Use of 1 to 24 on Clock Started in U S in 1884
The 1 to 24 hour numbering originated in the United States with early American Society of Civil Engineers records. Efforts for standard time funded a 1884 international conference in which Greenwich was chosen as the base meridian and the 1–24 system was approved, though the United States never fully adopted it.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
Chicago
St. Paul
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Congress
Arthur
Greenwich
England
Elks Banquet Marks Lodge Anniversary in June
Winthrop Lodge of Elks plans a banquet next Saturday evening at 7 in the grill room to celebrate the thirty first anniversary. Exalted Ruler Andrew A Biggio names John R Sullivan as chairman for a grand event. The lodge recently hosted a Ladies Night with 150 Elks and guests, Cawthorn's orchestra provided music, a buffet lunch and an 11 o'clock toast by Biggio.
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Winthrop Lodge of Elks
Elks
Andrew A. Biggio
John R. Sullivan
Sullivan
Lodge of Elks
John J. Moynihan
Brother Elks
Cawthorn
Elks Honan Delivers Flag Day Oration in Norwood
Representative Daniel J. Honan, vice-president of the Massachusetts Elks Association, served as the Flag Day orator at the Norwood Lodge of Elks on Saturday.
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Daniel J. Honan
Massachusetts Elks Association
Norwood
Winthrop Elks Carnival Set For August 4 5 6
The Annual Carnival of the Winthrop Lodge of Elks will be held August 4 through 6. John J Moynihan serves as committee chairman for the event. Full details will be announced soon.
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Winthrop, Lodge of Elks
John J. Moynihan
Name Canada Derives From Iroquois Roots in Stadacona
A historian cites Cartier vocabularies showing Canada from the Iroquois kanata meaning a settlement. The term appears as Stadacona’s name at Quebec and was extended regionally by Cartier. Other explanations cited as guesses lack unimpeachable evidence.
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Canada
Cartier
New York Herald Tribune
Gaspe
France
Great River
St. Lawrence
Stadacona
Quebec City
Quebec
Shawls Travel From East to West Across Fashion History
A Rural New Yorker writer traces shawl origins from the Silk Road to Spain and India. The Cashmere and Paisley shawls reached Europe via British officers in India, captivating London fashion. Early prices ranged from 1200 to 1500 dollars, later dropping to 70 or 80 dollars as mass production grew.
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New Yorker
Spain
India
Scotland
England
London
Manhattan Island
Sawyer Named Honor Graduate At Boston Diesel School
David P. Sawyer of 193 River Rd Winthrop graduated with high scholastic honors at the United States Diesel Engineering School in Boston. More than 1200 attendees heard praise from Myron S. Huckle president, with Sawyer active as a school paper reporter and varsity hockey player and a Tau Kappa Beta fraternity member.
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United States Diesel Engineering School
Boston
David P. Sawyer
River Rd
Winthrop
Sawyer
Brighton
the Uproar
Tau Kappa Betta
Myron S. Huckle
United —States
Brighton Ave
Civil Service Examinations Open for Several Competitive Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for multiple positions including Operating Engineer Marine Diesel at $2,600 yearly, Photoengraver at $1.44 hourly, Under Instrument Maker at $1,260 yearly, and Medical Officer and Associate Medical Officer at levels up to $3,800. Applications must be on file by July 18 or July 21 depending on region. full details available from the Civil Service Board of Examiners in designated post offices or directly from the Commission in Washington.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Department of Commerce
Government Printing Office
Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Agriculture
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Washington, D.C
Solomon Island Natives Vigorous and Fighters
Field Museum News notes the Solomons as a group of seven large and many smaller islands in the Pacific east of New Guinea. The Melanesian natives are vigorous and warlike, once head-hunters, with large war canoes, clubs, spears, and bows. Diet centers on taro with fish and pork, and coconut milk and meat are prized. hair and skin vary by western and eastern islands.
