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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1922
Page
3
A flood of donations enters during the latest campaign push with donors ranging from local volunteers to major supporters. Organizers describe the infusion as critical for sustaining outreach efforts and mounting get out the vote activities through the coming weeks.
A Canadian border crossing tale recounts a cousin and wife trying to smuggle a small bottle labeled priest for medicinal use. The bottle broke when the car swerved near the boundary line, soaking her clothes with whiskey. The inspector offered a replacement pint after hearing the escapade.
Witness Georg e Sterrit of 801 Cambridge Street Boston reports yesterday near the West Boston Bridge a countrified man in a dilapidated Buick roadster followed tracks to the subway instead of Dock Square. A nearby man warned him, averting potential danger.
Charles Wm Jillison of 22 Windsor Road Somerville reports seeing a store under construction where the owner locked the door after taking a key and then shook it as if it was locked before leaving with a satisfied air.
A Plymouth man notes a lump on the side of a photographer’s subject’s face while posing under a skylight. After lighting attempts fail, three exposures are made as the man departs remarking on tobacco and asking for a cuspidor.
Edith B. Fessenden of Shaw Cottage Sand Hills P.O. Massachusetts placed a barrel by the street with a sign offering kittens free and a note reading TAKE OND. Her humane act of not drowning the litter wins the Ford car for today.
A brief diary remark from the Elevated reflects a headline sense of stagnation as a sign reads Collector 91 on duty expires December 31 in Sullivan Square. The note appears in H. B. Palmer's listing at 60 Central Street Stoneham.
A motorist and companion wander the northern state trying to find home. After days of no help, they flag down a man in a hay field. His daughter returns saying the farmer was a scarecrow, leaving them without directions.
Frances E Smith writes of a country visit where a runaway pig escapes the pen. The chase moves through the barn yard as the pig darts around corners. The mother, described humorously as a fat old lady, is swept off her feet briefly before handlers recover the pig.
A Boston woman reports spotting fire under a sidewalk plank on Harvard bridge early morning. She flags a passing water sprinkler driver who reveals he is delivering gasoline, not water, raising alarm about spreading flames.
A well dressed woman waited for an elevator in a specialty shop. she pressed light buttons thinking they were the elevator bell. A salesgirl explained the error as the woman grew indignant. Miss Isabel F. Coffey, 428 Adams Street, Dorchester, Butte 8.
A Dorchester man reports his coon cat sharing a meal with two hens and a rooster. The roosters pecking at a bright object on the cat prompts the cat to defend by pawing the rooster, yet all four continue to eat in harmony. 1E W Smith, 8 Summer Court, Dorchester, Mass.
In the waiting room a young woman fails to set her worn puff in the fan style. She removes a silk scarf, fashions it into a temporary puff, powders her nose, tightens her earrings, and continues on. The report by Mrs. Datsy McKienna of East Boston notes the amused spectators.
A churchgoer recalls a Sunday service in a small country town where a long prayer prompted a quip from a deacon. The elderly man checked his watch as the minister spoke, and a congregational moment followed with a witty exchange attributed to Brother King. Bessie Dr Atkins.
In Quincy at a filling station two young boys ages 8 and 9 rubbed gasoline on a coat using a handkerchief after a motorist refueled. The older boy joked that his mother would not notice the grease on the clothes, and the pair walked away pleased with their stunt. The notice is signed by Ethel F. Collins of Wakefield.
Richard F. Lufkin reports two elderly lobster fishermen resting under an elm in Ogunquit Maine. Both men, with long white beards, sit before a weathered colonial house beneath a tree with a sign reading Antiques.
The message asks Ford A Day editor to use P.O. Box Boston 5276 and to sign full name and complete address. It notes a mailing address and signature requirements for official correspondence. The instruction emphasizes proper identification and formal closing.
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