Not a Fish Landed as Prices Jump on Weak Market
No fish landed at Boston or Gloucester yesterday indicating higher prices on the big fish day. Cod and haddock were 14 cents a pound, up from 8. dealers expect further rises amid bad weather and a steam trawler strike that has tied up vessels. Lamb and kidney chops fell in price. oranges cheap, flour up 26 cents a barrel. eggs near 46 cents a dozen, butter 36 cents, sliced bacon 22 cents, pork sausages 20, fowl and duck 25, lard 15, rib roast 16.
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Boston
Gloucester
State Board of Conciliation
Prices on assorted produce and seafood in local market
The listing shows prices for beef tongues corned ends and chopped beef. Vegetables include spinach nine and a half? per peck and beans at 15 a quart. Fruits feature white grapes 30 cents per pound nectarines two dollars per dozen and various citrus and shellfish prices.
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Bermuda
California
Vermont
Boston Honors Ex Mayor Hart On 87th Birthday Luncheon
Distinguished citizens gathered at the Boston City Club to honor former Mayor Thomas N. Hart on his 87th birthday. Mayor Curley presided with nearly all ex-mayors in attendance along with prominent business leaders and public officials. Speakers included Dr. Charles W. Eliot ex Mayors Josiah Quincy Edwin A. Curtis and John F. Fitzgerald and City Council president Daniel J. Kiley.
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Boston
Thomas N. Hart
Boston City Club
Curley
Hart
George S. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Charles W. Eliot
Josiah Quincy
Edwin A. Curtis
John F. Fitzgerald
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Daniel J. Kiley
Jewish War Relief Day Planned Mass Meeting in Boston
Jewish relief groups in Massachusetts push state wide benefits for war sufferers on January 27 1917 designated by President Wilson as Jewish War Relief Day A mass meeting will be held at Tremont Temple with a committee led by James J. Storrow Henry L Higginson Henry V Cunningham Thomas B Witzpatrics William A Gaston Charles F Adams 2d Louis D Brandeis Abraham Shuman Louis Kirstein Abraham Koshland Albert Hurwitz Bernard J Rothwell George W Brock Louis K Liggett John F Moors Nathan Pinanski Charles W Bilot Gr many others The secretary of Cardinal OConnell sent a supportive note to David A Hillis committee chairperson
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Massachusetts
Wilson
Alfred B. Lounsbery Dies in Washington
Boston friends report the death of Alfred B. Lounsbery in Washington on January 19 after a two week illness from brain fever. Born August 4, 1848, he married Cora Dutton in 1904. As former president of the New York Stock Exchange he was a leading figure in commerce and retires about 15 years ago. Survived by widow, daughter and son. funeral January 22 at 128 Dean Street Brooklyn.
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Boston
Alfred B. Lounsbery
Washington
Lounsbery
Mr. Lounsbery
Cora Dutton
Benjamin&. Dutton
Malden
New York Stock Exchange
Dean Street
Brooklyn
New York
Little Demoiselle Crane Courting Large Japanese Crane
Zoo visitors watched a Demoiselle crane seek companionship with a larger Japanese crane in the same cage. The smaller bird initiates contact, blocks others, and sometimes fights, while the larger bird resists the advances.
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Zoo
Franklin Park
Boston Public Library urged for youth study and patriotism
At a Roxbury High School of Practical Arts for Girls Parents Association meeting, William F. Kenney urged Boston youths to use the Boston Public Library. He noted high foreign youth library use, praised immigrant children for knowledge of American history, and urged ongoing study after school to prepare for America’s future.
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Parents’ Association
High School of Practical Arts
Roxbury
William F. Kenney
Boston
Kenney
Boston Public Library
Wiet Hind
North End
Paul Revere
George Washington
Europe
America
New England
Did Not Smoke On Submarine Survivors Testify
Five survivors of the submarine 2 explosion testified before a naval court of inquiry in New York on January 20. They insisted no one aboard smoked at the time. Wounded sailors, bandaged and in Cumberland Street Hospital, testified while Lieutenant Charles M. Cooke, commander of the E-2, expressed concern for blame. All expect full recovery despite burns, though they were unable to recount events after the blast.
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New York
Naval Court of Inquiry
Cumberland Street
Charles M. Cooke
Hospital for Infants Opens in West Dyke Street
Dr. John Lovett Morse of Harvard outlined an educational program accompanying the opening of the Infants Hospital on West Dyke Street. Dr. Charles W. Eliot urged end-of-year funding for social work and expansion. The hospital aims to study well babies, feeding methods, and instruct mothers and nursery maids, with Harvard Medical School recognizing this as a vital medical department. Social workers will follow each baby into the home to assist families.
