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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
12
Mr. Hunt of Missouri notes a provision that abrogates current interstate commerce law on convict-made goods and grants states and territories power to prohibit shipping convict-made products within their borders.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Burr uncovered a contract by Consolidated Gas Company with Standard Oil for 255000000 gallons at 41 25 cents per gallon. The price is reported as one cent higher than rivals, a difference that raises gas costs by about five cents per thousand cubic feet, helping explain high New York gas prices.
Rumors say John Wing formerly a special officer will file civil service violation charges against Chief Frank M. McLaughlin. Wing's attorney John J. O'Connor plans to present the case to Mayor Barton and seek a hearing in a forthcoming action.
A slight improvement is reported in the illness of Colonel George B. Billings, immigration commissioner, who is sick with typhoid fever. Drs. Rice and Shattuck said last evening he is partly delirious but slowly mending and very weak. If no new complications arise, a rapid recovery is anticipated.
Judge Waite untied the bonds of matrimony in the Norfolk Superior Court amid a long list of decree nisi grants. Cases include Lashford v Lashford for desertion and Mrs Dalrymple and Mrs Graham securing decrees. numerous decrees cite desertion intoxication and cruel treatment across Brookline Dedham Quincy Stoughton and surrounding towns.
Miss Mary Pell after traveling from Syria to Adams faced her former fiancé who chose another woman. She married Joseph Abrahams brother of the jilted suitor at St Thomas Church. A former fiancé acted as bridesmaid and the couple plan a Syria honeymoon to confront the man.
The Boston candy trade reports rising prices across wholesale and retail shops. Cocoa beans and walnuts are costlier due to poor crops abroad, with more than a dozen stores in the hub increasing prices 20 to 30 cents per pound and salted nuts jumping from 7½ cents to 1 dollar per pound.
The Orpheus Club of Somerville cancels its three planned concerts in Somerville due to lack of patronage. The decision was made at a Thursday meeting at the YMCA.
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