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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1922
Page
12
Boston mayor orders re-bid of city motor trucks and teams after exposing bid collusion. Public Works Commissioner Sullivan to advertise anew with a flat 20 dollars per day for each motor truck to ensure legitimate bids for single and double teams.
An old ad promotes St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and sore joints. It claims instant relief with topical application and no internal treatment, urging readers to try a small bottle at any drug store for quick relief from rheumatic pain backache sciatica and related ailments.
A Lorimer Hall auction closed yesterday leaving over 1.26 million dollars in Israel Nelson holdings unsold. A syndicate of prominent real estate men plans to take over the remaining properties.
Fresh fowl prices ease from last week with poultry at 36 to 40 cents per pound. Fresh roasting chickens range 55 to 60 cents, broilers 50 cents, capon 60 cents, western capon 65 cents, duck 45 cents, and turkey 65 cents per pound.
Senator Lodge fights an amendment to the appropriations bill to let Charlestown Navy Yard bid on Leviathan repairs. Chairman Lasker blocks the move while Senator Swanson canvasses Democrats against it. Senator Spencer cautions that Charlestown estimates wouldn’t be binding as a private shipbuilder’s.
Wesley H. Murray of 75 Boylston Street who faced larceny charges Dec 28 and was acquitted Jan 19 plans lawsuits against the accusers and their attorney seeking damages.
Ad promotes Bowles Red Pepper Rub as instant relief for rheumatism lumbago neuritis backache and stiff neck. It claims rapid warming tingling heat within three minutes and urges buyers to insist on the genuine Rowles labeled package.
Prices at the weekend market span wax and green beans at 35 cents a quart, carrots 10 cents a bunch, beets 15 cents, dandelion greens 1.50 a peck, spinach greens 40 50 cents, cabbage 8 cents a pound, lettuce 8 10 cents a head, onions 15 cents a pound, sweet potatoes 8 cents a pound, white potatoes 20 cents a pound, eggs from 40 to 70 cents, butter 38 48 cents, cheese 32 cents, and various roasts and meats with prices across the board. Live seafood and fish sell at 10 25 cents, lobsters and shad around 40 70 cents a pound.
Postmaster Roland M. Baker said salaries of postoffice employees will not be lowered, though some officials’ compensation may drop slightly following recommendations by the board of inspectors who spent weeks examining economy and efficiency.
A well attended Hu Journalists' Club meeting was hosted by Boston writer Charles L. Wag ner at 199 Park Street West Roxbury. Attendees included J. Ben Lynch president, Edith Minster novelist Rober Terry magazine writer and Annie Cross Ellis Boston newspaper woman as plans for the March anniversary dinner were discussed.
A self made cough remedy advertisement promises rapid relief from coughs and nasal irritation. It claims one ounce Parmint double strength mixed with sugar and water makes a half pint medicine that soothes the throat and nose membranes, stops coughing quickly, dries mucus, and cures catarrh in many cases.
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