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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1918
Page
10
A dense OCR list details coupon rates and prices for numerous bonds including Liberty, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and New York emitters. It mentions 4s and 5s notes with varied yields around the high 90s, along with listings for utility and railroad issues and a cross section of corporate and municipal securities.
Tommy Robson said he will travel to the middle West to force a meeting with Joe Eagan, aiming for Milwaukee or Cleveland after no local club offers a date. He stated there is no chance to meet him locally.
The agriculture committee heard lengthy testimony on dogs as friends and guardians versus their danger as spreaders of hydrophobia. One witness valued a dog at 5000 sheep, while another argued that a single fatal dog bite could outweigh the entire dog population's value in the state.
A Massachusetts hearing on two dog related bills turns into a broad discussion of canine rights and sheep protection. Advocates stress dogs as a friend to man and demand hearings before any death sentence, while opponents cite sheep losses and need for restrictions.
James W. Crowley of the New England Retail Millinery Association notes a shift in fashion spirit due to wartime influence. He discusses advance secrets of the fashion show set for Ford Hall on March 6 and 7.
Edward H. Williams of Rockland J M Leary of Taunton Arthur Seagrave of the special commission James W Sanborn and William O Titcomb of Swampscott presented the case. They argued the dogs mutilate livestock and farmers have the right to protect property while opponents failed to meet the arguments.
Howard Ives of New York training in Pittsfield for the New England YMCA indoor track championships in Boston Friday clipped six seconds from the mile record in a practice session here today.
William A. Gaston urges Massachusetts residents to support the war labor drive for shipbuilders. He highlights local acts of dedication such as Gosnold official C. D. Church sailing through ice to report in Boston. The letter calls for coordinated labor redistribution to meet a national shipbuilding priority and food production needs.
The waterfront calendar notes a 1200th day of war and winter’s slow end as seven schooners and three beam trawlers arrived with about 432000 pounds of fish. Wholesale prices listed for cod haddock pollock hake and cask steak reflect high markets. Vessels include Swell Billow Surge Mary F Sears Waltham and others with cargoes of cod pollock haddock and soles. A United Fruit steamship traced the Cross Rip Lightship route but found no trace. Two four masted schooners from foreign ports reached the harbor, one from East London South Africa with 2558 bales wool and another from the West Indies with salt. The Landsman.
An old Musterole ad urges mothers to keep a jar at home for instant relief from croup sore throat bronchitis and other ailments. It promotes 30c 60c jars and a hospital size 2 50 with claims of preventing pneumonia and suitability for adults.
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