Gillins Ford on Her Sixth Attempt Claiming Car Prize
Miss Genevieve J ONeil of East Boston wins a Ford touring car from the Boston Post Ford a Day contest after recounting a $8313 bank roll given by boxing champion Jack Dempsey at the Copley Plaza Hotel. Her brother Dennis A ONeill former city council member campaigns for Congress from the 10th district.
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Jack Dempsey
Michigan City
Indiana
Jack
Copley Plaza
Boston Post
New England
Congress
Boston
Ford
Genevieve O'Neil
Havre Street
East
Miss O'Neill
East Boston
the Post
Charles N. Nesky
Wordsworth Street
Miss O'Neil
Mary O'Neil
Harry Frazee
Red Sox
Dennis A. O'Neil
10Th
Miss O’neil
George A. Irwin
Irwin Motors, Inc
Tony
Mr. O'Neil
Tom
Mike
Braves Field
Dempsey
Mahoney
Faneuil A. C
Woman wins car amid homecoming cheers from Post readers
Miss O'Neil celebrated as the new car was driven to her home yesterday afternoon with many friends cheering. She said she was delighted to win the car after writing several letters before the winning story appeared in the Champion Jack feature.
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Miss O'Neil
Billerica
Basea Aes
O’neil
Justice Denies Sale of Family Mausoleum
New York August 18 Justice Guy rejected Morton B Sulzer a request to sell an $8000 mausoleum over his parents grave at Woodlawn Cemetery to hire counsel for his grand larceny indictment He told Sulzer you may prey upon the living but not the dead The defendant claimed his parents owed him the money from the sale
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New York
Supreme Court
Guy
Max Frank
Morton B. Sulzer
Woodlawn
Sulzer
Man Keeps Hope Chest Of Crochet Portraits
In Newton a man shows a hope chest containing crocheted pretty faces and says he will present them to the right girl when she comes. He is skilled with the needle. Mrs. Frank Davis. Box 627 Milville.
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Newton
Frank Davis
Milville
Balloon method used in cranberry barrels
A toy balloon maker explains cranberry growers buy balloons each fall to cushion fruit. Balloons placed in barrel bottoms prevent bruising. as berries fill the barrel, weight bursts the balloon and the barrel becomes full. Waban. ARTHUR B. HARLOW.
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Waban
Arthur B. Harlow
New Hampshire Aviator Courting by Air Sparks Summer Colony
In Newport New Hampshire this summer Bob Fogg of Concord entertained locals with frequent aeronautic exhibitions as he courted his fiancé Katherine Chandler who lives in Croydon four miles away. George J. Forrest of Garfield Avenue Somerset notes the romance as a noteworthy and early NH tale.
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Newport
N. H
Bob” Fogg
Concord
Katherine Chandler
Fogg
Croydon
New Hampshire
George J. B. Forrest
Garfield Avenue
Somerset
Female fireman works with husband on well drilling crew
The owner of an artesian well drilling outfit unloading at East Wolfeboro said there are only two crew members besides himself his wife who helps with the fires and the rest. Clifford L. Glidden of East Wolfeboro New Hampshire reported the remark.
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East Wolfeboro
Clifford L. Glidden
N. H
Married and Divorced the Same Man Three Times
In Portland Maine Ina Page 23 Casco Street runs a lodging house and has been married and divorced three times. She first wed in Starke New Hampshire and, at 19, divorced and remarried the same husband. The couple are nearing forty and have just divorced again. Mrs W C Lund West Acton Mass corroborates the tale. The story is verifiable by Starke residents familiar with the couple.
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Portland
Maine
Yas
Starke
N. H
W. C. Lund
West Acton
Mass
Ina Page
Casco Street
Starke, N. H
Barber Reunites With Old Acquaintance In Biddeford
A Central Falls Rhode Island man with a summer home in Biddeford Maine visits a Biddeford barber. While chatting he laughs, prompting the next chair barber to ask if he is Chamberlain. The man confirms, recalling a 30 year old acquaintance from Central Falls. Norton E. M. Lincoln.
