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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1922
Page
6
Andrew W. Taylor of Danvers described a man traveling with four children in the North Station train shed. Observers noted his improvised setup with two basket seats strapped under his shoulders to carry babies while the other two children clung to his hands.
In Watertown Massachusetts Alvin R Titub notes a woman in the crowd holding a board bearing the name McElwain as the Governor Dingley steamer arrives from St John New Brunswick. The sign is visible to all on the walkway.
A Somerville reader reports a six year old boy in Vinalhaven, Maine who appears insensible to pain. He bumps, scorches, and burns himself repeatedly without crying, even after hot irons cause deep blisters. The mother intervened, but the child later picked up another hot iron with no apparent distress.
A New Hampshire woman, wife of a Baltimore orthopedic surgeon, houses 27 chow dogs in individual rooms along a central corridor with private beds cupboards and dishes. The kennel includes a screened porch and separate runs for fair weather. The elaborate setup cost hundreds of dollars plus a caretaker’s cottage and home.
Passersby report repairs on a Chestnut Hill house where the roof is being raised. A neighbor asked why the work was done and was told the upstairs maid complained of heat and lack of air, leading the owner to raise the roof rather than dismiss her. Mrs Mary C Wing of 119 Waban Hill Road Chestnut Hill is noted.
A reader notes continued admiration for a handsome new machine seen on page one. The casual comment suggests interest and curiosity about the device and its design.
A Ford car given to a Ford a Day contestant arrived in town to cheers from citizens near Dr Hennebery's office on Main Street. Dr Hennebery, a 1916 Baltimore College of Dental Surgeons graduate, welcomed the prize then attended a patient before joining his family at home. He is a member of national and state dental societies and the Valley Dental Society.
A letter from Joseph C. Doble of Dorchester thanks the Boston Post for returning his snapshot. He recounts traveling through Maine in a Ford touring car with seven in his family, noting no accidents and praising the contest’s wide spread interest in remote areas where readers follow the Boston Post’s Ford a Day happenings.
Dr Hennebery wins a Ford touring car through the Ford a Day contest run by the Post. He learned of his win by phone, thanked the paper, and noted his long love for the town. Bliss Spencer sold the car, with stories judged and paid for at two dollars each.
William C Bliss of 37 Essex Street Andover recalls a guest at a vacation visit who pulled a long common pin from his mouth. The pin had been carried for 18 years and was a family habit passed from father to son, drawing laughter at the dinner.
A young man at a local drug store ordered a college ice. He rushed out when the fire alarm sounded leaving the dessert on the fountain. The next morning the clerk served him the same ice cream as he returned to church, preserving it for ten hours. Margeret J Hodges.
A New Hampshire judge of probate Lewis G Hoyt and a friend cross from Portsmouth to York Harbor with beans on board. A Maine quarantine official stops them at the toll, the judge insists on a lawful meal and shells the beans roadside, enjoying them later in Kingston New Hampshire.
Dorchester resident Charles L. Walker reports seeing a baby carriage pulled up near Seaver Street on Walnut Avenue during a shower. He noted four rubber coverings on the carriage and an ordinary contractor lantern hanging from the handle, with a car parked nearby.
A single-move-per-day checker game unfolds in Chase's barber shop window with players Mr. Whitehouse and Mr. Bennett. The town watches as the match, begun several days ago, progresses under Claire J. Rousseau of Tilton New Hampshire.
A car owner at the Holbrook station displayed posters claiming brakes were refined at an unnamed garage for 27.42 dollars. Commuters gathered to condemn the price and show sympathy with the owner. Mrs Harold E Carleton of Purchase Street, North Carver, Mass, reports the incident.
Miss Lena E Mills of Dorchester recalls a laborer offering to carry her heavy leather bag to South Station. He thanked her for trusting him, noting that few girls show such confidence in men today.
Rosa J. Menkins from 345 Glenwood Avenue Pawtucket notes a woman who sews and dresses but hates threading needles. Each morning the daughter threads 20 or more needles to fill a pincushion for her mother. If the supply runs out, the mother waits for the daughter to replenish it.
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