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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1922
Page
7
In New Bedford on February 7 Mrs. Elisha A. Barlow ran for Mattapoisett constable and finished near bottom with 43 votes. Alfred T. Kinney led with 174 and Daniel H. Parker had 159. In the assessor contest Henry N. Denham defeated Charles T. Dexter 196 to 92.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a remedy for catarrh and cold congestion. It claims immediate nostril relief, nasal opening, and eased breathing after applying a small amount in the nostrils, with sensory notes of clearing and comfort.
Testimony before United States Commissioner Hayes yesterday afternoon focused on paid informers used in prohibition enforcement. The Keefe raid on Dartmouth Street yielded $150 worth of high grade liquor and questioned the status of Howard Muriel Madison as a temporary prohibition agent amid disputes about appointment and formal status. In a separate note, Director Potter's office clarified Lynch’s testimony as a payroll informer. A final line notes Moroccan elders pursuing arranged marriages for young women in Barbary.
Raymond M. Young testified in East Cambridge Superior Court that at 26 he was the same age as his stepfather Robert E. Dickerman. Witnesses described repeated expressions of love and threats tied to familial pressures as the alienation of affection suit proceeded, with remarks about marriages and mysterious past meetings in Paris New York and Boston.
White House reports President Harding strongly opposes adding a provision to the Soldier Bonus Bill that would use refunded foreign bonds to finance the adjusted compensation plan. Army Navy and Marine Corps officials estimate total bonus cost at about 2.3 billion dollars with about half of Army veterans and a smaller portion of Navy and Marine personnel expected to take cash.
A fire in the boiler room of the Pigeon Spar Company on Coleridge Street East Boston broke out near 6 pm. Passersby reported flames from the two story frame building and Captain Lannary of Ladder 40 triggered a second alarm. Inflammable varnish and spars were stored inside but firemen saved most contents. Loss put at $2000. The shop made spars and snowshoes for ships including the Esperanto and Mayflower.
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