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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1921
Page
21
The document lists wholesale prices across produce and provisions with varied items and prices. Included are kidneys, chives, potatoes, beans, greens, hay, cattle, feed, eggs, sugar, margarine, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and other staples with unit costs per hundredweight, per sack, or per box. Names of grades and raw figures appear alongside quality descriptors like good, fair, and firsts.
GOODYEAR TO CUT STOCK TO 1,000,000 SHARES. The Good year Tire and Rubber Company of Akron filed articles with the Secretary of State in Columbus Ohio announcing a reduction in stock. The action follows a corporate adjustment to streamline capital and capitalization.
Fragmentary text from a New York item dated April 12 shows garbled notes about a national entity or agency and a dollar amount, with multiple unreadable phrases. No clear events or names emerge.
The piece argues the British coal strike reflects U S economic strain with the Triple Alliance at risk of sympathy strikes. It details wartime coal profits, wage boosts of 155 percent, deflation fears, and debates over wage cuts, pooling profits, or nationalization amid Lloyd George's shifting stance.
In the United States, railroad heads see wage reductions as a path to easing railroad distress while mine owners push wage cuts as the cure for the coal crisis. Signs point to a cautiously supportive Washington administration stance.
New York April 12. Substantial price cuts by United States Steel and subsidiaries were announced by Bibert H. Gary after consultations with company presidents. The reductions, effective tomorrow f o b Pittsboro, include major drops across billets slabs bars plates and wire products.
Promenaders along Riverside Drive near 122nd street watched a heavy automobile with four passengers crash over a steep embankment onto New York Central railroad tracks. The car struck a stump and railing but the occupants stepped out unharmed as the vehicle was recovered with no glass broken.
The Senate ordered the nurses employment bill to a third reading after adopting an amendment to exempt towns with property valuations of $1,000,000 or less. The measure provides for employment of nurses in public schools and was supported by friends of the bill.
Clothing belonging to two boys was found on the shore of a pond with a note dated Christmas 1926. Police dragged the pond through the night using car headlights but found no bodies or signs of the boys. Authorities review a father named Frank Daly as they seek any witness or clue.
Reported game details show Wash Catholic University defeating a visiting team 5 to 2 in a college baseball contest. Key figures include Tad Val and Segal contributing offensively for the Catholic University squad.
Fourth year Newton Technical High School student Edwin Leonard won first prize in Class 1 for high schools in the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals poster contest. The event displayed 200 posters at the Public Library with prizes across grammar and high school divisions.
Senate conversation began on the Colombian treaty led by Senator Lodge for ratification. Administration aims for a favorable vote by April 20 as President Harding's message urging early approval is read. Lodge contends ratification boosts U S Latin American ties and oil market stability amid global tension.
Herbert Porter opposed a rival ticket at the Pilgrim Publicity Association annual meeting in the Bellevue Hotel. Original officers were re-elected: Henry Kuhns president, H Wesley Curtis vice president, George D Moulton treasurer, Mark W Burlingame secretary. Dr Thyi Hsieh spoke on American cooperation for China. Mayor John F Fitzgerald attended as guest and urged aid to the Boston Chamber of Commerce. He led with song and garnered cheers.
Mr. A. L. Erlanger sponsors a new musical comedy shown first time last evening at the Colonial Theatre. The production features lavish costumes and an elaborate scenery display that elevates the manager's standard.
Fred Jackson wrote the book with Paul Tannin and Vincent Youmans for a light musical about twin sisters so alike they swap appearances aboard a sea voyage to claim a legacy in India. Two friends sail, fall for different girls, and confusion from mistaken identity and two crooks drives the plot toward a happy ending with songs like Oh Oh My and Dolly drawing praise from audiences.
The Senate defeated the measure 14 to 17. It would have paid workers compensation from the injury date after four weeks out of work, instead of from 10 days. Senator Gibbs of Waltham warned that many accidents already fault weeks off work and the bill would extend absence to secure earlier pay.
At 12 30 p m Bay State Automobile Association luncheon Buckminster 1st. 6 p m Ellis dinner to retiring exalted ruler Colonel John H Dunn. 3 30 p m Episcopalian Club dinner Copley Plaza. 8 p m Rev Jones J Corrigan lectures on Americas World Policy Boston College High School Hall. 6 p m Jane Addams at disarmament a Student Liberal Club at Harvard. 8 p m William New Swain on Thrift and Savings at Boston Masonic Club ladies night.
Sudden death reported for Berey Brierville wife of Henry V Hoff on Burn Avenue Somerville with relatives listed. No concrete dates or full details available from the legible text.
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