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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
6
A gum yielding 10 to 20 percent pure rubber was found in the Malay peninsula. Natal rubber is refined in England. Camphor from Formosa under Japanese control. A puncture proof tire combines steel bands with a hard rubber tread. A dish washing machine attaches to a faucet for kitchen sinks.
The passage reflects on recognizing opportunity as a backer of success and the morality of spending versus raising funds. It contrasts merchants balancing desirability with unattainability and notes varied talents in making money stretch. It ends with reflections on living for enjoyment rather than mere advancement.
The excerpt ponders modern wealth and costs versus generations past. It muses on airplanes, flintlock guns, stone tools, cosmetic use, cabaret dancers in various eras, and the anachronistic idea of charging 35 cents for a ten-cent drink in ancient settings.
The report notes that English breweries employ 18 000 women. It cites data on the labor force without detailing regional distribution or specific companies.
Boston plans to widen and extend Stuart street. Paulsboro New Jersey reports 25 jitneys in operation. Chicago operates a free dispensary for sick cats and dogs. Milwaukee suburbs oppose annexation by the city as growth widens regional boundaries.
Reports cover Cuba importing 5 to 6 million eggs mainly from the United States, Martins Ferry Ohio using 6 million gallons of water in one day, automatic electrical switch appliances, Ecuador establishing a university course in scientific agriculture, Manchuria producing the largest eggs, Oregon patent on adjustable transoms, lead smelting in Missouri Idaho and Utah, a hand-shaped electric flash lamp for cars, Hungarian flax and hemp study station, film industry investments over 2 billion dollars, Wisconsin inventing a fuse tool, Iowa inventor's camera case attachment for tripods, and Italy suspending macaroni exports pending new orders.
A dated collection of maxims and quips on courage, luck, vanity, truth, marriage, laughter, love, and social norms. A final garbled line hints at a misprint about a man who had been buried twice, reflecting brittle humor and fragmentary text.
German naval authorities study electrical machinery for peat gathering. Berean College feeds 1,400 students at 17 cents daily, Carlisle school slightly lower. Pittsburgh payroll about $1,000,000 daily. Southern manufacturing capital 60 percent of 1899 national total. Cotton consumption last year 24.5 million bales. 25,000 vehicles pass Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue daily. 1916 strikes and lockouts total 3,323 versus 1,229 in 1915.
No seed is more vital than habit and bad habits are weeds in our good resolutions. They won’t vanish by will alone. only by prayerful, determined effort can we uproot them and restore growth.
Coastal residents report gulls gathering and circling when winds rise. The birds’ frantic cries precede rain, a locally cited omen that a storm will follow the observed disturbance.
Arthur Gadbury, a young Muncie lawyer, rides to his office with a stranger who appears to be a book agent. The pair enter Gadbury’s office. Gadbury notes no one seems home and recalls waiting ten minutes with his hat on for the man to leave.
Auction notice for a mortgage foreclosure of a parcel in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts. The sale occurs by public auction on the premises on Tuesday the nineteenth day of June, AD 19, in the afternoon at a fixed time. The lot is described with bounds on Waldemar avenue Luton a phar and land of James Pacan et al and E B Newton. The sale is subject to a prior mortgage held by Volunteer Cooperative Bank and to unpaid taxes and titling restrictions. A $500 cash deposit is required.
Orient Heights to Bowdoin Square and Orient Heights to Gladstone Street service details list departure times through the day and night with intervals ranging from three to eight minutes and nightly service. Special cars may be chartered by letter to the office at 101 Milk Street. Edward Dana, Manager of Surface Transportation, Feb. 24, 1917.
Winthrop post office opens weekdays from 9 am to 9 pm and Sundays closed except Special Delivery on Sunday. Hours for carriers are 7:29 am 10:50 am and 2:60 am with 6:30 pm and 9 pm collections. A long list of street letter boxes remain collected at 9 pm on weekdays and 6 pm on Sundays. D Belcher, Superintendent.
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