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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
2
Washington December 27 The committee will hear Hoover testify on sugar policy tomorrow morning. Hoover’s prepared statement, already released at the White House, is expected to be questioned about all day. Other sugar witnesses may appear Saturday, with no fixed plans beyond Friday.
Paris authorities announce bread cards scheduled for January first will not be issued. Minister Victor Bo ret says citizens have grasped food conservation appeals and are consuming more prudently in recent weeks.
Multiple resolutions urging President Wilson to halt liquor sales were sent from Newport Rhode Island to the White House. The Newport Ministerial Union and the local YMCA chapters of the army and navy coordinated the effort tonight.
Prices in the Boston market district near Faneuil Hall show broad increases across staples. Meat substitutes rise as meatless days persist amid scarce fish, with lamb, beef, pork, and sausage all up. Condiments and dairy also surge, while vegetables hold steady with lettuce eight cents a head and onions five cents a pound.
With white sugar scarce, molasses has risen in use as a sweetener. New Orleans molasses now sells at 8 cents a gallon and is widely adopted where sugar was previously common.
Boston actor Theo Friebus dies on stage in New York while waiting for his cue. The veteran performer rose to fame in radio and television before touring as a stage actor.
East coast actor Theodore Friebus a Boston favorite collapsed and died on stage in New York while awaiting his cue as Professor Gustav Sonntag in A Tailor Made Man. He had long performed in Boston venues and with steel companies and once supported Mme Nazimova. Survived by a son and a daughter, he was twice married.
An advertisement touts a remedy labeled Laxa Tive Bromo Quinine with a claim it cures a cold in one day. It references a signature EF. W. Grove and emphasizes a single dose or treatment, urging readers to call for the full product name.
Sergeant F P Gehn of the 808th Field Signal Battalion, stationed at Camp Sherman Ohio, hopes to be the first American to reach Berlin and tell Kaiser Wilhelm II that a jail awaits him. He earlier secured two tickets to a Grand Opera House performance and intends to claim the big brass button from the Kaiser’s coat as a memento.
Connor's outlines a plan claiming fairness to all by charging the same prices for packaged items and deliveries. It asserts lower prices for customers receiving packages and that all customers pay the exact delivery cost.
Foxboro police say they found no new developments after a postoffice safe was blown open. Four bandits drove in after midnight and disarmed night watchman Frederick W. Pettee before taking cash and valuables.
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