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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1922
Page
18
The notice states all items printed will be paid one dollar each and photographs with short descriptions two dollars each. Contributors must accept that the Ford a Day editor's decision is final in all cases. It notes those awarded Ford Cars may select full price on another car or tires advertised in the Post.
In Duxbury an old Revolutionary era building long used as a storehouse was moved to a farm and converted into a barn. While interior work revealed several bottles of historic liquor stored decades ago. The owner kept their location secret but two neighbors know of the matter and will testify. Henry A. Fish of Duxbury is named in the fragment.
A man described as a doctor with a cross on his car stopped on Washington Street Weymouth on Friday afternoon and allegedly spanked two children in the back seat before driving away. The report, signed by Joseph Kelley of Weymouth, notes the event as witnessed.
A wife in Maire Presque Isle waits seven years for her husband who left without explanation. He returns after six years, wearing same clothes, sits to eat, and offers no explanation. The episode ends with the wife reflecting on the vow ill Death Do Us Part.
While traveling to Long Pond in Winona Station New Hampshire, A L Verrill reports an abandoned one and a half story house turned into a hen house. The farmer is building four small frame buildings about ten by twelve feet to supply living space for his family. This odd household update is noted as a curious local document.
Last month two boys found a five foot high pattern in a North Wo urn barn used to build the Bunker Hill Monument. The stick pattern resembled the monument and predated its construction papers. The barn once belonged to Laomi Baldwin, listed as engineer for the project. ARTHUR DORINGTON. mrea, Noth, Wodura.
A note urges readers to check the page daily for items chosen for publication including the Ford Winner of the day. It hints some stories may appear later if not published today.
The Ford a Day feature ends Saturday September 23 at 8 p m with the final car award. Letters must reach the Ford a Day editor by 8 p m to be considered. The 76th car will be announced in Sundays Post as Ford plant shutdowns limit car supply.
On a New Hampshire farm a glass house built from 1343 quart beer bottles forms the exterior walls. The structure sits on gray rock with yellow brick corners, white door and windows, red shingle roof, and a gold weather vane. Over 20 years in use, with no broken bottles.
In Portland a dressmaker demanded a wedding gown delivered by telegraph within eight minutes. The Western Union clerk reported the impossible request after a woman arrived at 5:30 pm with the dress cage and a 7:00 pm wedding time, saying the dress must be here at 67.
A revenue officer arrested a man at Walter Maddock's store after finding six quarts of sealed whiskey in a nearby car. The arrested man claimed ownership of the car, which prompted the seizure by another revenue officer who displayed a badge and the seized alcohol. Frank P. Hartley of Bangor reports the incident.
Mrs Ralph Creed writes about a 72 year old neighbor who has washed for others for over 40 years using only a wash board. She rises at midnight every Sunday, handles four family loads by lantern light, air dries them, and prepares most for ironing the next day.
At a camp on Moosehorn Pond in Stubbardston a sawdust pile ten feet high from a former sawmill became a makeshift garden. Potatoes planted on top produced a two and a half inch tuber with smooth skin, while radishes pulled alongside were sweet and tender.
Kelley wins the Ford a Day contest in Hyannis. He and his family celebrate as the car arrives, while readers learn of his electric lighting project from a stream powered generator. The Ford a Day feature explains prize values and entry rules and recalls other reader stories from the Cape Cod area.
Mr. Frank Green of Boothbay Harbor Maine tacked flypaper on the outside of his screen door. He is described as the first person the writer has known to try catching flies before they enter the house.
A firehouse still alarm at Engine Co. 61 in Oak Square, Brighton, started when a pipe ash fell on their cat Spark Plug on a roof garden. The cat was treated with Caron oll and is ready for service. Nearby, young ladies on the Franklin building roof are noted in a social aside. Charles A. Wilson of Stoughton contributes a brief observation.
In Tennants Harbor Maine a man who left his family years ago built a crude primitive hut in the nearby woods. He lives without clothes except a small blanket and appears copper colored. He is seen at times walking to and from his dwelling and locals are a bit afraid. He plays checkers, and neighbors recall his odd routines and loud roars during games.
