Fines Double During Delay in Mattress Case
Isaac Schneider of the Chicago Mattress Company faced a $25 fine for improper mattress making. After he chose not to appeal, another $25 fine was added when he withdrew the appeal as court adjourned. Lawrence Mattress Company and Maurice Seiche of United Mattress Company also fined $25 each and appealed.
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Lawrence
Isaac Schneider
Chicago Mattress Company
J. J. Mahoney
Schneider
Isaac
Lawrence Mattress Company
Maurice Seiche
United Mattress Company
George L. Drury
Raynham Tax Jumps to 27.80 This Year
Raynham residents face a 66.60 tax rate this year up from 21.20 last year. The Board of Assessors informed taxpayers the increase is due in part to no new automobiles in town over the past year.
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Raynham
Board of Assessors
Walpole Man Wins Ford Car After Eight Attempts
Walpole police officer and Walpole High School janitor Mr. Hennessey finally wins a Ford touring car through the Post Ford a Day contest after eight tries. The prize comes as the family celebrates, with the car on display in Walpole and a celebratory ride to Boston for registration.
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Hennessey
Walpole
Walpole High School
Hough’s Neck
Boston Post
Hough
Boston
Ford
The
Post
the Post
James Hennessey
Diamond Street
Sunday Post
Encouragement Letter Calls for Submissions to Boston Post
The note invites contributors to send items for publication with no catches and asks contributors to accept the editor’s final decision. It welcomes multiple contributions and suggests best photos for publication suitability.
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Boston Post
Real People in Maine and Massachusetts Appreciations
Ink letters recount small kindnesses seen on travels in Maine and Hingham. Thomas J. Harty recalls a Wells Beach store owner offering $2 in change when short, praising Maine's pleasant folk. James B. Connolly notes a traffic officer’s courtesy in Hingham. Mrs Ardie L. Richardson shares a playful moment carving cake with grass stalks after lunch.
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Hills Beach
Maine
Thomas J. Harty
Lexington Street
Lawrence
Ardie L. Richardson
Andover
N. IL
Train Runs Without Crew On Vermont Line
A B M railroad crew on a Vermont branch lost their train at a station after loading cream. Believing a high ball was coming, the engineer released brakes and left quietly. They recovered a Ford car and sped 40 miles to catch the next train, finishing the run without incident.
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Vermont
Henry Ford
SLACK
Smith Street
Eeaeaceinn
Peat Found While Digging At Short L Beach Sea Wall
Josephine Durward of 33 Pearl Avenue Beachmont reports digging workmen struck peat 14 feet below the surface during sea wall construction at Short L Beach. She notes peat is little known and unusual in this region.
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Beachmont
Josephine Durward
Pearl Avenue
Longtime Richmond teacher spans three generations of students
Wilbur Woodman of 1 Chestnut Street, Richmond, Maine, recalls a local schoolteacher who began teaching at age 16 and educated three generations of boys from one family. The first pupil was 19 when she started, and her students included the son and grandson. the grandson is in his final year of high school, with potential to teach a fourth generation. All three generations are living.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Norwood
Mass
Hingham
James B. Connolly
Pearl Street
Dorchester
Cobweb Adorns Hat of Elderly Passenger at Wollaston
This morning at Wollaston Station an elderly man alighted a train and a full sized cobweb with a spider was found woven on the front of his big soft-brimmed hat, fastened for keeps. Mrs. Jeannette Holmes, 33 Beale Street, Wollaston.
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Wollaston Station
Jeannette Holmes
Beale Street
Wollaston
Woman Uses Baby Feeding Threat to Pressure Husband
Mrs. Sarah Bookman of 220 Chestnut Street Chelsea describes a woman who threatens to withhold feeding her baby to coerce her husband into giving her what she wants. The tactic relies on the father's affection and duty, but cannot last long and risks ending in divorce court.
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Sarah Bookman
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Detour Notice Seen On Hanover House Steps
Passing down Lebanon street I observed a freshly painted house front with a detour sign toward the side door. The note is signed MISS DOROTHY BRACKIETT of Hanover N. Ef.
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Lebanon Street
Dorothy Brackiett
Hanover, N. Ef
Old New Hampshire Woman Lives In Room House
In a small New Hampshire town an eighty year old woman lives alone in a furnished room house year round. She also keeps a hay filled barn but no stock. Previously she resided in a fourteen room house. Mrs Martopte Page Box 7 North Salem New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire
Martopte Page
North Salem
N. H
Boy Rides Bull to Church on Sunday
A farmer boy rode a bull to Howe School in Howe Indiana for Sunday services and returned home after. Thelo and Theora Goodrich are mentioned along with a playful note about a puppy attempting to drink up a brook to recover a bone, leading to a humorous interruption.
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Theora Goodrich
Howe School
Howe, Ind
Ana
Lexington
Harold W. Page
Columbus Avenue
Strange Silent Couple Puzzle Let 29 Years Pass
A reader recounts a cottage where both parents never speak to each other in 29 years of cohabitation while their 20 year old daughter notices the quiet. A New Hampshire sister in law connects to a complex family web ending with relatives living in Berlin and North Leominster.
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Charles W. Morgan
Smith Street
Lynn
New Hampshire
Berlin
N. W
Battle on Waterfront Rat vs Crab Ends in Tragic Fall
Observer Walter F. Milliken reports a rat clinging to a crab under Pottery Wharf at daylight. The two topple into the water as the crab maintains its grip and the rat drowns. Milliken notes the scene near 102 Salem street, Malden.
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Pottery Wharf
Walter F. Milliken
Salem Street
Malden
American mother crosses border to give birth in United States
Perley R. Choate of 1 Page Street Hallowell Maine praises an American wife who, while pregnant with her fifth child, fled to the United States with her four Americanborn children to have the baby there. She risked poverty and anonymity to ensure her child was born in the United States, a brave act of motherhood and patriotism.
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Hove
Canada
Perley RR
Choate
Page Street
Hallowell, Me
Vermont plant makes marble flour for tire filler
In East Dorset Vermont a new Vermont Reduction Company plant converts waste marble into a flour like powder for use as a rubber tire filler. Marble is crushed washed dried and rolled to fine flour then packed in 100 pound sacks for shipment. Charles M Tiernan of Bennington Vermont reports the plant as unique in the world.
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East Dorset
Vermont Reduction Company
Charles M. Tiernan
Tooth Ter
Bennington
Tiernan Wins Post Ford Auto for Today
The story by Mr. Tiernan earns the Post Ford auto honor for today, highlighting his contribution and recognition within the publication.
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Tiernan
Ford Auto
Well Protected Wedding Neighbors Report Police Escort
A marriage on July 16 at 6 am drew local attention due to the bride having prior husbands. Police and a police dog escorted the wedding party to and from church amid concerns about the bride's safety from a former husband. The bride is Miss Margaret Corcoran of 2 Saratoga Avenue, Chicopee.
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Margaret Corcoran
Saratoga Avenue
Chicopee
Water from River Jordan to bless Provincetown christenings
In Provincetown a church nearly a century old will hold baptisms this Sunday. Water from the River Jordan, brought 80 years ago by a former minister, will be used for each child’s small allotment. Helen Powers is noted in the item. Truro, Mass.
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Provincetown
Jordan
Lwach Child
Helen Powers
Truro
Mass
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