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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
3
Retail notes show fish in short supply after Wednesday's wind while meat prices edged down slightly. Sugar vanished from shelves and eggs cost 75 cents a dozen, butter 55 cents a pound, potatoes 55 cents per peck, and no tomatoes were available except in hothouse varieties.
The notice lists prices for varied produce including sixpence items and greens priced at 45 cents per peck for pickling and 40 cents per pound for mixed varieties, reflecting a small-town market snapshot.
A wide array of meats shows price drops with sirloin steak 45 cents a pound roast 40, round cuts 30 to 40, hams 35, pork roast 3.88, pork chops 40, fowl 35. Cod and haddock 12, with several fish premium items listed. Fruits vary with oranges 45 cents a dozen, grapes and apples around 60 cents a peck to $1, pears 1.25 a peck, cucumbers 20 cents each, spinach 20 a peck, cauliflower 25 to 50 cents, and flour at 14.25 a barrel.
Prices from the South show onions at five to six cents a pound with possible retail increases. cranberries at 15 a quart are plentiful. cabbage at three cents a pound. celery at 15 a bunch. peaches near end. potatoes expected to drop in about two weeks.
The public has recovered from a near panic over sugar shortages in New England after informal store surveys. Major candy makers expect factory shutdowns like the New England Confectionery Company in Summer Street with 1200 workers to be temporary.
Mrs Grace D Shadman testified in a Superior Court divorce trial that her husband Dr Alonzo J Shadman threw bread at her during supper hitting her eye. She described ongoing abuse including name calling and sulky behavior since their 1909 marriage in New York.
Mrs. Shadman filed for divorce after alleging three weeks into their marriage her husband became cruel and insulting and would silence her for months. The divorce was granted.
In Philadelphia on October 25 two workers were killed and five injured when a concrete bridge under construction over Penny Pack Creek collapsed in the northeast. The dead include Albert Smith, 45, a city inspector, and Louis Berget, 29, a workman.
Mayor Curley will unfurl a service flag at City Hall on November 3 to honor 322 municipal employees who answered the call to colors. He will speak briefly as patriotic songs are sung and a call to buy Liberty Bonds is made to sustain American spirit.
Propaganda urges readers to buy Liberty Bonds to outpace Kaiser and support Uncle Sam. The call to “join the army” frames bond purchases as a battle effort against enemy leadership and boosts patriotic investment.
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