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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1910
Page
8
Inspector James I. Jordan told the legislative milk commission that the city standard was 500000 bacteria but some milk samples reached 30000000. The impure milk did not come from a single dealer but from many large contractors, highlighting widespread contamination concerns for Boston consumers.
Inspector Jordan told the milk hearing of millions of bacteria found in Grau stein milk and samples from J K Whiting Co and H P Hood plants. He supported a 500 000 bacteria standard for public welfare while noting enforcement limits and ongoing search for responsible dairies. The committee slated Monday as railroad day to hear transport issues in milk delivery to Boston, with Producers' Company secretary asserting fair pricing and imminent milk shipments.
John J. Fenton, a veteran labor figure in Greater Boston, has served 14 years as sergeant-at-arms for the Boston Central Labor Union and held roles as business agent and secretary-treasurer. A longtime coal teamsters activist, he chairs local and district councils and has driven progressive conditions, including establishing a sick and death benefit fund.
Dr. Durgin of the Boston Board of Health said action to protect the milk supply will be announced soon. He noted the time is not ripe for details but said the plan will be disclosed to the press when ready.
A meeting will be held next Monday at 12 oclock in the New York milk committee office in the United Charities building at 105 East Twenty second street. A delegation from Massachusetts will join New York producers to discuss preventing a milk famine amid producer dealer differences. Prominent milk industry figures will attend.
Mr Hood of H P Hood Sons telephone the Post to correct a misstatement that the firm had profits of about 3 000 600 since business began He says the correct figure is 3 000 000 profits in the past fiscal year.
The Boston White Cross Milk Company, found guilty of possessing milk adulterated with water, was fined $50 but the sentence was suspended at counsel's request until the Supreme Judicial Court rules on the involved questions.
Boston Chamber of Commerce directors passed resolutions asking the Legislature to investigate methods of compensating injured workers and to propose measures to end delays and high costs to beneficiaries. The resolutions, resulting from two years of study by the committee on industrial relations, will be acted on at the chamber's next monthly meeting.
Theodore Roosevelt was mentioned as a likely commander-in-chief of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish American War. The first meeting will be in New York tomorrow with a preliminary reception held today and gossip that the New York delegation was told to vote for Colonel Roosevelt.
In Cheshire on May 20 the balloon Massachusetts descended on the northern side of Mt Amos due to threatening weather and ballast exhaustion. Pilot William Vane Steet, with passengers George Hunter of Boston and a Boston physician, traveled about 12 miles to 5000 feet, then landed after the ripcord release at 100 feet. The car struck hard but the aeronauts escaped injury by holding the bag rings.
A short memorial service for King Edward VII opened the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration. George Knowles Gardner, a Harvard sophomore, received the $100 prize donated by Chester De Witt Pugsley for the best college student essay on international arbitration.
Mrs Henry F Dimock head of the George Washington Memorial Association will address the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames in this city. She explains plans for a People s Temple to honor George Washington costing 2 000 000. The temple would serve as a national capital for societies and citizens organizations across scientific patriotic fraternal commercial and religious fields.
Washington May 2 Lieutenant Colonel W Goethals United States Army Engineer who is directing the Panama canal project arrived in Washington on a flying visit to attend the reunion of the West Point class of 1886 of which he was a member.
At T wharf four new ships arrived with cargoes including the Spray Manomet Mary Morse and Benjamin F Phillips. James P Rich retires after 25 years with John R Neal & Co and sails for Washington with his son. Haddock, cod, hake and other fish prices are listed as markets steady. The Toftwood from Huelva brings 5052 tons of iron pyrites, arrives at Mystic wharf. The Rheingraf from Havana lines up cargo and waits for Westfalen unloading. The S G Haskell arrives for repair after February gales and sale to John S Emery & Co. Other ships clear for Buenos Ayres and Manchester with lumber and provisions. NuMIDian reports position and passengers. local shipping news and a death in Thomaston.
Shipping notes and port arrivals list steamers and schooners with origins from England Spain Ger N S and Canada. Mariners report tides water heights and sunrise sunset times alongside arrivals at Halifax Boston Newport News and Philadelphia with tug and barge movements and several named vessels and captains.
William J. Walsh will present his lecture The Marvels and Glories of America in Paine Memorial Hall tomorrow evening. Known for An Irish Evening in Boston, his talk covers America from Brendan the navigator to the present, with slides on life and manners and scenes from civil and revolutionary history, plus patriotic songs.
Sister Candide, once superior of the Order of St. Anne, ran an elaborate charity scheme including a tuberculosis sanitarium. She raised funds via lotteries then borrowed and pawned jewelry on commission. Jewelry surfaced in Paris and London shops. Dr Petit, an associate, hanged himself after the exposure. Candide’s alleged obligations run into six figures.
A fire yesterday destroyed Oakland Hall in Mattapan and damaged a Chinese laundry within the building. Total damage reported at 4000 dollars. The hall is owned by the Mattapan Ladies' Aid Society.
Grand narrator recalls a winter scene as Mortimer Barbour, a secluded natural historian by trade, marries milliner Melindy McAllister. The tale sketches Barbour’s troubled family past, his mother’s pride, and the village’s wary gossip as the couple defies expectations amid a haunting home by the river and a decades old history of scandal.
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