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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1922
Page
8
Irvin S. Cobb adapts comic tales in The Valley of Plenty, promising hearty laughs for readers of the Boston Sunday Post Magazine as the piece appears to be serialized.
A dermatology endorsed ad promotes Mentho-Sulphur to treat eczema and harsh skin conditions. It touts quick soothing effects, germ destroying properties, and safe use like a cold cream with easy access from druggists.
Mayor Curley sought 1.235 million for the Public Works Department in the annual appropriation. The council approved 800,000 for sewerage, 175,000 for the Beacon Street bridge, 160,000 for the Cambridge Street bridge repairs, and 100,000 to extend and improve the Christopher J. Lee playground in South Boston. A 500,000 highway loan was held up awaiting a list of streets to reopen and repair.
Henry W. Rich, Civil War veteran and the oldest American in Argentina, died in Buenos Aires at 81. Born in New York, he served in the U S Navy through the Civil War and until 1869, later teaching mathematics at an American school after moving to Argentina. He did not receive a pension until former President Roosevelt intervened on his behalf.
At Washington a pension was granted following an incident. Rich still carried a Civil War pistol in his hip when he died.
Somerville City Hall hosts a mixed vaudeville show to benefit the Radcliffe College Fund. Radcliffe senior Madeleine Brine performs ballet solos in unusual costumes, with Sylvia Bingham singing, and the Radcliffe choral society closing after monologues ventriloquism and other acts.
Ten jurors were tentatively chosen to try Miss Olivia M. P. Stone a graduate nurse on a murder charge. The panel of sixty salesmen was largely surveyed with selection expected to finish tomorrow morning. Defense sought married men or single men with grown sisters or sweethearts.
Mrs. Kinkead, accompanied by neighbors, sits on a spectator bench while Miss Stone’s counsel questions jurors. The defense signals a plea of the unwritten law, which the prosecution dismisses as “stuff” and likens to mining camp tactics in the shooting of Kinkead.
The city council approved a $300 emergency fund for the soldiers relief department. Introduced by Councillor George F. Gilbody, the measure passed yesterday.
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