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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
17
Money market quotes show customers' brokers loans at 7 percent outside brokers rapid calls at 7 percent individual customers collateral loans from 7 4to 8 per cent customers' commercial loans at 7 percent year money at 7 to 8 percent AT THE CLEARING HOUSE
The bulletin lists diverse bond issues and market prices for government and corporate bonds from France Switzerland Japan Belgium and the United States, with common stock references for Penn and Balt & Ohio among others. It also reports commodity prices including grains, meats, dairy, fruits, and dairy products, plus livestock quotes and feed costs, reflecting a broad daily market snapshot.
Prices for cabbage cucumbers cauliflower lettuce spinach squash beets carrots turnips peppers parsnips radishes Brussels sprouts hothouse tomatoes and rhubarb are shown. Value ranges include per bushel per box per ton and per pound with items such as Hubbard squash at 125 dollars per ton and hothouse tomato pricing between 15 and 50 cents per pound.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow noon at Mt. Auburn Chapel for James Scorgie superintendent of Mt. Auburn Cemetery who died yesterday at St Elizabeth's Hospital. He was born in Scotland and lived in Cambridge 47 years, serving 40 years with the cemetery including 25 years as superintendent. Survived by widow and three daughters. Burial at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
Today lists midday Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Copley Plaza, a 6 PM Pilgrim Publicity party aboard the Jack-o-Lantern, 6 20 PM Daughters of Vermont gentlemen’s night at Vendome, 6 45 PM Institute of Banking dinner at Hotel Somerset with Mrs Taft, 6 45 PM Girls City Club talk by Mrs Taft, Radcliffe junior prom, 8 PM Trades Union College lecture on The League of Nations in Action, and Eugene Stein speaking at Lowell Institute on Russia and its character.
A dense ledger of Boston wholesale prices listing apples such as Baldwins and Greenings with price bands, beans including Carlota and California white varieties, native sides and other meats, butter, cheese, corn varieties, and grain products. Prices are given per barrel, per box, per 100 pounds, or per hundredweight, with ranges and inclusive terms like firsts and extras. The list also notes regional origins including N Y Mich California and Canada, with occasional percent above car late adjustments.
The House refused to extend the ten dollar yeomen bonus and rejected a one day a week hotel employee bill. Harvard physician Dr. Richard H. Strong was named to the state public health council, with Dewson and Riley appointed to hospital cottage and trial justice posts. A hearing denied racial or religious discrimination claims against the First Corps Cadets, while Senate moves shifted inauguration attendance to the lawmakers paying their own expenses. Contention over storage at Commonwealth pier continued, with bidders accused of favoritism by Public Works, and election challenges in Ward 13 moved toward a verdict after more witness testimony.
Edward P. Tuttle vice president and general manager of Atlas Shoe Co spoke at the Boston Retail Credit Men's Association meeting in the Hotel Bellevue urging a return to honesty and justice as the basis for business recovery.
Mr Tuttle, president of the Boston Credit Men's Association, warned that American business foundations are being undermined by contract repudiations. He linked this to the Adamson law and the Boston police strike, urging renewed public sentiment and a stronger contract culture. The group adopted revised by-laws permitting women members and creating an educational committee to broaden outreach.
Sylvester J. E. Rawling aged 63, musical critic for the New York Evening World, died of heart disease in New York after a period of ill health. He collapsed Tuesday morning breaking a shoulder and deteriorated until death. Born in Singland, he served as London correspondent for the New York Herald and later edited the Paris edition before joining the Evening World in 1893.
Miss Marion West and Miss Thelma Christenson, among 11 Hugger victims, will appear in Quincy court to identify Henry Coughlan of 10 High Street East Weymouth, arrested with a gun without a permit. The case follows attacks by the Braintree pair known as the Hugger.
Two physicians who examined Coughlin at Judge Avery's request will ask the court to commit him to the Psychopathic Hospital for further observation. A wide manhunt followed the alleged attacker known as the hugger as hundreds patrolled the woods near the attacked women. Police in Quincy investigated leads, including a former Braintree resident seen at Howard Street homes, while arresting Coughlin in Washington Square amid gun carrying youths. Judge Avery ordered Coughlin held for observation yesterday morning.
Bryan presents his party platform to voters nationwide, detailing key goals and policy priorities as part of a continued campaign push. He emphasizes unity, economic reform, and national security while addressing the electorate through remarks carried from the earlier front-page report.
The proposed programme includes a peace plan with arbitration and investigation of disputes, a push for disarmament led by major nations, a referendum on war, term limits on the presidency, Senate ratification by majority, strict enforcement of national prohibition, opposition to universal peacetime military training, and a pledge to attack profiteering and cut unnecessary middlemen through producer organizations.
Bantry County Cork on February 16 reports widespread destruction of bridges and railway line approaches. Bridges broken or blown up, trenches cut roads and rails, leaving transport completely halted across the district.
Providence R I Feb 16 New Haven railroad announces track extensions and yard improvements at Providence will cost over 2 million dollars. The plan includes tearing out 16 bridges to be replaced by larger structures. A 3 million dollar Northup Avenue yard extension has just been completed.
The Flonzaley String Quartet concert scheduled for this evening in Jordan Hall is postponed to next Saturday at 8 PM due to the illness of viola player Louis Bailly. Tickets for tonight will be valid for the rescheduled performance.
The House foreign affairs committee refused Representative Burke of Pennsylvania a public hearing on his resolution recognizing an Irish republic. Committee members said there was no probability the measure would be reported to the House this session.
The Rev. Leroy W. Stringfellow, a Boston University theology student and former Trinity M. E. Church Lynn pastor, was appointed yesterday as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Lynn located at City Hall Square by Bishop Hughes.
In Athens Georgia on February 16 a mob of about 500 stormed Clarke county jail and forcibly removed John Lee Eberhardt, a Black man charged with the murder of Mrs. Walter Lee of Oconee county, then burned him at the stake.
Stamford reports William J. McCarthy supervising prohibition agents with five officers raiding Max Swit's store at 223 Main Street and seizing over 8000 dollars worth of high proof whiskey and bond liquor. A prior week seizure at Swit's home added 110 cases of bonded whiskey valued at 16000 dollars. The two seizures mark the largest liquor seizures in Connecticut since the federal law took effect, the result of two months tracing liquor from New York.
Advertisement promises a remedy to cover gray hair using Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drugstores. It instructs applying with a sponge or brush to a strand at a time, claiming hair darkens by morning and becomes glossy after a couple of uses. The copy links gray hair to youth and attractiveness.
Medical authorities attribute most stomach troubles to excess hydrochloric acid. To counteract acid, Bisulated Magnesia can be taken with meals, neutralizing excess acidity without acting as a digester. ItSafe as a stomach antiacid, not a laxative, available as powder or tablets from druggists.
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