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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1931
Page
4
A reader cites a complex tongue twister from a scrapbook about Hottentot tots, asking what should be taught and who should teach. The note presents the playful linguistic puzzle and questions whether teaching and tutoring outcomes differ for the tricky phrases.
The article notes the Groundhog Day superstition across Europe and America, linking forecasts of a long winter to animal shadows. It mentions the badger in Germany, the marmot in France, and the hedgehog in England, with American traditions tracing to groundhogs brought from abroad.
Actress boards an open plane in fog for Night flight scenes in Dishonored co starring Victor McLagles, famed for What Price Glory and The Cock Eyed World. Headlines hail her courage and Hollywood stunt work during production.
Paramount sent a film unit to San Bernardino to shoot two weeks of atmospheric scenes for Percy Crosby's Skippy. One hundred local children were chosen to perform in exchange for pay as part of the on location production.
The Winthrop Theatres feature Dishonored starting Sunday, with Dietrich as a wartime Austrian spy and a high altitude parachute sequence filmed with large studio lights. Also showing The Drums of Jeopardy, a Harold Mac Grath adaptation directed by George B. Seitz with sound effects by RCA Photophone, plus The W Plan starring Brian Aherne in dual roles and other cast details.
Kay Johnson and Bert Lytell star in The Single Sin at Winthrop Theatre with a cast including Paul Hurst and Holmes Herbert. The drama follows a jailed bootlegger who vows to reform as a blackmailer threats test her love and resilience. Also featured is The Great Meadow location scenes and Brabin's Fort Harrod tale at the same venue.
The Board of Selectmen held a Monday evening hearing on grievances from men seeking town work on Revere street and other projects. A veteran claimed bias toward three aliens by contractor Connolly, noting pay disparities and favoring younger workers. Chairman Churchill said three of Connollys men were permitted for edgestone work. town paid no other contractors. Tibbetts noted only 17000 dollars was allocated for street work this year, limiting town supply and explaining welfare-funded workers were used to ease welfare burdens.
The earliest inscriptions in tombs of Egyptian kings date to about 4700 B C. Babylonian history reaches back before 2000 B C, with the Hyksos era between 2000 and 1600 B C. Pharaonic rule spans from Menes around 4770 B C. to Egypt's conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 B C.
Memorial day observance in Winthrop featured Veterans of Foreign Wars units Winthrop Legion Post drum corps and auxiliary groups marching led by Weymouth American Legion Post Band. Senator Conde Brodbine spoke on liberty equality and national unity as bells rang and veterans laid wreaths in Metcalf Square and Winthrop Cemetery.
An American teacher in Luzon's Midlos Norte ventured alone into a marsh haunted by a luminous ghost. After a night of chasing a flashing light through mud and water, he finally ran down a winded wild hog whose snout bore phosphorescent mud, ending the chase.
The excerpt explains hypocrisy as the act of portraying virtue or religion while inwardly acting contrary to those beliefs. It condemns the false display of goodness by individuals whose aims are selfish or whose life is corrupt.
A reader asks about bow legged teens and remedy options, noting surgery as the only postadolescent solution for simple bow legs. The exchange covers weight goals from running, citrus fruits and rheumatism, coated tongue, zone therapy, and candy-related cheek burning with cautions and general guidance.
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated February 25 1929 from Harry R Wheeler to Winthrop Cooperative Bank the property in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts will be sold at public auction on Monday June 15 1931 at four o clock in the afternoon. The parcel known as Lot B on the Winthrop plan bounds by Almont Street Lot A and Lot C containing 5280 square feet with buildings and fixtures included. Sale is subject to unpaid taxes tax titles and municipal liens with $500 cash due from the buyer. Mortgagee Winthrop Cooperative Bank by Almon E Whittemore treasurer and Edward R Thomas attorney. May 19 1931.
Mortgagee Noddle Island Co operative Bank of East Boston sells at public auction on Tuesday June 16 1981 at 3 PM the premises described in the mortgage deed to Richard R Cray and Eliza Cray Nos 233 Pleasant Street Lot B Whitman & Howard plan dated March 24 1909 recorded Suffolk Deeds Book 33538 Page 483 containing 4096 square feet. Sale subject to unpaid taxes assessments tax titles. $300 cash required at sale. Noddle Island Co operative Bank of East Boston mortgagee By James H Cline Treasurer 72 Meridian Street East Boston Mass M22 29 55
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