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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
7
Winthrop residents filled Lewis Cafe at 107 Boulevard, Revere, enjoying music, dancing, and a varied menu with well prepared dinners and drinks at reasonable prices. The cafe is described as a favorite family outing and social rendezvous for locals.
In Edmonton England observers note a new bylaw prohibits wheeling baby buggies two or more abreast on paths or sidewalks and bans using buggies for other purposes or to carry children or invalids.
Completing the first season the Helen Marie Kennedy Studio of Elocution presents its pupils in an annual recital at Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday evening June sixth. Participants include Caroline Bruns Caroline Kirby Collette Supple Claire Culbert Gervais Wallace Patricia Cushman Joseph Argus Joan Ann Argus Ann Marie Norman Marjorie Ann Donahue Rheta Wallace Barbara Sears Natalie MacPherson Nancy Baker Eleanor Abbott. Assistants include Rita Keleher Elizabeth Forbes MacKenzie Mary Constance O Hare. Kennedy will perform three Shakespeare Queens Lady Macbeth Queen Volumnia and Katherine of Aragon.
The first known American bathtub belonged to Eli Whitney who imported one from England circa 1820 and kept it on display in New York. Adam Thompson of Cincinnati installed an American made mahogany tub in 1842 modeled after Lord John Russell’s tub. Public and medical opinion grew wary. Philadelphia considered a ban in 1843 and Boston imposed limits in 1845. Virginia taxed tubs at $30 yearly.
Roy Miller, veteran editor of Texas, extols John Nance Garner at a gathering in Detroit Texas. Miller hails Garner as a liberal Democrat upholding democracy, opportunity, and pay-as-you-go principles. He links Garner to American origins, self-reliance, and the laboring spirit of Red River County pioneers.
The text traces the name Humphrey from Teutonic roots meaning freeman and home protector to its use as a surname. It cites notable bearers Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphry Davy, Humphrey Marshall, Gen. Humphrey Marshall, and T. Humphry Ward and Mrs. Humphry Ward, noting their contributions and dates.
Walter Scott loved books and built shelves filled with them. The Boston Globe reports friends who shared his hobby caused a solution by a carpenter. Visitors saw blocks of wood arranged as books with cards noting borrower and date.
Ward McAllister defined New York’s elite as the Four Hundred, a limit on who could enter the city’s best social circles. He also claimed no more than 400 people could walk gracefully across a ballroom floor.
The Garden Club of Winthrop hosts a June 9 Continental Breakfast at the Deane Winthrop House featuring a members flower exhibit judged by Mrs. Newhall. About fifty schedules guide varied arrangements, with Mrs. Robert A. Walsh chairing and participants from Lynn and Winthrop.
The Prairie author Cooper wrote the story in Bad Duerkheim Germany and a small museum now preserves his memory there. The site honors one of his most American tales with displays about the writer and his work.
The Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association will hold its final meeting of the season at the Barn on Shirley street Tuesday June 6. A lobster supper will be served under Mrs Pettingell's direction. Reservations to Occ 2410R. Representative Roy Pigeon will address members and guests followed by a color motion picture Lets Go Vacating.
Field mouse Microtus pennsylvanicus builds a network of runways under vegetation and logs to access underground nests. The species multiplies rapidly, with one pair and their offspring potentially reaching nearly 1,000,000 in five generations if unchecked. The creature has stout bodies, blunt muzzles, small eyes, and short ears hidden by fur.
On October 16 1859 John Brown led an assault on the Harpers Ferry federal arsenal with a sizable group. After being overpowered by U S Marines under Col Robert E Lee on October 18 he was jailed in Charles Town W Va. His treason trial began October 27, he was convicted October 31 and hanged December 2.
Health Magazine Hy geia states rats cause greatest harm not by destroying property or eating but as a health menace. The claim emphasizes disease risk and public health concern associated with rodent control.
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