Milk Trust Battled By Price Cutters In South Boston
In South Boston a milk price war erupted as 4 cent shops undercut rivals. Hennessy faced pressure from trust-backed dealers offering 40 cents a can, while Paige and Giles pressed to supply at 7 cents a quart. Stores pivoted to 5 cent and 6 cent pricing amid a tense market clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennessy
William A. Granstein
Boston Dairy Company
Granstein
C. F E. Giles, Jr
Co. E. Giles, Jr
Giles Eft
Milton C. Paige
C. E. Giles, Jr
Giles
Gilles
The Post's Milk Pedlers and Stores List Offer
The Post prints free of charge names and addresses of milk pedlers delivering at 7 cents a quart or less, and stores selling at 6 cents or less. A long roster names James H. Dalton Company and many others across Boston area, listing routes and streets.
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the Post
James H. Dalton Company
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Trampden Street
Broadway, Harbor and
Decatur Streets
Cambridge Street
Shawmut Avenue
Bunker Hill Street
Hampshire Street
John T. Connor
Columbus Avenue
Dudley Street
Tancock Square
Charlestown
Blue Hill Avenue
Broadway
South
Boston
Roxbury Street
Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Dorchester Avenue
Jennessy
Seventh
D Streets
South Boston
Manhattan Market
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridgeport
S. M. Ager
School Street
Somerville
Everett Co-operative Association
Everett
B. W. Whitney
Warren Street
Roxbury
MacLeod & Ferguson
Brookford Street
the Wall, Rice Company
Berkeley Street
Duncan A. McKay
Timothy Donnelly
W. E. Daily
Braintree
Quincy
H. H. Long
Everett Square
Morton & Cushing
Handridge Farm
Lexington
W. F. Schumaker
Arlington
Walter
Dennis
Harvard
Morton
Mattapan
Dorchester
Kr. W. Hancock & Co
J. J. Agnew & Co
Sumner Street
J. Segal
East Poston
W. R. Page
Glendale Farm
Joseph Picket
Cambridge
West Somerville
I. L. Jacques
Milk producers near Boston plan new low price milk deal
A northern town resident told the Post producers and buyers would fix milk at less than trust prices delivering to Somerville or Charlestown. Hundreds of cans daily can be secured and quality is said excellent. Plans for carload pooling are advancing. the trust aims to drive out competitors by undercutting prices.
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Boston
The
Post
Somerville
Charlestown
New England
Radam
Bright
Milk seller Joseph Picket contradicts dry season claim
Joseph Picket of 48 Broadway Arlington said to a Post reporter yesterday that he sells milk despite the trust’s assertion of a dry season. Picket, who lives in Arlington, averages about twenty eight cans of milk daily and peddles them through North Cambridge and nearby areas.
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Trust
Joseph Picket
Post
Picket
No. 48
Broadway
Arlington
Cambridge
Unger the Screw: milk trust crushes South Boston supplier
In South Boston, Hennessy Market faced a supply squeeze as Hodgkins of Germantown stopped delivering milk to him at five cents a quart despite the trust’s price rise to seven cents. Inspectors probed the farm, bids shifted, and officials including Paige and Graustein moved to condemn Hodgkins, while Hennessy kept selling at the lower price amid the pressure.
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Boston
W. I. Hennessy
Hennessy
Seventh
D Streets
Post
B. F. Hodgkins
Germantown
Quincy
Hodgkins
Ennessy
Trust
C. KE. Giles, Jr
Milton C. Paige
Arother
Graustein
Boston Dairy Company
Paige
Hodgking
Boards of Health
Heighins
Milk Trust Tightens Grip on Low Price Milk Trade
Boston milk market turmoil unfolds as the Milk Dealers Association and contractors press a seven to eight cent threshold. Pedl ers shift prices to seven cents, old customers face unclear terms, and Hood Company refuses comment. Meanwhile in New York General Harrison rejects campaigning plans and cautions voters on Porto Rico and gold standard policy.
Milk pricing and trust fight in West Somerville
A local dairy farmer, Mr. Picket, with fifteen to twenty cows, defends milk at seven cents a quart and argues hay is more plentiful. He notes Whiting undercuts with seven to eight cent bills and claims customers were told not to speak. He believes the milk trust intends to undersell him to force conformity to set prices.
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West Somerville
Trust
Whiting
Muster honors in Manchester hand tub contest
Thirty five hand tubs competed at a muster in Manchester. The D A Taggarts of Goftstown won first place, while Quascacun quens of Newburyport City of Somerville of Somerville Mass and Torrents of Gardner Ma claimed second to fourth prizes. The Hinghams of Hingham earned best appearance.
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Manchester
N. H
D. A. Taggarts
Goftstown
Newburyport
City of
Somerville
Mass
Torrents
Gardner
Hinghams of
Hingham
Boutelle to Leave McLean Hospital for Bangor Visit
Miss Grace Boutelle says her father Congressman Boutelle of Maine is a well man capable of returning to Congress. She plans to take him home to Bangor in two or three weeks after daily visits and garden strolls at Waverley. He is improving but a slow recovery, with private secretary Miss Boutelle confident in his cure.
