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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
7
Easter buyers must plan now as markets close Saturday. Whole hams run 39 to 60 cents a pound with many sellers at 43 to 45 cents. The pink ham color is lacking, making the meat less appealing this year.
The article lists ham options at 60 and 39 cents a pound with savings for half hams and cut slices. Eggs rise to 60 65 cents a dozen for hennery and Western eggs, with duck and goose eggs priced higher. Meats show fresh fowl 48 cents, chicken or capon 70 cents, lamb legs 4 to 4 cents, beef sirloin 55 65 cents, veal loins 4 cents, pork roast 38 cents, while greens and lettuce remain affordable.
Prices show asparagus from 2% cents for a small bunch to 36 to 75 cents for larger ones. Radishes 7 cents a bunch. New Florida potatoes 15 cents a pound old potatoes 50 to 55 cents a peck. Native onions 8 cents a pound Bermuda onions 25 cents a pound Spanish 15 cents a pound. Wax and green beans 30 to 40 cents a quart. Strawberries improving with most at 40 to 50 cents a quart. New pineapples medium size 40 cents each.
A national conference on lynching is urged for May 5 and 6 in New York to concerted action against lynching and lawlessness. John R. Shillady, on behalf of 120 signers from 29 states and DC, lists 216 lynchings in 3 years with 70 white and 214 Negro victims. 1918 saw 63 Negro and 4 white victims. Signers include A Mitchell Palmer and former A Gs, several governors, Elihu Root, Charles E Hughes, Cardinal Gibbons, and Anna Howard Shaw.
The War Department says large detachments of the 42d Rainbow Division sailed on three ships and will reach New York by April 27. Units listed include the 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters the 167th Infantry the 151st Machine Gun Battalion and the 117th Field Signal Battalion.
The Post announces a Condensed Novels competition with 20 classic works. Writers may submit condensations 1250 to 1450 words for each title by May 15 1919, with prizes totaling 2000 dollars plus a best overall award.
James C. Miner a lumber salesman leaped from an 11-story window in view of hundreds of women workers on Broadway near 7th Street causing screams and opened windows. He died instantly after pausing on the ledge his stenographer saying he had been ill.
The Boston Metropolitan Red Cross fears a spring delay in gifting base hospital wards. They request community members to send flowers or plants to the Boston Metropolitan Chapter at 142 Berkeley Street tomorrow between 2 and 5 p m, for 28 wards of 8 beds each.
The fighting Yankee Division photographs taken in action will be shown at Symphony Hall in two matinee and evening performances. The display, paired with The Spirit of Lafayette, benefits division relatives, with Captain Edwin H. Cooper and Lt Col Hamilton R. Horsley providing commentary. Tickets for YD families are reserved until 2 pm and 8 pm. public admission follows.
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