Local paper copies available at multiple Winthrop retailers
Copies of this paper, priced at 5 cents, are on sale at A. T. Bangness opposite Highland Station Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Depot Boston, Winthrop Beach News Co opposite Be Station, Les J. H. Totman’s News Agency Jefferson and Winthrop Streets, Brown's Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre 1, B. Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy, Elizabeth Rippay variety store opposite Centre Station, and at the publication office Lewis Block Washington Ave.
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A. T. Bangness
Highland Station
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn Depot
Winthrop Beach News Co
J. H. Totman
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Brown’s Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Centre
B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety Store
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Washington Ave
Keith's Theatre Features Star Vaudeville Lineup
Keith's Theatre presents a rich Christmas week program headlined by Valerie Bergere in A Bowery Camille with Clarice Vance The Southern Singer Lew Sully Urbani and Son Mignonette Kokin Klein Ott Brothers Nicholson Wilton Brothers Italian Trio Kitamura Japs Galletti's Monkeys Ryan and White and more including Goetz Nelson Walter Daniels and Tanner Gilbert plus new Kinetograph pictures and varied specialty acts.
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Keith’s
Great Army of Shoppers
Valerie Bergere and Company
Clari
Clarice Vance
Lew Sully
Urbani and Son
Europe
Mignonette Kokin
Comediennes
Klein
Ott Brothers
Nicholson
Wilton Brothers
Galletti
Ryan and
White
Walter Daniels
Goetz
Nelson
Tanner
Gilbert
Long Lived Icelanders and Island Longevity
The Icelandic people average about 65 years, nearly double the prior global life expectancy. Sweden and Norway age 50.02 and 49.04 years respectively, but Iceland tops longevity. Earthquakes unsettle some, yet lives go on with few shocks. mail boats from Leith reach Reykjavik every three weeks, delivering little news that stirs Icelandic life.
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Iceland
Leith
Reykjavik
Removing Ink Stains with Two-Part Solutions
A pair of chemical mixtures is described to dissolve ink stains. Bottle No 1 uses citric acid and borax in water, while bottle No 2 combines chloride of lime and borax. Apply bottle 1 to saturate, blot, then rinse and use bottle 2 to remove ink and allow rewritten writing on paper.
A Christmas Growl From a Frugal Neighbor
A humorous yet pointed dialogue argues Christmas gifting has become a costly, speculative custom. One neighbor condemns high priced gimcracks while praising meaningful, modest presents for truly close friends and poorer relatives, urging restraint.
Possum Dinner Tales From Kentucky Woodlands
An excerpt echoes nostalgia for simple gifts over modern shopping as the author imagines a possum feast. It praises wood fire cooking in a log cabin with hickory smoke and mentions corn pone or crackling bread to accompany possum and yams, noting Kentucky Pennyrile possums peak with pawpaw season.
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Pennyrile
Kentucky
Louisville Courier- Journal
American Temperament and Art Reflections
Hamilton Mabie in Atlantic argues that American life was shaped by heirs of great literature rather than a distinct artistic race. He credits English lineage for steadfast idealism, while other races contribute sensibilities that enrich American art and life with beauty and joy.
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Hamilton Mable
Atlantic
Diving for Oysters in Ceylon Waters
A Ceylon manual description details a pearl diver using a rope and stone setup to reach the sea bottom. The diver, with a net around his neck, descends, gathers oysters, and returns as the manduck hauls the rope and transfers the haul to the boat.
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Ceylon
The Restless Piper and the Street Musician
A Wall Street financier dismisses native music like bagpipes while noting a piper’s constant movement. A boy asks why the piper stays in motion, and the father jokes the pace prevents someone from attacking with a cobblestone.
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Wall Street
Interpretation Elevates Poetry and Painting Quality
The passage argues that skilled readers and reciters, like skilled painters, reveal the beauty hidden in poetry and art. It warns that mediocrity produces sameness and dullness, while adept interpretation highlights details and engages the eye and mind.
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Strand Magazine
Logical Supposition on Nations and Family
A playful exchange in the Chicago News features a child asking if George Washington and England were married. The father corrects the misconception, noting Washington was the father of his country and England not his spouse, highlighting a misinterpretation from a readers book.
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Lloyd
George Washington
England
Papa
Chicago News
He Was Incorrigible Underdo ned
A humorous dialogue snippet depicts a husband forever finding fault with his wife’s cooking while Mary shrugs off the complaints as his characteristic behavior.
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Mary
Mary Ringly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Keith's Theatre
Ents
Revere Journal
John
Massachusetts
Wytch
Santa Claus
Old Sam Flintlock
Watermans
George Notwell
George
U. KE
Alfred Tewksbury & Co
Herrick’s
Educato
Golden Rule
Beacon Falls
Wadsworth
Winthrop Centre
Wissner, Schoninger, Krell, Ludwig
Winter
Schubert, Shultz and
Cote
Blake's Piano
Washington St
McNeil Bros
Crawford Range
Winthrop Street
Winthrop, Mass
Chas. F. Totten
Winthrop Beach, Mass
Frank P. Anthony
North Centre Street
Sargent St. Winthrop
T. J. Mahaney
Carpenter and
Court Road
Floyd & Tucker
Notary Public — Justice OF the Peace
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
School Street
City Hall
Winthrop
Caiurgeon
Core
Wlatheop
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