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Solomons
Pacific Ocean
New Guinea
Albert B.lewis
Field Museum News
Melanesian Islands
VFW Encampment Week in Northampton Details
Convention week for the VFW centers on Northampton from June 23 to June 26. About 2700 delegates and friends from VFW Posts and Auxiliaries expected. Col Williams Post No 318 and its auxiliary plan reunions bands parades picnics clambake banquets and the encampment military ball at the State Armory.
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Northampton
Col. Williams
State Armory
Delegates Named for Metcalf Post Winthrop Events
Delegates representing the Richard F. Metcalf Post of Winthrop include P. C. Henry L. Tenry P. C. John J. Collins P. C. Thomas Martinetti and S. V. C. Daniel F. Collins. Auxiliary delegates include President Mary Bat chelder S. V. P. Estelle Buschena J. V. P. May Collins P. P. Helen Wyke P. P. Cecelia O’Neil Sisters Margaret Brown Eileen Collins and Audrey H. Martinetti.
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Richard F. Metcalf
Winthrop
P. C
Henry L. Tenry
John J. Collins
P. C. Thomas Martinetti
Daniel F. Collins
Auxiliary
Mary Batchelder
Estelle Buschena
May Collins
P. P
Helen Wyke
Cecelia O'Neil
Margaret Brown
Eileen Collins
Audrey H. Martinetti
Encampment Parade Schedule From Local Veterans Groups
The encampment parade is set for Saturday at 4 o clock. The first section includes 2nd Battalion 104th Infantry Spanish War Veterans The American Legion Polish and German War Veterans. The second division features V F W Posts County Councils Auxiliary and Junior units. At midnight the Military Order of Cooties V F W fund making organization holds its annual scratch parade.
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104Th Infantry
Military Order of Cooties
Officials Invite Hurley Tobin At City Veteran Event
Gov. Hurley will attend Saturday morning and Mayor Tobin Sunday morning along with other state city and veteran organization officials who accepted invitations.
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Gov. Hurley
Mayor Tobin
State
Hospital Hope Youre Home Soon For Veterans Group
Commander James Sheerin visited at Massachusetts General Hospital says he hopes to be home within two weeks. Comrade Bob Winters expects discharge this week. The Post and Auxiliary send sympathy to Edwin Fitzgerald and family for Edwin Jr recovering at Winthrop Community Hospital and to Walter Moylette after two serious operations at St Elizabeth Hospital.
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James Sheerin
Mass. General Hospital
Bob Winters
Post
Edwin Fitzgerald
Edwin Jr
Winthrop Community Hospital
William E. Moylette
Walter
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Sympathy Extended To Mrs Fenton Child Priscilla
This column extends its sympathy to Mrs Fenton of Court Road whose youngest daughter Priscilla is confined to her home with an infected knee. Her playmates wish her a speedy recovery.
Moriarty Weds Beaton in Orient Heights Chapel
John Moriarty a Pleasant Jr. playboy and local auto salesman married Miss Beaton on Thursday June 16 at the Chapel in Orient Heights. The couple left for a trip to the White Mountains and will reside in Winthrop after returning. May good fortune attend them.
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John Moriarty
Playboy of Pleasant Jr
Great Order of Benedicts
John
Miss Beaton
Orient Heights
White Mountains
Winthrop
June 26 Anniversary of Custers Massacre Observed
The Winthrop Review notes the annual observance at Little Bighorn River Montana. It salutes Daniel T Callahan the lone Indian Wars veteran in the community who once served as personal bodyguard to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Little Big Horn River
Montana
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Winthrop Review
Daniel T. Callahan
Highbush Cranberry Not Relative of True Berry
The highbush cranberry Viburnum opulus is not related to true cranberries but a elder berry relative in the honeysuckle family. It is known by many names such as crampbark tree wild guilder rose red elder and May rose, reflecting its history and uses. The bark was once thought a stomach remedy and the shrub grows across northern Saskatchewan and in New England Michigan Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Chicago Tribune
Saskatchewan
New England
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Exboardians Hold Fourth Annual Progressive Dinner
The Exboardians, Ltd. held its fourth annual progressive dinner on June 15 with events at multiple homes. Guests received hors d oeuvres at Mrs. Winifred Orrall's, Italian decor by several organizers, themed table settings, and a three-candle cake at each place marking the group's third birthday.
