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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
8
The market shows higher meat prices with lamb and beef likely to stay elevated. Eggs rise to 68 cents a dozen, butter up, flour and sugar mostly lower, and a wide range of vegetables and fruits listed with varied per unit and per quantity pricing across New Jersey and regional markets.
The piece argues aging brings bowel slowdowns and that healthy activity helps prevent illness. It condemns harsh purgatives and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild, effective laxative priced at fifty cents with a free trial bottle available by writing Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
State of Maine eggs sell for 58 cents per two dozen while mild cheese fetches 82 cents and old cheese 40 cents per pound. Fish prices persist with scallops at $1 a quart and lobsters 45 cents per pound. Bluefish salmon halibut smelts salt water bass list 35 cents. weakfish 2 1/2. mackerel finnan haddie butterfish 18. lemon sole turbot 15. flounders haddock cod 12 cents per pound.
A farewell dinner at the Georgian honored John J. McCarthy, Quincy House co owner and Boston bachelor, before his Westward move and upcoming marriage to Miss Margaret P. Walker of Butte Montana. Guests included many prominent locals and officials as the event celebrated his transition from bachelor days.
Lynn District Court found Michael J. O Connor guilty of maintaining a lottery and bribery charges were deferred. Police testified officers hid in a home of Eben Sears, agent of Watch and Ward Society, to obtain evidence linking O Connor and his brother Patrick to lottery activities.
A Vienna report says Hungary’s interior minister plans to expel foreign residents from Budapest including Viennese unable to justify staying. The move provokes protests in Vienna and concern among Germans in Budapest, with negotiations hinted between Hungary and Germany.
At a Public Service Commission hearing 16 cities and towns urged against the proposed Bay State Mains reduced rate tickets. Representatives warned against using jitneys to cut the railway’s income as the company seeks authority to withdraw commutation tickets and implement a 20 for $1.92 scheme across 41 districts and a $2.40 20 tickets plan in eight three fare districts.
A free fish exhibit opens next Monday at the Food Facts Bureau in Boston. Cook booklets by the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety and the New England Fish Exchange will be distributed to visitors. The event, part of a citywide “fish week,” aligns with Food Administrator Hoover’s campaign to urge more fish consumption.
The American Bar Associationtitle event in Saratoga Springs honored Elihu Root. Attendees included military and naval attaches from Britain France Belgium Russia and Italy. Chief Justice Andrew A Bruce of North Dakota spoke about immigrant loyalty to the United States and dedication to its laws.
Harvard's squad of 600 reserve officers resumed combat drills yesterday at Waverley battlegrounds. Colonel Paul Azen led instruction as all three Harvard companies conducted a six hour barrage attack on German lines amid drizzling rain.
Samuel Livingston, 28, held without bail for the murder of Charles H. Rubb at the Fensmere apartments 206 Massachusetts Avenue. A continuance until Tuesday Sept 11 was granted to allow the grand jury to review the evidence. Livingston was returned to Charles Street Jail without bail.
Mrs. Margaret Parsons of Concord New Hampshire appeared in Central Court yesterday charged with carrying a loaded revolver in her handbag. She testified she brought the weapon to Boston after a previous insult by a man described as a masher at North Station. A letter from her husband supported her story.
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