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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1922
Page
6
An item states that printed items will be paid at one dollar each and photographs with pictured will be paid at two dollars each. Contributors must agree that the Ford-a-Day editor's decision is final in all cases.
A fragmented item recalls Liberty Bond opening day in Hyde Park driven by school children. A girl answers with a smile when asked her name, mentioning Miss Liberty Warther and Mrs. Alice McDougal of River Street Hyde Park Massachusetts amid other notes on the event.
A partial passage describes an exclusive New Hampshire coast hotel owner who, after collecting trash from a distant stock farm, slipped into a large coat and left for an undisclosed destination. The text is incomplete and obscures key details.
A German community builds a Gothic church on Main Street in Lewiston. Mr H J Woodhead notes the builder works dawn to dusk, supervising foundation and carpentry with dedication. The project elicits admiration and pride among locals for the congregation and its service.
A Vermont writer recalls a Bowman estate on the main road with a life sized carved kneeling figure in a mausoleum opposite a cottage where his wife resided. The 1850 will provided funds for caretaker upkeep and a self sustained mansion kept cleaned lit aired and always ready for immediate occupancy.
A letter from Wilmot L. Marden describes a pre Prohibition hotel at Ryder's Cove Islesboro Me now derelict with rain leaks and beds sprouting green foliage through old mattresses. The scene includes cottages and a hotel untouched for years with furnishings left in place.
A Massachusetts violin teacher recounts sending a letter to Charles Butler of Farley requesting a lesson for his daughter Sylvia. The postman forgot to mail it, the letter floated down Millers River, was found by Mr. Butler who read it, and Sylvia arrived for her lesson on time. The author, A. E. Bargeron of Erving, Mass, claims a Ford car prize for the day after verification.
A Scituate cinema has shown weekly in winter and thrice weekly in summer for 14 years. A longtime attendee, a woman aged % years, has missed only three housebound weeks and remains the first in the hall with the same seat. Mrs Charles F Curran, Scituate.
On a regular trip from Bangor to Boston around 2 a m on Sept 1 a vessel struck a small whale about 80 near the middle. The whale remained pressed there until 7 a m due to water pressure and fog. The steamer slowed and backed, causing the whale to fall off and disappear. Report by Geo L Dunham 1st Asst Eng Steamer Camden India Wharf.
In Parsonsfield Maine a village minister conducts Sabbath services for a dwindling flock of two. He preaches with zeal at the white meeting house on North road then returns to his parsonage on South road, praised by observer Charles Arthur Carey of Boston.
A salesman, warned of robbers in the area, was relieved of $2.30 after two masked men searched him and his car. He then moved on to the next town where he calmly retrieved a fat wallet and valuable rings from the engine fan, keeping the engine running during the hold up. J. J. Lambert, 41 Beechwood Road, East Braintree.
A Boston Post Office morning jacket for Plainville Mass. usually holds one or more letters and six to fifteen small first class packages. This day only three pieces were sent, bearing post marks from Lancaster Ohio, Lancaster Mass, and Lancaster New Hampshire. William M. Anderson Malden Mass arensee clerk Reg Sec Boston Post ce
Mrs. Clarence A Woods reports finding a two-dollar bill concealed in a newspaper she bought in Amesbury Massachusetts. She notes the discovery occurred yesterday morning and reflects that the pennyworths from the Post may bring returns.
Mrs James Whitney of Portsmouth reports a curious incident at the Hampton Beach post office. A young man, unable to obtain a pen, used a lit match dipped in ink to write an address on a bundle, producing surprisingly clear writing.
Postmaster William Billy Temple, an early contest winner, called Mrs Hayden to share her good fortune. The family telephone remained busy as several others joined in the congratulations.
Mrs Hayden stands on her porch to greet a Ford touring delivered to her home. She reads about the incident in the breakfast table Post and receives follow up calls from the newspaper and the post master. Baby Warren Stockbridge Hayden, six months old, is held during the moment.
A World War veteran and his bride received a rare Labor Day wedding gift a letter from a local creamery promising one month’s supply of butter cheese and eggs. The note came from the bride's brother who works for the creamery and the gift was described as unique yet practical by Mrs Edward Murphy of West Somerville.
Carl L. Johnson recalls a house built fifty years ago containing a stone mile post set in the cellar wall. The post shows the date 1773 and distances to Taunton and Boston, a relic passed to every new owner by contract.
A city wedding featured no rings during the vows as both bride and groom declined the exchange of bands. The bride did not foster the hallet in ae and the details remain incomplete.
Mrs Hayden, a Biddeford native living in Westboro for five years, recalls her first Ford Day story that won a car. She says she never expected to win and now feels the prize is almost surreal as she reflects on the moment.
R I W E Bail, proprietor of Crown Cottage Block Island, has a dog that accompanies him on his fishing boat each morning. Upon returning, the dog runs to the wharf and the ice house for a breakfast of ice, sometimes five pounds, then shivers until the next trip. William G. Schoenhardt Providence.
In Danvers a life sized bronze likeness on horseback stands on the late Penn Hussey estate. Erected before his death, the statue faces the front door so his widow will see his image when leaving the house. Abbie M Sheridan 273 Euclid Avenue East Lynn Massachusetts.
A Woonsocket woman dies leaving her wedding ring to be split between her two daughters. The elder daughter marries shortly after and keeps the ring through the ceremony, triggering a family dispute over the inheritance and rightful ownership.
Mrs Flora Hayden of 25 East Main Street Westboro is honored as the Ford a Day feature winner after a Boston Post promotion shows how her family’s car attracted attention from the Cambridge assembly to Westboro. The tell of the Winton baby and the sales trip highlights a daily prize program rewarding contributors with Ford cars and photographs.
The Boston Post commissioned Price Waterhouse & Co to audit the Ford a Day contest from July 12 to August 31. They found 338 769 mail pieces processed by 27 workers at peak, with winners chosen by a multi stage merit based process. The report confirms fair selection, standard Ford pricing, and cash prizes for meritorious but non winning stories.
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