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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
4
Winthrop officials discuss the salary question in the town with Chief Burrill earning far less than Boston patrolmen and Lieutenant Douglas also underpaid. The piece argues Winthrop’s wealth supports higher wages and urges fair increases for town staff.
The Boston Herald argues that many Massachusetts towns including Norwood Brookline Wakefield Wellesley Winchester and others are reworking town government to replace old town meetings with streamlined boards and commissions. It notes population growth places strain on traditional systems and highlights evolving models for local reform.
The article argues for a broad revision of town government and argues that cities may adopt charter principles for larger towns. It critiques merchants who doubt locals will heed advertisements and urges showing the public goods and prices to stop outof town shopping. It notes Billy Sunday facing small Boston audiences and suggests consistent ministry would help church problems.
The Wareham Courier notes cost pressures on consumers with shoes at $20 a pair and pants worn thin. It argues saving by resoling, patching, sending high priced items to Europe, and printing papers on cheaper lookalike mud paper, as long as newsstand prices stay steady, leaving publishers to shoulder the worry.
List of letters remaining at the Winthrop post office for the week ending December 23 1916 includes Robi Alexander Blume Nathan Cadby R A Condry Mrs J M Deland Rudolph Dimond Leon Fenton Mrs John Gibbs Mrs Harvey Hasell Charless Johnson Mrs Mary S Kinghorn W B Nichols Mrs F W Reed Helen Rotter Lt Comd and Mrs Wallace Ed Wolf Williams Mr and Mrs A C
The article notes Roumanian rural girls prize a clear complexion. They thread red and white cords with coins as talismans from winter to spring, hoping to gain a milk white face, rosy cheeks, and ruby lips. It compares to old rural customs of washing freckles in morning dew.
January 1 1917 column notes double holiday, imperial attitudes, Orient Heights rail line urge all night service, Lynn drunks walking home, new state income tax, post office staff praised for handling record Christmas mail, local rail workers and Scouts discussed, Leap Year marriages rise.
The column lists Christmas prizes at Bert’s Alleys including a diamond stick pin for first and a gentleman’s brush set for second. Winners include Fred McFarland, Herbert Stewart, and Aubrey Walters. Mrs. Scott won the high three string and Mrs. Clarke the high single. Red Millar’s Revere team rolled 1603 candle pins. A ladies roll off is planned January 3 at 2 30 p.m. Boston pins.
In Baine’s On the Track of the Mail Coach anecdotes reveal telegram misbeliefs from the Telegraph era. A countryman refused to trust a message had gone, seeing his form still visible and requiring an operator to push it into the instrument. A woman insisted on enclosing the telegram to keep it private from readers.
A famous English physician recommends a simple bedtime remedy of a hot bowl of bread and milk salted to curb severe insomnia and help sleep. The advice emphasizes a plain, easy to digest pre sleep snack as a potential cure.
British physician reports saline solution using salt and water as widely used in military hospitals. A steady flow over hours improves healing versus fixed dressings. Salt is a handy cleansing and healing medium, but overuse of antiseptics can harm. caution urged for throat use and infantile paralysis.
London discussion cites Parker and Savoy chapel glass timed to 18 minutes. Queen Victoria and Edward VI disliked long sermons, Henry White praised 16 minute ideal, fining himself a shilling if late. London Chronicle notes surnames morphing from medieval forms to modern variants.
Bernard Naudin, wounded in the trenches, returns convalescent with War Cross. He relentlessly works with pen and pencil, preserving the faces of French poilus, English Tommies, Senegalese and Moroccans. His illustration titled Stabat Mater portrays France as a standing mother with a spear, ready to meet and drive back the enemy.
A Washington man and his wife reportedly go into a restaurant and hand the waiter all they can afford to spend with the instruction to take out the tip and use the rest for the meal. The piece notes uncertainty about the couple's appearance. It also mentions weather study methods and various odd anecdotes about luck and coins. Two Scottish soldiers honored for playing mouth organs and a harsh remark about such players are included. A translated Russian line about beautiful black eyes closes the excerpt.
Analysts note the term sport shirts covers a range of casual collars and knit tops. Retailers report growing demand as athletes and non athletes alike seek versatile, comfortable options for everyday wear.
A fragment notes changing style with heat demands as older outfits fall out of fashion. The brief hints at evolving taste and comfort guiding dress choices.
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