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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1923
Page
5
George notes no games this week and prices hint at a forthcoming report. Averages to be listed next week, with Ivy Club and Union Ch A A as the anticipated matchup.
Readable fragments show Winthrop Yacht Club leading with a season team total of 1595 and weekly 1552. Individual scores include C P Webber 364 and Ellis Wiseley 146. Other names and clubs appear in partial lists with weekly strings and team totals, including Cottage Park YC and various Elks, K of C and IOOF affiliations.
The Friends of Nelson Floyd learn that Thursday at noon Mr. Floyd was much improved. Local notice notes Floyd’s condition as he recovers, signaling a positive update from the community.
Charles G Greene of Winthrop announces his candidacy for the Board of Selectmen. He mentions the Henry E Keough Co installing 37 Nokel heaters in town homes and advertises the service as satisfying. The item also notes a Madagascar palm leaf wax substitute tested for beeswax replacement and potential uses in bottling and phonograph cylinders.
Prof H N Holmes of Oberlin University explains that added sugar binds water from fruit juice to leave pectin jelly like. He notes other substances have similar water affinity but are usually poisonous or unsuitable for consumption.
A reported immense pile of old horseshoes collected in small consignments from brick kilns at Trowbridge weighs about 120 tons. The text notes four of the horseshoes are suitable for melting into cutlery due to tempered metal from hoof wear and road use.
Poem celebrates returning college students and festive city scenes during Christmas season. Mary Garrigan Barry, wife of Ex-selectman Joseph Barry, lauds youth gatherings, green garlands, and mistletoe as couples stroll the promenade. The piece appears in the Boston Post.
Randall Parrish's Gift of the Desert is highlighted as a great west tale. Miss Nina Asher Mitchell of Saga more av is home for Christmas from Mt. St. Mary's Seminary Hooksett New Hampshire where she studies music. Berkeley W. Mossman spent Christmas in Winthrop and returned to New York. Capt R S Harrison helps run the Marlborough Winnipeg hotel but missed Christmas due to business. Mrs Florence M Everbeck of 40 River rd was hospitalized for an appendectomy.
The piece notes Greek churches aligning with the European and American year and discusses proponents of a thirteen month calendar with four weeks per month and a New Year day. It argues the reform faces significant public and logistical hurdles despite optimism.
A list of fire alarm boxes in Winthrop with cross streets and nearby landmarks. The notice includes school schedules, alarm procedures, and call numbers for Central Station and Beach Station, advising two bell blows for a full alarm and three for a second alarm.
The article highlights Randall Parrish's skill at portraying the West and its fearless characters. It notes his early voting involvement, his mature storytelling, and that Gift of the Desert will be presented to readers as a senal in this publication.
The article notes Eleanor of Castile's will to mark her bier's resting places with twelve crosses from Hornby Lincolnshire to Westminster Abbey London. It lists Lincoln Grantham Stamford Geddington Northampton Stony Stratford Woburn Dunstable St Albans Waltham West Cheap Charing, with only Geddington Northampton and Waltham surviving into modern times.
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