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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
13
The constitutional convention voted 122 to 62 to approve an amendment allowing the Legislature to tax exempt property used for charitable benevolent literary educational scientific and religious purposes. The move overrides opposition tied to the anti aid amendment which aimed to bar state aid to private institutions.
The Republican gathering in Springfield focuses on adopting old age pensions and health insurance as key platform planks. The discussion targets social welfare measures within the party agenda.
Governor McCall strongly backs two planks as the convention nears. The GOP gathering at the municipal auditorium tomorrow will be presided by Senator Weeks, with McCall anticipated to oppose Weeks for the Senate nomination next year. The State convention in Faneuil Trail will place ex Governor Walsh as permanent chairman and DA Joseph Ely as temporary chairman. A key expected moment is a letter from President Wilson endorsing initiative and referendum before the constitutional convention.
Market notes show a plentiful haul with fish, peaches, cabbage, and spinach available at good prices. Eggs range from 45 to 68 cents a dozen, tub butter 55 cents, and fresh butter 60 cents.
Yesterday bluefish sold at 40 cents per 2 pounds while butterfish reached 20, cod 10 and 12, and lobsters 59 cents a pound. Other items included scallops 1.25 a quart, perch 30 cents per two dozen, lamb legs 35, hindquarters 32, joints 30 cents per pound, flour 1450 a barrel, comb honey 3 cents, apples 60 cents and 8 cents a peck, potatoes 43, winter pears 69, peaches 1.25 a basket, and pickling onions 25 a quart with broader sidewalk prices down to 1. Dam-
Readable catalog lists fruit and vegetable prices: plums 75 a basket, green tomatoes 40 cents a peck, ripe fruit 9 a pound, celery 20 a bunch, red plums 25 cents a dozen, 75 a basket, grapes for jelly 10 a pound, ripe table grapes 20 a two pound basket, crab apples $1 a peck, parsnips 8 a pound, peppers 15, turnips 3, beets 4, pumpkin 3, sweet corn 45 a dozen, string beans 10 a quart, horticultural 12, green lima 10, carrots 7 a pound, spinach 20 a peck, lettuce 10 a head, cucumbers 5 and 10 apiece, cabbage 38 cents, onions 6, Bartlett pears 40 and 50 a dozen.
Miss Bessie White twenty two of Massena was murdered by an unknown assailant last night in Watertown. Her body was found today by a workman under a temporary walk in the heart of the village.
Officials probe a disruption in the village business district as investigators review signals and records. The incident prompted inspections and cooperation from local agencies to determine cause and impact on commerce.
Traffic on Washington Street tunnel near North station halted for 35 minutes yesterday morning after a broken shoe caused a short circuit. temporary delays affected nearby routes as responders arrived on scene.
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