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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1922
Page
18
Announcement states items printed will cost one dollar each while photographs with brief event descriptions cost two dollars each. Requires contributors to accept that the Ford a Day editor's ruling is final in all cases.
L. A. Lowe of 47 Sea View avenue Winthrop Mass has collected driftwood coal from Boston Harbor amounting to about five tons to meet winter needs. The wood is visible in his cellar at 7 Pauline Street Winthrop.
A vacation note from Dorothy Simpson of Atlantic describes borrowing a tin pie plate from a cottage pie seller for 50 cents a pie. After serving the pie, the plate was forgotten. Days later a front lawn sign nailed to a stick reads Pie Plate Lost, prompting immediate return.
A friend’s tale reveals a strange incident at a workplace where an envelope containing a raise was handed to a wife by a visitor. The husband learned of the raise only after the visit and fears future missteps as his pay increase may be at stake. Miss Gertrude J. Herne, 4483 Newbury Avenue, Atlantic.
Joseph F. Smith reports water backing up through his soil pipe into basement tubs. A root from a large elm tree grown feet away penetrated the pipe at the joint, breaking it and causing a two foot section of root to clog the line. Ex postmaster. East Walpole, Massachusetts.
John F. Glennon reports from Deer Island Boston Harbor about a prisoner named Westwater who pays fines to release inmates including a father of seven. The claim, investigated and found correct, earns Glennon a Post Ford car for today.
A Greenfield boy admitted pumping sour milk into a tire to seal a leak and mixing Kare molasses with sour milk in the other tire. He described the mix as satisfactory and said a little air helps. Mrs Johnson, 69 Allen Street, Greenfield, Mass.
A four foot section of ground resists pipe laying as pipes rot quickly there, likely due to acidic soil. Numerous pipes laid there over years have all corroded and failed, preventing water flow. George C. Paro Jr notes repeated replacements are required. Greenville New Hampshire.
In Newburyport last Saturday a boy paid for a haircut after frantically retracing pockets to find money. He finally produced 1 penny three nickels and two dimes, the total price, while customers joked this would make a good Post item.
Miss Enid Buzzell and her friend Miss Es ther Veazie, both students at Bridgewater Normal School, return after a coast hike. Their father, Rev. Herbert Buzzell, feared they would overstay vacation and sent a telegram about a new baby arrival causing village excitement.
A commuter at Trinity Place Station snatched a ticket list from a busy agent after three requests and tore it up, declaring she wanted a ticket now. The agent, distracted on a call, told another customer he could not finish the list. Cecilia M. Toland of 199 Spruce Street, Abington, submits.
A brief notice states that I and several friends were invited to an event described as a social gathering centered around tea. The wording suggests an informal invitation without further details.
The Bagans mark a quarter century of marriage with a party at Newtown Hall Cambridge on the 21st. Officer Bagan will formally present his wife with the car during the celebration.
In a driving rain a Ford touring car arrives for Officer Bagan of Cambridge at 261 Massachusetts Avenue. He credits his Ford a Day story as the reason, praising the Post for the generous gift and noting plans to share rides with his family and mother Catherine Bagan. The car was bought from Harvard Auto Company after his fourth winning tale.
Isabelle F. Borden age 50 will begin her first year in medicine at Tufts. For two years since her husband’s death she prepared for the profession while working at International General Electric in New York City and attending night classes at Columbia University. She remains vivacious and ambitious, joking her grandson may wheel her to college in a wheelchair.
Ocean Bluff Brant Rock vacationers tag children during play so wanderers can be returned. A common shipping tag bears the child’s name address and cottage name pinned to the bathing suit, aiding quick reunion with guardians. Name: Anna M. Gubason Foster Avenue Foster Cottage Ocean Bluff Massachusetts.
At a college presidents meeting a Negro guest was asked to say grace before a luncheon honoring them. He was interrupted by a telephone call and rose to the table, bowing as he answered. The scene startled those present.
Sydney Halstead of Pawtucket Rhode Island recounts stopping at a hot dog stand on a country road where the proprietor, a dog breeder, claimed business was thriving since selling dogs locally rather than to city dealers. He says the breeder boasted about repeat customers after one successful sale.
Calvin E. Sargent reports his brother, while hunting in an old orchard, shot at a white animal on a limb thinking a wildcat was present and killed a white porcupine unlike any seen before. Local observers have not reported a similar animal.
Virginia C. Lashley recalls discovering a delicate ivory bed spread monogrammed M. L. that once belonged to Marie Louise Napoleon's second wife. The patient cherishes the piece for now and hopes it may be exhibited someday by a museum.
A baby girl born at 12:30 am on August 24 daylight time is officially dated August 23 standard time to grant the girl an extra day. Albert T. Ellis and wife of 180 Spruce street, Lawrence, report the decision.
A young Armenian college student in America denounces how American wives “pose their husbands around.” When a woman suggests returning to Armenia for a wife, he replies he would rather stay, quipping that he also washes dishes. Mary E. Mills, 68 The Fenway, Boston.
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