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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1921
Page
13
A vintage health ad extols Beecham's for digestive relief arguing Nature's waste elimination and criticizes drastic drugs. It touts 70 years of worldwide use, family tradition, and broad approval with druggists selling Beecham's.
Federal Judge Morton is expected to decide whether a United States commissioner can order the return of seized liquor after a defendant is found not guilty and discharged. The ruling is seen as a major test since the Volstead act was upheld by the Supreme Court.
The Francis Drug Company of Roxbury petitions Judge Morton to hold Elmer C. Potter in contempt for not obeying Commissioner Hayes in returning 144 quarts of whiskey and other alcohol held on government permit. Company officers were arrested for possessing liquor unlawfully, but defendants were discharged after a hearing. Potter contends the commissioner lacked authority to order the staff returned. High officials of the Anti-Saloon League attended as the case raised a major legal question about search warrant authority and property restitution. Assistant U.S. Attorney White argued the director acted within power. the petitioner cited rulings from top courts supporting restitution after a hearing.
Attorney argues the commissioner acted within statutory powers and that only the district court may order liquor returned. He cites the espionage act and the Maresco precedent showing a district court cannot overturn a commissioner's return order. Judge Morton promised a swift ruling.
Charles T. Daly sues Mayor Benjamin Haines and City Auditor Arthur Crowley in East Cambridge to force payment of back salary from Jan 8 1921. Daly claims $900 yearly clerk pay, first month received, then withheld as mayor blocked drafts and Crowley excluded his name from budgets. Case returnable in Boston on Friday Oct 14.
Thomas A. Reynolds of 12 Sunnyside Street Jamaica Plain has won the Massachusetts Scholarship for Georgetown University Law Department. A Boston College High School graduate 1914 and BC High alumnus 1918, Reynolds was active as freshman class president and an honor student. He served in World War I and has taught in school twice.
Washington reports a committee recommendation to rearrange working hours to boost employment as part of emergency relief measures. The plan, to be reviewed at the National Conference on Unemployment on Oct. 5, involves manufacturers and union leaders including Charles M. Schwab Samuel Gompers Sarah Conboy and W H Stackhouse.
Slept 27. Plymouth Mill officials back a $600000 plant proposal adjacent to the current site. Mayor White asks Council for a $25000 loan to pave Marston Street to remove the obstacle and push the mill project forward. The loan will be advertised and paving planned before the snow flies.
Patrolman Ozias H. Beauregard of Roxbury Crossing station resigned from the police force after being suspended by Commissioner Curtis amid charges brought by Mrs. John Kheazopolous formerly Miss Olga Rathgeb of 21 Edge Hill street Roxbury.
Screen gossip highlights Miss Starke's rise as a clever appealing actress. After turns in A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court and Salvation Nell she earned leading feminine roles, recently finishing Flower of the North with Henry B. Walthall. She has spent months in New York and is now back in California with a bungalow, a car, and an English bulldog.
Joe Moore plans an eight feature serial run starting with Mountain Hearts. The actor has been away from films for a period and previously married Grace Cunard, former serial partner of Francis Ford. His brothers Matt Tom and Owen are noted as he seeks to outpace them in the picture realm.
Gareth Hughes starts a five film series for Metro with Stay Home. Lon Chaney completes Wolf-Breed for Universal and takes lead in The Octave of Claudius at Goldwyn. Pauline Curley and Bud Osborne feature in Vengeance of the West, a five reel Western. Zena Keefe leads Conway Tearle in After Midnight.
Eddie Polo headlines a modern adaptation of Robinson Crusoe filmed across the globe. The series places Polo as the contemporary Crusoe with scenes planned in the Tyrolean Alps Scandinavia Egypt and Palestine for episodic release.
The Jordan Marsh Company offers table runners imported from China and Japan in satin, brocade, and tapestry plus black satin covers with heavy gold braid. It highlights Florentine Boudoir Lamps, silk Shangoon fabric, Chinese china and cut glass sections, intimate apparel, and Madeira guest towels priced at 2.00 and 3.00 as wartime prices ease.
The Boston Post reviews a chapter play titled Spain and Paris and answers reader questions about actors Anita Stewart Joseph Swickard Grace George Mary Pickford Ruth Roland Ruth Gordon and others. It notes Owen Moore Irish birth and addresses inquiries to Prunella Hall.
West Roxbury hospital plans sunshine outings for blind and shell shocked veterans. Friday four patients will ride to Swampscott Beverly Farms and the Fenway. Saturday seven veterans will have an all day visit at Kenderma the Dorchester home of Mrs Ernest L Adams Hull. Donations from Post readers Miss Dorothy Hadaway and Sherburne Falls American Legion fund the trips and earlier Chelsea Naval Hospital outing was covered.
Officials foresee increased yard activity as battleships North Dakota Utah and Delaware arrive November 14 for dockside work.
In Concord New Hampshire flour containing 8 percent arsenate of lead nearly killed Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Mudgett of 10 West Street. State Chemist Charles D Howard found the poison in a flour sample from the Mudgett home. Other store samples were clear. Federal inspectors are investigating as the two victims fell violently ill after eating pies baked from the flour.
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