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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1922
Page
3
A conductor removes a coat trapping a young woman in an embarrassing moment on a city car. Passengers find humor in the mishap as the woman ends up shirtless when she stops. F. Levin from Revere notes the incident.
A woman entered for glasses claiming very poor vision. After testing, the examiner found she could read every letter at twenty feet with the naked eye, despite the usual fitting routine, prompting the address of Frank L. Bailey at 17 Court Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
In a Boston shopping street a woman became entangled when a passing shoppers dress snagged a fish hook from her own dress. The hook caught on a friend's sleeve and both were stuck until a floor walker cut the hooks free with pliers.
Mrs Rufus Thomas of 6 Federal Street Gloucester reports a woman boarded a Boston to Lynn car at a station and after a ten minute conversation with the conductor moved to the seat and ordered her husband to rise claiming she had sore feet and could not stand.
A young couple stands by a polished shop window as the woman powders her nose. The escort asks gravely whose two is mine, prompting the man to wipe away the shine with equal seriousness. J. A. Macarthy. Experiment Station, Lawrence.
Edward P. Lilly reports finding a baby under a year old seated on the attic floor near a steep stair with a seven pound flatiron attached to the dress tail. This alarming image suggests dangerous improvised restraint in a Pawtucket dwelling.
Edgar Boisvert of 7 Kendrick Avenue Woonsocket Rhode Island recalls a cinema moment when a theater clock showed a train departure at 3 o clock and a man corrected his watch to the screen time noting the screen clock.
An elderly man in sport attire and a khaki sack shaved in a downtown lunchroom. He checked in, used a mirror and wash stand, retrieved a soap cake and razor from his sack, shaved quietly, returned the items, and left without speaking. Miss Myldred Porter of 104 Pleasant Street Brookline.
While at Nanasket Beach a mother, Mrs Harold F Phillips of Dorchester, calmly repaired her four or five year old son’s torn trousers with needle and thread after his sister alerted her. The scene highlighted the mother’s preparedness and quick action.
A small truck with a large hay load passed through Waltham carrying a horse riding inside with a homemade sunshade over the animal. The driver brought home horse, hay, and vehicle single handed, as Elizabeth Hartigan notes from 154 Bright Street.
A letter from Mrs. Frank Alden of Atlantic Massachusetts describes a humorous incident at the Alhambra Theatre in Quincy where a woman seated in front had hair pinned with three inch nails, prompting giggles from the writer until the lights dimmed.
Ruth H. Bartlett of Milton Massachusetts reports spotting a baby tucked in a market basket among waiting commuters yesterday at a tunnel station. Passersby noticed the basket drew attention from the group of ladies and others on the platform.
In the East Lynn lobby two women dressed alike led to a startling encounter when a stranger mistook one for his wife. The man revealed his wife would arrive, and a twin-like resemblance confirmed the mix-up. The event yielded two new charming acquaintances, reported by Miss Jane B. Stone of 98 Lake View Avenue.
In Maine a car stopped by the roadside had a thin iron plate over the exhaust manifold while running. The occupants fried bacon and eggs and brewed coffee, claiming this fireless cooker beats all auto camping stoves. Ernest J. Schworm of Dorchester Massachusetts signs the note.
A traffic officer recalls directing a Georgia registered car near Beacon Street and Massachusetts Avenue. He noticed the back seat held an employer with goggles and a coat smoking a cigar. The driver’s employer offered a cigar and, to his surprise, was a woman rather than a man.
A Traffic Officer named Fallon wins the Ford car prize for today in a drawing or promotional event. No other details available.
Charles Peever reports seeing a young man with a hat pin stuck through the back of his cap near Lymn and Atlantic Avenue. The man removed the pin aboard a boat after admitting his wife wore it for groceries, implying potential home trouble.
During a recent rain storm in North Wey mouth a man on his lawn kept an umbrella overhead with one hand while watering the grass with a garden hose in the other. Signature MISS E. R. PELL. 876 Boylston street Boston.
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