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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1917
Page
10
Boston schoolchildren will help curb household prices as “checks” on essentials. The domestic science department, meeting at 25 Huntington Avenue with the Women's Municipal League, decided to involve youngsters in monitoring prices.
The Women's Municipal League promotes daily slips to inform housewives of food costs and substitutes like fats and wheat flour. The plan, under federal control, aims to economize money and food as homes support the war effort. Fifty women attended a meeting led by Mrs. William Morton Wheeler, with Miss Sarah Louise Arnold urging teachers to reduce sugar and wheat use via students and parents.
Mayor Wilford D Gray and Postmaster William J Young will outline a plan to give 1500 Woburn families two pounds of sugar each before Thanksgiving. The method aims to prevent sugar-line disturbances and crowding.
Washington announces new beer limits with 8 percent alcohol and an 80 percent cut in grain use. The Food Administration, under Wilson, argues beer brewing will continue to avoid a whiskey surge while balancing food conservation and social concerns.
William B. Fitzgerald international vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America arrived in Boston from Troy New York. He aims to survey local wartime conditions and organize a state legislative committee to promote favorable laws for street car workers and oppose harmful measures. President W D Mahon is ill in Cleveland Ohio.
At an army and navy dinner in Boston the Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts announced the church has bought the old City Club building at Beacon and Somerset streets to start a sailors club. Bishop Lawrence said the club will offer lodging without shame for sailors in need. Speakers included Francis B. Sayre and Colonel Azan with church chaplains on war duty.
Edward W. Quinn running for Cambridge mayor accused Mayor Rockwood of partisan politics and driving higher city expenditures at open air rallies in Central Square and East Cambridge. Large crowds gathered at Central Square and Cambridge Street events.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt received a thunderous ovation in Toronto as he spoke for Canada’s Victory Loan. Thousands gathered waving Union Jacks and American flags, sang the Star Spangled Banner and God Save the King, while Sir Thomas White praised Roosevelt’s moral leadership against Germany.
Miss Rose J. Hall of Lynn was found not guilty of attempted murder after a package of candy with ground glass sent to Theresa Johnson was alleged. Godfrey Johnson, held as a material witness, was released from bond after the judge cleared Hall.
In a letter to the Post the Russell Fire Club states it never endorsed any candidate. The club says a committee informed Mayor Curley that endorsements are against its policy. Curley praises fire department impartiality. the club urges support for allies who aided better living conditions.
Washington reports cold storage holdings of case eggs on November 15 at 3,693,940 cases, up by 697,673 from a year earlier. Holdings show a 17.3 percent drop from November 1 to 15, less than the 21.7 percent decline recorded the prior year.
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