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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1922
Page
10
All items printed will be paid for at one dollar each Photographs with short description of the event or scene pictured will be paid for at two dollars Con tributors must agree that the decision of the Ford-a-Day editor shall be final in all cases.
Laura M Arnold thanks the Post for courtesy shown by the Postman and offers continued service. She expresses sincere wishes for the paper's success and mentions her contact at Pike New Hampshire.
A warrant was sent to the local chief of police for the arrest of a man wanted in Northampton Massachusetts on a complaint of neglecting his wife and minor children. The man allegedly resided at 36 Court Street Augusta Maine, and was later found to live at 26 Court Street Augusta, the Kennebec Council having sentenced him there. The confusion caused political department merriment in Massachusetts upon learning the address pointed to the jail. Mrs Leila M Bruce 4 Ple Street Augusta Maine.
William L. Frye of Cambridge reports a man in Harvard Square offered to finish painting his Ford at a hardware store scene. The painter claimed a high grade coating would dry quickly and asked 2 dollars for 16 minutes of work plus 75 cents paid.
Henry Ford and his son Edsel visited Skowhegan in town to meet Holt G. Hight and inspect a threshing machine separator. Ford decided to buy the unit after a discussion with the owner, with Holt G. Hight handling shipping last Friday.
A collage of short reader items includes claims of mills arming watchmen with wooden bullet loaded shells and warning of long range danger. Nantucket widow’s walk tradition is noted. A Vermont woman wins a Ford for a Post romance. Personal vignettes include lawn mower with riding baby, a Boston dog that sings on key, and a Cambridge elevator cat tale.
A Melrose man in the wholesale meat business wears corsets to relieve back strain, a fact overheard by a woman visiting Winthrop and shared by his coworkers. The note from H L MacLean at 7 Goss Avenue Melrose adds that several market men have started wearing Little Nemos.
A man described chasing a bear after work and driving a pitchfork into it, but returning home to find the supposed bear was an old stump with a pitchfork stuck in its side. Mrs Rena Crowley offers the notice from Box 54 in Corea Maine.
A Sunday Ford car prize tale ends with the writer finally succeeding after surrendering hope. The narrative shows persistence paying off as the third story secures turnout and recognition in the Ford a Day feature.
Hawkesbury N. B. resident Mr. H. W. Curry, in Boston for medical treatment, wins a Ford through the Ford a Day contest. Letters linked his win. the doctor had mailed seven letters from Cambridge to Boston and Canada, with a Syrian carrier creating the mix up. Curry plans to drive home to Canada when cured and praises the contest’s liberal terms and wide reach across New England.
A Reading car delay left a mother with a crying baby asking where to obtain milk. A man nearby opened his lunch basket and gave her a pint of milk, refusing payment with a kindly line about saving a little whine. ERNEST J. BERNIER, Lawrence.
A bachelor friend recently married his childhood sweetheart in a surprise union. Parents hoped for a reception, but the groom slept through the moment in a suit as the bridegroom rested nearby, while a half-brother and others observed the scene in Middlebury, Vermont.
A package sent over half a century ago finally arrived for Mrs Elisabeth Stevens of Five Islands Me The letter notes the book The set of Orrs Island was addressed to her when she used her maiden name and the delay remains unexplained The sender MAHF Blaisdell Bath Me reports the long-delayed delivery and lack of clarification.
Residents of Fulton Heights in Medford recall rapid development as a pioneer family cleared rocks and swamp, unloaded furniture, and pitched a roof for the tent home the first day. The account highlights early hardships and quick shelter in a new Boston suburb.
An anxious marine reports his wallet was lost two weeks ago on Nantasket Beach containing 16 dollars receipts and papers. It arrived by mail with a cryptic note claiming near starvation and that only a dollar was taken. The discharge paper from the U S Marine Corps was inside.
A playful tale from Auburn Rhode Island recalls a girl and her husband returning from Block Island. They ride an electric car to the pier to meet her brother, who arrives late in his machine. They switch to his ride, and the conductor refunds their fares to the husband, much amusement ensues. ELINOR H. JOHNSON.
After a note warned a woman would jump overboard, Captain Hamelin found eyeglasses and jewelry at his door on the Providence near Narragansett Bay. The crew watched all night but the woman was not lost, later said to have floated ashore at Prudence Island and was being fitted for clothes as she claimed.
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