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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
8
Mr. Mahoney owns a Ford touring car. His sons Thomas, 8, and Leonard, 6, urged their father to auction the old vehicle for a new sedan of the same make after being impressed by others driving the stylish cars.
Cambridge resident Thomas H Mahoney, an inspector with the U S Bureau of Animal Industry, won a Ford sedan from the Boston Post Ford a Day contest after his lamb story impressed editors. The delivery was arranged with Harvard Automobile Co and Ford’s Cambridge plant, drawing crowds and praise as Mahoney expressed gratitude.
Manchester July 26 The clatter of looms returned to Canal street when No 2 mill of the Stark property resumed with a small force. Amoskeag officials plan to reopen departments in northern and central divisions. Strike leaders report 94 workers quit in two days with pickets persuading some to stop. A group of about 250 striking textile workers left New Hampshire by train and truck for Nashua to be sent to Plain Falls New York to work on a state highway project between that point and Albany.
The Ford-a-Day editor notes today’s prize story offers timely insights for small towns and that awards have occasionally gone to near real time reports. Residents of Greater Boston have recently won, but distant contributors have the same chance as locals.
Judge Crosby granted temporary injunctions against the H V Greene Co and related firms including Commercial Finance Corporation Mutual Finance Corporation and First Peoples Trust to preserve records and bar stock transfers and certain proceedings. Dividends are barred for the two finance firms. A temporary receiver petition was denied after a separate precept of attachment for 15 million was allowed. Sheriff attached real estate of several involved individuals in Suffolk county.
Chief Justice Leslie C. Cornish approved the receivers' recommendation for a 50 percent dividend to Belfast Savings Bank depositors after liquidation this spring. Trustees Robert F. Dunton of Belfast and Carleton P. Merrill of Skowhegan and Bank Commissioner Fred P. Lawrence joined in the request.
A young woman speeding to a church four miles away to marry within an hour was chased by a motor policeman who stopped the run by urging her to hurry. The officer lifted his cap and wished her luck as she pressed on, amid a rail washout delaying trains. The note is signed by Miss Avis Bh. Foster of Waterville Maine.
A man struck an automobile on Washington Street yesterday, brushed himself off, and apologized to the young woman driver. He recovered quickly and crossed the street, continuing on his way. L. 8. BRYANT, 68 Chapel Street, Norwood.
Albert Downing, seeked by Bath authorities on two warrants, reportedly killed or gravely injured near Berlin New Hampshire. Officials blamed cautious leadership and a 65 cent toll call, allowing Downing to escape while the Bath police chose not to place the call. Arthur G. Oliver, Bath, Me.
Albert H. Allison of 60 Huntington Road East Milton dropped a nut into a Ford transmission while in the White Mountains, an incident noted in local correspondence.
Albert H Allison of 60 Huntington Road East Milton recounts a Ford transmission band failure while touring the White Mountains. After stopping at a farmhouse to fit new bands, a nut dropped into the transmission and the car turned over during removal. the nut eventually dropped out.
A man at a busy street corner described a police sergeant directing traffic and a patrol officer tagging a car over the 40 minute limit. The car was later discovered to belong to Raymond W. Griffin of 79 Elm Street Hartford Conn.
Mrs M A Horigan mother of twelve at Robinson Memorial Maternity building agreed to donate blood to an infant in the next ward. At 4 pm July 14 a quarter to half pint was drawn and given to baby O Keefe. Horigan left hospital July 20 in good condition. infant reported well. Mrs Horigan 118 Haven Ave Mattapan.
A Newport woman living at 42 South Baptist Street keeps a costly lifelike doll as a baby. The doll receives daily baths, wardrobe changes, feedings, and rides in a deluxe carriage. Each night it wears a nightdress and sleeps in an expensive crib, with mother and doll pictured together on recent trips.
A Monson Maine reader describes an underground slate quarry where ice is available year round at a depth of 400 feet. The ice is free and self-serve, with visitors able to descend and collect ice themselves. The note is signed by T J Anderson of Monson Maine.
The feature by Mr. Anderson is awarded a Ford car as the prize today.
During a severe electrical hailstorm, a setting hen was found on the lawn and the owner rushed to fetch it. The bird had been incubating three large hail stones that resembled eggs, a strange sight witnessed by Miss Bertha V. McAuley at 44 Beach Street, Revere.
Thomas E Fitzgerald of 141 Milk Street reports an ambulance speeding toward the Relief station in Haymarket square. On a narrow one way Exchange street a slow horse and wagon blocked the route, so the driver mounted the sidewalk to pass, startling pedestrians.
Bertrand W. Carpenter reports a collision incident on the Boston and Albany line between South Spencer and East Brookfield. He recalls a deer on the track that wedged against a door on car of No 28, causing the sideswipe and window damage as the two trains passed.
Mrs Joseph Heinlein of Waltham recalls a motorist who transported a goat in a special pen on the left running board and a cradle for an infant on the car top. The party planned a long trip including New Hampshire Maine and part of Canada with goat milk kept handy to feed the baby.
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