Troop 75 Parents Night Highlights Nineteen Twenty Three Years
The annual Supper and Parents Night of Troop 75 in Winthrop at First M E Church featured speeches by Scout leaders including Elmer K. Vasquez and William Van Dalinda, investiture of new scouts Howard Powell and Milton Ferguson, performances by Howard Powell and Isabel Dodge, showing of Boy Scout Camp Pow Wow footage, and a display of patrol drawings.
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Elmer K. Vasquez
Howard Powell
Carlé W. Malley
Richard Gildea
Arthur
C. C. Moore
Bay Shore Council
Albert McGaw
E. C. Campbell
James Nolan
Roy Nott
Paul Dwyer
Harry Belmont Hill
Isabel Dodge
George Hodgdon
Carles W. Malley
Roy Everbeck
The
Lion Patrol
Josiah Kirby
Robert Sloane
Early Washington Assemblies and Fennel Facts
The early Washington assemblies required invitation access and full evening dress for non military members. A saying noted fennel seed’s reverence and nine sacred herbs among the Saxons dispelling disease. Fennel is rarely used in American cooking despite its delightful anise like flavor and global growth.
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Washington
Republic
Army
Navy
America
European Fascination with Egyptian Funereal Imagery
The passage notes Europeans admiring ancient Egyptian funerary architecture and mortality emblems, including bizarre animal-headed deities. It describes statues of lions with crocodile heads and hawk-headed men in tomb temples, and mentions some visitors bowing before gods, highlighting the eerie, reverent atmosphere of antiquity.
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Egypt
Herders Stay With Flocks in Great Blizzards
A writer in Collier's Weekly asserts Western sheep herders do not desert their hungry flocks or dogs during blizzards. They stay on the job despite freezing conditions and neglect by camp tenders, because sticking with the range is the unwritten law.
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Collier’s Weekly
Four hundred years of Erasmus Colloquies and its adages
The Colloquies by Erasmus, the Dutch scholar, aimed to popularize ancient wisdom with 1 451 adages. Written in Latin, it connected educated Europeans and sold 24 000 copies.
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Eramus
Europe
French Terms in Common Culinary Use
A compact list of French cooking terms with plain English translations. Cafe noir, aux marrons, en brochette, petits fours, garni, bombe glace and related phrases are briefly defined for everyday kitchen use.
Thunderstorm Warnings On Mountain Explained By Collier's Weekly
A Collier's Weekly description notes nature's fiercest warning on a mountain as the atmosphere charges with electricity. Hair stands on end and ice ax points hiss, signaling an impending thunderstorm.
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Collier’s Weekly
Memorial Tablet Marks Captain Cook S Death Site
An obelisk at Kealakekua Bay Hawaii honors Captain James Cook who was killed nearby. In 1928 a bronze tablet was dedicated beneath the surface to mark the exact location of his fall.
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Captain Cook
Kealakekua Bay
Hawaii Island
Cook
Sense of Taste Varies Widely Among People
A tasting paper treated with phenyl-thio-carbamide shows taste variation, with some individuals finding it tasteless while others perceive bitterness sourness sweetness or saltiness according to Collier's Weekly.
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Collier’s Weekly
Early U S advertising origin linked to Washington ad
The first American advertising client was George Washington with Benjamin Franklin drafting a real estate notice for the Maryland Journal's 1773 launch, marking an early use of paid notices in a colonial newspaper.
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Eayly
United States
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Maryland Journal
Explosion on Wall Street in New York City 1920
An explosion destroyed part of Wall Street in New York City on September 16 1920. Thirty people were killed and about one hundred injured. Property damage reached two million dollars.
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Wall Street
New York City
Peoria Name Origins in Illinois Confederacy
The name Peoria traces to an Indian tribe within the Illinois Confederacy and began as a personal name meaning he comes carrying a pack on his back.
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Peoria
Illinois Confederacy
Army Discharges Ordered After Revolutionary War Ends
After the war Congress ordered most Continental troops discharged at war end, leaving about 80 soldiers to guard public stores and protect state property. The move marked the practical demobilization of the army as civilian government took over.
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Congress
Oldest Hand Gun Linked to 1377 on Display
A Chinese hand gun dating to 1377 is exhibited at the Armory Museum in Berlin and touted as the oldest firearm in the world. The piece draws visitors with its ancient manufacture and historical significance.
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Armory Museum
Berlin
The Yes Men and the Appeal of Agreeable Men
A reflective note on popularity trends among men, arguing that some rise in esteem because they avoid firm opinions and repeatedly align with others. The piece critiques conformity as a social strategy and questions authenticity in public discourse.
High Wine Definition in Distillation Terms
A historical note defines high wine as the first distillation from a fermented mash used in making whisky or brandy. It identifies high wine as the highly alcoholic product of the initial distillation stage.
Swimming as top all round exercise
Swimming rates high as an all round exercise engaging most major muscle groups across the body. It provides cardiovascular benefits and develops strength flexibility and endurance for overall fitness and health.
Study What You Say and What Not to Say in Conversation
A compact guide stresses mindful speech urging writers to observe language choices. It highlights avoiding offensive terms and unclear phrasing while promoting clarity, courtesy, and purposeful dialogue in everyday writing and conversation.
