Beach Items and Local Happenings at Winthrop Highlands
City residents return and relocate for the season while beach activity continues. Homes change hands and cottages are vacated or enlarged. A Chicago pitcher John Clarkson receives praise for his performance with the Beacons of Boston and other teams. Fire and social events mark a quiet coastal week as the Great Head Yacht Club plans a January ball and reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Shaw
Dosh Billings
Monterey
Cal
S. HE. Skilton
Virginia
New Pier
Winthrop Highlands
Joseph Gunhill
Summit Avenue
Charlestown
Wm. Wyman
Charles Street
Great Head
Nat C. Goodwin, Jr
Chicago
John Clarkson
Cambridge
Beacons
Boston
Hyde Parks
Worcesters
Clarkson
East Saginaw
Michigan
Chicagos
Providences
Ashoo
John
Wave Way
Geo. W. ‘Cary
Waltham
Great Hlead Yacht Club
AL. A. Joslin
Chas. G. Bird
J. H. Hartley
Odd Fellows’ Hall
If I Were You A Poem From Chamber's Journal
A dramatic exchange where a grave man asks his maid what she would do if she were in his place. She suggests telling the truth if she were him, then he confides to her privately and she remains silent. The verse ends with uncertainty about what they whispered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behring's Strait
Captain Gilderdale
The
New Haven News
Chambers County
Humorous Pleasantries From Various Newspapers
A collage of quips and jokes from multiple papers. Observations include witty lines on money, drought humor, a one legged man and wet feet, a joke about paper vs silver dollars, a pun about a dumb moment, a quip on a girl and a quack, and remarks on baseball history, quilts from railroad ties, Congo progress, advertising, and a joke about milk quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Observer
Brooklyn Times
Boston Transcript
Washington
Washington Republican
Chicago Sun
Chicago News
Melancholy and health remedies in period discourse
The article quotes advice on melancholy attributing two thirds to liver issues and suggests diet, emon juice, and pills as sunlit cures. It touches on youth melancholy, optimism, and notes Florida fruit abundance and plant diversity in British North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Home Doctor Remedies for Felons and Eye Motes
A Medical Times note explains using doubled horse hair loops to remove eye motes and a felon remedy from American Rural Home. The felon treatment combines roasted salt, Castile soap, and Venice turpentine as a poultice, renewed daily, claimed to draw out matter and heal even when bone is damaged.
How to Use Hot Water for Pain Relief
A simple guide recommends hot water for external bruises and internal pains. Apply hot water immediately to injuries to prevent bruising. For indigestion and wind colic, sip hot water, then use a hot compress over the painful area, renewing every ten minutes. The method is presented as harmless and accessible, potentially reducing doctor visits and drug use.
Drinking in Washington and the spread of liquor culture
A Cleveland Leader correspondent notes Washington’s liquor abundance yet questions declines in drinking. Public figures allegedly stock cellars and wine is sold by quantity, with punch rising in popularity. The piece contrasts regional tastes and mentions several lawmakers as hot water drinkers and teetotalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland Leader
United States
New Orleans
California
Congressihan ‘Hatch
Missouri
Breckenridge
Arkansas
Horse asylum in Berlin managed by vet surgeon and cavalry officer
An asylum in Berlin cares for overworked and disabled horses under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon and cavalry officer with a farmer. The grounds span about 100 acres of pasture, clay and moor, with water and bathing facilities for the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Savage Sea Elephants and Other Curious Tales
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent recounts wild sea elephant encounters, a panther sighting near Soda Springs, a rattlesnake tale with 132 rattles, a collie guarding cattle on a Elgin farm, and two mice immured by oysters at Whitestaple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Soda Springs
Sacramento River
Lick
Whitestaple
England
Rochester man completes monument from stones nationwide
A Rochester citizen finished a six foot high four foot base monument made from stones gathered from across the United States. The piece includes stones from nearly every state and from the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester, Minn
United States
The
Union
Rocky Mountains
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Mr. E. B. Sears
City
Parker Bryant
C. B. Belcher
Hoosac
Chas. Harris
Winthrop
Highlands
Mr. Cook
Crest and
Charles Streets
Cottage Hill
Mr. Whittier
Harbor View Avenue
E. K. Tewksbury
Mrs. Wyman
Qui Vive Cottage
Shirley Street
HT. Whitman
Firm
Whitman, Breck & Co., Engineers
Messrs.Rice & Hutchins
Mrs. H. A. Joslin
Weston
Mass
Mr Joslin
Henry G. Cary
Mrs. Young
Lawrence Cottage
American Board of Missions
People's
Winthrop Town Hall
George W. Blish
Stephen L. Baldwin
D.D
China
J. W. Black
W. A. Cooper
Lynn
J. W. Hamilton
Somerville
G. F. Adams, Esq
Grace
D. Crocker
C. Cary
Europe
Alfred Tewksbury
Ocean ‘Spray
Main Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
Winthrop Street
Seth C. Cary
Winthrop St
Baptist Church
Hermon
You
Hobson
Nick
Florida
British North America
Home Doctor
Savage Sea Elephants
Elgin
Bovime
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