Winthrop Licensing Board Notice for 1937 Alcohol Trade
In Winthrop Massachusetts on November 30 1936 the Licensing Board announces the 1937 rule permitting an alcoholic retail package goods store at 46 Woodside Ave with street level delivery room and rear entrance for access and storage in a cellar. A Russell Belcher Roy W Pigeon Chester O'Donnell sign as board members.
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Winthrop
Mass
Woodside Ave
A. Russell Belcher
Roy W. Pigeon
Chester O'Donnell
Licensing Board
Winthrop Man Seeks All Alcohol License for Bartlett Road Store
Under Chapter 138 the Board of Selectmen notices Constantinos Spanos applying for a 1987 license to sell all alcoholic beverages at 3 Bartlett Road, Winthrop. The store will operate as a retail package goods store with entrances on Bartlett Road and rear access for storage only.
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Constantinos Spanos
Bartlett Road
Winthrop
Sobey Applies for Local Chapter 138 Board Action
In a notice from the Board of Selectmen under Chapter 138 of the General Laws Louis H Sobey has filed an application seeking official action. The document outlines the filing and requests public record of the application process and potential hearings.
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Winthrop, Mass
Louis H. Sobey
License to Sell Alcoholic Beverages Granted in Winthrop
The 1937 license action authorizes Alecctie 390 Raetak Goods Store at 58 Woodside Ave Winthrop to sell alcoholic beverages. The premises include a two room street frontage location with a cellar for storage and a separate entrance on Woodside Ave.
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Woodside Ave
Winthrop
Thoughtful Dreamers in Loose Robes and Kind Minds
The passage describes individuals who seem poetic and dreamy, yet conscientious and kindly, with hair tucked back and large loose robes at the base, suggesting a stylistic portrayal of contemplative thinkers.
Universal language through signs gains praise in Pearson’s Weekly
A Pearson’s Weekly writer asserts sign language is richer than human speech and free of language barriers. Experts see it as the best base for a universal range, noting signs have long served as natural human communication since prehistoric times.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Colonial Dutch Ovens Describe Early Tin Kitchen Designs
The article outlines early Colonial American Dutch ovens as round, square, or oblong with an open front. It notes a spited rim for roasting, use for baking, and placement near heat. Tin construction earned the name tin kitchen or Dutch kitchen, and the bake kettle was a covered receptacle set over fire.
Thanksgiving School News Highlights and Student Activities
Kathleen McGrath reports generous donations for Thanksgiving Baskets aiding the Welfare Department with over four hundred articles contributed. Pupils sold tickets for the Thanksgiving football game and earned a longer break, while Room 203 won the thrift banner with Room 108 boasting the most depositors. The 4-H Club meets biweekly in Room 309 with officers elected and a basket for a needy family prepared. Ninth graders toured Frost Library and studied book classification. home baking texts accompany cooking classes. a luncheon honored faculty visitors. Basketball candidates report for early practice.
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Miss Alger
Florence Cohen
Grace Holland
Ethyle Black
Shirley Kolodny
Virginia Grimes
Ethyle Block
Hyrax Compared to Elephants and Rhinoceroses
Nature Magazine notes the hyrax or coney resembles an elephant and rhinoceros more than other gnawing mammals. It lacks five toes and strong claws, has short rounded toenails, long continuously growing front teeth, and seven cheek teeth like a rhinoceros and palaeothere.
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Nature Magazine of
Washington
Clever Indian Salesmen and the Manhattan Purchase
In Collier's Weekly Miles Cahan notes the Canarsies Montauks and Rockaways visited Manhattan and sold land to Peter Minuit in 1626 for trinkets and firewater, a claim that they did not own it. The author argues the real sellers were the Raritans who sold Staten Island to the Dutch six times.
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Manhattan Island
Peter Minuit
Long Island
Peter
Miles Cahan
New York City
Collier's Weekly
Staten-island
Weather Wisdom: Folk Signs Forecast Wet Weather
A collection of folk weather signs notes blue sky with heavy rain possible before evening. Cattle seeking shelter signals rain. halo around sun or moon predicts bad weather. Cloudy hills imply rain far away. a clear sun or moon may hint at changing conditions.
Hindus in Singapore Perform Odd Penance on Pennyhee
Report describes Hindu street processions in Singapore during a feast week where adherents wear a wooden array of beads and charms, pierce with spears and pins, and endure tongue and facial ornaments. After completing the act they return to the temple and receive lime juice before resuming their day.
