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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1922
Page
13
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine previews an amusing timely story by Booth Tarkington. It highlights Tarkington’s wit and the moral drawn from fashion as a social signal. The piece signals a light literary feature for weekend readers.
A vintage advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a pure antiseptic cream that unclogs nostrils and clears air passages. It claims instant relief from catarrh and colds, promising easier breathing, less snuffling, and rapid comfort.
In Dedham a tense court room sits as Deputy District Attorney George B. Adams presents the case surrounding John Johnson found dead under a pine on the Cunningham estate on January 5 1921.
The prosecution describes Johnson leaving 87 Grove Street West Quincy telling his wife he would fetch wood. He was last seen alive that day and found dead at 9 30 in a soaking rain, shot through the back. Police questioned Caleb Cunningham who initially denied being in the woods then admitted involvement.
In Quincy an altercation led to a murder charge against Caleb Loring Cunningham. Police found a carbine and axes in a hidden closet at the Cunningham estate. A secret telephone ruse by Chief Goodhue preceded interrogations in the Norfolk County Superior Court.
Belfast report shows Ulster Premier Sir James Craig proposing a restoration of order with Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson as main agent. It notes the boundary commission remains the principal danger facing Ulster and that Wilson is a Unionist MP for North Down.
Sir James Craig states that boundary alterations under the 1920 act require mutual agreement and pledges 2,000,000 pounds to restore order if needed. Colonel Spender says the funds signal resolve to Field Marshal Wilson to protect Ulster. Craig asserts courts will enforce sentences after British refusals.
The committee on State House reported a bill to study erecting a new office building for the State library, supreme judicial court and education department. It appropriates 10000 for a special commission to include the chief justice, buildings superintendent, education commissioner, an architect and two gubernatorial appointees to report by May 16 with site plans specifications and bids.
A Belfast despatch reports Sir James Craig saying Londonderry prisoners were reprieved over Ulster Government heads. He warned resignation if the Viceroy meddled with the courts.
Fred J. Libby international secretary of the Society for the Reduction of Armaments told the Boston Credit Men Association at Young's Hotel that German reparations must be reduced for prosperity. He said Germany cannot pay and that the US would refuse further conferences unless the issue is addressed. Dean Fred Miller of Northeastern College and George W. Gardiner of Union Trust Providence also spoke.
The Massachusetts House approved a plan to replace Boston’s city council with a 26 member body elected from wards and to put the measure to a statewide referendum at the next election. Opponents warned of ward politics and log rolling, while supporters argued current representation is inadequate.
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