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John Lovett Morse
Harvard
Infants’ Hospital
West Dyke Street
Charles W. Eliot
Morse
Clarence J. Blake
Silencer injunction sought over all night lunch room noise
New York attorney Harl A. Darr petitioned Supreme Court Justice Donnelly for an injunction to stop an all night lunch room adjoining his Wilmington apartment building. He said noise from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. kept him awake and cited rude order phrases as evidence. Justice Donnelly reserved decision.
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New York
Harl A. Darr
Supreme Court
Donnelly
Wilmington
Darr
Mr. Darr
Carr
Justice Donnelly
Protest Meeting Over Neponset Atlantic Bridge Site
Dorchester Board of Trade and industry representatives urged Port Directors to reject the proposed new bridge site on the Boston side of the Neponset River. The plan, backed by the Metropolitan Park Commission, faced strong objections at the gathering.
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Dorchester Board of Trade
Neponset River
Boston
Neponset
Atlantic
Metropolitan Park Commission
Dorchester Bridge Plan Faces Remonstrants Over Coal Wharf Impact
Daniel T. OConnell for the Board of Trade and remonstrants argues the Park Commission bridge plan would threaten one of Dorchester’s largest coal wharves and curb Neponset River development. The group favors moving Boston abutments 80 feet upriver to avoid harm. The Port Directors vote to jointly study costs and hold a final hearing after reviewing an alternative plan.
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Daniel T. O'Connell
Board of Trade and
Park Commission
Dorchester
Neponset River
O’connell
Boston
Rahblin
The
Board of Trade
George W. Lawley
Lawley Shipyard
Oscar I. Bambrack
Hallet & David Piano Co
Matthew Cummings
Frank I. Wilkins
Boston Eleviated Co
Francis G. Powell
Raymond P. Delano
John J. Daily
Robert Hamilton
A. Piotti
W. J. Paul
McSweeney
Conry
O'Connell
Board of Trade and Remonstrants
Port Directors
Fruit Growers Convene in Boston For Massachusetts Meeting
More than 500 fruit growers from New England arrived in Boston to attend the annual convention of the Fruit Growers of Massachusetts at Horticultural Hall. Public meetings run daily with expert talks for amateurs and professionals. F. J. McNeil of Dansville urged farmers to stamp out unscrupulous nurserymen selling sun exposed worthless trees.
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New England
Boston
Fruit Growers of
Massachusetts
Horticultural Hall
F. J. McNeil
Dansville
N. Y
Boston Priests Inherit From Fall River Benefactor
Mary Sheehan widow of Fall River and former Boston resident leaves Boston priests sums in her will filed for probate in Taunton. The Rev John D Tierney of St Catherine s Charlestown receives 500 dollars while the Rev William J Conway S J rector of St Mary s North Hind gets 200 dollars. The Rev John W McMahon D D rector of St Mary s Charlestown is left 200 dollars and the Rev James N Supple rector of St Francis de Sales Charlestown gets 100 dollars.
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Taunton
Boston
Mary Sheehan
Fall River
John D. Tierney
St. Catherine’s Church
Charlestown
William J. Conway
S. J
St. Mary’s Church
North Hind
John W. McMahon
St. Mary's Church
James N. Supple
St. Francis de Sales Churecn
Electrocution in Foot Bath Hits Port Jefferson
C Frederick Purick a 47 year old prominent local businessman was electrocuted at his home in Port Jefferson N Y while using a foot bath in a metal tub His head touched an electric light fixture and the circuit caused his death at once The incident occurred January 20 at his residence
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Port Jefferson
N. Y
Frederick Purick
Laxative Brom Quinine Ad Promises Cold Prevention
An old advertisement touts Laxative Brom Quinine as preventing a cold and keeping the system ready against grip. It notes a single bromide quinine product with EB and W. Grove signatures on the box, priced at 25 cents.
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W. Grove
Bryan to Speak for No-License Campaign in Natick Milford
Natick and Milford plan no-license campaigns aiming to place their towns in the no-license columns at the March elections. Former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan will be among speakers if plans by the Natick No-License League succeed. Organizers announced yesterday they hope to raise funds to hire Bryan for the effort.
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William Jennings Bryan
Natick and
Milford
Natick
Bryan
Grip Forces Harvard Regiment Leader to Pause Drill
Captain Cordier, head of the Harvard Regiment, is sidelined briefly due to grip. The company drilled yesterday in the baseball cage with NCOs directing. Cordier expects to resume duties shortly.
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Grip
Harvard Regiment
Cordier
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