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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
7
Local waters yield Cape mackerel at 15 cents a pound, caught yesterday and sold this morning. Newport bluefish fetches 45 cents a pound, with smelts also 45 cents. Maine salmon plentiful at 40 cents and Western variety at 35. Scallops back at 1.25 per quart.
A historical price list shows various fish and produce with per pound costs and some garbled items. Cod and haddock priced at 1 cent, cod steaks 15 cents, lemon sole 12, turbot 12, butterfish 25, native halibut 35, roe shad 40, live lobsters 40, boiled 50, smoked salmon 50, and summer squash 15 and 2 cents.
The report lists prices for asparagus 20 to 30 cents a bunch, celery 5 cents, eggplant 35 to 50 cents, green peppers 5 cents each, rhubarb three pounds for 20 cents, butter unchanged, Vermont tub 36 to 40 cents a pound, prints 45 to 50 cents a pound, unsalted 60 cents, eggs steady with Northern and Western ranges. Strawberries and potatoes show varied regional pricing, and leafy greens and root vegetables report several 10 to 25 cent per unit figures.
The performance of The Unmarried Mother at the Arlington Theatre this evening benefits Arthur C. Fernald and Fred R. Driscoll, serving as treasurer and assistant treasurer of the house.
Mrs. Nott, pale and barely able to sit, pleaded guilty to second degree murder as deputies aided her. She will be housed in the women’s department at Wethersfield after departure from Bridgeport, while John E. Johnston received one year in the county jail for his role in the crime.
The Georgia captain said a man believed to be H. Laing of New York jumped overboard last night during the ship’s voyage from New York to Providence. He was described as a passenger on the Bay State liner Georgia.
Mary OConnor of Court street prayed for policemen after Liquor Detectives Leonard and Dever found hooch on the flat roof. Officers noted she’d been raided 17 times and the case was continued in Central Court.
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