Financial advertising lures readers into risky prospects
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor notes a surge in financial ads in big metropolitan papers, tempting small investors with high profits. Caution is urged as many promotions are uncertain or partially developed. sensible alternatives like local mortgages and safe savings are recommended. weigh purchases at home and report underweight fraud to authorities.
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Winthrop Sun and Visiter
Ghirley Street
Winthrop Beach
Telehone
Boston
Mass
Ae Ri
Congress
Exchange
Swann
New York
Silly sensationalism in Boston papers about Billy Sunday
The Wakefield Daily Item mocks Boston papers for publishing details of Billy Sunday’s domestic life. It notes the papers reveal breakfast, dinner, and supper preferences, including apple sauce, and criticizes the ridiculing tone in a small town paper.
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Wakefield Daily Item
Boston
Billy
Uninterrupted Courtesy Noted by Stevenson Tribute
A historical notice recalls Robert Louis Stevenson praising his deceased friend James Ferrier for never habitually interrupting. The anecdote highlights a rare civil behavior admired by the author.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
James Ferrier
Whorf Seeks Correction on Winthrop Views Show Notice
A letter requests correction of a recent column error crediting T for participation in the Improvement and Historical Association show. The writer lists proper cast, praises Mr Tucker, and announces plans for an enlarged Winthrop views collection and a new slide set with a lecture on Cape Cod as seen by artists.
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Colums
Comedietta
Improvement and Historical Association
Strand
Anthony F. Holahan
Dorothy Delano Ross
Bliffer
Frank W. Tucker
Kitty
Harry C. Whorf
A. F. Holahan
Mr. Tucker
Tucker
Winthrop
Cape Cod
Revere High adds swimming team amid tryouts
Revere High School drops basketball for winter and adds swimming as a regular sport. About 25 candidates train under Coach William Remert at Ocean Pier Baths with Wednesday practices. The first real tryout is December 20 at Ocean Pier Baths for an interclass meet. Norman Fermoyle is likely captain with candidates including Maniff Rosen Koppel plunge Kelley Stowell and Fermoyle diving Miodownick. Otis Skinner stars in Mister Antonio at the Colonial Theatre starting December 11 with a strong supporting cast and reviewer interest.
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Revere High School
William ‘“Remert
Ocean Pier Baths
Revere High
Norman Fermoyle
New England
Maniff
Rosen
Koppel
Plunge
Kelley
Stowell
Fermoyle
Dashes
Miodownick
Otis Skinner
Skinner
Colonial Theatre
Mister Antonio
Booth Tarkington
Mr. Skinner
Eleanor Woodruff
Joseph Brennan
Robert Harrison
Walter F. Scott
Francis — Sandy
Agnes Mare
Patterson McNutt
Ernest Elton
Third Avenue
New York City
Middle West
Antonio
The Orange in Spain Tradition
A brief note describes Spaniards eating oranges at breakfast with refined technique. A senorita peels the fruit with a silver knife, severs each piece with her fork and consumes the juice without spill, then sets the core aside with the fork still resting.
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Spain
Winthrop Alerts On One-Armed Man Asking for Arms
Winthrop Chief Ellsworth Burrill warns householders to watch for a one armed man going door to door asking for alms. He jokes about sending the suspect to Bridgeport, Conn., to the Remington Arms Company for help. The note blends local humor with a safety alert from the Winthrop police chief.
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Winthrop News
Boston Globe
Ellsworth Burrill
Virgil
Rene
Virg
Winthop
Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms Company
Ellsworth
Ambition and mastery in life’s ongoing game
The text argues that early in life ambition grips us like a ball, but true growth comes from mastering manners of action rather than chasing the goal. Relaxation reveals our best abilities, and steady effort yields small daily improvements. The supposed goal never ends, only ambition keeps pushing us forward.
Bishop and Archdeacon Spar Over Quiet Smoking
A bishop who enjoys a cigarette is rebuked by his archdeacon who spies him smoking in the garden. The bishop quips that incense to the devil may be burning, and notes he did not know the devil was near.
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Episcopal
Nimes France Draws Visitors With Roman Heritage
The passage highlights Nimes as a captivating French locale famed for its Roman amphitheater used for circuses and bullfights, the Maison Carrée temple, and attractive gardens, though noted for dust when mistray blows.
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France
Nimes
Milk Cure for Cracked Dishes
Advice notes that boiling cracked dishes in enough sweet milk for about forty five minutes can glue the cracks shut and make the dishes appear nearly as strong as when new, allowing them to endure further use.
Charles W Lemont Victim Of Scarlet Fever
Charles W Lemont a well known Mason died of scarlet fever. The Templar service was led by Eminent Commander Herbert M Fowler and Pretate Simeon Craigin with Rev Charles S Otto offering prayer. Remains sent to Litchfield Maine for burial. survived by wife two brothers and one sister.
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Herbert M. Fowler
Simeon Craigin
Charles S. Otto
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Litchfield
Mr. Lemont
Esoteric Lodge
A. F
A. M
Adelphi
Royal Arch
Springfield
W. (. Skages
Unadvertised Letters at Winthrop Post Office Remain
List of letters remaining in the Winthrop post office for the week ending December 9 includes Bassett James Bates Carol B Carroll T Caine A J Conway Mrs Crandon L B Deigborn Mrs Louise Dunn Frank Hamblen Carleton Johnstone Ruth May E M MacLeod Elizabeth Morris Mrs Hazel Sta eel Wayman R D Wilcox Miss Yugey B B.
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Winthrop Post Office
Bassett
James Bates
Carol B. Carroll
T. Caine
A. J
Winthrop Public Library Offers Winter Hours and Catalog Notes
The Winthrop Public Library lists winter hours 1:30 to 9 p m on weekdays with a juvenile desk 1:30 to 6 p m and evenings 7 to 8 p m. Deposits are at 485 Shirley Street and at Elliot & Whittier’s office at Taft and Shirley. The notice enumerates new and notable books including Mothers List of Books for Children and The Harvest Moon, along with vital records for several Massachusetts towns and various literary titles.
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Shirley Street
Winthrop Beach
Elliot & ~Whittier
Taft Avenue
Point Shirley
Imprisonment as A Mental Catalyst Across Eras
The author argues that confinement does not dull the spirit or intellect. Monastic cells fueled some of the finest medieval writing while many modern authors produce enduring work despite physical restraint.
Deane Winthrop Chapter Enjoys Christmas Party
Despite Tuesday’s storm, about twenty members of the Deane Winthrop Chapter D A R gathered at Deane Winthrop House for a Christmas party. The regent Mrs Carmel L Nesmith presided with hostesses distributing gifts and reading verses as decorations and refreshments accompanied a festive gathering.
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Deane Winthrop
Deane Winthrop Chapter
Deane Winthrop House
Carmel L. Nesmith
Florence L. Dunham
Agnes B. Wales
Myra F. Pearson
Mary H Moreland
Mystery of the Chimney Swift
A historic note outlines the chimney swift as a perplexing bird. It migrates south in flocks drawn toward the Gulf of Mexico coast and vanishes for five months, leaving its hiding place a mystery to observers.
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Gulf of Mexico
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