Purinton Wins Ford In Post Story Contest Amid Joyful Ride
Mrs. Purinton of Bowdoinham receives a fully equipped Ford touring car after winning a post reader story and photo contest. reporters recount a long rain soaked journey to the Purinton home and her love of birds and squirrels. The car arrived via Brunswick Motor Mart with a pilot car incident adding excitement to the delivery.
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Boston
Bowdeinham
Post
Purinton
Ford
Cambridge
Brunswick
Brunswick Motor Mart
Bath Garage Company
Adopted robins fed with a spoon by Bowdoinham woman
Mrs. Emery E Purinton recounts rescuing three robins orphaned after a cat killed their mother. The nest was brought inside, the birds learned to eat from a teaspoon, grew tame, and followed their caregiver around the house. The award honors her striking photograph of feeding them bread and milk.
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Joe
Emery E. Purinton
Bowdoinham, Me
Three Social Clubs Raided in New Bedford
Police raided Cove Albion on David Street Working Men's on Ashley Boulevard and Ward Six on River Street reporting complete barrooms in operation at each site Thousands of gallons of beer were seized and moved to headquarters Beer sales continued briefly at Ward Six despite officers’ intervention.
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New Bedford
Central Police Station
Cove Albion
David Street
Workingmen's
Ashley Boulevard
Ward Six
River Street
Tablet unveiled for four war chaplains at State House
Two hundred relatives and friends attended the unveiling of a bronze tablet at the State House honoring four clerics who died serving as chaplains in the army or navy during the war. Presented by Representative Roland D. Sawyer of Ware and accepted by Governor Cox, the honorees include Rev. Walton S. Danker Worcester Rev. John B. DesValles New Bedford and Rev. Simon A. O'Rourke Fall River. They served not from love of war but from love of country.
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State House
Commonwealth
Roland D. Sawyer
Ware
Cox
Walton S. Danker
Worcester
John B. DesValles
New Bedford
104Th Infantry
Sign at Keene water main fixes humor readers
In Keene New Hampshire a sign by a pothole read This is the same place that was dug up two weeks ago. Ask no questions. It drew no questions from passersby as two men dug up a water main to fix a leak. The note was placed beside the hole. James F. Curtin Winchendon Emerald Street Massachusetts.
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Keene
N. H
James F. Curtin
Emerald Street
Winchendon
Mysterious two dollar bill found in pay envelope
Pay envelope contained a two dollar bill marked The last of a million lost in the New York stock market, April 26, 1922. It states it was received July 18 from the N Y N H & H paymaster. Signed H. Gleason of 9 Laconia street, Boston.
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New York
N. Y
H. Gleason
Laconia Street
Boston
Pick your own berries sign on NH highway noted
Mrs Grace L Hutchinson reports a roadside berry picking sign offering berries for ten cents per four quarts with a money box nailed to a post. A cigar box containing money was found nearby without any house or caretaker in sight. End of note from So Acton resident.
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New Hampshire
Lake Sunapee
Grace L. Hutchinson
Acton
Fishermen Twain Use Fan Radio While Fishing Incident
L H Miller of 21 Porter Street Malden recounts stopping while out rowing and finding two men fishing with an electric fan and a radio, then snagging their line and noticing a fixed light that would illuminate when a fish bit, illustrating a curious scene on the water.
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L. H. Miller
Porter Street
Malden
Postman Feathers Show When Mail Is Ready
A Cambridge reader reports a yardstick style notice system used by trolley motormen. Feathers weighted to stand upright were dropped from cars to signal waiting residents that mail was available at the post office. The device was free and used on select trips, with only a few households notified each time. CARTER MACDONALD, Somerville, adds a separate sighting of a rope tied to a child during street play, noting a nearby piazza.
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Alliston Gardner
Richland Street
Portland
William Galvin
Norfolk Street
Cambridge
Carter MacDonald
Belmont Square
Somerville
Rural train stop yields apple-picking conductor incident
In New Hampshire a rural train halted where no station stood and the conductor and engineer were seen picking apples in an orchard. In Malden, Margarett L Robinson reports a separate incident on Dexter street where a young woman faced a driver in a smart roadster, copied the car registration, and left with the vehicle.
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New Hampshire
Dexter Street
Margarett L. Robinson
Malden
Officer helps speeding car with ailing child reach hospital
A Massachusetts registered car was stopped once for speeding as a child lay ill in a stretcher. After explaining urgent medical need, the officer let it go. Hours later he again signaled the driver to follow and escorted them to the state line before resuming patrol duty. Maurice Doucet.
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Massachusetts
Lafayette Boulevard
N. S
Boston
Tonneau
State Line
Maurice Doucet
Main Street
Manchester
Proprietor Polishes Image With Regal Egg Sandwiches
A neighborhood lunch room owner adopts grand airs in serving even simple orders. When a customer asks for an egg sandwich, he shouts "One egg" as if at a formal establishment, then returns to the kitchen to fry it himself.
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Joseph J. Rhodes
Plunges 200 Feet Unhurt In Plymouth Auto Crash
Elizabeth Litchfield of Warren Avenue plunged 200 feet from a cliff in a new car at Plymouth while an escort brought her home after she failed to return. The vehicle landed with four wheels in the air on the Hotel Pilgrim lawn and then over the sea wall. She escaped with minor injuries. car wrecked.
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Plymouth
Elizabeth Litchfield
Warren Avenue
Miss Litchfield
Pilgrim
Ana
Ford-a-Day Editor Receives Exclusive Car Prize
The Ford-a-Day editor received the story at 1:30 a m yesterday and published it at once on page one of later editions. The exclusive news value prompted the Post to lead its 7:30 edition with the morning edition's report, awarding Mr. Barrett the Ford car for today.
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The
Post
Barrett
Killing a Fox of Fire on Vacation Night
W J Smith reports a strange event on a veranda when a ball of fire leaped across a hedge and vanished into a thicket. He and companions chased it with rifles and killed a fox covered with fire bugs, a sight natives say has happened before.
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W. J. Smith
Chauncey Et
Boalon
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Wall Road
Voile
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P. O. Box
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Alfred H. Brousseau
Windsor Road
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