Short Band and Typewriting Course Offered Here
Thorough instruction by veteran practical stenographers. Course fee is 25 dollars. Day and evening classes now forming.
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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
4
Thorough instruction by veteran practical stenographers. Course fee is 25 dollars. Day and evening classes now forming.
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor bulletin notes publication details, office address, submission deadlines, and subscription rates for 1913. It also reports the Point Shirley taxi line of the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad carrying passengers between the beach and Point on a busy Sunday with a five cent joy ride in an automobile.
The passing of Fred N. Belcher this week saddened Winthrop's elder residents who recall his active role in town affairs. He attended town meetings and showed sustained interest in local proceedings.
Congressman Roberts urged a bill in a Washington sub committee to require steel passenger cars within four years and to install block signals and safety devices. Opponents cited plant capacity limits and a $600 million cost, but Roberts pressed that the aim is public safety and early adoption of steel cars in interstate travel.
The Winthrop Board of Trade held a well attended meeting in the Wadsworth building on credit reports. A representative explained the reports and the topic will be continued at the next meeting. Town Clerk Preston B. Churchill outlined the trust company movement and its needs and history.
The Winthrop Yacht Club's September committee has presented a slate of officers to be voted January for 1914. Commodore C A Blaze, Vice Commodore Fred K Wells, Secretary Charles G Bird, Treasurer Joseph J Devereux, Measurer Howard W Wheeler. Directors Wiseley three years and Ward one year. Regatta Committee Mil ton Norley Clark Wakefield Rinn. Membership Daggett Flint Batchelder Lazell Lazell Johnson Flood Burlen Couillard Christopher.
A newspaper snippet notes a caustic remark about married men and comfort in status. The fragment mentions advertised medicine Fletcher's Castoria and a woman’s sharp comment on men's satisfaction with married life.
Reference Mr. Harry E Whitte more, supervisor of music in Revere, advertises piano tuning service at 87 Crescent Ave Beachmont and phone 643 M.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt collects wry quips about vanity money marriage and family life. The jokes hinge on gender roles social folly and everyday misfortune with a light pessimistic tone.
Washington leads U S lumber production with Louisiana second. Ninety million broom handles are used annually in the United States. Idaho fires 1910 left land regrown with seedlings. English willow substitutes sought for artificial limbs with Port Orford cedar possible. In Washington Oregon yellow pine forests a collapsible plow digs fire lines, weighs 40 pounds, and a single man with horse can replace many shovels.
The United States produced 33,333,000 barrels of salt last year. A Dutch scientist says bread stays fresh for days at temperatures below freezing or above 104 degrees. After England, Russia is the next largest tea consumer with 147,132,000 pounds used in 1910. Belgian Congo natives lack industries and village skills highlight women’s weaving and pottery along with blacksmiths in every community.
Town meeting continued with budget votes and debates over articles eight ten and eleven. Debates covered highway repairs Tarvia overcharge ash collection costs curfew enforcement and a recommended committee to draft by law amendments. votes denied or carried as noted with meeting adjourned at 9 45.
The E B Newton and Pauline street schools presented The Toy's Rebellion and Dickens Christmas Carol with the high school orchestra. Elmer Smith and Helen Christy led key roles while many students participated under Miss Kerry and Miss Abbot's direction for two performances to delighted parents and friends.
A compact quotation from Martin Luther asserts the value of faithful service as a godsend and proclaims Luther’s resolve before Worms. It contrasts God’s fortress with devilish rival chapels, ending with an oath to stand firm under divine guidance.
A collection of pithy aphorisms about women in society, beauty, and friendship. It jests that shine in society rarely equals kitchen skill, beauty treatments demand cash, and friendships bloom when not needed, while forgiving faults in animals but not people.
Lost Winthrop Cooperative Bank book 814 and application for payment stopped under Section 40 Chapter 590 Acts 1903 as amended by 1909. Payment halted. Public notice of claim and steps for recovery.
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