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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1908
Page
8
A German editor tricks readers with a blank editorial page to prevent confiscation. A Cincinnati Enquirer piece mocks the pet poisoner trade and the cruelty of harming pets for comfort or wills. A New York World note critiques two and three way usage and pronunciation. A school exam joke recalls Elizabeth I and soldiers. Bookman
Two officers chasing wolves in central Servia lost their way in fog for fourteen hours. One officer bound the other, rolled him down the mountain, and he slid to the bottom where a peasant found him exhausted.
Mrs Lenora Hamilton mother of Mrs James Rabi of Beach Road died April 4 at 7:30 AM after a long illness. A Massachusetts native aged nearly 76, she was active in temperance and philanthropic work in Charlestown and Dorchester. Funeral conducted by Rev George A Phinney at her home, with First M E Church quartet performing. She is survived by another daughter Mrs George W Taite of Cleveland and a grandson H Lester Rahkl, with interment in Stoneham.
A hotel guest argues the Spanish names in California carry curious meanings. In Santa Barbara the tale of Indio Muerto and Salsipuedes is retold. Salsipuedes once described a wandering street, meaning Get out if you can, a flawed hospital name.
A four year old attends lunch with Queen Victoria and is praised for politeness while the queen is warned by the child that she herself was impolite. The girl recounts the queen lifting a chicken bone by the end and scolding the queen with a playful mock motherly finger.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt a couple discuss alleged plagiarism in a poem about flying. They argue the theft was of ideas by a woman, while critics accuse writers of marrying into controversy as they travel.
Rev Frederick M Waite of Winthrop Street presides at services at 10 30 12 00 6 16 7 30 with study class and prayer meetings. Charles J Jones will preach at Sunday service. Union meeting with O E Society at 7 PM. Temperance address by Daniel McKay of Roxbury. Easter baptisms after prudential meeting next Tuesday at 7 45. Ladies' Aid social next Wednesday with ice cream and cake. Last Merrimac Street Mission meeting next Thursday 7 15 train from Centre. Mission to relocate but work continues. Mrs White connected to Dean Academy. Franklin MA. Baby Show and Mrs Jarley wax works planned for May 2021 in Wadsworth Hall.
Sunday morning at Corner Hermon and School streets Rev W C Litchfield leads 10 45 service with Sunday School at noon and Young People's Union at 6. Unity Fraternity speaker P Ames of Cambridge at 6. Grand patriotic service planned for April 19. Union Congregational Church on Tewksbury Street in Winthrop Beach led by Rev A L McKenzie with 10 30 worship and 7 30 praise. Programs include Keys to Success Integrity and weekly events for youth and ladies aid social meetings this week and May communion plans.
The Paragraph Pulpit from All Soul's Church urges thousands of men outside the Christian fold to unite with a new Unitarian gospel. It renounces salvation schemes and proclaims religion as life, emphasizing character, action, and the absolute essential of righteousness.
An English statistician in New York discusses marriage patterns noting fewer marriages between aging wealthy men and young, beautiful women. He endorses media criticism of such unions, citing a Hertfordshire case where a seventy nine year old man wed a twenty two year old milliner, with local papers reacting strongly.
The article traces evolving punishments for perjury from ancient Rome and Greece to Christian and medieval times. It notes brutal methods like execution by falling from a precipice and tongue removal, and later shifts toward more humane but still severe penalties, including penalties tied to the crime allegedly sworn about.
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