Food prices ease as supplies expand and cattle enter market
Flour has dropped 75 cents a barrel in the past fortnight. Butter and eggs show relief from ample supply and steady demand. Beef prices ease as prairie grass cattle from Texas enter the local market.
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Prairies
Texas
Food prices level off as shortages ease in wholesale markets
Local wholesalers report real European war effects not yet felt and prices returning to normal aside from sugar and flour. Flour drops 74 cents to 7.75 per barrel due to Western crops. cattle from Southwest and Texas enter markets, likely lowering dealer and consumer prices. Pork and lamb rise on hog and supply shortages while groceries hold steady and fish decline. Butter down a cent, eggs slightly lower as storage releases hit markets.
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Texas
Lone Star
Beef Trust
Silverstein Held In $5000 Bail In Immigration Conspiracy
Hyman Silverstein proprietor of a Wall Street West End restaurant was arrested on immigration conspiracy charges for bringing Dine Nudel an alien immigrant into the country after she was excluded as feeble minded with ringworm. Jacob Nudel says he paid $175 to secure her entrance, allegedly passing funds to Max Wax of Brooklyn who guaranteed to transport the girl to Boston. Wax is serving 15 months for a similar offence in New York. Silverstein remains held on $5000 bail pending a hearing on Oct. 6 before U S Commissioner Hayes.
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Hyman Silverstein
Wall Street
West End
Dine Nudel
Jacob Nudel
Silverstein
Max Wax
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boston
Wax
New York
United States
Hayes
Pure Food Exhibit Opens October Fifth in Mechanics Hall
Massachusetts state and city officials, the Women's Federated Clubs, and the Boston Retail Grocers Association organize the first major Pure Food Exposition in Mechanics Hall from October 5 to 31. The Cuban exhibit, led by George Reno, joins with $50,000 funding and the Havana Municipal Band at a $15,000 cost, showcasing Cuba’s agriculture and the sugar crop’s value amid war. The city display includes health, fire, parks, recreation, hospital sections, and the Synoptic Vision, plus a Fish and Game show, Red Cross, and daily lectures and receptions, with 500 workers rushing to complete by opening day.
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Massachusetts
Mechanics’ Building
Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boston Retail Grocers’ Association
United States
Walsh
Curley
George Reno
Department of Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor
Cuba
Ménocal
Havana
City of
Boston
Health Department
Fire Department
Pital
Hartwell
Fish and Game Commission
John Haywood
Gardner
Red Cross
Mabel Boardman
Mechanics’ Hall
Federation of Women's Clubs
George T. Perkins
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