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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
11
The Woman's Club has executed its lease of the Indies mansion at 40 Beacon Street and will move in at autumn’s start. The annual report notes alterations to fit members’ needs and a thoroughly modern setup in all appointments.
The Women’s City Club surveyed its members about two Beacon Street houses for a new club house. Of 1520 returns, 1103 approved the Indies mansion at 40 Beacon Street. The group bought the house with lease and purchase options, pledging protection of its 1818 Gregorian architecture. The club’s finances show 2530 members and $13,208.58 in treasury. Mrs James J Storrow is expected to be elected president when the club moves to 40 Beacon Street.
The record lists sums acknowledged for two funds, Elephant Fund with 6514.10 and Howdah Fund with a prior entry for Mildred Morris of 71 West Lenox Street and Tata 185.43, 21 185.64. The entry preserves named individual Mildred Morris and the addresses, with amounts indicating past contributions.
Citizens urged to honor mothers by wearing a white carnation next Sunday as Mothers Day is celebrated the second Sunday in May. Special church services are planned in Boston with governors and mayors likely to issue proclamations urging universal observance across the Commonwealth and beyond.
The State Board of Health urges tighter vaccination laws for school entry. It opposes the anti vaccination bill advancing in the Senate and now before the House, noting health benefits of compulsory vaccination. The report details the Forest Hills vaccine produced under Theobald Smith at Harvard and asserts the vaccine cannot transmit dangerous diseases due to safeguards.
Nearly 100 young women in the tailoring trade led a protest at 3 School Street urging workers at the Gilman establishment to leave their jobs so they could work at home under a new state regulation requiring a license for women taking shop work to homes. A 2000-strong crowd blocked traffic until police from City Hall Avenue station restored flow.
Junius Spencer Morgan, oldest son of J. P. Morgan, has returned to Harvard. He splits time between Hollis Hall and Beck Hall, sleeping in Hollis while keeping most of his collected library in Beck Hall, and resumes the life of a well off student amid the Harvard yards.
Mrs. Patrick Sweeney of 422 Franklin street Cambridge appeals to Cambridge and Boston authorities to locate her son Edward 17 who disappeared last Friday after a family quarrel. Friends say he planned to go to New York. She will send a letter and photo to officials asking them to apprehend him if seen there.
Wellesley College students discarded many beauty preparations after a medical board report exposed fraud in patent medicines. Analyses showed common products like epsom salts and borax were misrepresented as cosmetic agents, prompting caution and reform in purchases. State officials urged public trust in ethical medical practice and advised against costly, ineffective mixtures.
Advertises the Encyclopaedia Britannica as the finest exact information, offering line by line value and more for less than other books and previous editions, with a warning that the low prices will not last long.
Advertisers urge immediate order for the Cambridge Britannica set as May 28 price rise looms. They tout 29 slim volumes with 44 million words 41 000 articles 14 689 illustrations 450 color plates and 300 maps, plus a free Reader's Guide sample and return option.
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