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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1922
Page
6
Mrs. Sarah Berlin tearfully recounts the kissing incident with Moe Schneider, a wealthy businessman named as co respondent in a divorce suit. A pistol discharged from her shawl wounded Schneider, who lies in dangerous condition. She says she did not intend to kill.
The airship ZR-1 achieved a world record for fuel economy after a 300 hour engine test conducted by the Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department. Navy experts say the ZR-1 engines promise a greater cruising radius due to efficient fuel consumption.
New York report from the National Association of Masters of Dancing opening in the Commodore Hotel declares popular dances of the season will revive the fox-trot and tango while older extreme styles fade. Roderick C. Grant notes Paris and London return to tango and American tourists will bring steps back. Fenton Bott argues longer dresses aid reform and jazz gives way to Oriental music. Bott also opposes extreme close embraces as ungraceful.
Word was received by friends in Lexington yesterday of Miss Mildred Gillette of 249 Massachusetts avenue Lexington when the summer cottage of the Gillette family at Crescent Beach Rockland Mo was struck by lightning. The bed in which Miss Gillette was sleeping was set afire but she was unharmed though badly frightened as were other family members. Damage to the cottage from the lightning is said to have been slight.
One of the season’s largest gatherings formed yesterday afternoon as residents filled Boston Common to hear the First Corps Cadets band in a public concert.
A fragmentary note recalls a rider traveling miles to share news of his good fortune with a girl friend. The brief snippet hints at personal triumph and emotional intent without detailing the outcome or setting.
A 19 year old mail carrier from Limerick Maine named Linwood Garey wins a Ford as the Ford a Day prize. The ceremony at his home draws neighbors and his sister celebrates as the car arrives from Cambridge and will be used as a pleasure vehicle. Garey describes writing the winning story and disbelief at first.
Miss Maude M. Shippee of 42 Charles Street Gardner commends the Ford a Day contest in the Post. She notes the series is original and boosts public interest as readers become keener in daily observations and enjoy sharing family narrations of the day.
Supporters of former Senator Charles A. Winchester for register of deeds plan a mass meeting later this week to hear campaign progress reports. Winchester charged opponent William T. A. Fitzgerald with failing to serve the party and to state positions on key voter issues.
In St Johnsbury Vermont a Packard twin six owner arrived for repairs when a live four month old chicken was found perched under a headlamp in the car’s front trench. The chicken hopped onto the running board then the floor after the vehicle was moved. The owner said he might have hit the bird on the way to St Johnsbury, but the chicken rode to safety instead. The animal was unharmed and appeared to wait for the return trip.
Two girls in Boothbay Maine will be 17 in December. Thelma R. born January 18, 1905, and Mary J. Pennington born December 17, 1905 would be 17 for only one day in December 1922. The letter asks who is next and notes the writer can prove it as their sister’s children living nearby.
A man visiting the office claimed his daughter had died and sought burial arrangements. When asked for his wife's maiden name he said he would ask her at home. He has been married about 35 years and is identified as Miss Kathlyn Murphy of 113 Ashland Street, North Adams.
A shy, guileless woman in Agawam asks deputy internal revenue collector George M. Foots for the income tax report of Mr. James. Foots refuses, noting possible bias as she quips that men will stick together.
In a Swampscott suburb yard Ma Delon Robinson reports two prairie dogs from the West kept to deter mice. The animals burrow near their home, appearing active and content in their new surroundings.
While walking Sunday at Franklin Park a park attendant shot at a large turtle under rocks near a stream. He recovered the turtle after probing and grabbed a pocketbook from the hole, then killed the animal with a second shot. The pocketbook and money were reported lost earlier.
Dwight H. Cleary reports a striking scene on South Market Street and Atlantic Avenue where a group of colored market laborers from a warmer climate pelted each other with snow balls. The snow came from a pile left by a cleared refrigerating plant. The sight on a hot day proved unusual and dramatic.
In South Walpole a fireman’s wife helped clean the hose wagon outside the station on Summer street while the husband washed the apparatus. The note is signed by JOSEPH A. COLLINS of 180 Summer street.
Deputy Chief W A Fox of the Boston Fire Department began a two week vacation on August 6 and left for New Brunswick with Mrs Fox. On August 9 Chief H C Rutter learned Fox had gone to Canada, prompting a coincidence with Rutter’s own trip from Canada to Boston to find him.
In Provincetown a mother nearing 99 is cared for nightly by her “child” of over 75 years. The elder mother remains mentally and physically sound, while the younger helper tends to bed and breakfast each day, defying the passage of time. The note is signed by A. N. Spaulding of Greenwood.
J M Keluby reports a horse on Beach street at about 1 pm with a feed bag hanging from the bag’s bottom by a wooden leg three feet long. He says the contraption prevents spills from the horse’s head, a remedy he deems beneficial to the animal.
Every weekday a young blind woman rides the 4:37 to Reading and Melrose, guided by a companion who meets her at Melrose where a young girl leads her home. Atoned with a disability she works as a city typist and remains efficient despite her handicap. A. N. Spaulding reports.
In Watertown Massachusetts reader Frede describes police seizing tennis and rubber balls from beach play. An officer says balls go to The Little Wanderers Home and other children's institutes, noting confiscation stops play and brings joy to orphans.
A Boston surgeon performs a midnight appendix operation as a gas lamp flickers. The narrator steals a quarter to save time, and the surgeon credits the quarter hour as crucial to the recovery. The note closes with a residential address and the name Miss Georgiana M. Lane of Woburn.
The story notes Miss Lane is awarded a Ford car today after an investigation affirmed the event as true.
Every night after dark and up to midnight residents wade in one to two feet of water at Winthrop Beach to catch fish. They use baskets sieves colanders and dishes and haul enough fish to feed a large family for days. Ida M King of 494 Shirley Street Winthrop Beach provides the account.
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