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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1920
Page
7
A humorous antiquated anecdote recalls King Edward I enjoying a moment with a doppelganger in Hamburg. The impersonator is asked to leave or swap towns after daily mistaken identity and friendly banter about public affection and crowd greetings.
A colossal chair forged of copper, believed gifted by Queen Victoria to an Ashanti chieftain, was unearthed deep in a jungle of the Gold Coast colony. Local lore holds it served as a throne for liie, with the discovery intriguing colonial authorities and antiquities researchers.
A Boston Tribune item notes the Paymaster faces delays as hustlers obstruct payments, reflecting on grants of aid and the struggle to access living wages. The piece highlights scarcity and the burden on workers seeking their due.
A writer quotes a French visitor noting Americans are patriotic and loving families but may lack politeness. The piece urges improving manners as a practical achievement and hints that snappy attitudes can be money makers.
A columnist contrasts city and country Christmas life noting neighbors, rent, and home stead as key joys. He extols owning a home, roughing snow, and a self cut tree, urging country warmth over urban transience and the joy of a personal Christmas tree.
A Scientific American summary notes that the Moon is the brightest satellite for observers on Earth due to its proximity to the Sun. It contrasts Jupiter's large moons, some nearer the planet, with their combined light far dimmer than the full Moon's illumination on Earth.
Henry Clay led the Whigs in 1844 by acclamation but a discovered letter opposing Texas annexation angered southern Whigs and cost him northern support as Abolitionists shifted to a third party candidate, Birney, aiding Polk in New York and Michigan. In 1848 Lewis Cass was defeated after Van Buren’s Free Soil run split the Democratic vote, allowing Taylor to win.
A fragment quotes a saying contrasting a good housewife with two good husbandmen and a line about sewing tears, reflecting a gender role discussion embedded in a historical page. The terse exchange hints at social norms and domestic duties of the era.
The 1852 Democratic convention reunites the party as Franklin Pierce rises as a dark horse. Amid fierce battles among Lewis Cass James Buchanan Stephen A Douglas and William Marcy the nomination comes on the forty fifth ballot with Virginia casting 15 votes to secure the nomination.
In Winthrop Massachusetts on December 2 1920 the Winthrop Storage at 22 Fremont Street and 354 Main Street warns that goods stored in the names of J Toucher J L Shurtliff Dr Clark Wm Barter and Helen Thatcher with at least a year of storage charges overdue will be sold at public auction on Tuesday December 21 1920 at two o'clock at the Winthrop Storage to cover the arrears and charges. J B Tewksbury signs the notice.
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