Man 19 Wins Ford Car in Post Ford a Day Contest
Monson Maine resident Ivor J Anderson won a new Ford touring car in the Boston Post Ford a Day contest after a 14 hour night journey by post team and Steeves of Somerville. Anderson, employed in a quarry, called ice from a slate quarry 5600 feet deep and thanked the Post for the gift amid town celebration. The prize story describes ice from underground in Monson.
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Ivo J. Anderson
Ford Auto
Monson
Post Ford
Anderson
Boston
N. A. Steves
Somerville Sales and Service, Inc
Skowhegan
Boston Post
Augusta
Post
Steeves
Maine
New England
News Keenly Found by Mae Carroll in Ford Award Day
The Ford award recognizes Mae Carroll for quickly spotting a major story. The article explains editors seek a variety of news beyond accidents and police reports, aiming for uplifting and unique local tales from small towns across New England. It emphasizes timely, keen reporting and the value of diverse news.
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Ford
Mae Carroll
New England
The
Post
Overjoyed Man Struggles to Speak After News
A returning figure is so overwhelmed with happiness that he cannot speak for several moments, illustrating the strong emotional impact of the event described on page 1.
Ford Prize Winner From Monson Maine Receives Hood
A Monson Maine man, winner of a Ford car for a story about ice delivery, receives a Ford hood and radiator cover sent from East Cambridge Massachusetts. The package protects the engine from cold weather during ice retrieval. Mr Bartolucci forwards the gift and asks return if already covered.
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Ford
Sir
Monson
Maine
A. L. Bartolucci
Cambridge St
East Cambridge
Bartolucci
Mrs Bassett Enters Race for Republican State Committee
New Bedford July 27 Mrs Mabelle W Bassett a leading local figure announces her candidacy for the Republican State committee in the Third Bristol District Though new to electoral politics she has long led civic efforts including the New Bedford Woman's Club presidency 1918 1920 and held Eastern Star offices She is wife of Walter H Bassett longtime Republican treasurer and active party worker.
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New Bedford
Republican State Committee
Bristol
Mabelle W. Bassett
Order of the Eastern Star of
Massachusetts
Grand Chapter
Bassett
Walter H. Bassett
Republican City Committee
Millionairess Fires Her Hired Help in Newport
James H. Tillson reports from Price's Neck Newport Rhode Island that a wealthy resident violated the Volstead Act by firing her entire staff including maids cooks butler and chauffeur amid a Coast Guard response. The chauffeur confirms this is the third such incident and says further outbursts are expected before summer.
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Coast Guards
Price's Neck
Newport
R. I
Price
James H. Tillson
Radio Compass Station
Warning to Speedsters on Vermont Road Grave Marked Dolly Sherry
A reader reports a small grave on the St Johnsbury to Lyndonville road in Vermont marked Dolly Sherry dog killed July 18, 1922. The dog's owner places fresh daisies daily as a speedster warning.
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St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Dolly Sherry
William Donald Miller
Freeman Street
Arlington
Ink Spots On Wet Pulp At Albion Paper Mill
A carload of wet pulp arrived at Holyoke's Albion Paper Mill with large black spots. The roof leak story proved false as the car was new and sealed. Moisture from the pulp, reacting with oak roof and iron bolts, formed ink that stained white pulp, leaving derby-hat sized spots.
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Albion
Holyoke
M. Marcus Kiley
Orchard Street
Northampton
Ford Car Awarded for Groton Chlorine Gas Story
Miss Mae Carroll of Ayer Station Massachusetts receives today’s Ford car for an exclusive news story from Groton detailing narrow escapes from death in a cloud of chlorine gas. The feature was scooped by the Post while other papers lifted the story without credit.
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Mae Carroll
Ayer Station
Ayer
Mass
Groton
Dog Comforts Dying Scot in Final Hours
A dying Scottish immigrant, delirious and attacked by pneumonia, finds joy as his wife nears childbirth. A Scotch collie is brought to his bedside and he embraces the dog, believing it to be home, easing into peaceful sleep before fading. Nurse Grace Marion Prue recounts the humane moment.
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Highlands
Grace Marion Prue
R. N
Missing Vermont pigs swim home along rural road
A neighbor bought small pigs near a Vermont cottage then found them missing after moving them in a wagon. Tracing along a mile of road with a pond turn, the pigs disappeared but were seen swimming in a direct line back toward their home a quarter mile away, hidden by a hill. By M W Pierce Arlington.
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Vermont
M. W. Pierce
Pine Ridge Road
Arlington
Boy Writes Backwards Affected By Glasses Says Boston Dispensary
A school nurse brings a boy to the Boston Dispensary after a teacher reports reversed handwriting. The boy writes to the right to left, producing mirrorlike text, while removing his glasses yields normal writing. An ophthalmologist cannot explain, noting the glasses only correct a slight squint.
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Boston Dispensary
Boston
M. Bennett
M. D. Carney Hospital
South Boston
Clever signal to wives via telephone nothome ruse
A Cambridge area neighbor uses a 4 45 signal to warn his wife when he stays at his Cape summer home. He calls the Cape at four forty five and the wife, prearranged, does not answer. The operator confirms no answer and the wife learns the plan gratis. W P LYLE 166 Morrison Ave W Somerville.
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Cape
H. C
W. P. Lyle
Morrison Avenue
W. Somerville
Jewel Covered Woman Kills Me in Cleveland Cafe
Letter from Joe O Connor of Cambridge claims a jewel covered woman killed him in a Cleveland cafe. He requests space in the paper to inform friends and mentions a Ford prize.
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Boston Telegram
Cleveland
Joe O'Connor
Putnam Avenue
Cambridge
Woman Cobbler Helps Shine Shoes at Busy Parlor
A South Boston shoe shine parlor draws attention as a cobbler and a female helper work together. The narrator notes the busy shop near Shawmut avenue and Camden street and mentions Miss Helen Devlin of 125 M street in the vicinity.
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Shawmut Avenue
Camden Street
Helen Devlin
M Street
South
Boston
Chief of Police At Your Service Advertised in Town Program
An entertainment programme lists Patrick J. Carmody as Chief of Police at your service with telephone 86-3. The ad references Harry J. Kearns, a Worcester Boys Trade School student, located at 17 Pleasant Street, Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
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Patrick J
Carmody
Harry J. Kearns
Worcester Boys’ ‘Trade School
Pleasant Street
Uxbridge
Mass
Bees for beer from jar-grown cells
A reader from St Johnsbury Vermont describes making a drink by placing spongy bee-like cells in a jar with molasses sugar and water. The cells rise and fall as fermentation occurs and can be dried for future use.
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C. F. Griswold
Pleasant Street
St Johnsbury, Vt
Lost watch found in a horse’s hoof in Antrim
A New Hampshire woman vacationing near East Fairfield on a saddle ride discovered her gold watch, worn on a black silk ribbon, missing after a fall. She retraced steps, found the watch embedded between the horse’s shoe and frog, with only a cracked crystal, still keeping time. The account is signed by SARAH M. ADAMS, Antrim, New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire
East Fairfield
Sarah M. Adams
Antrim
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