Market Report Shows Fish Prices Lead Week Declines
Meat and dairy costs hold steady while fish prices rise across several species. Mackerel jumps to 60 cents a pound for whole fish, halibut up 6 cents to 30 cents, and boiled lobsters at 50 cents. Turkey prices stay high due to Thanksgiving demand and scarce supply. Pigeons plentiful, live poultry seen dropping soon as routine health restrictions ease. Cod and haddock 8 to 10 cents, smelts 35 cents, scallops a quart, finnan haddie 15 cents, striped bass 7%c. Eggs steady with expected price reductions on arrival of larger shipments.
Catholic notes mark Advent offerings and parish updates
The diocese collects annual offerings tomorrow in all churches per Cardinal O Connell s instruction. A $100 gift to the Home for Aged Women supports his Eminence s new facility in former St Elizabeth s Hospital buildings. Also noted are lectures, meetings, feasts, and parish debt cancellation at St Joseph s Lynn.
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Cardinal O'Connell
Cardinal O’connell
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Westerreurs Street
Coe
Time extended for corn and apple show entries
Entries for the corn and apple show held with the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture winter meeting in Worcester were extended to November 28. The event features motion pictures of farm operations prepared for the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
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Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
Worcester
San Francisco
Special Offer Readers Book by Dr. Pierce
Readers are urged to obtain a cloth bound medical adviser by Dr. Pierce. The extensive volume covers causes and treatments of disease in plain language with illustrations. Send 20 cents in stamps to Dr. Pierce of WA for prepaid charges and a copy before the edition runs out.
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America
Boston Post Sewing Circle Advises Self Reliance For Teens
In the Boston Post Women’s page the Sewing Circle offers advice on training teens to be self reliant to avoid trouble. Readers share letters on parenting discipline and moral guidance, with responses promoting firm spanking, independence, and caution at public venues.
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard
A lyrical verse from the Bentztown Bard celebrates blue sky days and youthful joy in Mays and Miss November. It dances through dreamlike imagery of moonlit journeys, fairytales, and nature, ending with a buoyant, magic-hour cadence.
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The
Bentztown Bard
Miss November
Oyster Cocktails in Peppers and Related Recipes
A lunch page offers Oyster Cocktails in Peppers with peppers stuffed with tomato catsup lemon juice and oysters. Also included are mashed potato chops with fried crust and pea garnish, tomato stuffed cauliflower and a molasses rice bake from Constance of Glenwood Street.
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E. T. Boylen
Main Street
Malden
Constance
Glenwood Street
Ready to Dedicate Dr Holmes Memorial near Charles River embankment
The granite exedra and sun dial memorial to Oliver Wendell Holmes on the Charles River embankment between Exeter and Fairfield streets nears dedication in a few days. The inscription reads Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809 1994 and Dr. Charles W Dilot is an honorary committee member.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Charle River
Exeter
Fairfield Streets
Charles River
Oliver Wendel Holmes
Charles W. Dilot
Girls Debate Navy Size At Wellesley College
Wellesley College held its annual junior senior debate on a greater navy. Juniors led by Amy Rothschild Dorothy Phillips and Sarah Snell argued for and the seniors led by Eleanor Boyer Alephena Johnson and Helen Mossat argued against. The seniors won.
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Wellesley College
United States
Amy Rothschild
Teac
Dorothy Phillips
Sarah Snell
Florence Parmeléy
Hazel Pearson
Kate van Eaton
Eleanor Boyer
Alephena Johnson
Helen Mossat
Elizabeth Endel
Ruth Silver
Brockton Girl Identified After Thanksgiving Fenway Find
An 18 year old girl found dazed near the Fenway on Thanksgiving morning is identified as Miss Alice Shattuck of Brockton. She gave the name Alice Kingsley as a stage name when hospitalized and said her father is Frederick and mother Marion. Identification was confirmed through Mrs Mabel Herrick of Providence who knew a Brockton Alice Shattuck.
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Sunshine
Fenway
Alice Shattuck
Brockton
Alice Kingsley
Mabel Herrick
Autumn Street
Providence
Fads and Fashions Highlight Fur Trimmings and Fits
Paragraphs advise choosing fur trims by color pairing brown with brown pink or yellow and black with blue green or red. They note suits and blouses remain key, favoring a slender silhouette with a dropped waist and straight sash. The jumper frock is praised as fashionable and economical, made from scarce remnant fabric.
Teachers Ask More Money at Massachusetts Meeting
The Massachusetts Teachers' Association held its 17th annual meeting in Huntington Hall with speakers including David Starr Jordan and Dr. David Snedden. John W. Chase was elected president amid resolutions backing peace, health, extended use of school buildings, health day, manual training, continuation schools, and higher salaries. Jordan urged open international understanding and a more negative peace stance.
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Massachusetts Teachers’ Association
Huntington Hall
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
David Snedden
Massachusetts
New York
Wiliam H. Maxwell
Henry Suzallo
Columbia University
Frank W. Chase
Newton
Association
Charles A. Prosser
National Association For the Promotion of Industrialducation
Jay W. Hudson
University of Missouri
Huge Edison Signs To Promote Boston As A Place To Live
Boston will install large electric signs along railroad lines out of the city. Mayor Curley and Industrial Development Board head John N. Cole accepted a gratis offer from Edison to supply signs and power. The largest sign may reach 100 by 49 feet, with placements near North Station and along the New Haven line.