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Singapore
Used Postal Money for Gifts to King’s Friends
From 1653 to 1667 inland posts were auctioned to the highest bidder and run as a private enterprise. In 1663 the king granted annuities to favorites, swelling the pension list to one third of post office receipts for over a century. The last pensioner was bought off in 1856 when the Duke of Grafton quit his grant for 91000 pounds.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Duke of Grafton
The Belfry of Ghent and Its Historic Bell
The Belfry of Ghent dating to 1314 tall at 375 feet served as a watchtower and rally bell for the populace. Browning immortalized its bell in Roland’s ride to Ghent. Recast in 1650 it bears the line My name is Rolanu. The Ghent streets near the belfry include Fish Poultry Butter and the Street of the Lost Bread.
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Ghent
Browning
Roland
Rolanu
Speed of Animals Birds and Fish From Pearsons Weekly
A Pear sons Weekly writer ranks speed across life forms noting canvas-back duck at 72 mph as fastest among birds, with golden plover teal 70, blackcock swift 68, pheasant grouse 60, merlin wild goose 55, homing pigeon 55. Gazelle cheetah touted at 60 mph. buffalo ostrich jackal giraffe at 35. Lion and wild pig at 30 mph. Fastest fish tuga 45 mph, pike 15 mph, trout salmon 12 mph.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Dickens Connection Debated Over Old Curiosity Shop Site
A London shop at Lincoln’s Inn Fields is labeled the Old Curiosity Shop for tourists, but references in The Real Dickens Land contest the link, noting Dickens pointed to 10 Green Street as the true original and linking a different shop to his story.
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Lincoln's Ino Fields
London
Dickens
Howeve
H.S
WB Ward
Allbut
Green Street
le Square
Mayan People Described From Yucatan Mexico
In the Yucatan region of Mexico, residents identified as Mayan women are described as small in stature with Semitic features. The passage notes their origin within the Mayan race and places them in the extreme southern area of the country.
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Yucatan
India
Frozen wealth and the fate of old charitable bequests
The article argues that vast sums of historic endowments, built on past philanthropic aims, risk becoming frozen wealth. It notes many gifts may endure, while some are tied to outdated visions that will soon fade. The piece views these funds as a lesson for future donors.
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Fievari
Republic
Zircons Resemble Diamonds In Color Beauty And Use
Zircon, a native silicate, appears as rounded pebbles and tetrahedral crystals. It shines with hardness 7.5 and varied colors, with colorless forms often heating to resemble diamonds. Major sources include Ceylon New South Wales Norway Russia Canada and the United States Florida North Carolina New York New Jersey and Colorado.
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Indianapolis News
Ceylon
New South Wales
Norway
Russia
Canada
United States
Florida
North Carolina
New York
New Jersey
Colorado
History of London Runs Back to 43 A D
London lies 50 miles above the Thames mouth and spans 693 square miles with over 8 million residents. The city, dating to Roman times, hosted legions in A D 43 and remains Britain’s literary workshop, home to writers like Shakespeare and Dickens, with historic houses still standing.
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London
Thames
Grand
Old City
Southampton
Great Britain
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Coleridge
Defoe
Dickens
Dryden
Gibbon
Goldsmith
Johnson
Keats
Lovelace
Marlowe
Milton
Raleigh
Shelley
Thackeray
England
Canals and Box Trees Define Holland's Water Towns
Aalsmeer, famed for box tree nurseries, sits along narrow towpath streets ringed by canals. Swing bridges connect houses to the path as villagers push barges to market. Box trees shaped into balls, animals, chairs, ships, and more have flourished for two centuries in rich peat soil.
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Holland
Aalsmeer
Lightning Explained
Lightning is a small discharge occurring between objects on the earths surface that accompanies the main flash. Though minor, it can trigger explosions start fires and even kill people according to the Rocky Mountain Herald.
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Rocky Mountain Herald
Birthdays of Gods in Chinese Tradition
A compact note observes the Chinese practice of marking birthdays for many gods across about half the year highlighting the breadth of deities celebrated and the custom of annual commemorations.
The Adjutant Stork Migration and Habits
The Adjutant Stork in India is semi domesticated like the European stork. It feeds on fish frogs and small reptiles and sometimes serves as a scavenger for river villages. The stork migrates north for nesting season and flies at great heights with long legs trailing.
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India
Shermanisms on war, fame, and governance from a bygone era
A collection of quoted witticisms and observations on military fame, bankers, self government, media, and politics. The quips critique war memory, punishment, and governance with satirical tone and dated language reflecting historical discourse.
Effect of Real Love Revealed in an Old Letter
A newspaper piece presents a dramatic letter in which a woman explains her turbulent choice to marry Charlie. The narrator fears misery either way and hints at social expectations, inviting a friend Mame to bear the upcoming wedding with humor and concern.
Riches in Old Stockings and the Tolam Will Tale
A quirky tale recalls Tolam the miser leaving odd items in his will such as stockings and a jug. Hammick discovers gold pieces inside the jug, revealing a hidden fortune beneath eccentric bequests. Shakespearean allusion adds literary weight to the eccentric legacy.
