The Winthrop Review publication details
The Winthrop Review is a weekly Massachusetts newspaper established in 1919. It is published on Thursdays by the Massachusetts Linotyping Corporation with offices in Boston at 167 Oliver Street and a Boston advertising contact HANcock 8387.
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Massachusetts Linotyping Corporation
Massachusetts Corporation
Boston
Oliver St
Mass
Hancock
Bartlett Road
Office of
Rand
Jeweler
Editorials Question the municipal power plant proposal
An editorial criticizes advocates of a municipal power plant for personal attacks and urges voters to weigh facts. It defends local selectmen, questions the need for a special town meeting, and argues Winthrop should decide local issues without outside influence. Proponents are urged to present facts.
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Fred Trask
Electric and Gas Company
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Winthrop
St. John's Episcopal Church Announces Homecoming Services
The Bowdoin and Buchanan Streets church invites parishioners to its annual Home Coming Services on September 8. The program includes Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. and a sermon with Holy Communion at 10:45 a.m. The event also marks the opening of the Church School.
Local girl honored at Sargent Camps farewell banquet
Patricia Morse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Morse, was honored for excellence in water sports at the Boston University Sargent Camps for Girls farewell banquet on Half Moon Lake. Dean Ernst Hermann assisted in awarding letters pins and ribbons.
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Peterborough
N.H
Boston University
Sargent
Half-Moon Lake
Dean Ernst Hermann
Patricia Morse
Harold J. Morse
Embl
Report of Material Facts by Justice Vincent Brogna
In Suffolk Superior Court In Equity Griffin v Santoro the judge notes Town of Winthrop actions under 1920 Chapter 427, petitions signed by over 200 voters to two ballotings, Selectmen refused, Santoro issued a warrant without authority, ruling the warrant a nullity.
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Vincent Brogna
Winthrop
Board of Selectmen
Santoro
Open Forum for Hay Fever Relief Promotes Simple Remedy
A Winthrop Review reader describes a hay fever treatment claimed to ease symptoms at low cost. The routine involves Argyrol eye drops, carbolated Vaseline, nasal swabs, and gentle nose cleansing, with instructions to apply morning and night and seek help via Ocean 0320-W if needed.
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Winthrop Review
Michigan
Mackinac Island
Boston
Argyros
Ocean
Rémény
Life of a Recruit at Fort Wright Island Massachusetts Guardsmen
Private Herbert W. Drew recounts boot camp life with Battery C and Battery E of the 241st Coast Artillery Massachusetts National Guard. He and fellow recruits march from the armory to New London, train at Fort Wright, perform drills, kitchen duties, and inspections, striving for streamer honors and noting Rocky Rock from Somerville.
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Back Bay
New London
Conn
Fort Wright
Fisher’s Island
New York
K. P
Puddy” Hodgdon
Paul McNeil
241St—Coast Artillery
Bill Rock
Rocky
Winthrop
Somerville
Battery C
241St
Battery E
241St Coast Artillery
Massachusetts, National Guard
Massachusetts facts and historical notes mixed in one text
A compilation covers Massachusetts population, unemployment payments in 1940, current surplus for benefits, tobacco laws in inns, Shay’s Rebellion in 1786, the 1830 stocking factory at Newburyport, Clark and sons in Cambridge, early reflector metal, state seal origin, and New England planning commission analysis.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Shay
Worcester County
United States
Newburyport
Clark
Cambridge
Provincial Congress
England
New England
Massachusetts State Planning Board
Alvan
Odor Synthesis Yields True Floral Scents
Chemists have synthesized floral odors that cannot be reliably recovered from flowers. Perfumes with the true scent of lilac or lily of the valley were not available until these synthetic scents were developed.
Beard Flunks Spelling Test For Annapolis Naval Entry
Daniel Carter Beard founder of the Boy Scouts of America failed a spelling exam needed for admission to the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
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Daniel Carter Beard
The
Boy Scouts of America
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Gopher Snake Protected by Western Farmers
Farmers in the western region safeguard the gopher snake, valued for preying on gophers and protecting crops, leading to widespread protection of the species by local growers.
Broadway Star Lady Mendl Elsie de Wolf Laurels
American born wife of a British diplomat, Lady Mendl rose to stardom on Broadway as Elsie de Wolf, a renowned socialite and performer of her era.
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Lady Mendl
Lady Mendi
Elsie de Wolf
Canada Derives Sixty Percent of Fur Crop From Trapped Wildlife
The report states that sixty percent of Canada's fur harvest comes from trapped wild animals while the remaining portion is produced on fur farms. This highlights a reliance on trapping for the majority of the national fur supply and notes the alternative farmed production.
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Canada
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ST. John’s Episcopal Church
Ralph _M.Harper
Frank Vesce
Orient Heights
Suffolk, Ss
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Superior Court In Equity
Griffin, Et al
Santoro Et al
Vincent Brogna, J. S.C
Open Forum
Herbert W. Drew
Bette Davis
Charles Boyer
Heaven
Adolphe Menjou
Cesar Ro
Lucky Cis
Carole Landis
Nero CO Kid
Sandra
Owen Ware
Jeanette MacDonald
New Moon
Nelson Eddy
Leon_Errol
Dennis O’keefe
Pop
Gene Raymond
Wendy Barrie
Fresh Guinea
Haddock
Peck
Ohana
Garbett
Bennison
OUR Service
Ishment
Fay Rea
MT Tol Strelt
Shay Tayo
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