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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
3
The American Railway Association ordered most railroads to transfer a larger share of box cars to southern and western lines to ease a severe car shortage. New England lines with surplus cars must send 39 percent more cars to their southern and western connections than they receive.
The relief committee for Brookline plague sufferers from infantile paralysis issued an appeal for subscriptions. They seek at least 5000 dollars and say that twice that amount could be used to advantage.
Flour falls 25 cents a barrel in a temporary wholesale move with retail prices lagging two weeks. An egg price drop may come in a fortnight and continue until early May as markets show eggs at 70 cents a dozen in representative markets.
Meats hold steady while many vegetables edge down slightly with potatoes at 45 cents per peck and sweet potatoes at seven pounds for a quarter. Lettuce five cents, tomatoes 20 cents per pound, Brussels sprouts 12 1 2 cents per quart box, and Calif ornia grapes 10 cents. Seafood prices ease with oysters 35 cents a quart and various fish around 10–25 cents per pound. A new Kunnenvest Swedish cheese at 30 cents per pound adds to the list.
Former President Taft told Providence Chamber of Commerce that union labor threatens law and order and could trigger a railroad strike if the Adamson Act is not upheld. He warned the nation risks famine and economic turmoil without organized restraint.
The ocean liner Nacoochee under Captain John H. Dizer was delayed 15 hours due to machinery failure on her Savannah to Boston run. The steamer berthed at Pier 44 Hoosac Docks Charlestown after repairs began between Chatham and Orleans and drifted in a gale before repairs finished shortly after 1 o clock.
Commonwealth Pier in South Boston has become a premier berth for Boston foreign trade. In the year ending last Thursday 108 steamers berthed, 104 landing cargoes while four White Star steamers called to embark passengers.
Eight year old Lillian Polishwook of 39 Linden Park street Roxbury was fatally struck by an ice wagon owned by the Boston Ice Company while playing with peers in front of her home. Driver Silas Simpson could not avoid the fatal collision as the front wheel passed over her chest.
The long standing tip system in hotels becomes a point of contention as waiters demand higher pay. Managers and waiters reach a preliminary agreement that wages be set by each establishment, but not all waiters agree with managers on proper compensation.
The piece notes waiters claim employees at downtown hotels receive larger tips than those at family or semi family establishments, suggesting better tipping opportunities tied to location.
Mayor Curley vetoed three council orders approving pay raises for judges clerks and assistant clerks of the South Boston and Roxbury courts saying the county appropriation cannot support the higher salaries at this time.
Eight members of the East Side Protective Association of New York acted as juvenile police officers and delivered a peace petition to the White House. President Wilson was absent when the boys arrived, on December 1.
In Whitman on December 1, 9 year old John Dasson was accidentally shot in the right breast by 11 year old George Taillert who was firing at birds with a rifle near railroad tracks. The incident occurred in the woods skirting the rails.
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