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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1918
Page
5
In Boston yesterday 86 persons died from Spanish influenza marking a record daily death toll since the epidemic began. Doctors anticipated a high figure due to the unfavorable weather over the weekend.
With good weather expected to continue doctors grow hopeful though death rates unlikely to drop quickly. The First Naval District sees 116 new cases and eight deaths yesterday while statewide reports suggest a low mortality rate. Quarantine authority is granted for homes with influenza cases and schools may close only in exceptional cases as Quincy reports about 5000 ill, half from shipyard workers under supervision of Lt. I. E. Stow and naval physicians. Public funerals barred by local health board following directive.
Yesterday's bracing air and bright sunshine urged a brisk walk as natural protection against influenza. If you missed yesterday, take a walk today when weather allows. the plain habit of walking in these autumn days is described as great medicine.
Citizens are urged to avoid visiting homes with influenza cases as atres and public halls close. Cambridge faces a decision on school closures while Everett, Brookline, Winthrop, Reading and Saugus announce shutdowns. Everett suspends classes after a teacher’s death and 18 illnesses, with 1258 pupils absent. Newburyport high school also closes.
Medical officers said the influenza epidemic in the Second Naval district was near ending. Only four new cases were reported and over 200 patients were discharged from the naval hospital. Since the outbreak began there have been 888 cases and 61 deaths among about 22 000 officers and men.
In Worcester two 25 year old twins Mrs Fiora Stevenson Johnson and Mrs Billa Stevenson Israel died within eight hours of each other from grip. A double funeral is set for tomorrow at the parents home 69 Maywood Street. Judge Utley barred visitors in the Central District Court due to the grip epidemic.
The surgeon general's office reports influenza in at least 25 army camps across the United States with total cases reaching 20,211. An additional 2,225 cases were tallied up to noon today.
Ready for a wedding, the groom vanishes in a plot twist described in The es Bridegroom in the Boston Post Magazine upcoming issue.
In Bridgeport Connecticut the War Labor Board section said local examiner Alpheus Winter now has full authority to decide all questions affecting about 60 000 workers across 60 plants named in Otto Eidlitz wage award.
Mr Winter issued nine rulings interpreting the Eidlitz award amid a machinists strike of 18 days. Taft Walsh and Loyal Osbourne along with Thomas Savage led the hearing which lasted 12 minutes. Rulings upheld collective bargaining under examiner control, retroactive eight hour pay, and reinstatement options for returning strikers.
Robert and Benjamin Livingstone of Los Angeles were arrested in Venezuela with their mother while traveling under assumed names. They had passports issued in San Salvador after fleeing California through Central America to evade the draft.
Milton High releases varied schedule by date with home and away games. Raymond Holden names Oct 4 open and lists Dorchester Hyde Park Needham Hingham Quincy Norwood venues across Milton, Needham, Norwood and Hingham. The sequence includes two clashes with Hingham and a final open date.
The article describes a shift in Wellesley where washerwomen now command high pay and ride in limousines, prompting men to bow and wives to praise their status. It links higher wages to wartime labor, with housemaids leaving for munition work and public laundries raising prices.
A fragment notes tension over foreign names among baseball fans and announcers. It cites Cueto of the Reds as an example of mispronunciation by a game announcer during a pinch hitting appearance.
The report notes Cuban players mispronounce names like Huitzilipechtli and Cueto. It cites quotes such as Kweeto for Eller and Sherry Magee urging a swing. Journalists debate whether the name should sound Keeto Quito or Quito, reflecting a Spanish Hidalgo accent amid the Reds coverage.
The Filene establishment operates under one management with specialists for each shop. Women’s outer garments occupy the fifth and sixth floors, while the fourth floor houses girls and misses wear. Half of the third floor serves children under six, the other half is devoted to women’s intimate apparel.
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