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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
14
The Ford-a-Day program states that printed nails and photos will be paid at one dollar each. Contributors must accept the editor's final decision. Car awards may be exchanged for full price on another car or tires advertised in the Post.
Clinton W. Schwamb of Arlington Heights recalls a high wind that toppled a large pitched roof at White Mountains area near Twin Mountain New Hampshire. He notes the roof was too high to access safely so it was tipped on its side to allow shingling work. No details on restoration are given.
Visitors in Providence use a metal tool box as a portable ice box. An Illinois man stopped at Westminster Street Public Market to buy ginger ale and milk which were placed inside the box packed with ice. The innovation keeps drinks cold during country tours. Louis G Najac Providence R I.
A man leaped from a Bangor bound train onto a Concord NH bound train on the next track then rode the bridge to reach the Bangor car above the waterline. The traveling engineer Lewis P Fairfield of the Boston North Bridge No 1 North B M R R witnessed the act and called it clever.
Pieces of money and the torn image of George James Megan appear in a local laundry gutter after a Wednesday wash. No owner has reported a loss, and authorities have no clear explanation of the bills origin. The torn picture and money are the only readable clues in the mystery.
A Brockton Mass wedding planning detail fell through when a minister, certain he was officiating, telephoned the bride’s home to confirm the ceremony and found the actual details in order, with the event going off neatly as scheduled. Genevieve Two HIG, Gworth Street, Brockton, Mass.
Bigart of Revere planned a family Sunday drive to visit relatives. A Providence party traveling to Revere met them on the road near Elgart’s in Revere as both groups stopped for tire changes. Both parties proceeded to Elgart’s in Revere after the near miss.
Oliver Catwood recalls a Searsport sawmill owner who died and left a scene where a man sat amid shingles settling an estate, noting the deceased had always kept his books on shingles.
Eleanor L. Robinson of 2 Tufts Avenue Everett recalls finding a baby crow during a vacation and mothering it until it could forage. The crow stays near her door, seeks baths in a pan, calls "Hello" and "No no," and follows her on berry picking trips. She notes it is likely the only crow born in Canada in the U.S. as a pet.
Harman Goodwin recalls giving a boy two cents in Amesbury Massachusetts fifty years ago. The boy later became a successful businessman who tracked him down in Charles Town Massachusetts to repay the loan with interest. A check for the two cents plus interest was cashed at a Charlestown bank.
A reader describes a boy using a kite string to pull his small cart across a lawn. The scene shows inventive travel on a sunny day in Walpole with Eleanor Richmond noting the anecdote from 239 School Street.
A cottage neighbor observed a family near the water with a suitcase each day. Curiosity led them to investigate and discover a baby sleeping on a pillow inside the suitcase, on Prudence Island near Homstead. The notice is signed by Tessie M. Counihan of Uxbridge.
A woman living miles from town mends her husband’s coat alone at home. When the button box lacked the needed button she hitched a horse to a buggy, drove to a cornfield, and cut a button from the scarecrow’s coat before returning to finish the repair. ANNA GARDNER FISH. 1% North Beacon street, Watertown.
A Medford resident who had lived on Lawrence street for 38 years walked to the street's far end on August 4 1922 and found it only a five minute stroll away. Mrs William Wilson 27 Sheridan avenue Medford Mass reported the anecdote.
A Boston bound Brockton train struck a bull in Braintree Highlands. The conductor, returning with a red flag, was chased by the bull to the rear platform, winning by a few feet. Charles K. West of 49 Harrison Street Quincy Point reports.
Mrs Maurice White of Presque Isle Maine describes a first class messmaker who cannot read or write but recognizes numbers. She uses a telephone card with pictures such as a nurse for a hospital loaf of bread for bakery hooks and eyes for a dry goods store and reads the number beside each picture to call the desired party.
A wooden beer bottle weather vane atop a Northampton church steeple becomes a local tale. A wealthy donor condi tioned church funding on placing the bottle weather vane, with a vow it would never be removed under threat of forfeiting his property.
A Navy Yard man, O Keefe, is presented a new Ford for his story Electric Fed Hens after proving a telephone magneto device and worm displacement experiment at the Navy Yard. The event drew officers and men, with Lt Col H D South leading the welcome at the Naval prison.
Three farm owners in Lebanon New Hampshire have found a mineral suitable for radio use. The ore is valued around $200 per ton and mining has begun. Work has reached a depth of 30 feet.
A reader from Pawtucket R I wins a minor prize in the Boston Post Ford a Day contest for a tale about a woman who avoids threading needles. She also receives a self threading needle set from Culbert Needle Co and a job offer as an agent, illustrating reader interest and business acumen in the Post column.
A Boston couple once close now separates after years of marriage. The wife, seeking work, applied for a bookkeeper job her former husband needed. She was hired and their business relations are cordial, but divorce proceedings are anticipated. Jean Donaldson, 1699 Washington Street, Boston.
In Pall River a man routinely used the general delivery window for his mail. He asked for a change of address card and, after filling it, the clerk read an instruction to forward all mail to Mr New Jail New Bedford Mass. The odd address readout reflects a clerical error in a government post office.
A Navy Yard officer, Peter J. O Keefe, wins a Ford car in a Post Ford a Day contest. He demonstrates magneto experiments that cause earth vibrations and angle worms to surface, with hens active between poles. The article covers his career, family, and future farm plans.
A town water works superintendent faced lost records and failed digging for two days. A man used a radio device mounted on a wheelbarrow to detect water pipes and locate shutoffs. After five trials, he pinpointed the shutoff locations exactly, impressing the superintendent who then bought one.
In Bristol Connecticut South Street a factory named The Dunbar Bros Company rings its bell 89 times nightly at 9 o clock to remember Mr Dunbar who died at age 99. Reported to be a stipulation in his will. H W Gowing 28 Chestnut Street Waverly Massachusetts.
The report states the article by Gow ing was investigated and found correct, resulting in the Post car going to Mr. Gowing today. Neighbors watched as the radio outfit was wheeled back and forth on the lawn belonging to L. G. Fifield in Ashland New Hampshire.
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