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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
15
Prices for salmon and green peas are rising for the Fourth of July meal. The best cuts of salmon are listed at 60 cents, ends at 55 cents. Peas, when available, run from 1.25 to 1.50 per peck, with higher prices likely as peas are scarce.
An advertisement touts making root beer at home with a 25c bottle of Hires Household Extract sugar and a yeast cake. It claims 40 pints or 80 glasses per bottle, costing less than a glass, and emphasizes purity and natural ingredients. It also mentions bottles, corks, and airtight stoppers available from grocers.
Beef options remain affordable with sirloin roasts at 5 cents per pound and various rump cuts between 40 and 50 cents. Lamb and veal also hold steady while pork and fowl rise modestly. Butter, eggs, and butter prices hold. vegetables and berries show scarcity from dry weather with limited supplies and higher costs overall.
The C F Hovey Company of Boston undergoes a full reorganization today with a $2,000,000 capitalization split evenly between common and preferred stock. Samuel Johnson remains president, Louis Rivers becomes vice-president and general manager, and C H Hovey Company preserves its Boston institution status and customer focus.
An army board concluded unforeseen circumstances caused a fatality at Franklin Field last Monday. The panel’s findings were handed to General Edwards yesterday.
An official report from July 1 1919 cites a mix of unforeseen circumstances behind a mass crowd at a Boston air event. Delays in plane arrivals wind shifts and school dismissals contributed to the situation. no person is deemed culpable. The pilot acted to minimize risk to bystanders.
Colonel H B Claggett commander of the Dallas-Boston air squadron at Franklin Field says the six planes that arrived last week will depart shortly after 5 a.m. weather permitting for Love Field Texas. Mineola Long Island will be their first stop during a recruiting tour through Connecticut New York Philadelphia and Washington. Claggett will join the flight in Mineola as a passenger in the Phoebe plane and will receive a new ship of the same type to pilot for the rest of the journey.
Augustus F Howell of Arlington writes to the editor correcting errors in a June 27 interview with Colonel Roger F Scannell about Samuel H Woods. He states Woods was not a physician, had a family of four daughters, and clarifies relations to Cutler and Woods families, noting Woods life in Tremont Street and later 6 Beacon Street.
The United States Shipping Board allocates two new freighters to International Mercantile Marine for Boston to Liverpool and London routes. Neshaminy, a large steamer, is nearing completion in Harriman Pennsylvania and will depart July 15 for Liverpool. Baboosie, a 1000 tonner, is finishing at Portland Missouri and slated to sail later in July for London.
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross parish schedules its annual festival on Saturday July 12 from 10 a m to 10 p m in Exhibition Talbot and Paul Revere halls Mechanics Building. A large parish committee is organizing the event to ensure its greatest success yet. Services will be held in churches nationwide with King George and Queen Mary and public officials attending at St Pauls. July 19 is set for national rejoicing with celebrations for American troops and other forces in London.
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