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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
2
Joliet Illinois this afternoon captured film of the wedding of Miss Juliet Ephraim Greenwald of the city and her groom. The wedding will be shown at a private July reception so friends unable to attend can see the ceremony on screen and share the event.
President Wilson will march on foot at Washington for Flag Day June 14 and then review the parade before delivering an address to the marchers.
Henry A. Kersting, president of the St. Louis German American Alliance, filed notice with the Republican State committee to seek the party nomination for Congress in Missouri’s 10th district. He resigned his alliance presidency to avoid using the office for political gain.
Major General Leonard Wood reports nearly 10000 men enrolled for Plattsburg and Oglethorpe camps this summer. Harvard alumni have registered about 600, with undergraduates near 350. undergrads expect to reach 700 to top the alumni.
Meats rise sharply since the war began as groceries update prices from one quotation to another. Garden produce follows with high transport costs. Fish remains reasonable thanks to fair weather and asparagus and strawberries drop due to home markets supplying nearby areas.
The notice lists prices for various fruits, vegetables, dairy and meats at local markets. Items include corn 50 cents a dozen, beans 18 cents a quart, cabbage 5 cents, strawberries 15 cents a basket, watercress 5 cents a bunch, cucumbers 10 cents each, asparagus 12 1/2 cents, potatoes 60 cents a peck, cranberries 15 cents a quart, lettuce 10 cents a head, butter 38 cents a pound, eggs 33-35 cents a dozen, veal legs 23 cents a pound, chops 28-40 cents a pound, pork chops 2 1/2 cents, and other staples.
Prices show bacon unchanged while fowl 28 cents per pound and beef at a high level. Cheaper cuts include hamburg steak 15 cents, kidney 12, corned tongue 18, pigs feet 10, frankfurters 16. Fish prices list cod 8, haddock 10, halibut 23, sole 20, flounder 8, scup 12 1/2, butterfish 12 1/2, sea trout 20, tautog 12 1/2, salmon 30, bluefish 18, lobster 22, shrimps 30. Alewives 5 cents, shads 40, mackerel 35 to 50 each. Soft-shell crabs 60 cents a dozen, clams 25 a quart shelled or 95 a basket in the shell.
Mayor Curley formally returns the $473 110 street construction order passed by the council without his approval. He cites it as an entirely new budget originating in the legislative branch and contrary to the charter which vests budget authority in the mayor. He warns it would invite log rolling and sectional appropriations harming city interests.
A warrant was issued in Kansas City charging Samuel H. Graham a letter carrier and treasurer of the mutual benefit department of the National Association of Letter Carriers with embezzling $10,000. The incident involves funds from the department and Graham has served in post office service over XX years.
Miss Mabel B. Waugh daughter of William L. Waugh of West Meaford married Howard F. Reaveley of Gloucester last evening. The ceremony occurred at Highland Congregational Church Somerville with Rev J M Wathen officiating.
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