Proverb Hunt Draws Thousands in Boston Post Contest
The fifth week of the Boston Sunday Post proverb contest shows growing participation across Greater Boston and New England with 159 prizes totaling 300 dollars. Boston entrants lead while department store employees surge, aided by a new signing blank to verify eligibility.
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Boston Sunday Post
The
Sunday Post
Greater Boston
New England
the Post
Boston
Winners in Boston District Prize List Names and Addresses
A long list of winners for the Boston district includes Mrs. J. Charles Caldwell and numerous other residents across Dorchester Roxbury Jamaica Plain and East Boston. Each entry names a winner with street address reflecting the district distribution and second prize recipients are noted among many participants.
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Fred Barlow
Princeton Street
East
Boston
Winners Outside Boston First Prize Drawn
A long list shows Dora E. King of Hyde Park as first prize winner and many others across Massachusetts and nearby states receiving second and third prizes. Names and addresses span Boston area suburbs and cities, including Fitchburg Worcester Salem and Brockton with numerous Mrs. and Miss titles.
Listing of Names With Addresses Across Several New England Towns
A compiled roster lists individuals with street addresses in Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire and Connecticut. Names include Alah Hasty Harriet N Shelley Mrs J A McKee Minnie A Perry M Jennie Adams Eleanor Shaw Abbie Fish Mrs C L Jones Ruth Dacey Mrs F A Edwards Mary C Doyle In F Donovan Miss S A Locke Mrs Helen L Hall Helen Rowntree and Mrs E M Smith along with respective street addresses.
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Alah Hasty
Dyer St
Saco
Harriet N. Shelley
Union St
Keene
J. A. McKee
E. Haverhill St
Lawrence
Minnie A. Perry
Webster Pl
Provincetown
M. Jennie Adams
York Beach
Eleanor Shaw
Winn St
Woburn
Abbie Fish
Newton Centre
C. L. Jones
Ruth Dacey
East Main St
Marlboro
F. A. Edwards
Palm St
Bangor
Mary C. Doyle
Oak St
Lewiston
F. Donovan
Church St
Greeneld
S. A. Locke
Pleasant St
Stoneham
Helen L. Hall
Peabody
Helen Rowntree
Third St
Pittsfield
E. M. Smith
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeport
Coan
Women shoppers listed at Boston department stores names
A long list of female customers and purchasers associated with major stores in Boston including R. H. White Co. Jordan Marsh Co. Houghton & Dutton and Gilchrist Co. among others. The compilation names Teresa Mullen Virginia Dixon Lutelia Sharpe Alice Gifford Sarah Centre and many others linked to retailers.
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Lutelia A. Sharpe
C. F. Hovey
Alice M. Gifford
Jordan Marsh
Sarah Centre
Houghton & Doughton
N. M. Haines
Regal Cloak
Lillie F. Finlay
R. H. White
Grace Holden
Henry Siegel
Susie G. Levis
R. H. Stearns
Agnes Coleman
Carrie Meadows
Timothy Smith
Alice M. Whalen
W. & A. Bacon
Mary Nagle
Ada Connelly
Shepard Norwell
Alyce S. Mulcahy
Catherine Taylor
Wm. Filene & Sons
Margaret M. Sheehan
Hazel S. Bolton
Jennie Milne
BE. Gately & Co
Mary A. Maguire
May Rohde
Geraldine McLean
Wm. H. Brine
Marie Straus
Margaret Daly
Josephine M. Suter
James A. Houston
Mary B. McMullen
Helen Wells
Mary Rooney
May Harrison
Houghton & Dutton
Minnie Connelly
Nellie Davis
Gilchrist
Florence M. Black
Helen Flebutt
Edith M. Hazen
Gilchrist Co
Ethel Kennedy
Boston Dept. Store
Catherine E. Sullivan
Wm. Filene Sons
Margaret McKenzie
Wilhelmina Oltmanns
Miss T. McGlinn
Mildred F. Tucker
Ethel M. Taylor
Butler Co
Mrs. E
First Prize Winner in Boston Proverb Hunt Named
Mrs J Charles Caldwell of Dorchester wins first prize among Boston district contestants in last Sunday's Proverb Hunt. She plans to use the $25 for a summer resort trip with her husband in New Hampshire and will reveal the win to him on Thursday.
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J. Charles Caldwell
Dorchester
Boston
Last Sunday Post
New Hampshire
Sunday Post
First Prize Won by Hyde Park Woman in Proverb Hunt
Mrs. Dora E. King of 15 Thompson Street Hyde Park won the first prize among contestants outside Boston in last Sundays Proverb Hunt. She is the wife of Charles I King an expert machinist. She plans to beautify her home and treat her daughter Dora with prizes from the Sunday Post contest winnings.
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Boston
Sunday Post
Boston Sunday Post
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Deartment Stores
Office of the Post
Daily Post
Dora E. King
Hyde Park
Last Sunday Post
Dora E., King
Thompson Street
Charles I. King
Post
Dora
First Prize Winner Among Store Clerks
Miss Bessie M. McCarthy of William Filene Sons Company audits wins first prize in the Post department store contest. A Roxbury High School and commercial college graduate, she lives at 644 Dudley Street Roxbury and said she was surprised yet glad to win after a diligent Sunday effort.
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Bessie M. McCarthy
William Filene Sons Company
Last Sunday Post
Miss McCarthy
Roxbury
Commercial College
Dudley Street
Contestant Wins First Prize in Store Proverb Contest
A store proverb contest yielded a first prize for a participant who quickly found the answer in about twenty minutes. The winner plans to buy home goods for herself and invest the remaining prize in the bank while the other girls in the store applauded the outcome.
Max Jagerhuber Jr Sent Abroad After Conviction
Max Jagerhuber Jr son of the Toilettes Fashion Company president was sentenced to probation and sent to Australia aboard the Falte of Garry after being convicted of passing a bad check on a friend of his father. He is forbidden from returning to the United States.
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New York
Max Jagerhuber, Jr
Toilettes Fashion Company
Falte of
Garry
Australia
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