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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
8
Sunday service at 10:45 am in Wadsworth Hall Winthrop Centre with the subject Christ Jesus. Sunday school for ages up to 20. Testimonial meeting Wednesday evening at 7. Public reading room open 2 to 5 daily and 7 to 10 Monday evening at 24 Jefferson corner Fremont Street. All are welcome.
The church under minister William W. Peck will hold a worship service at Beacon Villa with a sermon on Jesus relation to God and humanity. Choir will perform an anthem Come and worship the Lord and other pieces including The Angels Song, Arise Shine and featured soloists and instrumentalists.
St William J Day pastors the Hermon First Baptist Church announcing morning worship at 1030 on Christmas theme The Meaning of Christmas The church also hosts a 12 man’s Bible class and a 615 Christian Endeavor service with an evening worship focusing on the Message of Christmas
The Church of St John the Evangelist on Winthrop Street lists Masses at 7 8 45 10 30 and 11 30 with children urged to attend the 8 45 service and Sunday School to follow. Rector is John Griffin. Further notices pending.
The Union Church of Christ at Point Shirley offers preaching at 10 45 am and Sabbath school at noon.
Miss Frances Miller will speak on Purity to the young women of Winthrop at the Baptist church on Hermon street Friday evening December 20 at 7.45. The event is at the Mothers Society request and admission is by ticket obtainable from listed members. Tickets reserve seats until 7.45, after which open admission for those 15 and older.
The piece argues economy can backfire when saving a penny costs more in time and effort. It warns that not all thrift is true economy and some cuts exceed their value.
A string of aphorisms on reputations warns that choices of character shape life. Each line links a trait such as responsibility honesty or candor to outcomes like freedom time or privacy, with playful cautions about behavior and social consequences.
A reflective note argues that self restraint and noninterference guide ethical living. The piece claims churches should embody democratic ideals by the people for the people and by the people to ensure genuine mental liberty.
A writer condemns college cram culture and credits self-education as superior. The piece argues current generations plunder natural resources under their so called development plans. It laments lawmakers who dodge laws and warns of moral decay in government.
A set of health-themed statements links pellagra to insanity and rabies control to dog management. It asserts health protection as national duty and mentions typhus spread by lice. It notes shifting death rates around age forty-five.
Ambition is a balloon without a parachute. Patchwork quarrels fail quickly. Few women balance style and comfort. Love is blind yet many propose on leap years. A clever politician hides his tracks. She wants money only to spend it. Hitting the bottle often backfires. A poor memory doesn’t make one honest. A blacksmith can shoe a mule but a woman can shoe a rooster. Some people want little. others are miserable with less.
Winthrop Yacht Club faced Cottage Park Yacht Club in a lively Amatei Boston league match on lanes at the Y P C. Cottage Park starred with a 371 series by their ace, while three other clubs including Athletics, Winthrop Highlands Yacht Club and Grocers compete for top town league honors. Christmas week bowling saw reduced play with many teams off, but Red Sox forfeited a Knights of Columbus match and women bowlers led by Mrs Bess Scott shone at Elks clubhouse.
A humorous survey of personal choices men face from wardrobe to musical taste and social etiquette. It playfully lists decisions about undergarments, appearance, hair loss, tipping, accessories, music, and financial splits with a wink at modern life.
A collection of short maxims quoting famous authors. The bits emphasize courage duty perseverance and desire. Notable lines include George Eliot on talent needing courage Samuel Johnson on resilience and Augustine on duty without praise.
Mrs. Jones asks who gave the bride away and her daughter recalls the moment her little brother stood and yelled Hurrah Blanche you've got him at last as the ceremony ended the newsroom reports a humorous family moment from the wedding.
A concise critique uses vivid color to describe gasoline buggies and the vanity of riches in aviation and automobile pursuits. The piece notes trouble often follows those chasing speed and contrasts right with might as smaller runabouts stumble against larger touring cars.
A judge notes that success is relative and that unconventional ideas quickly become conventional. He warns that censorship masking ignorance is folly, and authentic dispatches should reach the public.
A note lists various industry tips from the era. It mentions New Zealand hemp used to imitate silk, tripling UK trunk telephone lines in ten years, butter helping remove tar stains from clothes by washing, a German village claiming a linden tree around 1,200 years old, and about 4,200 plant species used commercially with 420 in perfumes.
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