Bridegroom Is Arrested Before Double Roxbury Wedding
Sergeant Raymond E. Baker of Pawtucket Rhode Island is arrested at Fort Banks on charges of defrauding the government by collecting allotment money for a claimed wife who died January 8 1919. Baker planned to wed Miss Helen McCal of Roxbury while another couple also married. Baker awaits court martial.
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Raymond Ek. Baker
Pawtucket
R. I
Fort Banks
Immanuel Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
Roxbury
Baker
Helen McCal
Dale Street
Mabel Tanner
Vanall
Colson
Lawrence Street
Medford
Miss Tanner
Ben
Market news reports plentiful berries and asparagus drive prices down
Lovers of strawberry shortcake and asparagus find plentiful supplies in the market. Strawberries sell from 40 to 5 cents a quart depending on grade and seller. Asparagus ranges from 40 to 75 cents per bunch, with Carolina produce the cheapest and California the dearest.
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California
Food Prices Rise as Potatoes Lead Week’s Market Shifts
The report shows potato prices up to 49 cents a peck amid tightening supply while new Florida potatoes fetch two pounds for 2 cents. Other produce ranges include cucumbers two cents each, lettuce 15 to 18 cents a head, and cabbage 12 to 15 cents a pound. EGGS remain high with Western eggs at 50 to 53 cents a dozen though availability is abundant. Butter lingers at 72 to 75 cents a pound with forecasts of later declines. Fish prices list haddock cod and flounders at a half to one cent per pound, native halibut 3 to 4 cents, salmon and bluefish at 40 to 90 cents, and froglegs at 50 cents.
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Chicago
Finnan Haddie
Meat and seafood prices steady for Sunday meals
A dozen and boiled lobsters sell at 40 and 46 cents per pound. Meat prices for Sunday's dinner show little change from last week and midweek quotes. Fowl is 45 cents a pound, chicken 40 to 60 cents per pound, and the latter are frozen.
Senate Bill Allows Fast Gas and Electric Board Action
The Senate engrossed a bill authorizing the Gas and Electric Light Commission to regulate price increases, with an amendment requiring a board decision within 30 days after filing. The measure to curb delays was supported by Counihan of Cambridge. The opaque glass bill was killed 18 to 10, blocking window transparency in factories.
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Senate
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Chamberlain
Springfield
Counihan
Cambridge
Callahan
Lawrence
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Scituate Water Company
Scituate
Two Boys Drown As Squall Capsizes Gunning Float
Bath Maine April 10 two boys Robert Miller 11 and Roy Varney 15 drowned in the Kennebec River when their gunning float capsized in a squall. The bodies had not been received tonight.
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Bath, Me
Robert Miller
Roy Varney
Kennebec River
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Mauchaufee
Peerless and Cooper
Kennedy
Kuppenheimer
Enfield
Hadley
New England
Hawley Streets
Mali
Columbia
Grafonoa
Temple Place
Washington St
Blake
Mel Howse of
Kuppenbsimer
State House
Halliwell
New Bedford
Hardy
Fitchburg
Lewenberg
Payson Smith
Committee On Education
William M. Marnell
Boston
Dempsey
Haverhill
Edward G. Stacy
The
Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce
Smith
William H. Marnell
David Snedden
John Elherty Shoe Co
West ST
Tremont
Avon
New York
Dolmans
Liggett
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