Market Notes Lamb High Flour Drops in Boston Trade
Lamb prices rose in Boston with pork also firm while fish catches improved. Flour fell 25 cents a barrel, signaling relief for bakers and buyers amid fluctuating staple markets.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1915
Page
6
Poslam skin remedy advert promises quick relief
An advertisement touts Poslam for skin irritations, eczema, pimples, and itching with antiseptic action. It claims rapid relief and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York, with Poslam Soap available in 25 and 15 cent sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 25Th Street
New York
Market eggs priced 38 and 35 cents a dozen
The article notes eggs selling at 38 and 35 cents per dozen and mentions lambs born last fall will soon enter the market, easing price pressures.
Market Prices For Meat And Produce In The Region
Quoted prices list forequarters and hindquarters of lamb from 13 to 14 and 20 to 22 cents respectively, pork ribs 11 to 15 cents, chops 18, beef similar, rump face 18 to 20, pot roast 17, chickens and fowl 20 to 28 cents. Celery 10 cents head from California, Boston markets 25. cranberries 7 cents quart, grapefruit 5 each, cauliflower 15 20 25, mackerel 20, Spanish mackerel 30, chicken halibut 35. Cod Haddock 8. merling 5, sole 20, smelts up to 40 a dozen, halibut 35, pond perch 2 %, pickerel 30, roe shad 35, salmon 25 30, striped bass 25, scallops 45, sea trout 2 %, mussels 10 a quart, frogs legs 50 cents a pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Boston
Transfer Privilege Expanded for Brookline Riders
The Boston Elevated issued a new transfer privilege for riders heading to Harvard Street Brookline. Conductors on outward-bound Ipswich street cars will issue outward transfer checks at Village Square and passengers boarding the subway at Massachusetts Station in the Boylston Street line may also use outward transfer checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harvard Street
Brookline
Ipswich Street
Village Square
Massachusetts Station
Boylston Street
Forester group urges town forests to curb unemployment
The Massachusetts Forestry Association proposed a plan to reduce unemployment by establishing town forests. Each town would manage workless men through summer forest work programs, aiming to provide local employment opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Forestry Association
Town Forest Plan Proposed to Employ Unemployed
The State allocates 50 000 emergency funds to aid forestry efforts targeting gypsy and brown tail moths. Town forests funded by Public Domain Act bonds could provide year round employment, start with 10 to 500 acres, and sustain workers through spring planting and thinning with fire lines around future crops. Fitchburg already initiates a 105 acre town forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Forestry Department
Fitchburg
Inheritance of Anemia and Pink Pills Promotion
An advertisement claims young girls inherit anemia or develop it from poor lifestyle. It lists symptoms such as fatigue, irritability, palpitations, headaches, and greenish pallor. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a simple cure and offers a free booklet from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. asking readers to contact Schenectady New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Town Forest Contest Aims 60 Acres Of White Pine Planting
Springfield has allocated funds to plant 60 acres with white pine on its watershed. Cities and towns are urged to establish town forests to aid the unemployed and compete for a prize. The Winning town will receive 60,000 white pine transplants on 50 acres as the award this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Forestry Association
Wife Testifies Husband Pledged Wedding Gifts and Threats
Mrs. Cameron testified that her husband forced her to sign blank checks and a mortgage, claimed she would be jailed if she refused, and that he manipulated finances and threatened violence. She described fear, control, and limited funds spent on essentials while he stayed away with doctors, lawsuits, and debt. The case resumes next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashers
Hawthorn Inn
Gloucester
Cameron
Spaulding
Mrs. Cameron
Why Are Not Women Making the Laws
A letter to the editor questions suffrage claims that women will improve laws. It cites Wyoming Colorado California Utah and others, noting very few women hold state legislative seats despite long suffrage, arguing the “mothering influence” claim fails with low female representation. Frank Foxcroft of Cambridge, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Colorado
Itolen King Robinson
Senate
California
Kansas
Utah
House
Arizonia
Gahornia
Washington
Frank Foxcroft
Cambridge
Mass
Charles Gillespie Dies in Weymouth
Charles Gillespie aged 49 died at his home on Commercial Street Weymouth after a brief illness He worked for years in the advertising department of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company He was a Mason and a member of affiliated bodies and a prominent K of P member He is survived by his wife and one daughter The funeral will be tomorrow from his home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gillespie
Commercial Street
Weymouth
Gillespie
NewWnegland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Masonic Lodge
Labor Leaders Oppose Barker Anti Injunction Amendment
Prominent labor leaders testified before the Massachusetts legislature’s judiciary committee opposing the Barker bill to amend last year’s anti injunction act. They argued the measure would hollow out protections, repealing key provisions and constraining business rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Legislative Committee On Judiciary
Legislauve
Lhe
Melville H. Barker
Henry Sterling
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Women Shaping the Panama Pacific Exposition Spotlight
The Sunday Post profiles women who shaped the Panama Pacific Exposition and explains their roles and contributions.
Outlook in China shows progress toward Japan talks
Reports from Pekin indicate improved prospects for China Japan negotiations. Japan appears to drop several general demands for now, with waivers noted on foreign advisers and police control while China still considers twelve existing points for possible compromise. Excitement remains in parts of China as Hankow’s garrison strengthens entrenchments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
China
Japan
Tokio
Fukien
Hankow
Gay Dies After Assault on Hampden Street
Nicholas Gay was fatally attacked on Hampden street Roxbury Tuesday night while en route to Magazine street. He died yesterday at City Hospital from injuries. Authorities say robbery was not the motive and expect arrests after autopsy results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Gay
Hampden Street
Roxbury
Magazine Street
City Hospital
Leary
Wife seeks missing Stockholm husband Carl Carlstein amid wartime search
Mrs Carlstein traveled from Stockholm through a war zone seeking her husband Carl Carlstein a former city police member. She urged Superintendent Michael H Crowley to help locate him noting he has not drawn his pension for a year and she fears he may be dead. A clue from a Swedish paper in New York proved inconclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Carl Carlstein
Law’s protection of property over human life argued
Professor Harry F. Ward of Boston University School of Theology argued at Ford Hall that law safeguards only property and not human life. He said the state and property have no right to existence unless they benefit human life and welfare, noting much law protects the strong’s property originally justified by force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Ward
Boston University School of Theology
Ford Hall
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Thenk. Fairbank Company
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