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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
8
Sunday at 10 45 a.m. the lesson sermon denounces Ancient and Modern Necromancy Mesmerism and Hypnotism. Sunday school for pupils up to 20 meets at the same hour. Wednesday testimonial meeting at 8 p.m. Free reading room 29 Jefferson corner Fremont open daily 2 to 6 p.m. and Monday 7 to 9 p.m. All welcome.
Sunday morning service at 10 45 preached by Rev Henry W Pinkham of Melrose. Sunday school to follow the morning service. Everybody welcome.
Church of St John the Evangelist on Winthrop Street posts mass times at 7 8 45 10 36 and 11 30 until further notice. Children urged to attend the 8 45 mass with Sunday school immediately after.
The article notes workers in the United States favor wooden soles for dry feet and warmth. It cites Chicago's adoption in laundries and ice cream factories and half of local clubs and Turkish baths using wooden sole sandals. Basswood is highlighted as a light, close-fibered material.
The excerpt urges acceptance of middle age, contrasting it with youth. It argues age need not terrify if prepared, calling it either melancholy or triumphant. The tone echoes a Chicago Examiner meditation on aging with steadier life value.
A Farm and Fireside tip urges thrift by cutting butter into quarter inch slices and dividing each slice into four pieces. Each person then takes one small piece at a time to avoid waste, a habit practiced by thrifty city housewives for years.
A local minister delivers a sermon on the age old question What Is truth reading notes from the Los Angeles Times. The piece argues that many discuss truth but few live it and that people evade vital issues by speaking on abstract truth while Pilate asked What is truth and offered no answer.
A survey of new ideas includes a spring sprocket to reduce motor vibrations without losing efficiency, a compact spiral lamp filament for brighter projection, and a claim that Lake Tanganyika is the deepest freshwater body. Also notes a napthalene oil from aluminum chloride for illumination, a fish cannery machine finishing salmon in one second, an electric table lamp dual as a cooking bowl with built in toaster, a ground glass auto locker rear with illuminated license, and a trailer mounted pump for small town fires.
A collection of wry maxims about friendship honesty and behavior. The sayings contrast virtues and flaws noting true friends shine in darkness and cheerful lies aid social life while temperaments and speech reveal character. The tone props up pragmatic social wisdom with humorous quips.
A compact meditation on female strain and burnout. The piece links overindulgence in eating, endless work, sleep deprivation, and constant self-improvement to physical decline, urging outdoor recreation and balanced living to restore vitality.
A London golf club reportedly reared more than 400 lambs on its links last summer. The note highlights curious agricultural use of turf space and local farming adjacent to sport.
The text explains that fats come from seeds and should constitute at least a third of the body's food. It notes three fat types stearin palmitin and oleine and says fats yield glycerin an essential component. It states mutton loin has more fat nutriment than other joints and that fat in humans is stored in bone marrow and adipose tissue. It compares fat content of British and American meats with American being highest.
A drama unfolds in a lawyer’s office where John Gaines a famed gambler and Norma Winston agree to a twelve hour ruse to please Gaines’s mother. Norma accepts the role of Gaines wife to spare his mother pain, leading to a staged life that breaks open with a tearful farewell and a note of transformation. Gaines later renounces his old life and seeks a future with Norma prompted by his mother’s longing.
A collection of wry observations on love marriage and society. Notes on secret marriages fame and the tricks of perception reveal a cynical yet humorous voice about relationships and gender roles.
A roundup of new devices and ideas includes noiseless concrete floors with tar paper, a combined auto jack and pump, a glove equipped cleaning powder, and a Milwaukee bottle washing machine. Other inventions cover steam inlets for engines, a France streetcar smoother with block notches, a self turning flashlight, in-car telephone links by a Philadelphian, and methods to teach Argentine horses to inhale weed smoke.
The piece warns that haste without heed to consequences destroys profits and risks the worker becoming a vagabond. It emphasizes that fame comes from hard work, with success earned by playing the game from morning till night.
Atlanta announces a plan to establish a large shell factory in the city. New York theaters will begin paying monthly war taxes. Buffalo plans to hire women for street railway work. St. Louis asserts leadership in the global fur trade.
In the Amateur Boston Prn League on Monday evening Cottage Park and Winthrop Yacht clubs faced off. Britt starred for Cottage Park and Waters starred for Winthrop Yacht Club in a competitive match.
Winthrop High defeated Norwood 45 to 0 as spectators swarmed the field causing stoppages. At halftime Winthrop led 38 to 0 and used second string players in the second half, scoring once.
The Revere High Winthrop football game moved from Thursday to Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ingleside Park Winthrop due to poor field conditions on Thanksgiving Day.
At a Military Hospital Aid Association council meeting held Tuesday at the chairman Mrs. Charles E. Cowan’s home, it was decided that when hospital patients exceed 40, the weekly chairmen may draw on a $100 reserve fund to balance expenses. The group advances Christmas plans with Mrs. Nellie Winegar leading a committee for a carol sing at the hospital windows and requests for greens and gifts. On November 27, Mrs. Ellen Ashley with Mrs. A J Pierce delivered beer, cream, sponge cake, fruit, magazines with greeting notes to the boys. November 30, Mrs. Willard Bacon with several assistants served chocolate pudding, whipped cream, grapes. December 4, Mrs. Thomas Barber will chair, and December 6, Mrs. William Barter’s committee will serve.
A broad jumping hare from South Africa, similar in size to a rabbit, possesses powerful hind legs that let it bound 20 to 30 feet. It can ascend hills with surprising speed, though it descends more slowly.
December calendar items include a Patriotic Ball at Elks Hall for the Red Cross on Tuesday December 4. A two day annual sale by St John s Guild at the Parish House on December 4 and 5. An Annual Charity Ball at the Winthrop Elks on Friday December 14.
Mrs. Charles S. Otto hosted the Amicitia Club on Jefferson street for a Monday evening meeting led by president Mrs. J. E. Davison. They discussed the annual Thanksgiving basket and Christmas activities. Guest speaker Mrs. John A. Knudson of Omaha, former club president, spoke of Omaha club work. A letter from a member serving with Uncle Sam was read. Next meeting set as a Christmas party December 10 at Mrs Alphonso Belcher’s home on Loring road.
The Slacker, a seven act photodrama starring Emily Stevens and directed by William Christy Cabanne, plays Monday and Tuesday at the Winthrop theatre. It features nationalities from France Italy England Roumania China and Japan uniting as one American flag. The story emphasizes enlistment in the armed forces and loyalty to the United States with scenes of three thousand soldiers advancing to answer Columbia's call.
The Popular Authors' Literary Club of Winthrop met at Mrs Myra Peterson's home with president Miss Helen L Frasier presiding. Mrs Susan McDonald read a paper on The Foreign Born Are They Loyal and Mrs Margaret Foley spoke on The Accomplishments of Women in the World Crisis. Miss Margaret Barter read selections and the roll called current events. The next meeting is scheduled for December 11 with Mrs C Elizabeth Flinn.
Immense eartings are the most coveted gornaments of the Maroo Lagoon tribes. Each tribesman wears the largest ring to signify beauty and rank, sparking fierce rivalry among warriors. Some natives have torn parts of their ears in attempts to wear record-sized earrings.
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