High Winds Cut Fish Catch in Markets
High winds reduced fishing boats and delayed arrivals leaving the cod and haddock supply tight. Prices rose to 10 cents a pound in yesterday’s markets as fishermen could not bring in their catch.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
4
Fresh pork prices rise while eggs and tomatoes vary
Fresh pork is one cent higher and native tomatoes have practically disappeared. Best eggs cost 56 cents a dozen, other fresh eggs priced at 42 cents.
Market Prices for meats fruits and seafood listed
Daily price notes show pot roast at 18 cents a pound with various cuts such as sirloin 32 and rump 2, kidneys and livers lower. Seafood includes cape scallops 1 quart, halibut 20 cents a pound, Ipswich clams 25 a basket, and swordfish 20 cents a pound. Grapefruit at 10 to 18 cents each and apples abundant. Pecks of pound sweets from 45 cents, pears 20 cents a dozen, grapes 10 cents a pound, Concords 18 per two-pound basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape
Ipswich
Tokay
Malaga
Market prices for produce and staples
Sugar costs 6 cents per pound and 10 cents per barrel for a barrel use. Sweet potatoes are 2 cents per pound, lettuce 5 a head, celery 10 and 13 a bunches, cucumbers 10 cents each, tomatoes 18 per pound. Brussels sprouts 18 cents a quart basket, spinach 20 cents per pound, wax beans 10 cents.
Wrenn Bros. & Co Deny Guth suit in court action
Wrenn Bros. & Co state the Guth suit is in their attorneys hands and a complete denial will be filed in court at the proper time. They express confidence and await the outcome of the litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrenn Bros. & Co
Theodore K. Guth
Messrs. Raymond, Gordon and
Whitman
Dr Leedom Sharp Granted Divorce in Desertion Suit
Philadelphia Nov 4. Dr Leedom Sharp of 4941 Catharine street won a divorce from Mrs Fannie A Sharp of Boston after a jury found desertion in Common Pleas Court No. 5. This was his third suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Leedom Sharp
Catharine Street
Fannie A. Sharp
Boston
Common Pleas
Sharps’ marriage turmoil spans from 1884 to 1897 in New York
Dr and Mrs Sharp wed in New York in February 1884 and the wife left the libellant in July 1897. Since then they have met only in court or a lawyer’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sharp
New York
Sharp
Divorce Trial Ends as Jury Grants Rest of Mrs Wells
In court Mrs Sharp sought to introduce 190 letters claiming to be from Dr Sharp to Miss Mary A Wells but the judge barred them as immaterial. Mrs Sharp testified about her husband's alleged immoral life but the court excluded this as it did not relate to the period of separation. Dr Sharp presented 1901 letters urging reconciliation and testified she refused to live near mechanics and laborers. The jury returned a verdict granting the divorce.
Legacy delay explained in Boston estate dispute
Thomas C. Bachelder the executor of Charles H. Greenwood’s will explains the $8000 legacy to Josephine Gilbert cannot be paid yet due to outsized bequests of $202,000 against only $112,000 in personal property. Real estate worth $187,000 must be sold to satisfy legacies and time is needed. Lydia A. Gilbert administratrix sues Bachelder claiming the legacy is long overdue since probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Bachelder
Boston
Charles H. Greenwood
Josephine Gilbert
Lydia
A. Gilbert
Curley Denies License Rumor in City Denial
Mayor Curley rejected a Boston rumor claiming that friends discussed a bill to extend women’s voting on license questions. He stated no such proposition has been submitted to him and criticized partisan politics intruding into the municipal race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Goston
Friends of
Republican Party
Big Time for Hanover Men Prepares for Penn Game
Thousands of Dartmouth students and alumni converge on Fenway Park for the Dartmouth Pennsylvania game. The Dartmouth Club at the Hotel Bellevue hosts a pregame celebration with E. K. Hall presiding and speakers including Professors Lingley Procter and coaches Cavanaugh Louden Hillman. Class reunions and banquets flow from dining rooms to the club, with the class of 1912 holding a major gathering within 40 miles of Boston. Four pages of pictures appear in the Sunday Post Pictorial Section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth
Fenway Park
Dartmouth Club
Hotel Bellevue
E. K. Hall
Charles R. Lingley
Charles A. Procter
Charles Bolser
J. W. Gannon
Boston
Flagg's Humorous Picture Series Starts Next Sunday Post
A new series of pictures by James Montgomery Flagg with humorous captions debuts in the upcoming Sunday Post. The feature promises light, witty illustrations to accompany the magazine’s humor section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Montgomery Flagg
Sunday Post
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Meltons
Elgins
Chesterfields
Balmorals
HARRO
Balmoral
Harrison Company
Washington St
Col. Beach
Packard
the Harrison Company
Washington Street
DR. Sharp
Hanover
Greater Boston’s
Ever
United
Lee
M. O'Keeffe Inc
California
Scollay Square
Wilson Bros Specialists
Winter St
Wash. St. Sto 6
Tremont St
Hay
Res Scollay Sq
Temple Place
Children’s Velour
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