Caney Kentucky letters describe mountain life and dances
A Winthrop Review reader writes of teaching in Caney Kentucky. The letter recalls mountain dances like the grape vine twist and croquet walk, church services outdoors or in small houses, preachers, handshakes, and long sermons. It notes feuds, election day moonshine, rustic life, and a deadly shooting near the center, with the author wary yet safe on the front seat of a vivid local scene. The piece ends with Winthrop women’s civic league news and officer elections.
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Review
Winthrop
Winthrop Review
Mass
Kentucky
Andy
Caney
Hamburg
Burgey
Henry C. Tewksbury’s 81st Birthday Celebrated
Henry C. Tewksbury of 205 Pleasant Street marked his 81st birthday last Sunday with neighbors sending remembrances and calls. A cake made by Mrs. R. R. Flynn and delivered by Master Harry Flynn brought him particular joy as flowers arrived and friends called to offer congratulations.
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Henry C. Tewksbury
Pleasant St
R. R. Flynn
Harry Flynn
Tom
Mr. Tewksbury
Sponges on English Coast and Florida Seed Cultures
The article notes several small sponge varieties around English shores, found between high and low water marks. It explains Florida seed sponges grown on cement blocks via wires, growing to commercial size in about two years, and that bath sponges take ten years to mature. Exhausted beds can recover after four years with regrowth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Changes in newts turn males to females after starvation
French histologist Christian Champy observed male fresh water newts, during peak sexual activity, starved then fed them. The following spring the animals showed female coloration and behavior, and their internal organs developed egg cells, suggesting Nature drives this transformation to improve survival chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Champy
New Parties Barred in Russia as Party Monopoly Enforced
G. E. Zinovieff told the all-Russian communist party congress that no new political parties will be legalized for years and the communist party must keep its ranks closed to only strictly sympathetic supporters of the dictatorship of the proletariat. He warned against bourgeois elements entering the party and urged tight control over the press to prevent independent journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Moscow
Russia
E. Zinovieff
Communist Party Congress
Zinovieff
Third Internationale
Petrograd
Lenin
M. Zinovieff
Menshivsks
Epilepsy Cured by Gland Transplant at Sing Sing
Warden Lewis announces a Sing Sing prisoner has undergone gland transplantation to treat epilepsy. George Hauser, serving a sentence for attacking a New York girl, reportedly had four to five fits weekly and speech defects. Dr Terry Townsend performed the procedure on January 21, and the warden notes the patient is now seizure free with improved health and appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
Sing Sing
Lewis EB. Lewis
George Hauser
New York
Terry M. Townsend
New York City
Hauser
Lawes
U S relief aid arrives for deported Americans in Asia Minor
Four American relief workers deported from Kharput Turkish Armenia reach U S. The group includes F B Yowell Washington director of the Kharpur unit, Dr Mark L Ward Newton Center chief surgeon, Dr Ruth Parmalee Boston medical director, and Miss Isabel Harley Pawtucket R I. Yowell accuses Turks of cruel treatment of Americans and Christians in Asia Minor.
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Constantinople
Kharput
Armenia
Diarbekr
F. B. Yowell
Washington
Kharpur
Mark L. Ward
Newton Center
Mass
Ruth Parmalee
Boston
Isabel Harley
Pawtucket
R. I
Yowell
Asia’ Minor
Rock Dislodged by Cow Kills Boy in Pikeville
In Ratliff Creek Kentucky a 25 pound rock dislodged by a grazing family cow rolled down a hillside and struck Luther Lamb five, instantly killing him. The boy was visiting grandparents with his brother and mother when the accident occurred near a cliff about 100 yards downslope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikeville
Luther Lamb
Richard Lamb
Ratliff Creek
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Billie
Chaucer
Mountaineer
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Mrs. Hess
Winthrop Women’s Civic League
Lillian B. Hess
L. Carlotta Clisby
Ruby A. Hubbard
Althea C. Kuebler
Renee N. Hamilton
Edith N. Williams
Agnes I. Fitz- Patrick
Arenit
Hess
Ocean
U. S
Asia Minor
H. N. Bancs & Son
Ocean 740
Cliff House
Winthrop Highlands
F. J. Bochterle
Mgr
Floyd Milk CO
Floyd
Buchanan Street
Crane
Malden
Malden 1910
Catarah
the Willows
Shirley St
Winthrop Beach Sta. Ocean 1767
Ida J. Grover
Shirley
John Robert Vaughan
Washington Ave
Winthrop Beach
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