Word: boston
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Narcotics. "It is openly alleged in Boston that Charles ('King') Solomon is head of the dope racket ... is the chief source of supply for all wires, runners, peddlers and addicts in New England . . . has reaped unbelievable profits...
Bootlegging. "Largest and best paying racket in Boston." An annual $60,000,000 is spent in Boston's 4,000 speakeasies or paid to 5,000 Bostonian bootleggers. The liquor ring is bossed by a onetime policeman who on the side dabbles in a trucking business, restaurants, cigar stores, pool rooms, an amusement arena, prize fighters...
...right' very high up indeed," can smash small operators. Hip-pocket bootleggers, some boys not over 16, peddle booze "under the 'L' on Washington Street." In nearly every office building is at least one speakeasy. Boston police deliver good whiskey to customers...
Corruption. When he was Governor of Massachusetts (1925-29), Alvan Tufts Fuller charged that Boston's Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols delayed subway construction to let his friends buy up the right-of-way, then sell it to the city at exorbitant prices. He named specific instances, said: "The people of Boston are being systematically robbed by a group of ... politicians." He once referred to the Mayor as "in his usual irresponsible condition...
...Boston Bruins. The present champions, and still apparently the best team in the League. Strong on the defense, fast on the offense, fortified everywhere by Eddie ("Shining") Shore, loose-jointed and heavy-hipped, who with a sad look on his pale, wide face spills opponents ferociously...