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The
Exboardians, Ltd
Winifred Orrall
Orrall
Elizabeth Blandford
Grace Burns
Dorothy Sullivan
Jessie Davy
Marguerite Loakes
Della Robbia
Blanche Curtis
Mildred Ordway
New Library Additions at Frost Public Library
Frost Public Library expands its shelves with new titles from the Literary Guild. Featured works include Damien the Leper by John Farrow, The Church and Science by Sir Bertram Windle, Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos, Anthology of Catholic Poets by Joyce Kilmer, The Well of English by Blanche Mary Kelly, Now I See by Arnold Lunn, From Within by Arnold Lunn, Edmond Campion by Evelyn Waugh, Philip the Second by Dr. Thomas Walsh, and Brother Petroc's Return.
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Frost Public Library
Literary Guild
Damien the Leper
John Farrow
Sir Bertram Windle
Georges Bernanos
Joyce Kilmer
Blanche Mary Kelly
Arnold Lunn
Edmond Campion
Evelyn Waugh
Philip the Second
Thomas Walsh
Brother Petroc
Pleasant Park Yacht Club Open Regatta draws 150 boats
The Annual Open Regatta of the Pleasant Park Yacht Club was held June 19 with over 150 boats starting. Judges included Roy Pigeon and David Wisely. A late afternoon shower drenched spectators and tipped a Radio Boat. Eddie Cronin attended. Entertainment plans for the Night Before the Fourth were announced.
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Roy Pigeon
David Wisely
Ed. Jones
Howard Ganett
Charlie Burrills
al Silck
Eddie Cronin
Dr. Schraffa
Matty
Largest star sapphires listed by Jewelers' Circular Keystone
The Star of India tops the list at 563 carats as the largest star sapphire in the Morgan collection at New York's American Museum of Natural History. The King sapphire follows at 392 carats 75 points, about a small egg in size. The Star of Arfaban weighs 316.85 carats and is named after a character from Henry Van Dyke's Other Wise Man who sold all to buy jewels for the Christ Child.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York
Henry van Dyke
Jamaica Rises From Submerged Mountain Range
The passage notes Jamaica sits at the top of a submerged West Indian mountain range. It recalls Columbus describing the land nearly 400 years ago and his improvised relief map made by crumpling paper for Isabella.
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West Indies
Jamaica
Columbus
Isabella
World's Largest Exhibition Hall Declared by Earl's Court
Kensington venue Earl's Court claims to be the world's largest exhibition hall covering 18 acres. The claim emphasizes its vast space for events and exhibitions, highlighting the site as a premier venue in London.
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Earl's Court
Kensington
Population Moves Westward
The United States shows a westward shift in population, averaging 42 miles per decade as people migrate toward western areas. This movement spans decades and reflects urban and rural settlement trends across regions.
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The
United States
Pupils In Recital This Afternoon
Mrs Isadora Smith Bussey a renowned piano teacher at 77 Somerset Ave closes her season with recitals by pupils in the lower and intermediate grades. Four honor students Laurette Lecours Elaine Bowen Arline Monroe and Mildred Remby will perform works by Beethoven Schubert Mendelssohn Brahms Sinding Rimsky Korsakoff and Rachmaninoff in the Thursday program.
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Isadora Smith Bussey
Somerset Ave
Laurette Lecours
Elaine Bowen
Arline Monroe
Mildred Remby
Longest Canals in World Mentioned Across Regions
An article notes the longest Chinese canal stretching from Hangzhou to Tianjin and cites a 152 mile sea linking waterway in northwestern Russia joining the Baltic and White seas.
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China
Hangchow
Tientsin
Russia
Baltic
White Seas
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Wadsworth Block
Winthrop Street
Ocean
Bartlett Road
Arthur W. Gibby
President
Preston B. Churchill
U. S
Solomon Island
By T. M
Pleasant Park Yacht Club
G. J. Hamilton, Jr
Electrolux
Suburban Gas and Electric Co
Bartlett Rd
Winthrop Ocean
Beach St
Revere Revere
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