Holy Name Society outlines New Year plans and reflections
The Holy Name Society of Winthrop marks the New Year with religious services at the Church of the Assumption in East Boston and discusses council activities. Readers are urged to revive Thursday night whist and Saturday socials, while addressing justice system concerns and planning inter council tournaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Society of Winthrop
East Boston
Beachmont
Church of the Assumption
Holy Name
Father McInnis
Harvey Kelly
Silver plating uses indium to prevent tarnish
Indium, a rare element, is added to silver used for plating to prevent tarnishing and maintain shine. The practice highlights material science efforts to preserve metallic surfaces from oxidation.
Golden Rule as Spiritual Warfare and Community Peace
The piece argues the Golden Rule from Christian Science perspectives, linking love, forgiveness, and universal divine Mind to eliminate fear and hatred. It cites Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy to claim true seeing of others as God’s image fosters peace, with enmity dissolved when divine principles govern thought and action.
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ESOS
Jesus
God
Mary Baker Eddy
Mrs. Eddy
Eddy
First Church
DE Scientist
Christian Science Monitor
Cat o nine tails described as severe flogging instrument
The cat o nine tails is a brutal whip with a two foot wooden handle and nine three foot thongs weighted with lead. It has killed several inmates and was restricted after suicides. British law bans its use on women or anyone under sixteen and limits its use to certain crimes, with a doctor required when ordered.
Coliseum Inaugurated in A D 80 by Titus
The Coliseum in Rome, repaired by the Italian government, was begun by Vespasian on Nero's Golden House site and opened by Titus in A D 80. It originally had three stone arcade stories with a wood upper gallery later rebuilt in stone. It likely seated 40 000 to 50 000, measures 615 by 510 feet, with arena 281 by 177 feet and a third century stone wall reaching about 160 feet.
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Rome
Vespasian
Nero
Titus
Town of Winthrop Seeks Printing Proposals for Town Reports
Sealed proposals endorsed for printing the 1938 Town Reports will be opened January 9, 1939, at 8 p m in the Winthrop Board of Selectmen office. One thousand copies on fifty pound white paper required. Bids must include per page pricing for ten point and eight point type, with a $150 certified cheque. Specifications available from the Town Clerk or Clerk of the Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Mass
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
David Belcher
Roy W. Pigeon
Walter G. Baker
Fire Alarm Box Locations Center and Beach Ocean Areas
A list of fire alarm box numbers and locations across Ocean Center and Beach stations. Entries include street corners, avenues, and notable intersections such as 4 Taft and Otis, 6 Triton and Deepwater, 8 Harbor View and Terrace, 12 Crystal Cove and Farnbar, 31 Revere and 390, 41 Main and Banks, 64 River and Bates, and 641 Thornton Park at Bowdoin Street.
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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
Revere St
Summit
Almont and Cross
Revere
Winthrop
Ocean View
Bowdoin and George
Main and
Banks
Hermon and
Lincoln
Lincoln St
Brookfield Rd
Circuit Rd
Opp
Lowell and Loring
Waldemar A v
Wheelock
Pleasant
Pauline St
Somerset Av
Prescott
Sargent St
Johnson Av
Pleasant St
Cottage Park
Cottage Pk
Cor. Johnson
Bartlett Rd
Orlando
Woodside
Seymour St
Centre Sta
Sunnyside
Washington
Winthrop At
River Rd
Bates Av
Winthrop St
Cor. Chester
Bowdoin and Buchanan Sts
Metcalf Square
Fremont and Jefferson
Beach
Quincy and
Sewall and
Grover Nrs
Revere and
Quincy
Pathway
Main
Enfield Rd
Marshall St
Tileston Rd
Court Rd
Cor. Bates
Thornton Pk
Bowdoin
Beginnings of Tariffs and Customs Houses
A historical summary traces tariffs and customs houses from medieval river tolls to royal revenue methods. It notes how fortifications on rivers evolved into formal tax collection, how rulers centralised duties, and how reform reduced some evils while inviting ongoing manipulation by ambitious individuals seeking higher rates.
