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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
4
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The Winthrop Sun and Visitor announces weekly deadlines for news and ads, 406 Shirley Circle at Winthrop Beach. Subscription rates and post office filing details appear, followed by a June 1, 1918 editorial contrasting WWI draft policies and labor, and a medical claim about Kaiser Wilhelm II labeled as paranoid by Dr. James M. Keniston.
The Yonkers copper magnate funds a weekly newspaper subscription for all 10,000 Westchester County soldiers and sailors. He mails each enlistee or draftee the paper they request and supports a group delivering periodicals to troops in Europe, at sea, or in cantonments.
A fragment notes government funds from free advertising in papers and magazines for Liberty Bond and War Savings campaigns. Publishers now express thanks as postal rates rise, increasing costs for distributing such materials.
The article notes that olive drab and khaki will no longer be manufactured for civilian use affecting boy scouts and similar groups. It also covers a December 16 1862 Confederate flag of truce to General Burnside warning of shelling Fredericksburg and moving wounded. A fare hearing for the Boston Revere Beach Lynn line is set for June 12 before the Public Service Commission. Winthrop raised 12155 for the Red Cross drive at the Winthrop Theatre with speakers Thomas W. Berridge and G Wallace Tibbetts boosting donations.
Poem urging readers to comfort servicemen with prayers and letters from home. References a home with a lonely star and a hidden manger, calling for cheerful voices, warm words, and steadfast support for those serving.
Congressman Fuller sent a letter with a $10,000 pledge to the Red Cross. He argued the German menace relies on terror and that generous giving reduces bloodshed and hastens a just peace. He urged Americans to sacrifice and support the war effort.
Food Administrator Endicott and Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, home economics director, release a bulletin noting corn flour and corn meal price drops and urge housekeepers to use them more. Corn meal sells for six to seven and a half cents per pound while wheat flour runs seven and a half to eight cents per pound.
Thomas A. Mulroney, secretary of 50 Bates Avenue, Winthrop, files for bankruptcy. Liabilities total 6246 dollars with assets of 500 dollars. Major creditors include C. J. Root Co Bristol Colin 465 dollars John J. Fallon Winthrop 4500 dollars William E. Litchfield Boston 700 dollars and Arthur H. Curtis Boston 370 dollars unsecured.
Winthrop Red Cross parade committee thanks Mrs Ely and praises volunteers and donors who made the Boston Red Cross parade a success. Credit is given to P. O Riordan Forwarding Co Charlestown for transport and horses, Winthrop Elks Lodge for a boat, Mahaney for lumber, Chandler & Barber Boston for cars, Tewksbury’s Express for trucking, and local leaders like Burns, Lewis, Woodcock and Nazro for organization.
The Winthrop High senior class unanimously voted a $100 gift to the Red Cross at a May 27 meeting, sending the check to G Wallace Tibbetts, treasurer of the Winthrop branch. The gift will be formally received on graduation night. An evening program showcasing Miss Key's Physical Training classes drew 300 girls, with speeches by G Wallace Tibbetts and Charles W. Bailey of Boylstone National Bank, and performances by a boys quartet and the high school orchestra.
The Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad reports for the quarter ending March 31 show total operating revenue of 208,924 and operating expenses of 221,639, yielding a net loss from operations of 12,715. After taxes and deductions the deficit widens to 49,908 with a dividend appropriation of 12,750.
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