Legion Spirit and Memorial Day Parade Honored by Winthrop Post
The Winthrop Post Band and Ladies Auxiliary led a Memorial Day service at the First Baptist Church on May 21 with 500 in line. Comrade Clarence Hernandez praised the band leader while Arnold Turker noted the Ladies Auxiliary event at Ye Dugout on May 22. The parade featured the Field Band, Drum Corps, Auxiliary, and Sons of the Legion, plus Daddies Club with tickets or a 1934 Chevrolet offered to supporters.
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Legion “Esprit de Corps
Legion Spirit
Légionnaiiré
Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Daddies Club
Oun
Winthrop Post
Auxiliary
F ‘Fathers
Sons of the Legion
Caae
Clarence Hernandez
Legion_of Winthrop
Ac Driil
Ausiiary
Sons of the Legion Squadron
Veterans Urge Unity in Crisis to Rebuild Public Trust
The speaker calls veterans to present a united front and act decisively in emergencies. Only then can they earn public belief and support. The message urges waking up veterans and demanding harmony now.
Legion Auxiliary Hosts Children’s Festival on June 2
The American Legion Auxiliary invites families to a Children’s Festival at the Hermon Street Legion Building next Saturday June 2. A Children's Pageant led by Mrs. Marion Monti will feature races games and prizes for winners. Refreshments include ice cream orangeade candy and hot dogs with two Lucky Admission Ticket prizes.
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American Legion—Auxiliary
Selectmen Grant Gas Tank Permit and Licenses
At a Monday Board of Selectmen meeting, permission was given to Hamilton for an underground gas tank on Bowdoin and Center streets. The Disabled War Vets were approved to hold a Poppy Day event. James Spanos received an innholder's license for the former Point Shirley Club property at Point Shirley.
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Board of Selectmen
Hamilton
Bowdoin-and-Center
James Spanos
Point Shirley
Old Point Shirley Club
Winthrop B B C Tops Shaw Club in Park Contest
Winthrop B B C defeated Shaw Club of Somerville 6-5 at Ingleside Park last Thursday. Favello doubled in the sixth to drive in the winning run after a four run fifth inning rally for Winthrop.
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Winthrop B. B. C
Shaw Club
Somerville
Ingleside Park
Favello
Winthrop
Str Peter's C. C
Winthrop B. B
Cambridge
Cronin Guidi
Graham
Panamanian Shore Yields Pearl Salt and Native Labor
The coast along Panama provides pearls salt sponge and coral while inland natives work in sugar refineries soap tanning candle shoe and hat factories and gather tortoise shells for export. Panama City on the Pacific slopes is the republics largest city with about 74 000 inhabitants. Census shows Orientals whites blacks Indians and Mestizos among the populace.
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Panama City
Repubiic
Pacific Ocean
Panama
Republic
Colon
Pausion
India
China
Japan
Malasia
Indies
South Sea Islands
Europe
South América
The
Two Groups Recognized in the Tobacco Industry
The tobacco industry divides into two main groups: cigar tobacco for filling binding and wrapping and cigarette tobacco for cigarettes chewing tobacco and pipe. States growing cigar tobacco include Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Minnesota Wisconsin New York Connecticut Florida and Georgia. Tobacco for other products comes from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Missouri Arkansas Maryland and Louisiana. There is no strict line between sites and types of tobacco as some states grow tobacco for both groups. Flue cured tobacco, wrapper and leaf types are defined and flue cured is grown mainly in Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida used in cigarettes.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New York
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
AlAbama
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
Arkansas
Maryland
Louisiana
Suipe
CO Brus
Carolina
New York Times
The Hoard in the East and the Great Gold Sink
A fragmentary piece notes that the East houses the world’s greatest hoarders while a triangular southern peninsula near Assa is called the world’s greatest sink of gold. It mentions a definition of gold linked to Africa and Taedtiac. Names and places are partially obscured.
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Assa
Africa
Rules for Garden Club Show by International Exhibit Classes
The notice outlines exhibit classes by country with container and flower themes from Far East to Mexico and unclassified wall pockets. It promotes an Italian Street Fair component, three professional judges, three ribbons per class, and state ribbons for top exhibits. Entries contact listed coordinators for each country category.
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Ireland
United States
Mexico
Emilie B.walsh
Far East
Ethel Skinner
Ocean
Grace W. Gove
Russia
Alice Power
Grace Bliss
France
Lillian Moore
Emilie
B. Walsh
Holland
Sara Schryver
Lillian Ward
M. Oe
Norway
Sweden
Helen Hamilton
Greece
Marjory Dean
British Isles
Ela ° Mason
Viola -Naedete
Lucy Hopkins
Louise—Field
Georgia Jarvis
Bessie Bagley
Mabel.Smith
Christine Patterson
Lois Ward
Orean
Lake Erie Name Origins and the Erie People
The Erie tribe, once powerful but small, vanished after long conflicts with the Iroquois. Early writers note that Erie means cat in Hurons language, giving Lake Erie's name as the lake of the cat. Charlevoix says the Erie nation, now extinct, once lived along its banks and the name derives from the feline presence.
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Erie
Humbers
Five Nations
Hennepin
Virginia
New Sweden
Ericke
Lake
Eric
Charlevoix
Largest Bridge The George Washington Bridge spans Hudson River
The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River in New York City extends from Broadway in Manhattan between 178th and 179th Streets. The Lemoine Avenue approaches are in Fort Lee New Jersey. Total length with approaches is 708 feet. main span is 500 feet.
