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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
6
Washington Feb 2 The Senate finance committee outlined a quick sharp probe into the cost of living. It aims to cover all phases of the issue to avoid dragging into the summer and harming Republicans before next fall’s elections.
Republican lawmakers weighed a resolution to create a five member Senate committee led by Senator Lodge to investigate the cost of necessaries of life and wage trends over the past two years. Senator Smoot was invited to join the panel as the Finance Committee referred the measure for quick action.
The Shoe Trade Salesmen's Association held its fourth annual banquet at Hotel Thorndike with about 125 members attending. Officers elected for the year were George Green as president, William Wayward as vice-president, E. B. Marsh as second vice-president, H. R. B. Thomas as secretary, and H. E. Gutterson as treasurer.
Dr Harvey W Wiley told a pure food hearing that hens are blamed for high living costs due to small eggs. He said breeding aims produce many small eggs, not the hen's fault, as the capacity to lay is limited. The focus shifted to loaf size in DC discussions.
New York reports 36 million eggs and 100000 pounds of poultry stored in a Jersey City cold storage warehouse since last March and April respectively. Hudson county grand jury hears that Union Terminal Cold Storage Co is under subpoena as prosecutors seek evidence for potential conspiracy to raise prices on meat and eggs. Witnesses from Swift & Co. aid inquiry amid efforts to trace large food consignments and storage practices across major refrigeration firms.
The quietest day in the city’s retail markets continued yesterday as Faneuil Quincy and Blackstone market activity dwindled. Meat trust wholesalers report ample Brighton beef and halted Western shipments while Swifts Armours and Hollis agents push to clear stock. retailers expect beef prices to fall before Saturday.
Employees and friends of the Hood and Sons Mutual Benefit Association anticipate a dancing party this evening at Paul Revere Hall with lively social and community spirit.
Boston Post presents fresh serialized fiction The Red Symbol by John Ironside with chapters three and four and a review of chapters one and two. The story promises excitement love and mystery in a riveting Sunday magazine feature.
Maurice Wynn, a London special correspondent, is summoned to St. Petersburg to replace a murdered agent. A wretched Russian seeks Mr Cassaretti on the floor above, dropping a tin portrait of Anne Pendennis with initials A P and a red geranium. Wynn warns Anne and Cassaretti, while a scarlet geranium is given to Anne at a birthday party. The exchange ends with Cassaretti muttering The Symbol.
Maurice lingers in the vestibule for a farewell with Anne as Jim and Mary tease him about being on the war path again. He recalls his South Africa trip and pressures of labor reporting, then shares a brief two minute moment with Anne under the portico before joining the crowd in the courtyard.
In a moonlit night a journalist narrator follows a couple from Westminster toward the river. He sees Anne Pendennis in a black cloak with bright hair in a boat with a sailor and another man. a scarlet geranium is found at the steps, hinting at a dangerous intrigue to unfold in the next installment.
A fragment recalls a photo of Anns Pendennis identical to a framed portrait but without a frame, noting it was in possession of an old Russian man with matching initials inscription and a red symbol beneath it.
A persuasive home remedy advises making a pine extract syrup by mixing granulated sugar, warm water, and Pinex to create a cough syrup. It claims rapid relief from deep seated coughs within 24 hours and lists uses for hoarseness, bronchitis, colds, and chest pains. The article promotes Pinex as Norway Pine Extract and notes honey as an alternative sweetener, with cost and preparation time details.
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