Public clamors force price reversal fears among dealers
Trust pressure and public clamor reportedly push market leaders to reconsider returning to old price levels. Dealers fear sharp swings as prices teeter between stability and rollback.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
1
Milk Trust Weighs Eight Cent Price Return
City observers say the milk trust may revert to eight cents a quart. The Post editorial slogan Don’t pay nine cents a quart for milk has reportedly cost thousands of customers and public opinion may push the switch back soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Milk Trust
Contractors Weigh Risks as Farmers Demand Relief
Public concern grows over Worcester county affairs as farmers push for higher profits and contractors slash prices to retain business. The grand jury probe led by District Attorney Moran plans a Wednesday session, with Graustein of Boston Dairy seeking to testify. The trust faces pressure as farmers threaten action before November and contractors deny any formal combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Moran
Worcester County
William A. Graustein
Boston Dairy Company
Laziness Not the Cause Says Harvard Doctor
Chicago October 13. Dr Richard Cabot of Harvard University says illness, not laziness, keeps men from work after lecturing today. The remark frames a discussion on work aversion and health in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Richard €. Cabot
Harvard University
Doctor explains laziness often hides medical illness
Dr Cabot argues many people labeled lazy are physically ill and require medical treatment rather than punishment. He notes adolescence involves rapid growth using energy for tissue formation, and cautions against generic prescriptions for laziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Cabot
Brick Hurling Leaves Boy In Critical Condition
Joseph Hurley age 12 of 587 Shawmut Avenue lies in critical condition with a fractured skull at Children’s Hospital after a brick was hurled from a vacant lot opposite the hospital on Saturday. Adolph J. Post Harvard sophomore and son of a prominent Boston musician is under arrest charged with the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hurley
Shawmut Avenue
Children’s Hospital
Adolph J. Post
Harvard
Boston
Brick hurling leads to skull fracture at Children’s Hospital site
Post and a comrade report they were playing football near the Children’s Hospital when they were taunted by Hurley and others. After warnings, Post threw a brick into the crowd, striking Hurley in the head and causing a base of skull fracture. Hurley was taken to the hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Children’s Hospital
Huntington Avenue
Hurley
Children's Hospital
Boston Area Weather Forecast Ahead
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather Monday and Tuesday with light westerly to southwesterly winds. In Washington on October 13 the New England and eastern New York forecast notes fair conditions, slightly warmer Tuesday, with north winds shifting to variable later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Ed Whiting Takes Post as English High Coach
Ed Whiting begins duties as English High coach. Saturday game exposed weakness in Harvard’s second string. Unglaub the top hitter in the Boston home series. Check placed on secret Yale practice. Lineups of major colleges now near settled. American waters not unfamiliar to Swedish yachtsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Whiting
Engish
Harvard
Unglaub
Boston
Yale
Baby Lacked Food Then Robbed Doughnut Shop
A child with no food reportedly took several doughnuts from a doughnut shop and was arrested afterward. Local authorities offered no further details about charges or the child’s identity.
Left Infant Found On Church Steps Then Police Intervened
Letitia Pence aged 28 was arrested on a larceny warrant for taking six doughnuts from Hallie Terrell bakery at 677 Shawmut avenue. She claimed lack of money and food for her child after her partner cut support and that she left the infant at Twelfth Baptist Church. The pastor took the child home and police later escorted mother and child to the station. The case proceeds in court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letitia Pence
Williams
Hallie Terrell
Shawmut Avenue
Twelfth Baptist
M. A. N. Shaw
Demozelle Sinks After Collision Off Vineyard Sound
In Vineyard Haven on Oct 13 the British schooner Demozelle from Guttenburg to St Stephen with 220 tons of coal sank after a collision with the barge Harrisburg near Vineyard Sound entrance. Five crew fled the sinking, escaping with their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Haven
Demozelle
Parrsboro
G. M. Morris
Guttenburg
N. J
St. Stephen
N. B
Vineyard Sound
Harrisburg
Tug Teaser Tows Barges Through Vineyard Sound Collision Sinks Schooner
The Demozelle sailing northward with a fresh north wind passed through Vineyard Sound. Tug Teaser captained by Calhoun towed barges Harrisburg and Horace A. Allyn from Boston to Philadelphia. The Harrisburg allegedly failed to follow and struck the schooner on her starboard bow, sinking her in five minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demozelle
Vineyard Sound
Teaser
Calhoun
Harrisburg
Horace A. Allyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Morris
Tragic Death Near Plum Island Crewman Dwyer Killed
Newburyport on October 13 Edwin Dwyer crew member of the schooner Lillian died off Plum Island at the Merrimac River mouth after falling from a capsized dory and sinking, weighed down by a diver's weight. He was one of two sailors aboard the Lillian under Captain Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Edwin Dwyer
Lillian
Plum Island
Merrimac River
Dwyer
Gordon
Tragic Fire Kills Six In Gloversville Family
