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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1936
Page
6
Local business Chelsea Tire and Cycle, established in 1921, lists address at 1434 Chelsea Square Che. The entry records the shop as a historical establishment with unclear current operations.
Chelsea officials promote Goodyear tire values with models such as Blue Ribbon Values and Speedway. Manager Harry Holzman touts easy pay options, Goodyear safety features, and long mileage, inviting customers to compare and learn about advantages. Also selling seat covers and Texaco Oil specials.
Revere Theatres lists showtimes across Friday to Thursday with titles including The Walking Dead, The Golden Arrow, The Ex Mrs Bradford, and Hell Ship Morgan. Screenings run at multiple blocks from early afternoon through late night, with matinees on Saturday.
A Successful Farming writer notes that Leonhard Fuchs, fifty years after Columbus, published a Latin botany book with fine illustrations including the first known printed image of the corn plant. Fuchs labeled it Turkish Corn, claiming recent introduction from Turkey, Asia and Greece. He also called a type of pumpkin a Turkish cucumber.
A truncated note discusses the monarch George Frederick Ernest Albert, listing his baptismal names as a reflection of royal ancestry. The fragment mentions his status as the late king and frames the names as ancestral heritage.
Pleasant Park Yacht Club hosted a race between Winthrop Club Hustlers and 15-footers. Charlie Pike won the Reindeer Hustler class finishing a minute ahead of Paul Sweeney's Halicore. Halicore and Hopset were tied at halftime in the Indian Class six miles.
The passage recalls a time when paper was scarce and royal, noting that 20 reams were sent to Emperor Trajan by the Chinese emperor 1800 years ago. This lavish present expanded Trajan's library and showcased China's vast resources and generosity.
The Progressive Club held a brief Monday night meeting with Bro. Robert Carroll elected Recording Secretary. A post meeting meal featured chop suey noodles French bread butter and coffee. A special gathering is planned for Sunday afternoon June 21 with ice cream and cake to attract attendees.
The Montreal Herald notes agrimony as a herbaceous genus with about 15 species in the rose family. European Agrimonia eupatoria is used by herbalists. in North America six species occur east of the continent with one in New Brunswick. The tall hairy agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala grows in rich woods to about three feet.
The term faux pas translates literally to a false step and is used to denote a social error in common usage. It captures how a minor misstep can embarrass or signal etiquette breach in public settings.
Jean Arthur and William Powell reunite onscreen in The Ex Mrs Bradford from RKO. Powell plays an amateur sleuth amid a merry romance with Arthur, as mystery and humor unfold for audiences. The Boulevard and Revere Theatres schedule showings on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday June 23 24 25.
Property listing on Washington avenue offers a six room apartment with amenities described as modern and reasonable rent sought by the advertiser.
The annual Massachusetts Golf Association open at Winthrop Golf Club proceeds today and tomorrow with prizes in three handicap classes. Low gross and first and second nets awarded. entries may include notable players like Jesse Guilford. The week faced rain delays and only two matches were completed.
In a drenched field the Winthrop team tied 13 to 13 with United Shoe Machinery Golf Club. Mrs Norma Yeatten holed a 20 foot putt for a three on a par three while Dorothy Browne sank a 15 foot putt to halve the hole.
A large Business Girls division bridge party at the Clubhouse drew twelve tables with Misses Barbara Johnson and Elizabeth Armstrong leading. Prizes included maple base ash tray sets and nautical themed match-holders. A second event by Home Girls led by Grace MacQuarrie and Edwina Beattie is set for June 23.
After a four hour wait the South Boston Yacht Club regatta in Dorchester Bay canceled the pace as the 10 mile course proved too long with a dying easterly wind. The Oriental skippered by George Rolt led the Manchester division and won over Leslie Rawding’s Nipper after taking the lead at the first marker.
The article traces Cincinnati’s name to Huron and older Indian terms describing a landing and a great water passage. Col. John Johnson cites these names from his long years among the tribes, noting the city’s site as a trailhead to the Great Lakes and the inland route from the Ohio and Licking rivers.
A Popular Science Monthly note describes mythomania as a misunderstood form of lying. The liar fabricates without purpose, often from childhood fables, and can harm themselves and others. Adults have baffled detectives with self incriminating, rapid lies.
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