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Central Falls
R. I
Biddeford
Chamberlain
Norton
E. M. Lincoln
Peculiar Stockings and Shoes Worn by Medfield Doctor
A noted Medfield physician wears fingered stockings with each toe in its own pocket and shoes split for the large toe, a custom he has followed for 30 years. The footwear is crafted in Millis on a special last. Mrs Jessie M Bicknell, Drawer A Millis.
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Medfield
Mass
Millis
Jessie M. Bicknell
Old Cape Cod owner values dog fish skin in artful work
The 91 year old Post cane owner in West Falmouth, Cape Cod, claimed he uses dog fish skin for fine furniture work rather than sandpaper. He demonstrated the skin, saying it yields unmatched quality and told us to tell city folks about it.
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West Falmouth
Cape Cod
Buzzards Bay
Martha R. Lehman
Adams Street
Winthrop
Delivered Own Letter Reveals Snafu Across River
A traveler visiting Mrs. Fields in Hanover New Hampshire finds a special delivery letter to his aunt, Mrs. Ann O Connor of Haverhill Massachusetts, waiting at a river station after five days. An elderly man asks a favor to hand over the letter.
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Hanover
N. H
Connecticut River
Mrs. Fields
Mule Molly Replaces Alarm Clock in Maine Farm
West Baldwin resident Elwood R. Milliken says his mule Molly reliably wakes him at five each morning and signals mealtimes with brays. He notes she rarely misses within minutes, often aligning with noon and evening feeding, making two watches unnecessary.
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Molly
Elwood R. Milliken
West Baldwin
Phosphorescent Wood Lights Night in Maine Field Find
David F. Hayes records discovering bright phosphorescent light from decayed apple stump fragments on Worthley Pond shore near East Peru in August. He kept samples in a pint jar on his mantel and used the glowing wood to tell time through the night.
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Worthley Pond
East
Peru
David FE. Hayes
Knox Street
Rumford
Kind hearted conductor helps girl at subway
A Cambridge family thanks a North Cambridge car crew for retrieving a balloon lost on a Harvard subway wire. The motorman climbed on the car roof to recover it, making a tired child happy and prompting a note of gratitude to newspaper readers.
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Revere Beach
Harvard
North Cambridge
Dorothy
Themodore W. Thies
Gray Street
Cambridge
Salt on roads praised as dust control method in mountains
Milner A. Barnes of 17 Bloomingdale Street Chelsea reports seeing laborers scatter rock salt on gravel roads in the White Mountains to attract moisture and form a compact surface, reducing dust. He notes salt road treatment helped during high altitude travel and mentions prior experience with Standard Oil Co. and Barrett Mfg. Co.
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White Mountains
Standard Oil Co
Barrett Mfg. Co
Daddy of Y. D. Has Arrived Safe
Daniel F. Fagan reports General Edwards arrived safely at his office at First Corps Area Army Base South Boston Massachusetts The general released four homing pigeons from a basket to signal his safe arrival to Mrs Edwards and the homeward birds were released from the sidewalk in front of the headquarters.
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General Edwards
Daniel F. Fagan
Fifth Street
South
Boston
Ford Awarded To Daniel F. Fagan In South Boston
The Ford car today is awarded to Daniel F. Fagan of 438 Fifth Street South Boston for the foregoing item.
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Ford
Daniel F. Fagan
Fifth Street
South
Boston
Postal District Oddity in Boston Delivery Numbers
In the Boston Postal District the numbering skips 13 and 23 and every 10th number thereafter, with 96 the highest used. The writer suspects avoidance of unlucky or taboo numbers, notes potential future use for new points, and jokes about the trend starting with 18.
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Boston
Joseph T. Lynch
Whiting Avenue
Dedham
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Harry
The
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Genevieve J. O'Neil
Neil
Budweiser
Bevo
A.B
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
ST. Louis
S.S. Pierce Co.Distributors
the Pureoxia Co
Massachusetts
Sora
Sunday Post
P.O. Box
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