Fitzgeralds Share Joy at Momentous Occasion
Continued from Page 1, Mr Fitzgeralds face glowed with happiness and reflected the pleasure he felt, a sentiment echoed with enthusiasm by his wife.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1922
Page
6
Continued from Page 1, Mr Fitzgeralds face glowed with happiness and reflected the pleasure he felt, a sentiment echoed with enthusiasm by his wife.
Melbin Fitzgerald, 15, expresses joy as his father wins the Post car in a second attempt. The Wellworth Public Markets bakery manager, known in Boston, plans a short trip in the Ford once details arrive.
The Post promotes the Ford a Day contest inviting anyone to send in items for prizes. Winners receive Ford cars or cash payments for printed items or pictures, with no entry limits and no geographic restrictions. Merit matters and readers are urged to participate via pen and paper submissions with a two cent stamp.
A maid hid a $1000 in bills, gold beads, a cameo pin and bank books in a kitchen oven. A fire burned for hours, melting the valuables into a lump of metal. Mrs. MacNamara hopes authorities can identify the bills and recover the gold value. The FitzGeralds of Allston were visited by the Ford car from Burnett & Sherman.
A reader from Derry New Hampshire notes an unusual street scene on Crystal avenue. Ten houses on the block alternate white and yellow, beginning at Moody street with Saint Thomas Aquinas Church and its parsonage followed by eight houses in color order. The Baptist parsonage and Baptist Church sit at Crystal avenue and Broadway. Oscar W. Cedergren, 16 Norton street, Derry, NH.
A Nantasket couple rented a large hen coop at Paragon Park and lived there all summer to cope with housing shortages. They cleaned the coop, furnished it with two cots a chair and a stove, and moved in at Nantasket Point road. The hens are missing from the coop.
Dr Hennebery is awarded a Ford car in a today event, with the presentation recognizing their achievement and receiving the keys.
Ruby Florence Knights of Stewartstown near Colebrook N H married recently. A jar of preserves prepared by neighbor Mrs Frank Tibbetts in 1898 was presented to her at the wedding, honoring the occasion. Colbrook N H report by John H Emerson.
A Hartford based merchant who ran a 20 year shop never left home except to go to church and his corner, and now retires rarely leaving his property. He fears venturing beyond his little world, noting dizzy and nervous sensations outside. He never shopped for stock in over a decade, his auto unused, summer trips avoided, and his son drives the car. He is about 50, with five healthy children and a bookkeeper wife who married him despite his quirks. THOMAS F. BREEN, 85 Homestead Ave., Hartford, Conn.
A man describes a 25 year old woman riding a bicycle past a shoe shine parlor in Scollay Square with a sweater and parasol tied to the carrier. She appears unconscious of the amusement she is causing as she heads toward Tremont Street.
A man on Meridian street in East Boston was hit by a car and knocked down as a large crowd gathered after a campaign rally. The incident occurred as a well known East Boston congressional candidate halted his car to address supporters and an ambulance arrived.
Walpole Massachusetts police discard riot guns and use a portable electric searchlight powered by a small storage battery to blind approaching vehicles and force them to stop. The light, tested at the station, helps intercept stolen or speeding cars and has not yet been defeated by drivers. T Edward Kannally 965 Main Street Walpole reports the device.
Herbert Zackinson reports 300 vacant flats and houses in Bridgeport as rents fall. With reductions from 25 to 60 percent, average monthly rents range from 35 to 60 dollars. People move to farms or double up as expected in New England towns. Grace F. Gillen of Dorchester adds context.
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