Turkeys Hold Prices in Rise Yet Western Birds Ease
High grade turkeys stay costly while Western birds drop five cents per pound yesterday, as market reports show. Retail demand remains steady though regional price shifts appear in wholesale figures.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
7
Faneuil Hall Market Prices Report Mixed With Sugar Shortage
Daily market notes show flour ten cents lower per bay and fish prices fluctuating. Sugar supplies are tight with one firm restricting sales to regular customers and prioritizing five pound orders. Spinach rose to 50 cents a pound while bluefish and several other fish sold at higher or lower rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnan Haddie
Jemon Sole
Lee Declares No Candidate for School Superintendent
Boston school committee chairman Joseph Lee denies endorsing any candidate for superintendent. He claims rumors were spread to inject extraneous issues into his re election campaign centered on keeping schools out of politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lee
Boston School Committee
Viscount Drumlanrig Marries Musical Comedy Actress
London December 6 Viscount Drumlanrig heir to the Marquis of Queensberry married yesterday Miss Irene Richard a musical comedy actress. He is 21 and serves as a lieutenant in the Black Watch Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Viscount Drumlanrig
Marquis of Queensberry
Irene Richard
Black Watch
Schwab and Grace Seek Early Funds for U S War Contracts
Charles M Schwab and Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel urge advance payment on munition and other government contracts. They conferred with Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels saying banks will not provide needed funds. Without aid, ordnance work may be delayed and Congress may be asked to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles M. Schwab
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Baker and
Daniels
Congress
War Work Council
Young Woman's Christian Association
New England
Galen Stone
George Co. Tee
Westwood
Lexington
Winchester
Wellesley
Weston
Framingham
Mabel Cratty
National Board of the War Work Council
Benjamin Loring Young
Lauder To Sell Auto For War Relief Fund
Harry Lauder and J W Schenck arrive at a Red Cross rally on Boston Common to launch the sale of a new automobile for Lauder’s million pound Scotch war relief fund. Manager Murray supervises the event as part of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lauder
J. W. Schenck
Scripps-Booth Motor Car Company
Murray
Boston Common
Lauder
Scotch War Relief Fund
Boston
Bethlehem Sacks Seek Advances for Fixed Price War Contracts
Bethlehem Steel faces delays on fixed price ordnance contracts as it seeks advance payments under war orders. Government reviews whether such advances fit 30 percent aid rules while Navy and War Departments assess contract forms and potential need for legislative changes. New destroyer plants rise with government help to speed war material output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Bethlehem
Army
Ordnance Bureau
Navy Department
Ordnance Board
War Department
Congress
Lauder Opens Scottish War Relief Bazaar in Boston
Comedian Harry Lauder rode a little Scripps Booth town car through Tremont street, announcing a bonnie start and wind-up. The car will be sold later for the relief fund. Lauder spoke at Red Cross Liberty Cottage and at Tremont Temple, opening the Scottish War Relief bazaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
the Common
Harry Lauder
Lauder
J. W. Schenck
Scripps- Booth Motor Car Company
Boston
Parker House
Red Cross
Liberty Cottage
Tremont Temple
Midddlebury College to end term a month early
Mid dlebury College will close a month earlier than usual next spring to give students a better chance to serve the country in summer agricultural or patriotic work. Christmas and Easter vacations will be shortened, but courses remain intact, with commencement set for May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Middlebury College
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Promises Refund
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a cure for colds in one day. It claims pharmacists refund money if it fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on each box, priced at 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Lamp Lighters Seek Higher Pay from City Leaders
Mayor Curley met a delegation from the Rising Sun Street Lighting Company lamp lighters who urged a raise from $2 to $3 daily. He said the city’s five year contract blocks any pay increase, but the firm would add routes with automatic devices to boost earnings, while those cut from routes would join city employment at $3 a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Rising Sun Street Lighting Company
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Faneuil Hall
Lee
Spee
Diamond Merchants
Smith Patterson
Switzerland
Diamond Merchants and Jewelers
Summer Street
ASK Money
U. S
Christian Science Lecture
Church of Christ, Scientist
John Sidney Braithwaite
C. S
England
Falmouth
Mack Bay
Y. W. C. A. Fund
Y. W. C. A. War Work Council
Filene
Siades
Cinderella
Falcon
Kood
Manchester
Department of Foods and Cooking
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Jenny Aviation
Imperial
Bernard Copy
Filene’s
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