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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
3
Fresh berries and fruit fill the stalls around Faneuil Hall as lamb prices edge upward amid strong demand from high beef. Best lamb legs rise from 18 to 22 cents, forequarters 12½ to 14, chops 30 to 35, kidney chops 8 to 40 cents per pound. Eggs 24–36 cents, new laid 43. butter 28–84 cents. cantaloupes 10 cents each or 4 for a quarter. apples 30 cents per dozen. Fisheries offer Spanish mackerel 13 cents, swordfish 1 2. assorted fish cheap.
A burning car on East Chester road near Pelham Parkway in the Bronx saw Claudia Goulet of Boston leap from the vehicle and die from head injuries after a backfire sparked flight. Her sister Jessie Goulet and aunt Mrs Isadora Prevost were passengers. owner Robert McLoughlin survived. Two passersby rushed Goulet to Fordham Hospital.
Roger Putnam of Boston was hurt but not seriously when gasoline exploded on his 40 foot Chincha at Bar Harbor. The yacht burned and sank while being towed after the blast, the cause traced to engine backfire igniting spilled fuel.
Springfield July 30 William Roy charged with the murder of his three weeks old child waived examination in police court and was held for the grand jury Carrie Terrio mother of the child is held as a material witness though not connected with the crime Police say she believed she was married to Roy but evidence shows he had another wife living The body has not been recovered.
Dennis J. Hanlon of New York was re-elected president by the Ancient Order of Hibernians Board of Erin at its general convention for the United States and Canada. Bayonne, New Jersey, was named the next biennial meeting site, with officers and directors listed from several cities.
Charles KH Anderson and Albert L Neil of Baltimore filed a bill in Wilmington Delaware asking for a receiver for the Securities Company of North America. They allege the firm is insolvent with liabilities over 1 000 000 dollars and not a public improvement corporation. Answer returned for September 1.
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