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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
6
A satirical collection of pointed paragraphs lampoons excuses punctuality and social vanity. It notes actresses divorces, undertakers, orators, prodigal children, Solomon, and shifting gender roles with brisk, ridiculing humor.
A quirky excerpt defines slang and traits with satirical aims, listing terms like Fad-t, Milk, Cynic, Sin, Genius, Charity, Thermometer, Egotist, and Blockhead alongside pointed descriptions of respect, happiness, amusements, and money. The piece skewers social roles, cultural memes, and public behavior in compact paraphrase.
The piece muses that debt stays sticky and good work challenges competition. It notes that dodging duties wrinkles a woman, and a boastful man ceases to be a wonder. It likens self-advancement to lending a ladder to others and warns against empty force.
A reflection on gender roles and ambition contrasts male pursuit of wealth with female persistence. The piece notes men often gain experience late, spend money chasing status, and invest in hair tonic as they rise, while suggesting desire for better things shapes love.
A collection of brief notes discusses salt water as a more potent fire extinguisher than fresh water, the Weeping willow’s origins by the Euphrates, and how flowers turn toward artificial light just as they follow the sun. A Philippine tree is noted for shedding water abundantly from its leaves.
Jared, the quiet village dreamer, discovers Avery Stimson’s feelings as Shatner comes back. Graves the detective exposes a Hartley Shatner investment scam, clearing Avery of suspicion and prompting a decisive romance between Jared and Avery.
A collection of wry aphorisms on hard work pride and folly. Observations touch on heartache responsibility gender humor money and marriage with sharp cultural humor of a bygone era. Each line delivers a compact moral or social jab.
A collection of aphorisms noting that prayers reveal hope, ready money heals, and the absent are often in the wrong. It mocks excuses, favors self reliance, warns against overtalking, and links patience with health. It ends with counsel to live by nature and speak little to gain merit.
A compact moral riff warns that a girl resisting a kiss signals the wrong suitor, that churchgoing hints at romance, and that appearance can mislead. It counsels doubt of a boastful man and notes a husband supporting a large family may wear patched trousers.
The piece humorously notes a common belief that women seek to transform a wrinkle into a dimple. It questions whether the woman is crazy, then asserts she merely pursues a widespread aim.
Dickinson College in Carlisle Pennsylvania turns 132 this year while Georgetown, a suburb of Washington, reaches 165. Forty one states employ state geologists or related officials. Newfoundland hosts nearly every known iron ore variety.
The New Year matinee marks the final week of Leo Ditrichstein’s The Great Lover at Park Square Boston. The production, praised as a masterpiece of dramaturgy, features Davidstein in a lauded performance with strong supporting cast. On Monday January 8 Canary Cottage, by the same authors as So Long Letty, joins the program.
The Boston National Grid Opera Company brings seven operas to the Boston Opera House starting Monday January 1 led by managing director Max Rabinoff. The schedule features Andrea Chenier Madame Butterfly L Amore dei tre re Faust Tris La Boheme and Aida with renowned singers and a strengthened chorus and orchestra.
Biographer Albert Bigelow Paine notes Mark Twain, newly arrived in New York, stayed at a mechanics’ boarding house on Duane Street and disliked the board. Twain, used to southern fare, wrote home about lacking hot bread and biscuits while working in a Cliffs Street printing shop near the Harpers, earning four dollars weekly.
A home remedy suggests simmering cracked dishes in enough sweet milk to cover for about forty five minutes. The milk repairs cracks, making the dishes nearly as strong as new and able to endure similar usage.
Public auction will sell property described as part of Winthrop Shore Reservation in Suffolk County bound by Mocnamd Avenue Winthrop Shore Reservation and land of J T Jessup. The sale includes parcels conveyed to Mary Sullivan et al and a 272 square foot strip. Terms at sale. Attorneys: H L Wadsworth 40 Court Street Boston.
Public auction will occur on Wednesday January 10 at three oclock in the afternoon at the described premises. The property is a parcel with buildings on land bounded by Washington Avenue and Peleg Briggs Wadsworth land, containing about 12 668 square feet. Sale is by Conveyancers Title Insurance Company holder of the mortgage, subject to prior liens and taxes.
Schedules for Orient Heights to Bowdoin Square and Orient Heights to Bowdoin Square via tunnel. Details include cutoff times, intervals from early morning through night, Sunday service, night service from Gladstone Street to Devonshire, and return trips from Sullivan Square to Forest Hills. Special cars available by request. EDWARD DANA Supt. of Traffic December 23, 1916.
Winthrop Post Office opens weekdays from 7 am to 9 pm and Sundays closed. Special Delivery mail is delivered Sundays. Office is a Postal Savings Depository. Carrier deliveries run weekdays from 10:20 am to 2:50 pm with 6:30 pm and 9 pm pickups. several boxes are not collected at 9 pm. Street boxes on Saturdays are collected one-half hour earlier. Sunday street box collection is 6 pm.
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