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The Winthrop Review

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1938

Page

4

Communion Day and Narcotics Talk at Parish Hall

The Holy Name Society plans a 8:30 mass communion event next Sunday with an illustrated talk by Sergeant Francis Sweeney on narcotics dangers. Grand Knight Charlie Paro and Bro Billie Muniz discussed a future inter council tournament and the Retreat at St Gabriel's Monastery this weekend.

Holy Name Society Father McInnis Francis Sweeney Boston Sweeney Charlie Paro Billie Muniz Fitton Council Joe Higginbotham Bill Nolan St. Gabriel’s Monastery Winthrop Council Winthrop Sergeant Sweeney

Unseen bass baritone thrills, then perplexes audience

A bass singer known for river imagery delivers a performance that leaves critics uncertain. His deep tones enchant some viewers while others question the appeal after the show.

Age-Old Mistake Traced To Loose Word Use

Dr. Henry A. Sanders analyzes a classical error traced to Pliny and Cicero. The claim that the Iliad could fit in a nutshell arises from misreading Latin nux as the nut itself rather than the book binding. The essence is the early shift to bound book form, not tiny size.

Horneer Cicero Pliny Henry A. Sanders Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review Sanders

Court Notice and Land Objections in Winthrop Case

About 5000 sq ft of land on Hutchinson Street and about 3445 sq ft on Winthrop Shore Drive are listed in a petition. Those who object must file a written appearance and answer by January 8 in Boston Court House. The notice, dated November 20, 1938, is published in the Winthrop Review.

Hutchinson, St Winthrop Shore Drive Recorder Boston Court House Winthrop Review Winthrop John 1. Fenton Squire Charles A. Southworth

Stripes of Barber Pole Recall Early Surgeons

The barber pole symbol recalls the age when barbers were surgeons in London. Laws in Henry VIII’s era separated barbers from surgeons, with barbers confined to minor procedures. By 1745 they formed distinct guilds, while Europe later followed. The spiral pole and brass basin signified bloodletting and surgery. In the US the basin is often omitted.

London Barbers Surgeons of France Germany Indianapolis News United States England

Beachside Fire Alarm Boxes Location List

Center Station Ocean 0072 R and Beach Station Ocean 0072 W list box numbers and street corners for fire alarm locations. Entries cover Taft Otis to Thornton Place, including Crystal Cove Farnbar and Shirley streets, along with Main Banks Hermon Lincoln and Revere Winthrop corridors and 181 Beach Station.

Taft and Otis Triton Cor Deepwater Shirley St Bay View Harbor View Terrace Cottage Hillside Crystal Cove Farnbar Tewksbury St Shirley and Cutler Dolphin Seafoam Mermaid Beach Rd Locust St Grover and Crest Cliff Highland Cor. Floyd St Temple and Highland Revere St Summit Almont and Cross Revere Winthrop Winthrop and Ocean View Bowdoin and George Main Banks Hermon and Lincoln Lincoln St Brookfield Rd Circuit_rd Lowell and Loring Rds Waldemar A v Wheelock Pleasant Pauline St Somerset Av Prescott St Sargent St Johnson Av Pleasant St Cottage Park Rd Cottage Pk cor.Johnson Bartlett Rd Orlando Woodside Seymour St Centre Sunnyside Washington Winthrop St River Rd Bates Av Cor. Chester Bowdoin and Buchanan Sts Metcalf Square Fremont and Jefferson Sts Beach Quincy and Sewall and Grover Nvs Revere and Quincy Pathway Main St Enfield Rd Marshall St Tillston Rd Court Rd Cor. Bates Thornton Pl Bowdoin. St

Tricky Tides of Fundy Produce Unusual Sight

A Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent reports the Bay of Fundy tides create dramatic changes along the coast. At high tide the indented shoreline looks transformed and features an island reachable by highway, reverse-flowing waterfalls, and fishing from ox carts near Ministers Island and Saint John, New Brunswick.

Bay of Fundy Cleveland Plain Dealer Maine New Brunswick New Brunswick Is ,Minister’s Island, 12 Miles From St. Andrews-by-the-sea Saint John

Foot Arches Support Body Weight In Triangular Pattern

The body’s weight while standing is transmitted to the ground in a triangular path via the heel, first toe, and fifth toe. The foot has two arches the long inner arch and the transverse metatarsal arch, kept in place by muscles and ligaments.

King Alfred the Great and the Bible Translation Effort

The excerpt notes King Alfred the Great aimed to have freeborn youths study English Scripture before anything else and to read well. It records his death occurred during a Psalms translation and mentions Arch bishop Aelfric translating portions of the Bible into Anglo-Saxon.

Alfred Alfred the Great Aelfric

Effects of Mongol Invasion on Russian Development

The Mongol invasion of the thirteenth century halted Russia’s industrial artistic and literary progress for 209 years, reshaping its cultural and economic trajectory during a prolonged period of disruption.

Russia

Shutter Cafe and Foods Store Names In Chelsea Street Area

A fragmentary notice lists business names including Shutter Cafe of Foods at 1 Boor and Che Chotee Liquors along Chelsea Street near Day Bay Geena in Boston. The unreadable OCR limits detail.

Ee Shutter Cafe of Foods Chelsea’ St Day Bay Geena Boston

Peak of Civil War Pensioners on the Roll

The largest number of Civil War soldiers on the pension roll was 76,477 in 1898.

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