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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1920
Page
16
WORCESTER June 2 The Ameli a Federation of Swedish Singing Societies votes to hold the next adrennial convention in Chicago in 1924 Hjalmar Nilsson of Minneapolis elected president.
A local shortage pushes beef prices to wartime highs with best cuts at a dollar per pound. General John H. Sherburne, chair of the commission on the necessaries of life, urges households to stop buying beef until prices ease.
Fresh pork loins range from 38 to 88 cents per pound with other cuts at 25 to 75 cents a pound. Lamb and chicken prices hold around 45 and 48 cents, with broilers at 75 cents. Beef demand is light due to high prices and a Sherburne decree asking households to refrain from buying for a week or more.
Prices show corned beef from 2 to 40 cents a pound with flank lower and brisket higher. Green peas 20 cents a quart, butter and string beans 20 and 25 cents, new carrots and beets 20 cents a bunch. New potatoes two pounds for 2 dollars 36 cents. Lettuce 15 and 20 cents, onions 6 cents a pound, cucumbers 15 20 and 26 cents each. Tomatoes 60 cents per pound. Marshfield berries sell for 6 cents a box, other berries 35 to 40 cents, blackberries and gooseberries 40 cents a box.
Captain Charles Moran of 124 Coleridge Street, formerly of Fire Engine 47, was retired with a pension of $1250 per year by Mayor Peters after injuries from a July 30, 1919 fire caused total disability.
Nine candidates filed nomination papers with the city election commission yesterday. They include James F. Hanley Republican Senate 6th district Kenneth Macdonald Jr Republican House 24th district Sam Rosenbaum Republican House 24th district James M Hunnewell Republican House 8th district Daniel Carroll Democrat House 9th district James J Moynihan Democrat House 18th district and Patrick J Brophy Democrat Ward 20 state and ward committee.
Lieutenant Arnold Lawson and Lucie Mitchell Lawson will appear before Judge Wait in the Superior Court this morning to set a date for next week when the cross libels can be brought to trial.
City Collector Frank S. Deland says warrants for Pell tax delinquents were postponed due to the office’s workload from a rush of taxpayers. The May to June timeline shifted with poll tax bills and warrants now expected after heavy early payments. about 40 percent of the total assessment has been paid and nearly 80,000 men over 20 have paid $5.
Boston Elevated wins approval from the state Department of Public Utilities to allocate 4 412 000 from the Cambridge subway sale proceeds. Planned outlays include 1 000 000 for extension and storage yard at Forest Hill and repairs at Everett with 269 755 for debt cancellations and 1 581 000 to cover West End Street Railway bonds due August 1.
More than 22,000,000 pounds of Cuban sugar bound for Boston in the coming days. The Lake Winooski arrives today with 22,000 bags totaling 7,040,000 pounds for American Sugar Refining. Corapeak from Banes expected tomorrow with 6,080,000 pounds. Pinar del Rio from Havana likely Monday for American and Revere refineries.
Governor Coolidge will travel to Washington on Wednesday June 30 to confer with Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio. The meeting, arranged at Harding's request, will focus on plans for the forthcoming campaign according to Secretary Richard F. Long.
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