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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
4
The notice outlines a minimum charge of 50 cents for up to 24 words and six-word lines in caeces of Sst 14 saves six words beyond Srst 26 words at a rate of the additional. Display line head, 25 cents.
Classified notices list private garage at 30 Madison Avenue available for $5.09 per month, furnished rooms in a new house and several apartments with varying rents, locations in Ocean area and Winthrop Centre. Contacts include Ocean and specific phone numbers.
The term eisteddfod refers to Welsh gatherings for poetry and language prizes. It traces back to pre conquest times, was revived under Henry VII, and saw periodic festivals in Welsh towns in the last century awarding Welsh language proficiency and verse prizes.
English courts refuse recognition of midnight or after hours marriages. A Russian couple registered in Moscow won a separation but could not claim maintenance or separation under English law, illustrating the limits of foreign marriage validity within England.
Fritz Wittels argues that true love and fidelity stem from early family example. He warns modern society faces rising divorces as children of divorce lack fidelity learned at home. Affectionate coercion and guided love are presented as safeguards against abuse and unhappiness.
Cleaning services for windows rugs and paints offered by Leroy in Ocean area. Tutoring across all grades advertised with reasonable rates at Ocean 1442. Phonograph and radios for rent by week or month from City Radio Shop at 35 Wash Avenue Chel 6632.
In Brittany France small cafes brim with locals drinking cider the national drink. In a town square musicians sit on barrels as a bagpiper fiddler and horn player perform fast dances. Young men dance hop in wooden shoes kept on by sabots as crowds cheer late into the night. The holiday continues toward daybreak.
In South American forests a hunter traps a monkey by using a hollow fruit pot filled with nuts. The monkey grabs the nuts and cannot withdraw his fist, so he is captured as he struggles to pull free. The method relies on the monkey’s attachment to food and lack of clever escape.
Nature Magazine notes the sailfish is a prized yet poorly understood tropical fish near Florida. It travels alone or in small groups in the gulf stream, its long beak and birdlike dorsal fin giving it a striking, almost saurian look.
In a shop window display an alarm clock portrait draws attention with a faithful artistic rendering. Two working men study the clock as one man, Bill, declines it preferring not to wake at a specific early hour. The scene centers on a clock showing 20 minutes to 4.
A historical note traces the expression to a self killing method using a bucket and rope. It recalls Sheridan on his deathbed asking if a friend who was “merry” had fallen into a well, uttering Did he kick the bucket.
The text explains that black and white pepper come from unripe berries of Piper nigrum, with color loss due to skin removal. It notes P belle leaves are chewed with areca nut and lime to prevent dysentery, and that cayenne pepper derives from a Capsicum species.
Breakages, Ltd. tea time scene centers on George Dear asking a planned question of a companion. He pauses to ensure a careful response while she invites certainty, then lightheartedly hints at juggling pockets full of small items. The exchange carries humorous domestic misdirections.
The Winthrop Branch of the Governor's Committee on Street and Highway Safety presents a detailed table of accidents on Winthrop streets by month and week. It shows totals with counts of injuries and property damage, and urges careful driving to reduce insurance impact.
Feature listings for the Winthrop Theatre include Warner Baxter in The Arizona Kid coming next Friday and Saturday with Mona Maris. Dennis King performs in The Vagabond King and Roadhouse Nights at Paramount Hollywood, with songs delivered in Chevalier style and a standout number You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me.
The article previews Dennis King starring in The Vagabond King and Maurice Chevalier in The Big Pond at Winthrop Theatres. It highlights Kay Francis Hal Skelly directing a scene, Chevalier as a showman, Colbert in supporting roles, and the Technicolor romance The Vagabond King based on If I Were King.
Friday and Saturday show Norma Shearer in The Diversee with Robert Montgomery Chester Morris and Conrad Nagel. Sunday Tuesday features Zane Grey Western Lights of the Western Stars with Richard Arien Mary Brian and comic Harry Green. If you liked The Virginian you will enjoy this.
For sale a hot hall modern improvements house freshly painted in Box SY Winthrop Review area. Asking under 10 000 dollars. Contact local listing for details and terms.
Congressman Underhill left his Boston hospital Saturday for a summer cottage in Cataumet with doctors ordering a pause from politics. He is not allowed to speak this fall and may tour Lynnfield this week to accept a Constitution model from Massachusetts schoolchildren. He previously pushed a $300,000 appropriation to restore Old Ironsides and appeared on the floor to offer resolutions, receiving an ovation from colleagues.
Nine new applications for membership were balloted upon and approved at Winthrop Post No. 146 American Legion meeting. New members listed include Henry J. Larpen Melvin G. Carr John Z. Morris Harry A. Kramer Warren Wickwire Francis P. Raynor Walter C. Chisholm Robert L. O'Brien and Leland G. Floyd.
Two Deer Island trusties and John M. Flynn, a guard, saved Patrick Foley of Roxbury who drifted from South Boston in a dory. The boat filled fast as they battled eddies and outgoing tide, with Foley bailing frantically before the rescue in a prison boat.
Patrolman Matthew Flaherty on duty in Chelsea square was struck by a car at 5 30 am and severely injured. He is married with eight children and received three stitches for a head wound along with bruises to the shoulders back and legs. The operator was Enrico Leno of 113 Revere Street Winthrop.
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