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Hudson
New York
City
Manhattan
Seventy-eighth
Lemoine Avenue
Fort Lee
Winthrop Garden Club to Host Native Costumes Exhibit
The Garden Club of Winthrop plans an exhibit featuring authentic native costumes from Filehe’s buyer, with three professional judges evaluating bloom, color, and container harmony. Members will arrange most decorations, aided by local florists and out-of-town artists, to raise funds for beautifying a Winthrop area.
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Winthrop
Filehe
Charles R. Bendison
Winthrop Pottery Company
Garden Club of
Winthrop and State Theatres Offer Week’s Film Lineup
Opening Sunday and Monday the Winthrop and State Theatres present Paramount romance Come On Marines! with Richard Arlen Ida Lupino and Monte Blue along with Let's Be Ritzy on the same bill Universal comedy drama. Tuesday to Thursday show Wonder Bar a big MGM musical with Jean Harlow and Kay Francis. Friday and Saturday feature The Trumpet Blows with George Raft Adolphe Menjou and Frances Drake. Harold Teen brings a comic strip adaptation with Rochelle Hudson and Hal LeRoy.
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Paramount
Richard Arlen
Ida Lupino
Rageee Karns
Grace Beadley
Monte” Ble
Toby Wing
Puzzy Knight
Winthrop
Rurtish
Universal’ Pictures
Lew Ayrés
Patricia’ Ellis
First
Minnie Eal
WonderBar
Idelson
endKay
Franciss
Jean
Wonder Ones
Tariss
Jean Parker
Tom Brown
RKO Radio
George Raft
Adolphe Menjou
Frances Drake
Sidney Toleri
Edward Ellis
Katherine deMille
Francis McDonald
Hal LeRoy
Rochelle
Hudson
Harold Teen
Wool textiles beat cotton for warmth and moisture control
Wool retains heat longer than cotton and absorbs more moisture, keeping the wearer warmer and reducing chill. Woven wool offers the best insulation among fabrics and helps prevent discomfort in cool conditions.
An Ominous Name Otto Among Royal Figures
An excerpt notes the name Otto as ominous in historical contexts. It cites two recent sovereigns bearing the name Otto, one Bavarian born King Otto of Bavaria and the other King Otto of Greece, both linked to dethronement.
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Otto
Greece
Otto of
Bavaria
Wasps Credited as Early Paper Makers in History
The article traces the origins of paper making from wood fibers to rags, noting that wood-based pulp began around 1845. It highlights earlier rag scarcity during the Revolution and mentions a German study of paper wasps inspiring wood pulp use, which revolutionized the industry and expanded global reading. Nine-tenths of papers are now wood-based.
Condor Not As Fierce or Large as Once Believed
The condor long thought to be the largest bird in South America is shown by examination to have a more modest wingspan and weaker claws. Reports of its fearsome size and lamb or child-snatching were overstatements. the bird feeds mainly on carrion and rests soundly, making it easy to approach unnoticed.
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South America
Nobel founder Alfred Nobel Inventor of Dynamite
Alfred Bernhard Nobel a Swedish chemist and inventor founded the Nobel Awards. Born in Stockholm in 1833 he developed safely handleable dynamite after a nitroglycerin accident. He patented over 100 inventions and left a fund that supports five annual prizes in physics chemistry physiology or medicine literature and world peace.
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Alfred Bernhard — Nobel
Stockholm
Alfred
First Nonsectarian Travelers Aid Committee Emerges
In 1905 a Young Women's Christian Association member helped form a Protestant Catholic and Jewish women committee in New York to survey and organize travelers aid. The effort led to the rise of the nonsectarian Travelers Aid Society as the city’s first independent, cooperative support group for travelers.
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St. Louis
Young Women's Christian Association
New York City
Ad Society
New York
Star Temperatures and Brightness Fluctuations
The text discusses variable stars including Zeta Orionis as a hot example with an estimated 41 000 degrees Fahrenheit. It mentions Omicronheit as a cooler star and notes brightness changes, though some terms are garbled.
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Omicronheit
The
Omicrog_ Cott
Mountain Ash and Rowan Tree Lore in Highland Country
The mountain ash or rowan tree, common across Europe, is famed in Scotland as the whispering tree with legends of protecting against demons and the evil eye. Berries on clothing are lucky, and cemetery plantings ward spirits while bringing flowers to graves. It is praised as a superb Highland flowering tree.
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Europe
Scotland
Emblem of Longevity in Chinese Rug Stork Pattern
The stork motif in Chinese rugs, a symbol of longevity, is often woven in black. Traditional belief held that storks darkened with age reaching into thousands of years, highlighting the rug’s emblematic significance.
Earthquakes and Animals baffling warnings in parrots and rats
The article notes parrots in Guadalajara display restlessness for days before severe quakes and rats flee the city, suggesting animal sensitivity to tremors. It doubts super-sensitivity as seismographs are highly sensitive and tremors too slight to be recorded could not explain the birds and rodents' behavior.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Decorator's Letter Box Offers Living Room Grouping Advice
Home decor guidance describes arranging a radio cabinet as a central piece with a balanced furniture group. Suggestions include two large armchairs, lamps, a magazine rack, a gate leg table, and wall pictures to create a cohesive, well lit seating area.
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Charlie
Shy
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John. Binney
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Madam Twisto
Daddy Sohne Goohlais
Footer Asa
Reaktermonious
Selectmen
Lake Erie
Lake of the
Winthrop and State Theatres
Real Esta
Bartlett Road
Winthrop Trust, Gevings, and Co. Operative Banks
Arthur M. MacGarthy & Co
Decorator's
Beth
Kennett
Witty Tove, Pernshire
OTR
Weston Lewspaper
Unlday
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