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Grace Boutelle
Boston
Congressman Boutelle
Maine
McLean Hospital
Boutelle
Congress
Waverley
Miss Boutette
Bangor
Miss Boutelle
Touraine
Graves Chase wedding at Arlington Street Church
Miss Alice Myrick Chase, daughter of Sidney Chase, married Dr. William Philips Graves. The ceremony, by Rev. Eugene R. Shippen, took place amid floral displays in the Arlington Street Church with Olive Morrison as maid of honor and bridesmaids Alice Barstow and Lila Rice. Reception followed at 246 Beacon Street.
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Arlington Street
Alice Myrick Chase
Sidney Chase
Boston Stock Exchange
William Philips Graves
Olive Morrison
Alice Barstow
Lila Rice
Eugene R. Shippen
Beacon Stree
Harvard MIT Faculty Poll Shows McKinley Preference Lean
The Record reports MIT faculty political leanings with McKinley favored by most professors. Several commentaries reveal currency and Philippine questions shaping votes. A mix of undecided and noncommittal views appear, with some professors openly supporting McKinley or the Republican platform.
Harvard Faculty Poll On McKinley Bryan Third Party Views
Harvard faculty survey shows 23 intend McKinley, ten with reservations, four for Bryan, twelve undecided, and one for a third party. Many cite imperialism, with professors Parker and Trowbridge voting Bryan and McKinley respectively. Santayana cannot vote as a Spaniard. Some interviewees are non voters due to residence or citizenship.
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M’kinsbey
Pritchett
H. P. Talbot
C. R. Cross
A. H. Gill
T. E. Pope
G. A. Barton
F. H. Thorpe
W. H. Lawrence
H. E. Clifford
T. H. Bardwell
BE. B. Homer
W.N. Ripley
W. H. Niles
W. O. Crosby
W. Chandler
W. M. Goodwin
Bryan
W. T. Sedgwick
D. R. Dewey
G. T. Dippold
Desire Despradelle
R. H. Richards
J. K. Smith
I. Ma Bains
McKinley
Philippines
Spain
Chandler
Hsaph Hall
George Santayana
Hugo Munsterberg
William J. Ashley
Professor Carver
Wight
C. P. Parker
John Trowbridge
H.L. Smith
Cambridge
C. L. Jackson
Crawford H. Toy
J. K. Paine
Walter S. Burke
George P. Baker
George L. Kittredge
Ira N. Hollis
James ™. Peirce
Charles Eliot Norton
History of Art
Norton
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets touted as remedy for nasal and stomach catarrh
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets combining Eucalyptos Guaiacol and Hydrastin into a pleasant effective tablet for catarrh of the nose throat stomach and bronchial passages. Testimonials from I N Benton Geo J Casanova and a Pittsburgh physician praise the product as superior to inhalers or salves and note its safety and affordability.
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Stuart
I. N. Benton
Clark House
Troy
N. Y
Geo. J. Casanova
Hotel Griffon
West 9Th Street
New York City
Pittsburg
Hle
Harvard Professors Split Over Bryan and McKinley
Students and faculty at Harvard weigh the 1900 presidential choice. N S Shaler supports McKinley as a former Democrat and gold Democrat, E S Sheldon distances himself from both candidates, Arthur Searle and J W White express mixed or undecided views, Charlie H Moore endorses Bryan, James Barr Ames backs McKinley while preferring Philippine policy change.
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Herald
Harvard University
M'Kinley
John Trowbridge
W. M.davis
N. S. Shaler
Albert Bushnell Hart
Swinton Warren
S. M. MacVane
Ccrhangdells
Bs Wirlent
I. Peirce
Arthur Searle
W. W. Goodwin
Professor Carver
H. B. Hill
J. B. Thayer
P. H. Hanus
A. C. Coolidge
T. W. Richards
Edward Channing
Walter S&s. Burke
George P. Baker
George L. Kittredge
J. H. Gardiner
James B. Ames
McKinley
Democratic State Committee
E. S. Sheldon
Bryan
MccKinsey
J. W. White
Charlies H. Moore
America
James Barr Ames
Harvard Law School
Philippines
Islands
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Second Will Roils Rice Millions To NY Lawyer Patrick
The second will leaves nine tenths of William Marsh Rice’s fortune to New York lawyer Albert T. Patrick with written and oral instructions for a yet unknown charitable use. Valet Jones gets nothing, and Wetherbee gains a tiny sum amid shifts disadvantaging Rice relatives and the Houston Rice Institute, once named residuary legatee.
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New York
William Marsh Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
Valet Jones
W. O. Wetherbee
Jones
Texas
Rice
William M. Rice Institute of
Houston
Tex
Labor Union Endorses Jackson for State House Seat
In Fall River on Oct 10 the Central Labor Union legislative committee issued an appeal endorsing Joseph C. Jackson secretary of the Slasher Tenders Union as a candidate for Representative. It marks the first time the union openly backed a state ticket candidate.
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Fall River
Legislative Committee of the
Central Labor Union
Joseph C. Jackson
Slasher Tenders’ Union
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