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Boston
Curley
John N. Cole
Industrial Development Board
Edison Company
North Station
New York
New Haven Road
Russia Under War Conditions Compiled Notes on Europe
Reported excerpts cover Belgian Social Democrats backing war against Germany, Russian absolutism critique, and calls to maintain anti Tsarist struggle. Pares comments from Copenhagen on Russian leadership, military visits, and front-line reports describe Lyck and Grajewo fighting, loot, and troop movements amid the Russo German frontier operations.
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Boston Post
Emile Vandervelde
Social Democracy
Russia
Germany
Vienna Arbeiter-Zeitung
Social-Democratic
M. Vandervelde
Empire
Berliner Tageblatt
Lyck
Sibba
Grajewo
Song of there is ever a song somewhere
Poem by James Whitcomb Riley as included in Book A Song. The verses describe a timeless, universal song present in nature from dawn to dusk, through sun and rain, with lark thrush robin and cricket imagery.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Bobbs-M Company
Indianapolis
My Dear
Hidden Russians In Town Spark Nighttime Assault
An adjutant urged shielding the town but the general refused. In the night rockets rose and rifle fire erupted from both outside and inside the town. Many Russian soldiers dressed as civilians and peasants participated, while locals reportedly joined the shooting.
S P C A Appeals for Funds for Angell Memorial Hospital
The executive committee of the 8S P C A and the American Humane Education Society issue a public appeal for financial aid. The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital is nearing completion and will be the headquarters for both groups. Most expenses rely on personal contributions as invested funds cover no more than 25 percent. Distinguished signers include Nathaniel T. Kidder Albert E B Pillsbury Wallace L Pierce Charles G Rackemann and Francis H Rowley serving as president.
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Pp. C. A
American Humane Education Society
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Angell Memorial Animal Hospital
Nathaniel T. Kidder
Albert EB. Pillsbury
Wallace L. Pierce
Charles G. Rackemann
Francis H. Rowley
Aid Pours In For Stenzeh Family In Distress
Charitable response grows for the Stenzeh mother and six children at 129 Endicott Street as neighbors, Mrs. G. B. Hooper, and crew from the U S Vestal contribute money blankets fuel and food while officials seek support for the father Thomas who is held for non support.
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Stenzeh
Endicott Street
G. B. Hooper
Brighton
North End
U.S. 8
Vestal
Heartbroken mother seeks aid to feed her children
A mother struggles to provide proper nourishment for her little ones despite her strongest efforts and mounting hardship. She pleads for relief as the burden threatens the family’s welfare and stability.
Protestant Church News Items and Sermon Notices
The Rev. Walter Thorpe will preach at First Congregational Weymouth Heights Sunday morning. Dr. J. H. Franklin to speak at Weymouth Baptist Sunday Night Forum on Christianity and World Problems. High School Orchestra to provide music. A $100,000 gift to improve moral conditions in Tokyo noted by Bishop Harris. Rev. Thomas M. Brown of Cliftondale seriously ill. Recognition service set for Lynnfield Street Baptist Church on 8 pm Tuesday Dec 25. Sartorio leads Italian language class at 193 Cambridge Street. English class also offered. Reunion supper for Unitarian Congregational Church West Newton Street on Dec 3. Advent Sunday services at Cathedral Church of St. Paul with listed preachers on Nov 23, Dec 6, Dec 13 and Dec 20 to be announced.
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Edwin J. Dolan
P. R
St. Joseph's Church
Lynn
St. Andrew
Apostle
St. Elizabeth
St. Bibiano
Virgin and Martyr
St. Francis Xavier
St. Peter Chrysologus
St. Sylvester
Walter Thorpe
Wallingford
Wil
First Congregational Church
Weymouth Heights
J. H. Franklin
Weymouth Baptist Church
Lynnfield Street Baptist Church
Lynn Woods Baptist Mission
Signor Sartorio
Christ Churen
Old North Church
Salem Street
Lang
Cm. Street
St. Paul
Fosbroke
D. D
Alexander Mann
Rousmaniere
Phillips Brooks
Man Who Owns 50000 Sheep Visits Boston
Mr and Mrs J A Fagan of Australia one of the world’s largest raisers checked into the Copley Plaza Hotel. Fagan with more than 50000 sheep on his ranch plans a U S tour for the first time. He arrived from London where the sheep market lagged due to the European war.
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J. A. Fagan
Australia
Copley Plaza Hotel
Fagan
United States
Boston
London
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Atholic Notes
Middlesex County
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Winchester Town Hall
Nathaniel J. Merritt
St. Mary's Church
League of Catholic Women
Cathedral School
Malden Street
Harrison Avenue
Joseph H. O'Neil
Common Sense
Sen
Grace
JO Mann
Boston Fost Sewing Circle
Boston Daily
One Sunday Post
New England
Noma de Plame
Ron
Mrs. K
Ss. P.anker
Sewing Circle Sisters
Bobby
Sailor
Christ
New England Housewives
Bee Sunday Post
T. Boyden
Maiden
B. T. Boylen
Malten
Dr. Holmes
Wellesley
Boston Trench Diggers
Europe
Rourke
Public Works Department
Copenhagen
Angell Animal Hospital
Stenzehs
Board of Foreign Missions of
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. C. Harris
Seoul
Tokio
Thomas M. Brown
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
Cliftondale
Fairview Avenue
Unidh Congransvanay
West Newton Street
Dea
Priscilla
Alden Speare’s Sons Co
Binney St
Cambridge
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