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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1920
Page
3
Prices in Greater Boston are set to advance within a week, say leading flour merchants and bakers. They cite the steady rise in flour costs as the sole cause of higher bread prices. In several cities increases have already occurred, with bread now about 11 cents a loaf in most Canadian cities.
Bakers report flour costs up at least three dollars per barrel since last price fix and warn of higher bread prices soon. Government flour is cheaper but not usable by bakers, who say it makes coarser loaves. Some expect a three cent loaf increase, others foresee one to two cents more per loaf in weeks.
Boston now has two Phillips Brooks statues beside each other. The Bela Pratt sculpture was installed yesterday on the Society of Natural History lawn at Boylston and Berkley streets and will be on exhibition for six months. The committee hopes public sentiment will favor replacing the original Trinity Church site statue by St. Gaudens.
The United Fruit steamer San Mateo sails from Long Wharf today to Havana and Port Limon carrying several hundred cases of Old Kentucky whiskey and forty drums of alcohol. American liquor interests seek abroad markets as constitutional prohibition looms, with shipments destined for San Jose, Costa Rica for distilling brandy. customs officials supervise loading.
Washington datelined report says Mexico has raised the embargo on export of important foodstuffs including corn beans and sugar. The move was confirmed by the Mexican secretary of finance and relayed to the State Department.
Better known as Venetra Vaka the authoress was entertained by women’s clubs during her Boston visit. The event highlighted literary talks and social gatherings with female club members.
Mrs Kenneth Brown known as Venetra Vaka has been guest of honor at several Boston women s clubs during her stay in Boston. She will speak for the Professional Women s Club of Boston this season and has been elected a member of that club.
The American Meteorological Society convenes in New York to discuss forecasting. Nearly 400 scientists and forecasters will cover topics from astronomical observations to village forecaster instincts, with talks on moons tides winds waves and low mood areas.
Norman J. Lee, former general passenger agent of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad, died at his home in New Haven Conn after several months illness.
United States District Attorney Kane said sale of sugar or other food staples only with other merchandise in combination sales is illegal. Prosecutions will begin on evidence of any such combination sale after today in Philadelphia.
A major blaze in Marshill Missouri destroyed the largest potato warehouse of W. S. York with about 4000 barrels and the Farmers' Union storehouse, damaging more than 35 000 dollars in total. The fire, caused by an overheated stove, threatened adjoining warehouses holding over 40000 barrels and owned by Hovey & Co Edward Hamonds G L Small Co and W B Brown.
Post office officials believe James H. Knight broke all American non stop mail flight records by carrying mail from Cleveland to Bellefonte Pennsylvania 215 miles in 83 minutes at an average 15 miles per hour. The flight began through a raging snow storm, improving on Knight’s previous record set last September.
Fitchburg January 2. Car Laine of 14 High Street was sentenced to two months in jail by Judge Thomas F Gallagher for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Witnesses testified he struck a gutter and injured two pedestrians.
Admiral Viscount Jellicoe former first sea lord of Great Britain began a weekend visit to New York as part of a postwar world tour. He stayed with Charles M Schwab at Riverside Drive and toured the New York Stock Exchange with cheers from brokers. The party visited the Brooklyn navy yard with U S Navy officers and British naval colleagues before a luncheon and informal dinner at Schwab's home.
Officials at the army retail stores in South Boston called police reserves as thousands of patrons queued for hours when doors opened for sales of subsistence goods. The overcrowding resembled a riot as gates closed and space ran short, with officials urging customers to use mail order to avoid crowding. more stock, including peas and jam, expected next week.
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