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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
12
Prices slipped at downtown markets as sirloin roast fell from 35 to 28 cents per pound while cod and haddock sold around 7 cents per pound. Fresh green produce arrived in good supply and peaches were 25 cents a dozen or 1.20 per box.
Hind quarters of lamb 24c lb, fores 16c, kidney lamb chops 45c, rib chops 40c, pork 22c, ham 23c, fat salt pork 16c, brisket 18c, rump steak 48c, sirloin 85c, rib roast 32–20c, chickens 85c, eggs 63c doz. Flour up to 10.75 a barrel, sugar 7c lb, butter 36c lb, oysters 2c quart, tomatoes 7c lb, lettuce 8c head, grapes 60c five-lb basket, melons 60c, cantaloupes 10–15c, apples 10c qt, celery 18c head, green beans 9–10c qt.
Charles H. Shea and Edna Sias were married last evening at St. Josephs Church Somerville by Rev Albert Co Mullin. Frank H. Shea served as best man and Miss Helen Clancy was bridesmaid. Mr Shea is in the drug business in Somerville.
Harvard will add a military science and tactics course with Sept. 23 opening. Captain Constant Cordier will lead the program and may join as assistant professor. Aimed at large enrollment, the course offers a temporary second lieutenant rating upon completion, pending Army exams.
Billy Sunday’s tabernacle nears completion with roof sheeting finished. Seating installation is expected to start Monday as roof waterproofing via tar and gravel begins. Brickwork is complete while ironwork lags. the rostrum is under construction and will be reinforced with concrete weeks later.
Julia Arthur announces a new company to stage an early November adaptation of William Lindsey's Red Wine of Rousillon titled Seremonda. The romantic drama features Arthur in the title role and challenges managers who oppose a shift to romantic drama, saying the public craves a change from trial and problem plays. Rehearsals will begin promptly.
In Defiance, those who resisted Sheriff Phillips orders were arrested by the sheriff and deputies with a large state police detail. They were marched to the city under guard and placed in the county jail to await hearings.
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