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Highland Station
Boston
Revere Beach & Lynn Depot
Totman & Ham
Beach Station
Robinson's Centre
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Quality Shop
Centre Station
Williams’ Drug Store
Brown’s Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Centre
W. B. Thayer
Ocean Spray Pharmacy
Ocean Spray Winthrop News Co
Winthrop Street
Winthrop Elks Flag Day Exercises and Elections
In Winthrop the annual election of the Ancients names Clarence J. McKenzie as 1st lieutenant Frank A. Talcott as 3rd sergeant and David M. Wisely as 4th sergeant Sheriff John A. Kelcher of Boston will be the orator at the Flag Day exercises on Thursday June 14 A parade featuring the State Guard Fort Banks regulars and high school participants is planned George H Russell heads the arrangements committee Colonial Chapter No 96 Order of the Eastern Star holds its annual theatre party June 14 at Winthrop theatre with committees led by Mr and Mrs Harry N Bloomfield Mr and Mrs Fred G Smith Mr and Mrs Leslie E Griffin and Mr and Mrs Warren E Titus Mrs George L Crosby is in charge of candy distribution A patriotic service at St Johns Episcopal church Sunday night included Maj Robert E Wylie new Fort Banks commander Maj W P Wooten of Boston and Eugene P Whittier as speakers a salute to the colors followed benediction by uniformed soldiers from Fort Banks.
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Clarence J. McKenzie
Frank A. Talcott
David M. Wisely
John A. Kelcher
Boston
Winthrop Lodge of Elks
Fort Banks
George H. Russell
Colonial Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Winthrop Theatre
Harry N. Bloomfield
Fred G. Smith
Leslie E. Griffin
Warren E. Titus
George L. Crosby
St. John’s
Episcopal Church
Ralph M. Harper
Robert E. Wylie
W. P. Wooten
Eugene P. Whittier
Major Wylie
Mr. Whittier
Revere H Humbles Winthrop In Interurban League Win
Revere High defeated Winthrop High 6 to 1 at Paul Revere Park on Saturday afternoon. Grutchfield pitched a three hit game for Revere while S Rich starred at the plate with two runs driven in and two-base hits. Errors by Carstensen Stowell Hanaford and others aided the Revere win. Time 2 hours 10 minutes. Umpire Doerman.
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Revere. High
Winthrop High
Paul Revere Park
Grutchfield
Revere
S. Rich
RevereeHian
Celia
Winthrop H
Belli
McGee
McMackin
Stowell
Copell
Carstensen
Gundeson
Hanaford
Hoar
Orr
Fermoyle
Sullivan
Ranaford
Doerman
Inventions Parade From Early 1900s Science Fair
A pneumatic hammer for tamping paving stones is new. A plow drawn by motorcycle keeps rink ice smooth. A garbage fueled household heater is proposed. A caffein free coffee tree is noted in Mada gascar. An incandescent lamp designed to resist theft remains socketed. A water cooled bed for sick persons is described. A windmill plant at a German tech school could power 100 people. A French greenish yellow incandescent lamp defies moisture. A device records a caller’s number when ignored calls are received in Michigan.
From Near and Far Highlights of World Developments
A collage of facts notes clock development in the 17th century and bamboo food use in China. It mentions ostrich skin tanning as a new Australian industry and copper use in electronics. It cites a Chinese typewriter weight, stutterers in the U S, and language developments among French and English troops.
Sayings of a Cynic on Love and Marriage
A cynical quatrain set of witticisms on marriage gender roles and affection. It suggests men and women are shaped by societal expectations and romance. The verses mock propriety and reveal the costs of relationships with humor and irony.
Birdman Was One Day Late
A field marshal among Carranza's troops, popular and efficient but a morning sleeper, sent an American aviator to bomb a town about 40 miles away. The pilot reported a perfect score and headed home. An orderly carried news to headquarters and General F. commented that the town had been captured last night, not bombed this morning.
