Short Hand and Typewriting Course Offered
Thorough instruction in shorthand and typing by experienced stenographers. Tuition is 25.00 for the course. Day and evening classes now forming.
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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1913
Page
4
Thorough instruction in shorthand and typing by experienced stenographers. Tuition is 25.00 for the course. Day and evening classes now forming.
The Greenfield Gazette argues Postmaster General Burleson is right to push government ownership of telegraphs, noting government telegraph rates and overhead. It contrasts private phone efficiency with public cost, suggesting civil service exams lag private results and that telegraphs could be better than telephones for public ownership.
An editorial notes two railroad accidents on the B R B L within five days as unusual for the town. It praises local post office workers for their heroic efforts and wishes readers they receive exactly what they wanted from the newspaper.
The National Magazine notes that market day, a centuries old English institution, survives in Hallifax Nova Scotia and Charlottetown Prince Edward Island. Large enclosures host markets where locals sell livestock, flowers and wares for a small stall fee, reflecting the long standing English market system.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item describes cats on Roxford road in East Cleveland that nightly sing on porches of residents including Messrs Heister Krauss Robinson Sheldon and Nolan. The next morning Mr Krauss tauntingly asks if Nolan heard the cats and Nolan recalls throwing an alarm clock at them to quiet the disturbance.
A simple mixture of rice flour with cold water simmered slowly forms a strong adhesive. The cement can be used hot or cold for mending ornaments and delicate china, yielding a durable bond.
The article notes that a person’s laughter signals their mental depth and self-control. It contrasts chronic gigglers as shallow thinkers with quiet individuals who rarely laugh as having intense feeling and thoughtful nature.
Forest ranger Bruce Darnton pursues a raging blaze at Hemlocks Lodge where June Campbell, an artist, and Tawny Phillips threaten danger. Lame Bear, the trusted Indian, uncovers Tawny as arsonist while saving June and Darnton from plots of revenge. The couple unite to confront the flames and choose a future together.
Selwyn and Company unveil the melo drama set in smart New York society featuring William Courtenay as Steven Denby and Lily Cahill in her Boston debut as Ethel Cartwright. A diamond neck lace theft prompts a socialite to act as secret agent to protect a sister and her lover, delivering sustained suspense to a surprising climax.
May Robson headlines a New Year week engagement at the Park Theatre Boston in The Clever Woman a three act comedy by James Forbes. The noted actress is under the direction of William Moore Patch Pittsburgh managing director of the Pitt Repertory Theatre.
Ninety-two men appeared before the Civil Service Commissioners at the State House on Tuesday for examinations for Metropolitan Park policemen. Twenty-eight others applied but did not attend. Tests covered training and experience, duties, laws, report writing, arithmetic, handwriting, copying and memory.
Indianapolis mayor Shank tells a woman interviewer that women must lead the fight for cheaper living. He says men are busy earning money and mocks male laughter at women's suffrage, comparing it to Smith laughing after his wife's funeral.
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