. He suggests censoring sermons and notes the Purity Congress should have been censored, joking about his wife not attending.
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