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Carranza
New York Tribune
Population by Sex Across Regions and Nations
About half the world’s population has been enumerated by sex. Globally 50.3 percent are male and 49.7 percent female, with Europe as the only continent where females outnumber males at 50.6 to 49.4. In British India males reach 50.9 percent, tributary states 51.7, Japan shows 100.0 percent? and in the United States the census shows 106 males per 100 females with detailed breakdowns by Native White, foreign born, and other groups.
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Europe
British India
Japan
United States
Mhowra Tree Becomes Key Acetone Source
The mhowra tree, abundant across India, is identified as the best acetone source, essential for cordite. After the war started, British factories in Hyderabad began large-scale extraction from the tree’s flowers, surpassing wood and starch methods and rivaling corn-based production in England.
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India
England
Admiralty
Hyderabad
Real Estate Transfers Noted For Several Listings
Real estate transfer notices show multiple parties including Albert Harris E and Thomas A Dunn on Sagamore Avenue with Blackstone Savings Bank involved. Ada M Dunmire and Cynthia H Butt’s transfers include Edgett George and West Ella R Pierce on Locust Street. Mary A Gegan and Della Collins on Almont Street. Paine Mary B and Josephine Wickes on Woodside Avenue. Charles E Rowe and Louise A Rowe on Loring Road.
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Dunmire
Ada M
Cynthia H. Butt
Thornton Park
Edgett
George
Ella R. Pierce
Locust Street
Gegan
Mary A—Della Collins
Almont Street
McCarthy
Mary C
John McWeeny
Bellevue Avenue
Paine
Mary B
Josephine C. Wickes
Woodside Avenue
Rowe
Charles E
Louise A. Rowe
Loring Road
Constipation Taste Hint Teases Readers
A fragmented line from an old page hints at a readers’ taste test or dietary note about constipation remedies. The readable portion mentions audience reaction and a Bn ah phrase, leaving other specifics unclear.
Saying Twice Before You Speak
A pithy aphorism notes thinking twice before speech and a moral about tipping with honesty. It quips that a waiter who returns a misused dime earns virtue while a humorous aside recalls the old oaken bucket song tied to unseen microbes.
Words of Wisdom Reflections on Flattery and Wisdom
A collection of aphorisms on flattery and self knowledge. It notes that even sensible men enjoy praise occasionally and that recognizing ignorance is key to wisdom. It adds that widows often choose different partners next time and that misfortune compounds when neither effort nor talent is applied.
Taking No Chances in War Hit England Wood Shortage
War's toll on wood leaves England short as a bundle of firewood costs a penny. A sleepy watchman wakes to discover his wooden leg stolen, only to demand his leg be left alone as the wife keeps taking it nightly and returning it in the morning.
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England
Baking Potatoes in a Fireless Cooker Method
The article explains baking potatoes using a fireless cooker. Place the largest heater over a gas flame, arrange potatoes tightly, let them cook half an hour turning once, then transfer to the cooker, cover, and cook another half hour until done.
Wise And Otherwise Witty Reflections On Life And Love
A collection of aphorisms on neighbors, women, pride, trust, fate, and human nature. Observations mix humor and moral tones, with lines about a woman's scorn, the road to ruin, and how men respond to others opinions and providence.
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Providence
Widech Tho Around The World Observations And Facts
In Russia about 85 public holidays per year are noted. New Zealand’s highest waterfall the Sutherland stands at 1 904 feet. A brick house will outlast a granite one. The world’s largest orange grove may cover 2 000 acres in Cuba. South American ants build tunnels up to three miles long. Shakespeare’s birthplace drew over 8 000 visitors in 1914. last year the total was 254.
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Cuba
Stratford-on-Avon
Odd Bits From An Odd Era Of Trivia
The column collects quirky, tongue in cheek observations and tall tales. It parodies famous figures and facts noting paradoxes such as the one sided pin and Caesar laughed at as joke. It mixes jokes about history science and daily life with fanciful claims.
Flax culture on Canadian prairies and substitutes in welding
Flax is cultivated extensively on the Canadian prairies. Thermalene gas is recommended as a substitute for acetylene, especially for welding. The laboring classes of Seville live principally on vegetables, with an occasional meal of dried fish and bread.
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Canadian Prairies
Seville
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