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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1925
Page
6
A physician warns that contemporary eating habits involve excess salt. He suggests modest use is prudent as many foods require a pinch of salt to season properly in today’s diet.
Mrs W reports a morning scene in which a resident hears a child cry that a monkey has changed his man after witnessing an organ grinder perform outside their house. The remark captures a child's playful interpretation of street entertainment.
Winthrop Chapter hosted a whist event at Mrs. Dobson’s Jefferson street home. Genevieve Smith chaired a capable committee. numerous winners and consolation prizes noted, with a basket of fruit won by Mrs. George Pastell of Lynn and a large sum realized.
The Winthrop Theatre week features a special Monday show by Winthrop Lodge of Odd Fellows. Douglas MacLean in Going Up headlines Tuesday matinee with Educational comedy and Pathe Review. Wednesday offers B F Keith vaudeville and The Silent Accuser. Thursday matinee shows Broken Barriers with Kirkwood Bush Menjou, Down to the Sea in Shoes, and News weekly. Thursday and Friday evenings showcase specials. Saturday doubles feature Viola Dana in The Beauty Prize and Racing for Life with William Fairbank Eva Novak. Next week Harold Lloyd in Doctor Jack and The Thief of Bagdad are planned for state finals. plot notes and cast listed.
A readable list includes Bradford Elizabeth Annie Webster on Bellevue Avenue and Channell Alice AMary E Moran on Adams Street. Other entries name Hamilton Eugene V Chester C Steadman Lewister Katz Louis F Sarah Hamburg, Lilleback Frances H Winthrop Investment Co. Faun Barav Mortimer R Stanley and Gertrude A Manning on Villa Avenue with Strobeck Josie Augustus and B Fish on Hermon Street.
Patrolmen Wells and Howatt removed Mary Minehan of 87 Shore Drive to the Community Hospital Monday evening. Mrs. Silverman aged 80 wandered from her home at 191 Woodside Ave and was found on Main Street. Wells escorted her home.
Winthrop 52 post office hours and mail dispatch times for weekdays Sundays and holidays. Carrier deliveries listed with trips at 7.40 am 10.50 am and 2.36 pm. Note warns winter weather may affect schedules but patrons will be served best possible. R. M. Baker P. M. D. Belcher Superintendent.
Reginald Barker presents the Metro production Broken Barriers adapted from Meredith Nicholson. Ward Trenton seeks a divorce from an unloving wife while Grace Durland pushes to break convention as her younger brother’s affair with a flapper unfolds toward a dramatic finale. Cast includes James Kirkwood Mae Busch Adolphe Menjou Norma Shearer George Fawcett and more. Louis B Mayer produces through Metro.
Viola Dana leads a beauty and comedy film in The Beauty Prize at the Winthrop Theatre. A New York manicurist is mistaken for a society girl when her mother tends a wealthy matron’s home. she enters a beauty contest.
At the Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps convention closing night at Shawmut Church Boston, Warren Ellis Relief Corps No. 171 of Winthrop presented a regulation size silk flag through the Patriotic Aides to the new Winthrop Junior High School opening in September. The flag was carried by Alta E. Buckley and received by Elliott Willis, soon to be principal, in memory of Maj. Gen. William F. Bartlett who enlisted from Winthrop in 1866.
Winthrop Players present The Whole Towns Talking a three act farce Friday evening May 8 at Winthrop Theatre. Directed by Fred G Knell the troupe builds on three years of community drama with scenery and effects and donates part of profits to the Winthrop Boy Scout Organization. The company notes a record of three famous professional successes in 1924 25 The Whole Towns Talking Turn to the Right and Three Wise Fools.
Winthrop Public Library lists weekday hours for the Adult department from 1 30 to 9 PM and the Children's department from 1 30 to 7 or 8 PM. The H B Pee book deposit at 28 Taft Avenue Point Shirley opens Tuesday and Saturday evenings 7 30 to 8 30 and Thursday afternoon 4 to 5 30.
Citizens are urged to sign their news copy before sending to the Review to avoid articles being published unsigned. The notice emphasizes that unsigned items may be withheld if authorship cannot be verified.
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