100 Years Ago: March 4, 1921
Nicholas Cafantaros and Charles Thiras, proprietors of the fruit and confectionary store at 42 Main St., were fined $100 each in Andover police court Monday morning before Judge Stone on charges of illegally keeping intoxicating liquors with intent to sell. In a raid conducted at their place of business by the police Saturday afternoon, three quarts of âmoonshine,â a gallon of hard cider, and fifty or sixty bottles of Jamaica ginger were seized. The raiding officers were Chief Smith, Napier, Walker and Mayo.
(From editorial) âProbably the most pathetic figure in the world today, when one thinks of what he might have been and what he has become, is the man who today leaves the office of President of the United States. ⦠The nation passes from Wilson to Harding. ⦠from government under a single-man control to government under the control of a group of men. There cannot fail to be a great gain for a great democracy through this cha