Elroy H. Gross from 212 Oak Hall Orono Maine describes a young woman asking him to face the sun and then using the reflection in his eyeglasses as a mirror while hair was rearranged. He notes it as a novelty mirror substitute.
An elderly Somerville resident, Lena A. Healy, 71 Beacon Street, has saved every newspaper and magazine since the outbreak of World War I. She plans to resign her daily work soon to study the archives and determine who is responsible for the troubles.
Two Worcester priests rushing to Boston miss the last trolley and fear missing their train. They hail the first passing car, hop in, and discover it is a police patrol which takes them to the railroad station. ROCCO J. ROMANIELLO. The Malvern, Bar Harbor, Me.
Saturday afternoon I traveled to Pittsfield on the Boston and Albany Railroad. Just before Middlefield station I saw a kitchen range set up on a back lawn beside the track with steam and pots. The lady, Mrs Cassie Cromwell of 146 Rossetter street Dorchester, was preserving and saving her home from odors.
A Roxbury man who was promised a present seven years earlier was surprised when his friend appeared at his home Friday with a hand carved Colonial mirror. The gift fulfilled a long-standing pledge from the donor, Dorine Solomon of 113 Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury.
A quoted testimonial describes a man so hostile to women he won’t look at them. In real estate talks he covers his face with his hand and refuses to meet a woman’s gaze. From 169 Washington Street, Boston.
A quiet night observation in McKinley Maine records a woman asleep at her post while milking a cow. The witness notes the scene as tranquil with the cow seeming unperturbed by the slumbering milker.
On the New York New Haven and Hartford line the fireman took charge of train 7017 after no engineer appeared for his eye test. He prepared the engine, backed to the terminal, and, with the conductor's signal, operated the train from Boston to Franklin, achieving an on time arrival for the first time on M17.
In Bolton New Hampshire, a town of 750, three churches Quaker Unitarian and Baptist shared Sunday services. Mrs Alice Dow preached at the Quaker church while Rev W Wolfe's wife led the Unitarian pulpit and Miss Elizabeth Campbell led Bolton's First Baptist Church.
The Taunton Furniture Company found the back door open on a Saturday. A note claimed a robbing attempt after discovering only 4.75 in the safe, adding two bits to reach 4.75 and apologizing for the Canadian quarter. The staff laughed, work slowed, and no stock went missing. The note is signed HUMAN LIGHTMAN of 74 Main Street Taunton.
The groom fell ill days before the planned wedding on September 16 1922. With invitations already sent, the reception proceeded at the bride’s parents home while the ceremony did not occur. George W Fosbey of 6 Motley Street Roxbury reported the event.
A derby hat bought in 1912 by Joseph Keefe of the P O Dept Annex Back Bay Mass endured ten winters and ashes cleanup. After boys kicked it around for hours it was returned on the ash barrel and was found clean and fit to wear again by Keefe.
A Maine village girl aged 15 has married twice with a first marriage at 13 and one child. She obtained a divorce and is described as now a young mother.
Mrs. Riette of Lawrence Massachusetts rode a Boston Elevated train near Winter Street with two live alligators in a leather bag. The animals caused a rumpus as the ladies on board screamed and the car stirred with alarm until she departed for Franklin Park to present the creatures to the zoo. The alligators were captured in Florida by her son Louis a Stetson University student.
Nelson F. Hermance recounts a raid by police seeking liquor that damaged a door but found no alcohol. The officer apologizes and fixes the lock. A missing platter of potato salad on the kitchen table remains the only unexplained loss, with suspicion now on unknown intruders after the home was left unsecured.
Mary A Barrett of 60 Mt Vernon Street Dorchester reports a pear tree stripped of fruit one September afternoon. She heard rapid cracking that night, then found the tree ruined. A Japanese moth identified as the culprit left buds and new leaves appearing weeks later. the tree is now blooming again.
Tanlac promoted as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia with testimonials from Thomas B. Bradford of Boston praising rapid health restoration after years of stomach distress. The ad claims Tanlac improves digestion, purifies blood, and renovates vitality, urging readers to buy locally.
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