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Tolam
Tarles
John Stone
Hammick
National Tree of the United States Sequoia Highlighted
The sequoia was chosen as the national tree in 1935 after a 3,000,000 vote contest. It is described as the largest and oldest tree in the world, with General Sherman estimated at 4,000 to 5,000 years old, standing 273 feet tall and 36 feet in diameter in Sequoia National Park.
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United States
California
Sequoia National Park
Macaroni Secret Kept Through Centuries Revealed
The article notes Naples as a long center of macaroni manufacture with the Pompeiian road worn by constant import traffic. It recalls that macaroni making was a secret until the 14th century when a Frenchman learned the process and carried it back to France.
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Naples
France
Perce Rocher Rocks A Live Buoyant Battleship Form
The Perce Rocher rock forms a giant battleship like silhouette moored in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Looming from Gaspe coast it overlooks Bonaventure Island, once privateer haunt, now a bird sanctuary home to thousands of gulls white gannets and cormorants.
Success in Life Daily Living Quality Over Possessions
A brief aphorism by Tim Whiting on the true measure of success. It emphasizes living well day by day through aspirations generosity love and goodwill rather than mere achievements or possessions, acknowledging life’s limits and challenges.
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Tiwman Whiting
Rainier Volcano rises as highest U S peak after eruptions
Mount Rainier in the Cascade range reaches 14 400 feet making it the continental United States highest peak. It was named by Vancouver after Admiral Rainier and was made part of Mount Rainier National Park by act of Congress in 1899.
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Mount Rainier
Cascade Range
United States
Vancouver
Tacoma
Admiral Rainier
Mt. Rainier National Park
Congress
Reviving Magnetism of Sleep and Body
A discussion recalls a 19th century belief that the earth is a magnet and the human body aligns with it during sleep. Proponents claimed head northward sleep harmonizes bodily currents, while opposite directions cause disorders that fade when realigned. Sensitive individuals supposedly feel more refreshed when head points north.
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Earth
North Pole
Deadly Black Widow Spider Described In Detail
The female black widow is far more dangerous than the male and has a glossy black, shoe-button body about half an inch long with long legs spanning about two inches. The distinctive underside mark is a red hour glass, occasionally yellow. Cannibalistic, she devours mates and prey, while young emerge 50 to 100 per egg sac in early summer and scatter. Habitats include outdoors under rocks and indoors in dark corners such as attics basements and barns.
Origin of Azusa Named From A to Z and USA
The Azusa settlement story recounts a playful naming of the town at the gates of the San Gabriel canyon in Los Angeles County. Citizens debated surnames, then proposed a geographic and linguistic solution using the alphabet and country letters, yielding A Z U S A for Azusa.
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San Gabriel Canyon
Los Angeles County
Dorothy
Beware the Tick dangers in farm and human health
The United States bureau of entomology warns ticks threaten men and animals, notably farm stock. Walter E. Burton notes Rocky Mountain spotted fever as the deadliest tick borne disease, with 75 deaths per 100 infections in Montana’s Bitterroot valley. Tularemia, rabbit fever, can spread from hunters handling rabbits and from wild animals, while ticks also carry relapsing fever and a peculiar paralysis.
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United States Bureau of Entomology
Hygeia
Walter E. Burton
Rocky Mountain
Charity Overdone In Jain Sect Across India
The Jain community traces origins to the fifth century BC. Karine Mayo in The Face of Madhia notes a key divide from Hinduism in their regard for animals. A poor Jain wearing tattered cloth is said to move his possessions from cloth to bare flesh grazing.
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India
Karine Mayo
Dia
Flies Skim Water Surface and Submerge Underwater
The article notes some flies especially sea shore midges can skate on water without breaking the surface film using hairy foot pads. It also mentions a single marine midge that can swim actively underwater in coral lagoons in Samoa.
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Samna
Distinction Between Postal Cards and Postcards Outlined
The Post Office department explains that stamped cards bought from a post office are proper postal cards, while unstamped cards bought from private firms, typically with a picture on one side, are properly called postcards.
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Post
Post Vilice
Good Roads Comfort from Joad Tunkins
Joad Tunkins notes a single comfort in good roads: if a man is dissatisfied he can travel elsewhere to feel dissatisfaction. The remark emphasizes mobility as a remedy for discontent.
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Tunkins
Tabby Construction Forges Coastal Legacy
Tabby is a composite oyster shell lime and concrete mix first used by the anish people. The term tabby derives from tapia, the Spanish word for the material.
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O Il Club
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Frost Public Library
Dorothy L. Kinney
Dancin
General Foods Corporation
Willis
Mr. Little
Mr. Colby
V. Cawthorne
A. Blanchard
E. Friedman
E. Huffman
R. Murphy
E. Keefe
K. Cronin
White House
Mame
Charlie
Mike
Minnnie
Ranier Volcano
Azusa
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