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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
13
Sugar eased a quarter of a cent wholesale and half a cent retail per pound as markets return toward normal. Retail sugar sits at seven cents. Other food costs show minor fluctuations. flour retails at 7.50 to 8 per barrel for higher grades. Meat prices hold. War pressures are reducing German beer imports and slowing French wine shipments, with freight and insurance affected.
The article notes small price increases of a few cents per bottle on imported French wines. Ales stouts gins and whiskies from Great Britain continue to be shipped regularly with no price changes observed.
Charles I. Lindsay long time J Reed Whipple Company executive died suddenly at Young's Hotel after a six day illness. Cause was said to be a burst blood vessel in the chest. Lindsay led purchasing for the Whipple hotels and previously managed Parker's Young's and the Touraine. He came to Boston at age 20 and was regarded widely by prominent men.
An advertisement fragment shows discounted rubber goods with pricing cues and sale language, signaling a bargain section for misc rubber items during a clearance period.
Olin Downes notes Boston Theatre Opera Company staged Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci with renewed vigor and dramatic fire. Principals delivered notably solid singing, the chorus shone, and even a rough orchestral reading of Cavalleria Rusticana or I Pagliacci conveyed spirit.
Miss Bianche Hamilton Fox as Santuzza in Cavalleria delivers a dramatic, emotionally Latin interpretation that captivates and shows acting as well as singing. Sacchetti strengthens Tu riddu with emotional scenes, while Tricario earns repeated applause for his Canio. Pagliacci features strong Nedda and Silvio leads and a well sung prologue by Pico. Otello showcases Verdi’s masterpiece with Oppezzo advancing and Kristoffy Desdemona, Blanchart well suited as Othello’s Taga, with The Barber of Seville promised next.
Delegates from colleges worldwide and distinguished guests gathered in Providence on October 14 for Brown Universitys 10th anniversary celebration. Justice Charles E Hughes spoke on Browns history as alumni and attendees toured the campus. A university lunch, a celebration play, receptions, a concert, and a RISD event followed the speeches.
Edwin Gould won a federal suit against F Augustus Heinze for 1.2 million dollars plus interest over stock purchase price in Mercantile National Bank. The jury returned the verdict in New York on October 14. The judge had instructed the jury to render verdict for the whole amount of nothing.
Postmaster General Burleson announces a new rule to ban any organization of post office officials nationwide, to take effect by January. The measure affects National Association of Supervisory Employees, National Association of Postmasters, and New England branches, with similar repercussions countrywide. Lieutenant Governor Barry projectively pledges to succeed Governor Walsh, while limiting his stance on woman suffrage to favoring the home as the sole domain for women to run. Officers elected include President George L. Minott. Vice Presidents Fred W Plaisted and Robert J. Crowley. Secretary-Treasurer Ezra O. Winsor. Executive Committee William F. Murray, A. J. Richardson, and Edmond S. Higgins.
Tomorrow afternoon in Symphony Hall the Boston Symphony Orchestra will hold a public rehearsal for the 1914 season under conductor Karl Muck. Three players are absent though two new members Malkin and Klicka join soon. Agnesy uncertain. Program includes Eroica Symphony, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Brahms songs, Don Juan, Euryanthe overture. Single tickets on sale at the box office.
A portrait of John McDuffee, a veteran city official, will be presented to Cambridge on Wednesday October 21 and hung in the City Hall upper corridor among portraits of former officials. John Read will present and the Mayor will accept for the city. The portrait was bought by subscriptions from McDuffee’s friends.
The Board of Election Commissioners reports a state election voting list expansion with 111,335 registered voters, up from 109,259 last year and 107,178 at the primaries. Ward 23 adds 533 names, Ward 24 adds 472, Ward 20 adds 338, while Ward 9 shows the largest decline with 293 fewer registrants than last year.
United States District Attorney Asa P. French pressed four indictments against former Representative David Mancovitz yesterday. The charges stem from bankruptcy proceedings involving his father in law Jacob Watchmaker of Revere, where Mancovitz acted as counsel. Alleged crimes include conspiracy to conceal Watchmaker estate assets, receiving property to defeat bankruptcy law, and perjury tied to secur ing mortgages for counsel fees. Mancovitz had been tried in April on one count but the jury disagreed.
Harwich October 14 central Cape Cod businessmen and postmasters report the fifth safe breaking in weeks by a suspected band of professional yeggmen. One man has been killed and hundreds of dollars stolen from rifled safes in the burglaries.
J S Tobey and Sons grocers reported a break in early this morning. A 500 pound safe was hauled through the front door a hundred yards to a side street and shattered with a cold chisel, about 400 dollars taken. Private detectives from Boston and Chief Bartlett joined the investigation as authorities link the crime to the Bourne incident where guard William A Harbree was killed. No trail clues were found as yet.
A banking syndicate that sold $100,000,000 of New York city notes calls for the fourth instalment of about $7.9 million. The payment is likely to be followed by another shipment of gold to Ottawa for the Bank of England.
The St Paul’s Society of Harvard held its initial dinner in Memorial Hall last evening with 50 members present. Rev. Dr. George Hodges was guest of honor and spoke on Is Religion Becoming Stereotyped.
The season opens with Swiss pianist Rudolph Ganz giving a recital in Jordan Hall on Saturday afternoon October 17 at 3 o'clock.
Advice for stomach sufferers links indigestion to acidity and urges avoiding acidic foods. Recommends moderate meals with a teaspoon of bisulated magnesia after eating to neutralize acid, touting bisulated magnesia as the best food corrective and safer than medicines.
OrRine proclaims uniform success in restoring drink habit victims to sobriety and usefulness. The ad guarantees a refund if no benefit after a trial, and promotes a dollar per box price. It directs readers to ask for a free booklet and mentions Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores and Washington, D. C. source.
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