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Europe
Rhine
Danube
All Countries Supplying Chemists Goods For Domestic Use
The article notes many foreign sources for common chemist ingredients. Castor oil comes from India, alo es from Arabia and the West Indies, rhubarb known as Turkey rhubarb is Chinese root, quinine from cinchona bark, and licorice mainly from Italy.
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India
Arabia
West Indies
London Answers Magazine
Turkey
China
Italy
Restaurant and Liquor Store Ad Listing in Boston Area
An OCR fragment lists PISC0PO LIQUOR STORE at 4 Barnes Ave Orient Heights with contact BE 2689, and RED SHITER CAFE and Famous Delicatessen Bandwiches on Chelsea St Day Square in Boston. It appears to be a retail notice of nearby eateries and liquor outlets with vague street references.
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Piscopo Liquor Store
Earest
Barnes Ave
Orient Heights
Tel
RED Shitter
Famous Delicatessen
Chelsea St
Boston
Red Cross Founded in 1881 Era
The article notes the founding of the American Red Cross and mentions its early development and key figures shaping its role in emergency response.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Emal
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K. of C
Mike
Ort
Daisy
Daniel Boone
Connie Leary
P.G.E
Maine
Vermont
United States
Verdi
Winthrop Counil
the Colonial Inn
Shirley St. Ocean
Winthrop Centre
Ocean
Winthrop Trust Company Savings Department Bank
Winthrop Trust Company
Harry W. Aiken
M. Porter
Bellevue Av
Oce
Vlbovriulet Sales and Service
Putnam Street
Arthur F. Verney
Ford Sales and Service
Woodside Ave
Picaer
Lala Main and
Pieasant Sts
Somerset Avenue
Josephine Shoppe
Chiropodists
DR. A
Civil Engineers
Whitman & Howard Civil Engineers and Surveyors
Liberty
Broad Street
Room
Coal and Ice Dealers
Frank L. Croninco
R. R. Ave
Revere Tel
B. B
Revere Ice & Fuel CO
Realis
River Road
Boat Builders
REID
Williams Brothers
Robert I. Diamond
Crest Ave
Highlande School Children’s Clinic
Pleasant &T
Rand
C. A. Nevers
J. A. Phalen
Chester Ave
Wadsworth Building
J. R. ‘Vaughan
Ray Bucks
W. F. Stover
Kodaks
Maida Lampe
Winthrop Beach
Derco Electric & Radio Shop
Bartlett Road
E. Meryman
Ramsey’s Poultry Farm
Win
Pepperell
M. J
Renie
Frederick A. Magrath
John F. O'Malley
Fune
Atlantic St
Telephone
Charles A. Rollins
Winthrop Laundering CO
Central St
United Bedding. CO. Hair
Janes Dieing Latreigen Hinde
132 Meridian
St East
Albert B. Miller
Somerset Ave
H.N. Bangs & Sons
Madison Ave
Winthrop Storage
Fremont St. Ocean
Cottage Hill Oil CO
Fred H. Wiehe
Curtis Oil CO
P. O
Winthrop Oil CO
Charles C. Murphy
Cottage Avenue
Henry B. Keough
Remair
Pauline St. Ocean
Derco
Lewis’ American Cafe Fine Foods and
Boulevard - Revere
Ocean &1
George
Ben
Magee's Cor
Main Street
Kenney
Spri
Willard Batterie
Fee Eae A Mobile Oils
SUN Ad Service Station
Ny Products
Beach School
Lang
Tai St. Ocean
Orpo
Frank J. McQueeney
Atlantic
Shirley Hardware CO
D. Groman
Prop
Ocean 205
Winthrop Hardware CO
Winthrop St. Ocean
F. Desteffano
Maverick Sq
Jewelers
Gilbert R Rant
Chelsea Tire & Cyclob CO
BIG
New Texaco
Golden Shell
Eveready Prestone
Dave Frank
Porter Street
Charles Hennessey
Frank Bell
Hull
Meridian St
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