Fish price claims and cross examination in historic trial
Morris P. Shaw testified that flounder bought wholesale at 3 cents per pound sold at retail for 10 cents and cod at 5 to 10 cents, arguing retailers must mark up 200 to 300 percent for profit. He said trawler costs rose 1 percent with overall price increases, denied price fixing, and named competing ports including Portsmouth Newport and New Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris P. Shaw
E. A. Rich Company
Boston Fish Pier Company
New England Fish Exchange
Henry F. Hurlburt
Haddock
Shaw
Mir. Shaw
Frn
Ife
United States
Hurlburt
Boston
Portsmouth
Newport
Tfali River
New Bedford
Portland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Nova Scotia
Gloucester
Provincetown
Peace Treaty Delayed Again at League of Nations
From Brussels the League of Nations scene again delays the peace treaty a matter of keen interest to the King. The postponement prolongs negotiations and keeps the wartime settlement in suspense amid diplomatic maneuvering and public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Brussels
British Government Denies Wilson Influence on Germany Demands
In the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law said no decision had been made on Germany's indemnity. Colonel Claude Lowther accused Paris delegates of pledging to seek the utmost from Germany and warned Britain not to bow to President Wilson.
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Andrew Bonar Law
Germany
Wilson
London
House of Commons
Claude Lowther
Paris
Great Britain
United States
Bonar Law Rejects Claim of U S Influence on Action
Bonar Law denies any suggestion that the United States influenced the action of the British government. He argues it would be unfair to imply U K policy shifted due to American pressure and maintains independence in decision making.
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United States
Bonar Law
Poland Ukraine Seen as Key to Russian Fate
Vienna dispatch reports AP correspondent found that Ukraine and Poland together hold the key to Russia. Food alone cannot stop Bolshevism, which thrives on Moscow money and agitation. Ukrainian independence movements gain footing, while Poles doubtfully view Ukrainian leaders as adventurers. Premier Ostapinho says Allies fear unity with Russia is impossible.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Poland
Ukraine
Russia
Budapest
Moscow
Galicia
West Ukraine
Russian
Ostapinho
Tolstoi
Soviet Congress to Meet in Berlin Next Week
Berlin reports that the Soviet Congress is to meet in Berlin next week while observers doubt whether the assembly will accept Chancellor Scheidemann's pledge to anchor the Soviet principle in the new constitution. Radical Berlin proletarians threaten a political strike to coincide with the gathering.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Scheidemann
Australian Women to Boycott German Goods
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA April 2 The Empire Trade Defence Association has been formed. It consists of women and is pledged to purchase no goods of enemy origin.
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Melbourne
Australia
Empire Trade Defence Association
Chaplain Couve to address at St Pauls on French soldiers
Local brief notes Chaplain Couve of the French army will speak tonight at St Pauls Cathedral about his experiences with French troops in the trenches, with emphasis on Verdun. Funeral services for Milon L. Miller were held in Cambridge and burial followed in Lowell. Mayor Brooks named Cambridge licensing chairman. council advises on salary and board budget. The Boston Newsboys Club to host its ninth annual show and dance April 30 at Convention Hall to aid returning members. Mayor Peters to issue public statement opposing a larger City Council bill before the Legislature. A man works in a junk shop at 279 Dorchester avenue around 7 o clock.
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Couve
St Paul's Cathedral
Verdun
Milon L. Miller
U.S. S&s. Blackhawk
Yorktown Street
Cambridge
Isaac Smith
Third Universalist Church
West Somerville
Lowell
Edson
Eix
William I. Brooks
Quinn
Cambridge Board of License Commissioners
Boston Newsboys
Convention Hall
Leon Cadman
Newsboy
Peters
Charter Association
Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit
A public health note extols drinking a glass of real hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels of indigestible waste sour bile and toxins. It claims this cleanse improves appetite and relieves biliousness constipation stomach trouble and rheumatism at low cost.
How Lomasney and Fitzgerald Made Peace
After Mayor Collins' death, John F. Fitzgerald on the Democratic ticket defeated Edward J. Donovan, Lomasney's man. Martin's fighting spirit rose as he backed Louis A. Frothingham, the Republican nominee, who won Ward 8 for the first time since the 1870s.
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P. A. Collins
John F. Fitzgerald
Edward J. Donovan
Lomasney
Martin
Louis A. Frothingham
Ward 8
Henry Sweetser Dewey
Pierce Farm
Edward B. Callender
Dewey
Frothingham
Callender
Judge Dewey
Fitzgerald
Frothingham-Dewey
James Donovan
Joseph J. Corbett
Patrick J. Kennedy
James J. Storrow
Boston
Matthews
Martin M. Lomasney
The Career of Martin Lomasney and Boston Politics
The article recounts Boston mayoral battles of 1905 with John F. Fitzgerald defeating Frothingham and Dewey after fraud claims. It notes Martin M. Lomasney’s split with Fitzgerald, a legislative maneuver to shield Hendricks Club members, and a late reconciliation brokered by Bill Carlin as power shifted at City Hall.
Robbery in South Boston Seen After Unconsciousing Blow
Abraham Fishgal 45 of 229 West Ninth Street South Boston was robbed of a small sum after a blow to the head left him unconscious. He was treated at City Hospital for a scalp wound and told police two men attacked him, described as about 25, medium height and 150 pounds in gray clothes as detectives search for suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Fishgal
West Ninth Street
Boston
Fishgal
Gets-It removes corn and callus painlessly at home
A newspaper ad touts Gets-It as a simple, safe remedy that loosens and peels away corns and calluses without plasters or ointments. It promises painless, no-knife removal, millions of users, and a money back guarantee. Manufactured by Lawrence & Co. of Chicago.
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Bnwrence & Co
Chicago
Ill
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Arthur J. Parker
Richard J. Griffin
Webber
Atwill
Bay State Fishing Company
Maine
Dorchester Avenue
Martin Lomasney
Hendricks Club
City Hall
Senate
William Taylor
Taylor
Hendricks
William J. Carlin
Mr. Carlin
Henry Fitzgerald
Bill” Carlin
Daily and Sunday Post
Frank Carter Childs
Lexington
Nightingale & Childs Company
Congress Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Childs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edith J. Robinson
F. O. Robinson
John J. Doherty
Richmond Park
Woburn
Sarah
Caroline Denison Higgins
Arlington
Swan Street
Higgins
Burke
Mt. Holyoke Seminary
the College
Charles H. Higgins
Lucy A. Higgins
Callus
Callas
the House of Kuppenheimer
Oth
House OF Kuppenheimer
Koppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
National Clothes Service
U.S.A
Kennedy
Live Store
Hawley Streets
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