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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
2
The Providence mayor faces a request to accept an unusual trust from Count Paul Barnotti who died in Italy in 1919. Probate delay stems from a clerical error. The will leaves 10 000 to be given annually to a 20 year old local girl judged by conduct and family virtues.
The text notes that further qualifications are reserved for the Mayor and his commission to determine. It implies delegated discretion over unspecified criteria and process. No specific names dates or places are provided.
Miss Isabel Law daughter of Andrew Bonar Law is wed to Major General Sir Frederick Sykes controller general of civil aviation at St Columba's Church London. Premier Lloyd George and many Commoners attend. The couple depart Croydon by air for Newcastle.
Prices rise for Maine potatoes while Southern and Bermuda potatoes hold steady. New arrivals include California cantaloupe and native white turnips alongside Texas onions cabbage asparagus lettuce strawberries and butter featured this weekend.
The notice lists current prices for onions, cabbage, asparagus, lettuce, greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, turnips, beets, carrots, peas, beans, sweet potatoes, celery, squash, Maine and Southern potatoes, cantaloupe and oranges, strawberries, pears, pineapples, bananas, lemons, butter, cheese, eggs, and various roasts and cuts. Prices vary by item and quality, with some items discounted due to abundant crops and seasonal arrivals.
Meat prices rise with lamb scarce ahead of weekend sales. Legs and loins quoted at 40 42 cents, short legs 45 cents, forequarter 28 30 cents. Lamb kidney chops 60 cents, rib chops 530 cents. Pork roasts 35 40 cents, pork chops 4 4 cents, hams 38 4 cents, bacon 40 45 cents. Fowl and fish: western fowl 52 55 cents, western chicken 66 cents, fresh broilers 1 1.10, fresh duckling 55 cents, smelts 45 cents, eastern salmon 65 75 cents, lobsters 4 per pound, flounders 10, coo 10 12, haddock 12 15, lemon sole 20, turbot 20, tautog 20, mackerel 20, weakfish 35, jacks 35, halibut 40, striped bass 40, live lobsters 40, frog legs 40 per dozen, clams 50 per quart, bluefish 50 per pound.
John E. Dermody Jr., 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dermody of 51 West Street, was fatally struck by an auto truck owned by M. O Mahongy Company and driven by Edward Arundel of Whitman Street. Arundel is held on manslaughter charges in bonds of 1000 dollars and to appear in District Court tomorrow morning.
Mrs Jennie Kalow escaped from Boston State Hospital and tried to end her life by jumping from the Harvard bridge into the Charles River Basin. P A Levitt of 520 Beacon Street pulled her from the water and she was treated of first aid before being taken to City Hospital in the Back Bay police ambulance.
A letter sent to all delegates and alternates at Boston conventions from the American Commission on Irish Freedom urges support for a declaration endorsing an independent Ireland. Signed by John F. Harrigan as committee chairman, it recalls World War I sacrifices.
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