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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1915
Page
6
Prices for vegetables are easing with the arrival of early southern crops, though receipts are not widespread enough to create a sharp drop in holdover stocks. New vegetables remain scarce and prices stay relatively high.
Over the next week or two garden truck from southern states will flood markets bringing abundant vegetables at lower prices. Beef and most meats hold steady while options like ducks, endive, strawberries, mushrooms, cabbage and beans show notable declines and price shifts across the board.
Albert H. Tainter was appointed provisional sealer of weights and measures in Medford effective immediately. Mayor Haines ordered Winslow F. Joyce, the deposed sealer, to vacate City Hall with his effects on Monday, while Joyce said he would not acknowledge the ultimatum and would refuse to leave.
May 6 in Manchester grand jury reports true bills including a wife murder charge against John Dudziak and an attempted murder and self harm case against Andrew B. Johnson. The panel returned 74 indictments in Manchester Nashua and six from other towns.
Foreign Secretary Grey told the House of Commons that Britain urged Egypt to prohibit cotton exports to all ports except French, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese. He expected the prohibition to take effect very soon.
Motorcycle Officer Richard H. Watson of the Metropolitan police is hospitalized at Frost Hospital with a fractured skull and other injuries after being thrown from his bike yesterday at Garfield Avenue and Broadway, Revere.
Mayor Curley plans a Monday conference with Drs Cofer and Glennan of the Federal Health Service on terms for Boston to transfer Gallups Island quarantine station to the federal government. Beginning June 1 the city would lease the island to the government for a nominal fee possibly as low as one dollar annually, as in New Orleans.
The note mentions Pa getting an auto ride and teases the Van Loons feature in the upcoming Sunday Post.
An advertisement by a famed physician claims ethine removes freckles and provides a clear complexion. The product is sold at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and other druggists with a money-back guarantee if it fails. Early applications promise visible improvement, with lighter freckles fading.
Postmaster Murray announced Washington has sent blanks and bids for motor mail trucks. Not less than 13 trucks will be installed to carry city mails between stations in the Boston district. Each truck will be screened to protect mails from theft.
Hank and his animal friends perform more comic stunts in the next Sunday Post color feature. The page promises a great color comic with playful scenes and humorous animal antics.
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