Little Show in London Snowfall
A brief London note reports extremely light snowfall amid lingering winter without much trace of snow in the city. Weather observers record scant accumulation as streets remain mostly dry and cold.
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London
England
Magnolia Named for Botanist Pierre Magnal
An obscure note attributes the magnolia's name to the French botanist Pierre Magnal. The source text also includes garbled lines about imperfect symmetry, with unclear relation to the plant.
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Pierre Magnal
Insects Hear With Ears in Forelegs and Thorax
A St Louis Post Dispatch writer notes that Orthoptera including grasshoppers crickets and roaches possess auditory organs. Locusts and common grasshoppers have large ear on each thorax side and tympanic membranes with nerve connections. Some species place ears on the forelegs shins near the knee with recessed oval eardrums.
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St. Louis Post- Dispatch
New Guinea
Female Bird Pair Directs Nesting Style and Site
A Montreal Herald writer notes the female typically selects the nest site and largely builds the nest. She shapes the interior for comfort, reflecting her rank and aesthetic sense, while nest placement varies from ground to tree cavities and bushes.
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Montreal Herald
Snake-Bites Foils Chimo Toxin Immune Mixture
A bizarre cautery tale describes a western Venezuela chewing mixture called Chimo made by boiling green tobacco into a tar like mass. It is claimed to confer immunity to unspecified ailments.
Ben Gilman Gasoline Storage Request in Winthrop
Notice of a public hearing on July 6 1937 at eight p m in Winthrop Town Hall to consider a license for Ben Gilman to use land at 47 Dolphin Avenue for two car gasoline storage in a two car garage. Charles A Hagman Clerk.
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Winthrop
Mass
Lillian N. Damon
Bowdoin Street
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Charles. A. Hagman
EK. F
E. M. Belcher
Lincoln Street
Charles A. Hagman
Ben Gilman
Dolphin Avenue
Guelph Treasure Praised as Final Medieval Witness
The Guelph Treasure a collection of portable altars crosses tablets monstrances and reliquaries tied to the Brunswick Guelph royal lineage is hailed as a unique final witness to medieval religion and art by an authority cited in the Cleveland Plain Dealer and described in a catalog edited by Otto Van Falke Robert Schmidt and George Swarzenski.
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Guelph
Brunswick
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Otto van Falke
Robert Schmidt
George Swarzenski
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Arthur F. Verney
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Luna Park
Oldsmobile
Ocean Ave
Revere
Rev
Patricia Beauty Shop
Ruth H. Mills
Beal Street Ocean
BETTY
Duart
Shirley, St
Mary Elizabeth
Boat Builders
JA. Phalen
Chester Ave
Tel
Chiropodists
DR. A. Promises Foot
Iris Aks
Courtes
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L. Cronin. CO. Coal, Coke, Fuel and Range Oil R. R. Ave
Revere Tel
E. B
Revere Ice & Fuel CO
Arthur H. Curtis
Prop. Ice
Mason Supplies
Williams Brothers Contractors
W. F. Stover
Kodaks
Edison Mazda la Printing
Winthrop “Beach
Abbott L. Deroo Electric & Radio Shop
Bartlett Road
Elliott Fish Market
Somerset Ave
Ramsey
Pepperell
M. J. Kelly
Boston
Frederick A. Magrath
B. B
W—Funeral Home
Meridian Street
Atlantic St
Charles A. Rollins
East
Shirley Hardware CO
D. Groman
Prop
Shirley St
Winthrop Hardware CO
Ocean 1
Woodside Hardware
Carmore Paints
F. Desteffano
Maverick Sq
Jewelers
Gilbert R. Rand
Winthrop Trust Co
Arthur M. Jorgenson
South Ave
Woods Bros
Burrill
Winthrop Laundering CO
Central St
F. E. Whitman Lumber CO. Piazza
United Bedding CO
Meridian St
H. N. Bangs & Sons
Madison Ave
Winthrop Storage
Sekine
Fremont St
Ocoan
Cottage Hill Oil CO
Fred H. Wilcke
Range and
Fuel Oilsa
Shirley St. Ocean
Curtis Oil CO
Aldo P. Wentworth Lubhi
Pointe Tae
Beal Street
Henry BE Keough
Pauline St. Ocean
Abbott L. Deroo
Aheang Waist & Radio Shop
Eee Evan
Breed Square
Bennington St
Orient Heights
Lewis
American Cafe
Boulevard-Revere
Ocean Avy
George
Ben
Magee's Cor
Main Street
Kenney
Kelly Springfield Tires
Willard Potterive
Jenney Gas and Mobile Oils
Lindsey Service Station Socony
Beach
Fred J. Leary
Magee
8 Corner
Revere St
Dave Frank
London St. E
Charles Hennessey
Frank Bell
Hull
Piscopo Liquor Store
Barnes Ave
RED Shutter Cafe
Chelsea St
Day Sq
E. Boston
First M. E
Orlando Avenue
Phone Ocean
Edgehill Rd
Thornton
Pleasant St
Winthrop ‘Center
Main St
Call Ocean
Winthrop Review Office
Winthrop Savings Bank
Bodék
Preston B. Churchill
Treas
Winthrop Trust Company Savings Department Bank
Winthrop Trust Company
Harry W. Aiken
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