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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
16
Lamb is expected to drop by week’s end as a small shipment from Australia arrives. Legs and loins are forecast at 21 and 23 cents per four pounds in local retail markets.
Markets show wide variety with fowl at 22 to 25 cents, beef high, eggs 38 cents, butter 34 cents per pound. Seafood includes cod and haddock 8 cents, mackerel 25 cents for 6, clams 30 cents a basket, smelts 2 cents per pound, trout 22 cents, salmon up to 30 cents, and various fish priced per item. Fresh produce features tomatoes 13 cents, shell beans 10 cents, blueberries 10 to 18 cents a basket, apples 60 cents a peck, Bartlett pears 25 cents a dozen, corn 30 to 35 cents a dozen, watermelons 4 to 30 cents, cantaloupes 7 to 13 cents, peaches and plums 45 cents per five-pound basket, white grapes 45 cents. Overall prices show little change.
The Cunard liner Etonian, arriving from Liverpool, will depart with a drastic appearance change under a safety protocol to fool pursuing submarines. Officers aboard note previous Leyland line incidents and report two perilous runs in 13 days with no sighting of subs.
Most delegates depart for Toledo to attend the 14th annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. A pontifical high mass will open at St Francis de Sales Cathedral with Bishop Schrembs presiding and Archbishop Bonzano to pontificate.
The Rt Rev Mer M J Splaine will represent Cardinal O Con nell at the convention. Henry Cunningham leads the diocese lay delegation and Teeling will join the New England committee on resolutions. Mass meetings at the Colliseum feature talks on divorce and immigration. Mission Church Field band departs to meet delegates in Buffalo and travel to Niagara Falls Then to Cleveland and Put-in-Bay. The archdiocesan and national executive headquarters will be at the Boody House as delegates arrive. the convention ends August 18.
A two and a half acre garden at Greenwood School Hyde Park grown by eighth and seventh grade pupils shows strong ties to math science and nature study. Seventy two children work together with Stan ley Starratt guiding. Weekly pay starts at three dollars rising to four with rates and a lead for a temporary superintendent. Amherst Agricultural College and the U S Interior Department show interest.
In Sunday Post Magazine readers learn a method used by some poor men to secure a large bank deposit quickly. The piece outlines steps, risks, and financial implications in practical terms for immediate access to funds.
Henry D. Lindsley urges the National Democratic Committee to locate the 1916 convention in Dallas Texas offering 100000 in cash as a flexible contribution to fund the event. He notes Dallas long hosted major organizations and emphasizes the Southwest has yet to host a Democratic convention.
Senator J Hamilton Lewis said Congress could meet by October to finish business before the national convention. He expressed hope for peace in Europe by May next year and said there would be time to adjourn to attend conventions if an early session occurs.
Boston suffragists mark the 97th birthday of Lucy Stone with a public meeting on Boston Common. Mrs. Oliver Ames funds a North Easton band and speeches by Alfred Bushnell Hart and Maud Wood Park. The feature honors Stone’s life and the progress of women’s rights.
War demand boosts textile activity in New Bedford and Fall River with a contract for 1,000,000 yards in Fall River this week and total war yards reaching 10,000,000 in two weeks. Relations between manufacturers and operatives improve though overall market remains quiet. New Bedford mills show slightly stronger forward business than Fall River amid production buildup.
Rene Desrochers five year old son of Mr and Mrs Emery Desrochers of 261 West Main street was fatally struck in front of his home by an automobile owned and driven by Alonzo G Davis of 2 King street Worcester. He died at Marlboro Hospital from a fractured skull after being taken there by the car's operator who turned himself in to police.
William Lynch age 42 of 240 Columbus avenue was arrested after noon yesterday by Inspectors Burke Morrisey and Alexander on larceny of $370 from David Platt of 47 Johnston road Dorchester dated July 30. Arraigned in Central Court his case was continued for hearing August 17 with bail set at $1000.
The Sun Day Post Magazine previews a Sewell Ford piece titled When Ella May Came By, described as another gloom dispeller in the upcoming issue.
Dorchester police recovered cut glass and silver valued near 2000 from Moses Mechaber's Dorchester home. Three men Samuel Cohen Benjamin Short and Samuel Rosenthal were captured at the house and arraigned in Dorchester Court held for the grand jury in 2000 each. Officers Stevens Kopp and Burroughs from Station 11 assisted after a woman's tip to Lt. Harry Burns.
Leominster Aug 12 Alvah J Parker 77 lifelong G A R member helped organize the C H Stevens Post in 1868 served as quartermaster and commander. He enlisted from Lowell in G Company Second Massachusetts Infantry losing his right arm at Cedar Mountain. Clara Barton aided him at Culpeper Court House and later praised him in Boston. He joined Odd Fellows in Peterboro in 1858 and Leominster Lodge in 1874 as past grand.
City officials hires diver John Robertson to search waters off the Graves for the body of John Sullivan, drowned Sunday. He will assist harbor police in the early morning effort.
Tokio August 12 Baron Kikujiro Ishii Japanese ambassador to France accepts the foreign portfolio in Premier Count Okuma's new cabinet Ishii replaces Count Okuma who had temporarily held the ministry after Takashi Kato declined to continue in the role in the resigned cabinet
Washington officials say Baron Ishii, new Japanese foreign affairs head, may ease relations with the United States amid stalled California alien land ownership talks. His Pacific Coast inquiry into California law and Japanese residents' welfare suggests a favorable view of Western sentiment and potential renewal of negotiations.
A vintage warning on marriage cautions that a man who wed a wealthy spouse risks losing independence and financial stability. the piece frames money as a controlling force shaping choices, status, and personal freedom.
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