In Gloversville New York a late night blaze at Solomon Frank’s home killed six family members including Dora 19 and Sarah 21. The affianced wife Dora was to wed in December. Firefighters recovered the bodies as smoke filled the rear of the house after a betrothal party ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloversville
N. Y
Solomon Frank
Dora
Sarah
Rose
Minnie
Mary
Frank
Upset in Auto Smash at Shrewsbury Ties Up Turnpike
An auto accident near Shrewsbury involving car 0406F with Fred Allen William Snyder of A E Morrison Co Boston and Tufts student Harold Parker crashed into a watering trough at the Boston turnpike Maple avenue junction. Allen was unconscious with suspected internal injuries. Snyder Parker unharmed. car a complete wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury
Fred Allen
William Snyder
A. E. Morrison & Co
Boston
Harold Parker
Tufts College
Boston Turnpike
Maple Avenue
Allen
Shoe magnate donates church in Shepherdsvill e dedication
In Shepherdsville on October 13, Leonard C. Bliss, head of Regal Shoe Company, presented the Union Church to the town free of charge. Bliss, a local native, presided as donor at the dedication ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shephardsville
Tnion
Leonard C. Bliss
Regal Shoe Company
Mr. Bliss
Moran Accepts Independence League Nomination in Boston
Moran accepts the Independence League nomination and says he cannot speak due to voice trouble. Bartlett and Whitney plan to file in dependent papers today. Fate of Democratic and Suffolk county machines in the balance as Republicans consider O MEARA and Catholic influence in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
Independence League
Bartlett
Whitney
Suffolk County
Fitzgerald
New York
O'Meara
Boston
Agene N. Foss
O’meara
Moran's Plain Statement on Ballot Presence and Campaign Speech
District Attorney John B. Moran announces his name will appear on the official ballot and urges friends to be cautious in speaking about opponents Dennison and Webster. He says any speech act could cause permanent vocal chord damage, leading to his withdrawal from campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Moran
Messrs. Dennison and
Webster
Knights of Columbus Parade In Providence Limps On With One Band
In Providence on October 18 the Seventh Artillery Band from Fort Adams led the Knights of Columbus field day as four union bands dropped out by order of local musicians union president JT Gambell. About 2000 knights from Rhode Island Massachusetts and Connecticut attended. only the Fort Adams band performed in the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
Seventh Artillery
Fort Adams
Knights of Columbus
Musicians’ Union
JT. W. Gambell
Newport
Five Boston men find decomposed man with revolver on Castle Island
Five young men discover a badly decomposed body in an old powder magazine on Castle Island. A 32 caliber revolver with four empty chambers and two poison labeled bottles are found near the skull. The victim is identified only by a card bearing the name George W. Hardy of Somerville. A medical examiner says death was self-inflicted by shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Williams
John L. Hayes
Edward F. Murray
John J. Donahue
John E. O'Brien
Castle Island
Nolan’s Undertaking Establishment
McDonald
George W. Hardy
Somerville
Pittsburg Gambler Shad Gwilliam Wins 42000 in World Series
Shad Gwilliam, a famed Pittsburg gambler, netted 42000 from the Chicago-Detroit world series. He bet 50000 largely in Chicago before the series and previously lost big backing Pittsburgh against Boston in earlier years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Shad Gwilliam
Gwilliam
Detroit
Chicago
Auditorium Annex
Boston Americans
Small Suspended by Telegraphers Union
Chicago Oct 13 The executive committee of the Commercial Telegraphers Union suspends President B J Small at an evening meeting. The action follows internal discord and leadership questions within the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraphers’ Union
Chicago
The
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union Tonight
J. Small
Dwyer Drowns While Diving For Julia Decker Salvage
In Newburyport a diving expedition to recover the submerged schooner Julia Decker ends tragically as Edwin Dwyer, 35, a Portland shipmate of Captain M E Gordon, sinks after stepping from the boat with 20 pound lead weights and a copperless helmet. Captain Gordon and John Christain attempted to salvage, life savers from Plum Island and Salisbury Beach searched without success, the body reportedly in 15 feet of water. Gordon then notified Chief McLean and set course for Portland to inform Mrs Dwyer, widow and mother of the drowned diver, that her son is dead. Dwyer had sailed with Gordon for nearly five years aboard the Lillian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Decker
Newsburyport
M. E. Gordon
Lillian
Gordon
Plum Island
Eewin Dwyer
Dwyer
John Christain
Newburyport
McLean
Portland
Muskrat Attacks Boston Elevated Conductor in Malden
In Malden on October 14 a muskrat attacked a conductor at Malden Square as a Boston Elevated car halted. The animal fatally died after inflicting a severe bite to the conductor who fought to fend it off before being struck down with a switch iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Boston
Malden Square
Pleasant Street
Aged Woman Attacked in Brookline Home
Mrs. Frank Snyder a 79 year old Brookline resident was assaulted by an unknown man believed to be a tramp as she answered a water request at her home on Newton street. The motive was robbery but the assailant fled when cries drew bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Frank Snyder
Newton Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adolph
Back Bay
Young Hurley
Sunday Post
Ross
Une T Gapow
Regent St
Mark Cross Co
Summer St
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Nance O’neil
Ee and Company
the Jewels
Keith's
Kitty Traney
Genaro and Bailey
Paulinetti
Piquo
Waterbury Bros
Tenney
Howard and Howard
Aulec Scottie
Albrecht
Dory
Cubs
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