Ford Car Rewards Navy Romance Story
Corporal Taney of the U S Marine Corps received a Ford touring car from the Boston Post for his true story of a naval man who braved death and discipline to wed the girl he loves. The tale, printed prominently on the front page, was vetted as absolutely true and deemed a riveting real news piece.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Southery
Boston Post
Taney
The
Post
Corporal Taney
the Post
Post Charlestown
A. J. Tuney
Ford Auto
Marine Corps
Charlestown
Tunevy
Ford
Corporal Tuney
Navy
Bea
Stanley, Harlow, Inc
D'Ambra
U. S
Southern
D’ambra
Frances Spinella
Ash
Ld’ Ambra
James Ash
Marines
TV Ambra
Sunday Post
Ford a Day winner inspires Navy car gift and wedding tale
The Ford a Day contest rewards tips and exclusive stories. Corporal Tuney, a Marine from Chicago, wins a Ford touring car at the navy yard beaconed by a Post banner. The event overlaps the D Ambra wedding tale on the Southern receiving ship and touches readers nationwide.
Funeral Services for Mrs Varley Cordaville Resident
The funeral for Mrs Catherine Mac Donald Varley of Cordaville occurred after her death Friday night July 21 from a long illness and pneumonia. Survived by daughters Clara ONeill and Margaret O'Brien and son Joseph B Varley plus nine grandchildren. High mass at St Matthew's Church and burial at St Luke's Cemetery Westboro.
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Catherine (MacDonald) Varley
Cordaville
Clara O'Neill
Varley
Truro
N. S
Cortdaville
Margaret O'Brien
Periwig Mountain camp owner posts single note for intruders
F H Quimby of Hill New Hampshire posts a latch string on his camp door with a welcoming but firm message. The sign claims no new locks or repairs have been needed since its installation and asks intruders to leave anything they do not want. Helen P Welch 99 Prospect street Franklin NH signs as source.
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F. H. Quimby
Periwig Mountain
Hill, N. H
Helen P. Welch
Prospect Street
Franklin, N. H
Check cashing confusion at East Boston store
In a Boston supermarket last Monday a young man asked to cash a check drawn on Massachusetts. He signed John Hancock on the back by mistake, insisting it was his name. The cashier corrected him, noting the signature and address 5b16 Summer Street East Boston belong to Curtis Ik Lloyd.
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D' Ambra
Ambra
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
John Hancock
John Iancock
Ife
Curtis Ik
LLOYD
Summer Street
East
Boston
Sprinkler Train Sends Shower Down Harrison Avenue
At 10 50 p m Sunday night a street car sprinkler moved along Harrison avenue watering the street. Herbert Sauer of 35 Harrison avenue Boston is noted in the text.
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Harrison Avenue
Herbert
Sauer
Boston
Marblehead Police Veteran Defies Age Routines
On Marblehead Northshore a 79 year old police officer, a Civil War veteran, shares lifestyle choices. He has never tasted Marblehead fried clams, never shaved, and attributes his vitality to a careful, moderate life while living as a lifelong Marblehead resident.
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Marblehead
T. F. Donegan
Wester Street
Brighton
Why Argue With A Woman In The Square
In Andover Massachusetts a police officer stopped a woman driving a Ford and asked her to turn back replacing the left side with the right. While he answered a Pierce Arrow passed on the left, settling the dispute. She then insisted she was right.
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George Bateson
Central Street
Andover
Mass
Watch Recovered After High Speed Train Ride
Mrs Porter of Royalston Massachusetts misplaced a lady's watch pinned to her shirt waist aboard a Boston and Maine train. The watch was found on the Millers Falls Station second last step after 22 miles of travel at speeds up to 40 to 45 mph. The trainman notes the recovery as an extraordinary occurrence.
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Royalston
Mass
Athol
Millers Falls
Porter
FF. Medeiros
Broadway
W. Somerville
The Medeiros Item Wins Ford Car Prize
Mr. Medeiros wins a Ford car in a prize drawing. The entry details or eligibility are not specified in the readable text.
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Mr. Medeiros
Blind and one-legged pigeons share caring duo
A resident notes two pigeons always together, one blind and the other missing a leg, with the healthy bird ensuring its companion is fed before eating itself. The writer signs as M. Gaddis, 59 Nevada Street, Winthrop.
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M. Gaddis
Nevada Street
Winthrop
Five Jail Inmates Convicted in County Gambling Case
In a Maine county seat court a group of five inmates in overalls faced gambling charges. Four were convicted of gambling in jail and the fifth for being present during the activity. All five received additional time to their sentences.
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Maine
J. S&s Rogers
Masa. Avenue
Suite 1
Boston
Puncture Proof Car Tubes Insertion Claim
Two youths demonstrated a new tube inserted into a 380x3 1 2 casing by slitting the old tube and placing it over the new, claiming the result makes puncture proofing and wearing duality much higher. The notice urges car owners to heed the time and money savings.
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Kent
Joseph P. MacDonald
Metropolitan District Police
Brighton
Mase
Auto dodges crowds but hits Sarah Slotnik a small cut
A street accident near Shurtleff School involves Mayor Quigley driving past a group of girls. He swerves to avoid them but clips Sarah Slotnik with the mud guard, leaving a facial lump and a minor arm cut. Dr Shallenbach treats her. Sarah remains brave, asking not to be sent home.
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Sarah Slotnik
Dr. Shallenbach
Sarah
Mayor Quigley
Mamma
Arthur Amand
Selfless Truck Crash Averts Passenger Harm On Highway
A four ton truck from Penner & Squire Transportation Co. of Boston pitched over a four foot embankment into a swamp on a highway between Pepe verell and Dunstable to avoid collision with a high speed touring car. The driver escaped unharmed and the helper, tossed into the swamp, suffered a forehead scratch. The touring car left the scene without stopping. J Archibald Dunlap Nashua New Hampshire reports the incident.
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Pepeverell
Dunstable
Penner & Squire Transportation Co
Boston
J. Archibald Dunlap
Fairmount Street
Nashua
N. H
Remarkable 73-Year-Old Flower Vendor At Tremont
Alice Donlon recalls an elderly woman over 73 selling bouquets outside Keith’s Theatre Tremont Street at matinee time. The widow buys wholesale flowers, crafts bouquets, and roams crowds to sell them, earning a steady livelihood and savings while remaining cheerful and hustle driven.
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Tremont Street
Keith's Theatre
Park Street Subway
Alice D. Donlon
Carolina Avenue
Jamaica’ Plain
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Belle
Eston
Palm Beach
Palm Beach Mills
Goodall Worsted CO
A. Rebaut
Fourth Avenue
New York City
Tuney
Chicago
Jeanette
Tuneys
Navy Yard
Antonio D’ambra
Corporal Ash
New England
Life Savers
Candy Min
P. O. Box
Winchester
Reading
Stoneham
Peter Brisbois
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
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