Pop Concert Planned at Casino Winthrop Beach
Colonial Chapter 96 O B S hosts a Thursday June 15 pop concert at the Casino Winthrop Beach with dancing and tickets via Mr Crooks or Ocean 1357 W. Also Sunday June 18 Rev William T Hart to celebrate his first mass at St John the Evangelist Church at 1130. Miss Lena Nunes of Shirley Jr to Jack Kerber of Roxbury announce engagement.
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Winthrop Beach
Crooks
Ocean
Wm. T. Hart
St. John the Evangelist Church
Hart
Court Rd
Geo. Floyd
Point Shirley
W. G. Addis
Somerset al
Pappas
Winthrop
Lena Nunes
A. Nunes
Shirley Jr
Jack Kerber
Roxbury
Miss Nunes
Winthrop High School
Curiosity Excited by Office Boy Whistle Question
A Toledo Blade snippet notes a playful exchange about an office boy who does not whistle and the curiosity it sparks. The dialogue highlights impatience and a search for a simple explanation.
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Toledo Blade
Reforestation Drives Across Nebraska Sand Hills
In western Nebraska along the Dismal River, the Nebraska National Forest project aims to plant 3 billion pines in a region with no prior trees. Over six weeks, 1.5 million acres are slated for young stock from the Bessey nursery, with 60 to 80 percent survival rates reported.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Sand Hills
Nebraska National Forest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Bessey
Charles E. Bessey
National Forest
Moonshine Patrol Clears Dust on Main Street
In Beattyville Kentucky Police Judge H P Begley used confiscated moonshine from the courthouse to supply a crew, directing men to work on street dust as a watercart failed to appear on time in Hood Sprinkledon Street Louisville Ky.
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Hood
Louisville
Village
Beattyville
H. P. Begley
Around the Old Town Hall Vote Rumors and News
Officer Walter George returns from a two week vacation in New York. The Blue Book is available at Town Hall. Ed notes early interest in the fair ones. Ben Tucker and Alfred Tewksbury file papers for the Senate. C Joseph Harvey handles papers for Senator Lodge. A Highlands bid for House and Senate may emerge. Gus Casassa undecided. Cox predicts 1923 Senate win. Bradbury claims Winthrop support. Voters must choose between Bradbury or Cox with Gus to decide soon.
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Walter George
New York
Freeman
Ann
Ben Tucker
Senate
Alfred Tewksbury
C. Joseph Harvey
Senator Lodge
House
Gus Casassa
The
Ancients
Winthrop
Mr. Bradbury
Rep. Cox
East Boston
Revere
Cox
Chelsea
Majority and Plurality in Election Outcomes
The article explains plurality as the lead of the top candidate over the second place, and majority as the top candidate’s total exceeding all others combined. It uses an example where 4,000 votes lead 3,500 and 2,500, yielding a plurality of 500 without a majority.
Peculiar Rock Formation of Dalmatia
Description of Dalmatia and surrounding regions as sponge limestone country where water seeps rapidly. Dig fifteen feet and reach natural openings that carry away thrown material. Rivers unable to cut through the mountain walls due to soaking water. Saturday Evening Post description.
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Montenegro
Bosnia
Herzegovinan
Dalmatian
Dalmatia
Saturday Evening Post
Man who lived on pills record in apothecary bills
Samuel J es sop died 1817 at 65 after a lifelong craving for medicine. In 21 years he took 226984 pills rising to 78 daily by 1816. 1814 was his peak with 51590 pills. The note cites 40000 bottles of mixtures and electuaries, totaling 55 columns of bills. London Times.
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Samuel Jessop
London Times
Emerson on Scholar’s Duty and Labor Louder than Words
The quotation urges immediate action and honest work, urging scholars to measure valor by intellect against giants like Bentley and Gibbon. It contrasts idle talk with strenuous daily labor and dismisses nonessential pursuits, urging focus on substantial achievement over voting or stock calculation.
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Bentley
Gibbon
Cuvier
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Laplace
Cecil
Sir Walter Raleigh
China
Emerson
Friendship as a life guide for aging with change
The note urges building friendship daily to gain joy in old age and warns antagonism leads to social rejection. It compares life to a building where late corrections are costly and often mismatched with the structure, advising prompt corrections if mistakes occur.
Anesthetic History Traced From Ancient Times to Early Surgery
Dr. Charles Ballance notes in the London Lancet that anesthesia through narcotic draughts has ancient roots. He cites Chinese use thousands of years ago and the Third century A. D. surgeon Heathe performing major operations under its influence. A Persian manuscript recounts two cases: Aristotle and Sarnab removing an earwig from a patient who was rendered unconscious, and a Caesarian section.
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Charles Ballance
London Lancet
Heathe
Browne
Aristotle
Sarnab
Clash Over Fence Sparks Mountain Feud
In northeast Pennsylvania Biggs and Jiggs clash over a fence blocking a cowpath. Jiggs repeatedly tears the fence down. Biggs seeks legal relief for trespass with a $10 suit, paying $20 and urging the attorney to unleash a barrage of insults to provoke contempt, then escalate.
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Biggs
Jiggs
Pennsylvania
Odd New Year Gift to King James From Sir John Harrington
A dark lantern sent to James I and VI by Sir John Harrington on New Year's Day 1603 included a gold crown top, perfume pan cover, and a silver shield engraved with sun moon planets and the Crucifixion. An inscription urged remembrance as the king entered his realm. The gift arrived three months before Elizabeth I's death.
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John Harrington
James I
James VI
Scotland
John
Elizabeth
Bird Helplessness and Vulture Flight Habits
Eminent naturalists note vultures show helplessness in open-top pens. A vulture placed in a six to eight foot square enclosure cannot start a flight from the ground without a three to four yard run, so if denied that run it remains prisoner for life.
Sermon Omits Hell Prompting Question From Congregation
A preacher faced a congregation of black parishioners and, on a hot summer day, offered a sermon without mention of hell. When asked why, he replied that everything comes in season and the climate was hot enough to restrain the sermon’s other warnings.
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Hell
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