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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
8
Judge Peters in the United States District Court appointed William H. Taylor of this city as receiver for the Rose Tea Company after it was petitioned into bankruptcy earlier in the week. He posted a bond of 10 000 dollars.
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a simple cure for bladder weakness and urinary irritation caused by uric acid. It claims four ounces of Salts mixed in water before breakfast over two to three days neutralizes urine acids, easing burning and frequent night urination. It emphasizes Jad Salts as inexpensive harmless and widely used.
Letters to the Prohibition Editor discuss crime waves, enforcement, and social attitudes. One writer argues prohibition reduced crime by restricting saloons and moonshine, citing drivers and public safety. another notes supply via prescriptions and home brew. Both residents cite personal experience and concern for community safety.
Letters reacting to Prohibition address economic losses from distilleries and saloons and advocate reform or repeal. Citizens from Fall River to Boston share views on license systems, moral grounds, and the impact on taxes, crime, and wages.
Carrie Emerson of Whitefield New Hampshire endorses Dr Conrad and the 18th amendment anniversary urging enforcement of the prohibition law. She cites Granite State Outlook and Union Signal as informing readers and thanks God for prohibition.
Readers attack the 18th amendment with fears of rising crime and morgue counts as prohibition nears its second year. Letters warn of deaths from bootleg liquor and urge reform while others defend medicinal use and moral progress under the law.
The state reports daily receipts toward an $85 000 goal with about $1000 arriving each day by mail or visit. Contributions come from Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire Vermont and Maine and from citizens in unorganized towns. A letter from former New Bedford mayor Henry H Crapp notes his modest check to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation despite not supporting Wilson.
Six towns Heath Deerfield Provincetown Harvard Wellesley and Milton completed or oversubscribed their Woodrow Wilson Foundation quotas, with Milton far ahead in receipts at more than 1500 dollars, second only to Boston and Cambridge.
An ad promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a health tonic for those who overwork, poor sleep, or bad meals. It claims the remedy builds up red blood, improves health, and is sold by druggists in liquid and tablet forms.
The plan creates a permanent endowment with the principal untouched. Interest funds awards like the Nobel prize for American citizens or organizations performing singular service in democracy public welfare peace through justice or liberal thought. Subscriptions are accepted at State headquarters 101 Tremont street Boston.
Three people are dead and two are ill after botulinus poisoning from preserved greens eaten at a birthday party in Weiser Idaho. One more person remains in critical condition as authorities investigate the incident and trace the food source.
Dinner at the home of Charles W. Tuttle in Cambridge ends in tragedy as two sons and a daughter are found dead while Charles W. Tuttle lies critically ill.
Genarro Balsanno of Hanover Street and Frank Carbone of Plymouth were acquitted by a Federal Court jury. Filippo Bruno of Prince Street Captain Donnie Amero of East Saugus and Tony Carbone of Plymouth were convicted of complicity in the rum running of the schooner Golden West off the coast last month.
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