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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
2
Secretary of State Hughes aims to announce progress in Germany peace talks within days. Officials seek a definite peace basis before proclaiming peace, balancing safeguards for American interests amid postwar widows and marriage prospects in Germany.
The market shows fish at moderate prices today with a wide selection. Vegetables except green corn are high, uneven for the season, while fruits are generally high though varieties remain plentiful and quality strong.
Best quality legs of lamb 30 cents forequarters 15 cents leg and loin 30 cents. Face of the jump 42 cents boneless sirloin 40 to 45 cents. Smoked shoulders 17 cents. hams 40 cents. Fowl 45 to 4 cents. Halibut swordfish and salmon 25 cents. Haddock 7 cents. Live lobsters 49 cents. boiled 59 cents. Shrimp 65 cents. clams 3 cents a basket. Mackerel 20 cents. Moore’s York basket 35 cents. Blueberries 45 cents per box. Corn 20 cents a dozen. beans two quarts for 2 cents. Carrots cents. tomatoes 10 cents. cabbage 7 cents. squash 8 cents. cucumbers 10 cents each. Southern cucumbers 7 cents. peppers 30 to 40 cents a dozen. Spanish onions 10 cents. sweet potatoes four for a quarter. Potatoes 75 cents a peck, Maine crop expected to ease prices.
Josephine Pasycheck, 18, was sentenced to 10 days by Associate Justice Palmer in Roxbury Court for assaulting her mother in law. She took her nine month old baby with her to the House of Correction after sentencing. The wife and mother has been separated from her husband for a year.
Representative Alice Robertson says the National League of Women Voters misquoted her on women at the disarmament conference. She asserts she never told President Harding no woman qualified for American commissioner and that she only asked to see a properly qualified woman. She also says she does not claim to represent all US women and seeks to represent Oklahoma's second district without interference from Indiana.
The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester houses the largest collection of early American newspapers. Researchers travel far to consult these files, now aided by a bibliography of American newspapers up to 1820. A special printing history department preserves type, publishing tools, and printing history for scholars.
After a years long effort by Joseph P. Lawless the destroyer Maddox will be detached from the Atlantic fleet to spend the weekend in New Bedford The visit includes a mammoth clambake at Fort Phoenix with the admiral mayor and city officials attending
Walter M. Harmon of Saco, a clerk in the Boston & Maine freight office, was arrested in Biddeford Maine on a charge of forging endorsers on several notes totaling over a set amount The notes had been discounted by banks in Biddeford and Saco, authorities said.
The Floridian of the American Hawaiian line arrived in Boston with the first full Hawaiian sugar cargo brought directly to the city by water in nearly six years. The ship traveled from Honolulu Hilo and Kaanapali, delivering a milestone shipment for Boston.
Secretary Hoover announced an agreement with Soviet authorities at Riga to start American relief of famine among Russian children. The plan includes American control of food supplies and safeguarding the relief families, with formal signing to follow after final details on transport and famine areas are set.
A communication from Mayor Peters lists twelve appointments and two promotions for city departments. New hires include temporary clerk positions in Soldiers Relief and health department laboratory helper roles, six temporary park department tram shifters, three inside inspectors in the fire department wire division, and two transitmen with salary rises for Harry Farrell and Charles Cassidy.
A child was instantly killed today when a revolver discharged during a struggle with other children over the weapon. The incident underscores firearm dangers among youths. In other news, William J Burns was named director of the Bureau of Investigation, succeeding William J Flynn, announced by Attorney General Daugherty.
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