Market shows hesitant strength in sugar and oils rally
Financial editors report a better market day with about 500000 shares traded and a scarcity of stocks. Sugar issues led gains aided by refined sugar price hikes, while Mexican Petroleum rose four points and Atlantic Gulf added over two. Rails lagged with light deals as the day wore on. Federal Reserve data boosted sentiment with improved reserve ratios across regions, and analysts look for gradual revival, aided by optimistic private Washington outlooks and bank notes.
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Mexican Petroleum
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Musterole Ad Praises Rheumatism Relief Across Ailments
An advertisement touts Musterole to ease stiff joints and other pains. It claims quick relief from bronchitis, croup, lumbago, back aches, and colds of the chest, with 85c, 65c, and hospital size $3 jars available at drug stores.
Salesman position seeks ambitious individuals abroad
Classified ad offers sales opportunities for energetic, ambitious people over 25 with references. Mentions address 200 Tremont blog and international scope. Also includes obituaries for Dionne and Maguire with funeral details and church services.
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Concern International
Tremont
Vintage Rail Bonds and Stock Listings Across the East
A crowded page lists railway and industrial securities including New York curb issues, Southern Ry bonds, Missouri Pacific 5s, and Western Union debentures. Entries mention Balt & Ohio, Kansas City Southern lines, Pacific Coast terminals, and power companies, with prices, terms, and notes on interim periods.
Boston Wholesale Prices Across Fresh Produce and Meats
A dense price list from Boston shows wholesale quotes for fruits vegetables and meats. Notable entries include Baldwins apples $5-6.50 per box, fresh pack No 1 apples $8.50-4.50, various beans and citrus prices, timothy hay up to $32-34 per ton, and mixed feed ranges. Poultry and eggs list soft packed chickens at 41% to 45 cents per pound, fowls up to 40 cents, turkeys 58-60 cents, and geese 33-36 cents per pound. Perishable items like cranberries $16-18 per barrel and strawberries 50-75 cents per box are included along with margarine and lard prices and a broad array of meat cuts.
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West End
Money market rates and foreign exchange snapshot
The item lists money market rates from brokers and banks with percentages on loans and deposits including 7 to 8 percent ranges for various loans and year money. It also notes late afternoon foreign exchange rates with comparisons to the previous day and a year ago, stating quotations are in cents per unit of foreign currency except sterling.
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Boston
New York
Protadine
Adamson’s Cough Balm Advertisement From Cotton Market
An old item from the New York cotton market section promotes Adamson's Cough Balm. The ad touts a bottle for use by forty years and urges readers to buy at druggists.
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Adamson
Frank Curtis Invites Old Guard to Supper Meet
Frank Curtis visited the Post office and announced he seeks a census of the remaining old guard from prohibition days. He invites his old friends the down and outers and ups and ins to a supper and old time gospel meeting at West End Rescue Mission 42 Green street on Thursday night February 17 at 8 o clock. He will deliver an old time good cheer message on Decision.
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Old Guard
The
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West End Rescue Mission
Green Street
Market Produce Prices From A Local Listing
A fragmented reader list shows produce prices including cabbage 1.25 to 1.50 per unit, cucumbers 10 to 25 dollars per box, cauliflower 2.50 to 2.75, lettuce 0.50 to 1 per box, spinach 1.25 to 1.50 per basket, squash 80 to 120 per ton, beets 1.25 to 1.75 per box, carrots te e box, turnips 0.60 to 1, peppers 6.50 to 6 per crate, parsnips 1.26 to 1.75 per pound, radishes 1.25 to 1.75 per basket, sprouts 18 to 25 cents per pound, tomatoes 15 to 50 cents per pound, hothouse rhubarb 18 to 20 cents per pound.
Massachusetts Elks honor Grand Exalted Ruler Abbott at gala
A reception dinner and dance at the Copley Plaza Hotel drew several thousand attendees including General Clarence R Edwards and Governor Channing Cox. The event featured Elks leaders from across the nation, a patriotic address by Abbott, and a gift of a chime clock to the grand exalted ruler.
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Brookline
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Razor attack testimony opens Gen ie Reed Smith case in 1919
In Springfield, February 14, Pauline Smith testifies in the assault trial of Genie Reed Smith for alleged razor attack on her mother-in-law at their West Springfield home on October 19, 1919. The witness bears a scar and contends Genie cut her, while Genie claims the victim harmed herself.
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West Springfield
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Jealous daughter in law linked to Springfield trial
Alienists for both sides observe Mrs. Smith trial testimony as Dr. Samuel Smith’s marriage tensions surface. Mrs Pauline Smith testifies Genie planned weekend visit from Shutesbury with Park Avenue home, $16 board, and dinner company. Genie attacked after remark about Aunt Julia's folks, leaving Mrs. Smith strangled.
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Boston
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Northampton
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Pauline Smith
Samuel Smith
Shutesbury
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Julia
Bennett Play at the Copley
Henry Jewett presents Arnold Bennett’s What the Public Wants at the Copley Theatre, a satirical drama on English yellow journalism. Sir Charles Wor gan, owner of forty publications, pursues public taste while Emuly Vernon restrains him. strong turns by Wingfield, Roach, and Clive anchor the production as the play leans toward talk over action through the week.
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Arnold Bennett
Copley Theatre
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Emuly Vernon
Francis Worgan
Charles
H. Conway Wingfield
Wingfield
King
Viola Roach
Emily Vernon
Emily
Francis
E. E. Clive
Bennett
Man Charged With Auto Theft at Central Court
Arthur G. H. Best, held for trial, charged by Inspectors O'Neil and LeBlanc with larceny of John Marshall's car from Knee land street. Best was on parole as a bogus plumber at the time.
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Central Court
O'Neil
LeBlanc
John Marshall
Kneeland Street
Best
Abraham Lincoln at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston
John Drinkwater’s drama Abra ham Lincoln, famed in two continents, received its first Boston presentation at the Hollis Street Theatre with the same cast as in other American cities. The work is a sequence of life episodes about Lincoln from a British vantage, with intentional anachronisms that the author says enhance the central idea.
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John Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
Continents
Boston
Hollis Street
Abraham Lincoln on stage a vivid life portrait by McGlynn
An English produced portrayal titled Abraham Lincoln presents a living motion picture style sequence from Lincoln’s Springfield home to Ford's Theatre. Frank McGlynn embodies Lincoln with a quiet, persuasive demeanor, supported by a long cast and careful costume work, praised for its historical detail and dramatic charm.
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Springfield
Ill
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Appomattox
Ford
Ichneoln
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James Durkin
Grant
Lee
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Glad to Be Caught Dope User Sentenced to Island Accord
Fred J. Clines, already in default on an old charge, told Officer McCarthy he was glad to be caught again and received three months on the island accorded by the Central Court.
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McCarthy
Central Court
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