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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1922
Page
10
The Boston Post reports a record one-day fundraising surge for Baby Hippo raising funds toward bringing the zoo hippo to Boston. Readers from schools, clubs, and local leaders contribute, with Mayor Curley’s ally Francis J. Ford and banker A. C. Ratshesky among new $25 Club members. The public is urged to donate toward the $5,000 goal as concerts and hippo boat rides entice support.
A brief note requests credit to the Boston Post Hippo Fund, asking to allocate funds accordingly. The item appears as a small charitable appeal or acknowledgment within a newspaper context.
A Boston Post list of donors and amounts from a June collection in editorial rooms funds the Franklin Park zoo education program. Names include Louise De Wolf age 8, Charles River Basin residents, and many Boston area contributors. Proceeds from the Baby Hippo sale engage schools and community supporters.
A Danbury Connecticut mother of six describes using Dr True's Elixir to expel worms and relieve constipation in her children after years of trying remedies. Other letters praise the product as a reliable family laxative and worm expeller with quick results.
Mothers praise Dr True’s Elixir for years of use with children. Mrs Bonin of Caddo Oklahoma and Mrs Johnson of Baltimore Maryland report reliable relief and long use. Mrs Lamarre of Sanford Missouri notes daughter Gertrude’s dizziness and fits ceased after worm expeller.
Post staff cat scolds New England felines for slow Hippo Fund donations. He roams the hot city urging cats to support children buying Hippo for Franklin Park Zoo, naming Taffy and Tommy Noyes of Methuen for catnip gifts.
Al Moore’s famous jazz band headlines today’s hippo fund event at Parkman Bandstand in Boston with Tom Duray and Irene Sarli. The noon to 1 pm program features Al Moore’s brass band after a country-wide tour with daily shows at Paragon Park Nantasket Beach and plans to tour the Orient next year.
Al Moore leads a popular tunes program with Tom Duray performing and Irene Sarlf slated for a surprise act. The event aims to raise funds for Baby Hippo in Boston with collections by John Mancock and Boston Elevated Company staff. Local clubs from downtown plan lunchtime attendance on Boston Common.
Collections for Baby Hippo fund will be taken up at matinees across numerous theatres. June dates list venues in Boston area and Somerville with managers name and note of a penny per patron. Proceeds support the Hippo Fund.
A historical note reports Philadelphia figures taking Ben Franklin away from Boston, marking a notable transfer of prominence. The language hints at symbolic repurposing or relocation tied to early American civic memory, with Philadelphia as the center of attention and Boston as the source.
A short newspaper snippet prints a batch of letters from children to the Baby Hippo Editor. The editor notes inability to print all messages due to space but shares a sample of the playful notes received yesterday.
Readers from Boston and Adams send small contributions to the zoo baby hippo fund. William Kirby Iris Kirby Bernich Kirby of Adams and William Hill of Boston enclosure 50 cents and 10 cents accompany a note requesting a newspaper photo to boost the campaign.
A letter from Mrs. C. F. R. Stone of East Wheelock Street Hanover New Hampshire compliments a fundraiser in The Post and includes a 25 cent donation for William Stone and 2 cents for Helen Amelia Stone, the writer's sister.
Rose Lacroix of Dorchester sends five cents to help fund a Hippo nose. She writes she dislikes the idea of losing Baby Hippo and urges prompt action in support of acquiring a hippo of their own.
Bar Harbor resident Lane Louise Jesuion writes as a young reader to suggest the name Sugar for Baby Hippo after spotting its picture in the Post. She praises horses and cows and shows cutouts at kindergarten.
On Oston Common during lunch hours a local event showcases a jazziest band a witty comedian a clever stunt performer and a Baby Hippo spectacle aimed at entertaining children and drawing families to Boston for a cheerful afternoon.
The Rev. I. W. Lebaron of Providence was re elected president of the Providence District Ministerial Association at Brockton Heights. E J Curry East Greenwich was named vice president Amos M Bruce North Attleboro secretary treasurer G G Scrivener Providence J S Bartholomew Pawtucket W M Newton Providence named to the programme committee.
An eight month old reader signs a letter stating desire to own part of Baby Hippo and to contribute like his father who served overseas with the YD. The note includes a home address in Everett and is addressed to the editor.
Henrietta Weiner of Roxbury writes to the editor offering 25 cents toward a baby hippo bracelet or pink ears, saying she saved the money for a carriage but prefers the hippo item and plans to send more later to see Baby Hippo.
Carroll and Mildred Mathews of Berwick Maine express excitement about visiting Boyton this summer to see a baby hippo perform tricks. They propose the name Laddie for the young animal and thank readers for support.
A reader letters the paper to donate one dollar for the Baby Hippo fund. The note is signed by Jennie Haber and mentions her sister Jennie and Gittel Haber of 8 Suffolk Street Malden.
A ten year old writer from Arlington New Jersey describes visits to the Franklin Park Zoo in Massachusetts noting favorites Molly Waddy and Tory. The letter mentions living in New Jersey for five years and identifies the author as Marie P French.
J. E. Johnson of Laconia Car Co requests reader donations for the hippo fund at Franklin Park Zoo. He hopes the necessary funds arrive soon and notes the hippo will greatly benefit the family.
The New England Electrotype Association with 17 New England members and offices in Boston announced via statement that member shops can operate on an open shop basis. They trained young men to fill positions left by workers who struck in April 1921 in protest of a readjustment.
The Boston Post advertises a charity bargain sale offering a Baby Hippo for 5000 dollars with a $25000 payoff to the circus, urging mothers to donate in their children's names to the Post Hippo Fund before the offer ends.
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