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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
3
Market opens from 7 to 9 this morning due to the holiday. Peas sell for 1.00 to 1.50 per peck, new potatoes 0.65 per peck, best old potatoes 0.25, sweet potatoes 0.10 per pound, and green and wax beans 0.18 to 0.25 per quart.
Prices listed include Kohirabi at 15 cents a bunch, beets and white turnips at 12 1 2 to 1 cents, carrots 10 cents, and new marrow squash 10 cents a pound. Cabbage, summer squash 15 and 20 cents, cauliflower 40 to 50 cents, egg plant 35 to 50 cents, lettuce 5 to 8 cents, romaine 15 to 20 cents, celery 25 cents a bunch, cucumbers 16 to 20 cents each. Tomatoes vary by type, onions, and peppers, with fruit prices in the 20 to 30 cent range.
Strawberries sell from 50 to 80 cents per quart while native berries start at 35 cents and rise to 45. Fish prices show salmon 35 to 40 cents per pound and halibut 35 cents. Haddock cod 10 cents. flounder 15. lemon sole mackerel turbot 20. butterfish eels herring 25 cents. weakfish 30. bluefish 45. lobster 50. Eggs firm with top at 68 cents. henery eggs 53 56 cents a dozen. Eastern eggs 45 to 50 and Western 35 to 45. Butter steady. meats close to last week.
A Chicago & Northwestern train from Lander Wyoming to Omaha derailed when a bridge over Big Cottonwood Creek collapsed near Whitney Nebraska. Five persons died and 34 were injured eight seriously as rescue and investigation efforts began.
Radcliffe College alumnae gathered in Cambridge for commencement activities and launched a new Conference of Radcliffe Representatives to share ideas and coordinate among organizations. Discussions covered housing, a graduate endowment campaign, and a memorial dedication at Bertram Hall.
Cambridge police are asked to search for relatives of Dr. Albert Guild who died in Cambridge 37 years ago. A New York attorney, acting for the Surrogates Court in Munich, Germany, filed the communication seeking heirs for bonds cash and silverware.
Beginning this morning at Town Field between Belmont and Waverly, a two day carnival opens under the management of members of the Belmont Waverly American Legion Post. The venue lies half way between the two villages.
Conference talks on the naval appropriation bill ended in deadlock with the 494 million dollar measure and Borah disarmament amendment sent back to the House. Minor agreements included funding for a San Diego naval hospital training stations at Newport Rhode Island and Great Lakes. A Bremerton pier amendment was dropped while a rifle range funding was kept.
Judge Duff fined Calamatta Grocery Company $2 after a guilty plea to substituting cotton seed oil for Mazola at 225 North Street. The Boston Board of Health charged John D. Langanas, working for Constantine J. Spiropoulos, with offering cotton seed oil under the Mazola name.
The case against Richard D. Prescott of 48 Hillside Street, Everett, proceeds with further proceedings and testimonials as the court reviews evidence and arguments from both sides.
Charged with operating an automobile so as to endanger the lives of the public, the case was continued in Brookline Municipal Court yesterday until June 25.
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