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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
6
Prisoners in a Kansas City jail devised a cipher by writing on narrow strips of paper wrapped around an octagonal lead pencil. Turner, jailed for forgery, first hid the message by aligning edge letters. The deputy later wrapped the strip around the pencil and recreated the sentence, revealing a simple yet ingenious method.
A reflective note on perpetual questions and the human urge to seek reasons. It cites Socrates and a remark about Pope, suggesting that life’s brevity limits satisfying explanations and that why questions arise continually in daily thought.
In a New York to Chicago Pullman car after dinner, a veteran recounts a wartime surgical anecdote about a friend shot in the chest. He describes a life saved by a ramrod wound-clearing technique, then humorously corrects a passenger who asks which man survived.
In John Foster Fraser's America at Work the C O D method is shown to entice women with slender purses. A shopper browses a store tries gowns and hats then uses a C O D card to place orders at varied departments. The delivery address often reveals a non existent Mrs Walker. This notes the morning delight of feminine shopping.
A dignified elder on a train frowns at a laughing boy across the aisle. The mother defends not spanking a full stomach. The exchange ends with a wry remark about manners and a couple of quips from a humor page.
Witty exchange about Jenkins seated between chatty companions exposes social foibles at the host table. The hostess’s quip centers on appetite and humor, while a Bacon-esque line reflects on character and fortune learned from hands.
A reader describes a homemade water powered siphon toy using a glass tumbler a cork straw and wax seals. Water fills two thirds of the glass while the assembled hollow joints allow air and water to move, causing the device to revolve as water pours out the open ends.
A collection of playful brain games and vignettes. The piece explains Train o Thought where players chain words from a starting word to create thought trains and notes no prize. Also includes a humorous travelogue on queer inns of China and a short anecdote about Little Nellie learning manners at lunch.
A playful scene shows Bobby Bear and Bobby Bear plus Baby Bear hosting a tea party. They share a small three cup set, pour hot water, and divide tea, but Baby Bear snatches more of the beverage, leaving the others with less.
Arthur P. Schmidt of Boston deposits the musical composition Happy Return March for the piano by O M Ackermann Op 4 in the Library of Congress copyright office. Renewal term cited as 14 years from July 21 1908. Herbert Putnam Librarian of Congress signs with Thorvald Solberg Register of Copyrights.
The Missouri note explains pest resistance crops flax castor bean and Japanese clover expanding in the Ozarks alfalfa widespread. It also notes the Japanese government funds students in America and Europe with stipends for study and travel. A separate account recalls a July lightning strike near Creighton university witnessed by William F. Rigge with a dramatic white shaft and trunk damage.
The theater managers insist free ticket holders, or deadheads, boost show visibility and box office by filling early performances. In Pittsburg, Ignatius Yagalla, a 21 year old Russian immigrant, sought a police job claiming fluency in eight languages, and impressed officials after a surprise multilingual exam.
Sapsect To CHANGE WIthout ,Norice. ORIENT MEIGHTS TO SCOLLAY Square via Tunnel times and intervals listed. Morning to noon Sunday and night service details from Gladstone Street and Court Street. Omitted Monday morning. Special cars may be chartered for events at reasonable rates. Office: Supt. of Transportation 10 Milk Street Room 701. February 1 1908. CU S SeRvEAnNT Vice-President.
Schedule lists weekday and Sunday departures from Boston to Wood Island Harbor View and Winthrop stations with frequent intervals via Highlands Ingalls and others. The note warns departure times are not guaranteed and delays are not the company’s responsibility. officials Hoyt Fenno supervise.
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