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Winthrop Sun And Visitor

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1917

Page

2

Copies of this paper five cents at many local stores

The newspaper is sold for five cents at Highland Drug Store opposite Highland station Boston area outlets including Revere Beach Lynn Depot Totman Ham near Highland station Robinsons Centre Store Jefferson and Winthrop streets Quality Shop opposite Centre station Williams Drug Store opposite Centre W A Howe Magees corner Browns Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre W Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Ocean Spray Winthrop News Co opposite Beach Also at the publication office 216 Winthrop street.

Highland Drug Store Highland Station Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Depot Totman & Ham Beach Station Robinson’s Centre Jefferson Winthrop Quality Shop Centre Station Williams’ Drug Store W. A. Howe Magee’s Brown’s Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre W. B. Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Ocean Spray Winthrop News Co Winthrop Street

Winthrop Dominates Marblehead In Local Track Meet

Winthrop High School routed Marblehead High 68 to 8 in a Thursday afternoon gym meet. Foran led a sweep of wins taking the 100 yard dash 220 and 440 dashes and contributing to the mile and other events for Winthrop.

Winthrop High School Marblehead High Foran Winthrop Mortimer Clayton Lecourse Nichols Ferdinand Gardner Swift Steele Marblehead Cobb

Roxbury Page Defeats Winthrop Athletics 2–0 at Ingleside Park

A large crowd observed a tight game at Ingleside Park last Saturday afternoon as Page Roxbury edged Winthrop Athletics 2 to 0. Ex Tufts pitcher Harry Martin shut out Winthrop, driving in both runs with a two run eighth inning.

Ingleside Park Roxbury Winthrop Athletics Harry Martin Tufts Queen Winthrop

Directory of Names and Addresses in a Local Area

A readable list of pairs linking individuals to street addresses and cross streets including Bowdoin Madison Winthrop Shore Drive Underhill Circuit Court road and Pleasant Street. Notable entries include Augustus P. Loring Adelaide Whittemore and several Mrs and Mr pairs across common local streets.

Battis Mary E Mary M. Stedfast Emerson Road Bumps Mary I—Chas H. Bumps Bowdoin Street Madison Avenue Chamberlain Geo. H Amida M. Chamberlain Winthrop Shore Drive Underhill Street Clark Edward H Anna B. Vincens Woodside Avenue Dockray Harrison D Frank A. Dowd Prospect Avenue Farber Annette — Lazarus Trident Avenue Hennessy Frances L Schreiber Hinda E Benj. F. Schreiber Hermon Street Twohig Cath. E David W. Simpson Plummer Avenue

Hang the Expense at a Moment Like This

A dramatic line shows George folding a young creature into his arms and hearing a dull crack as cigars in his vest pocket are ruined. He laments the expense but prioritizes the life or moment over cost.

George

Reward Offered as Paper Reports Hanae Case

A 9100 reward is announced in connection with a case covered by this paper, signaling ongoing investigation or pursuit involving Hanae. Further details are limited in the fragment.

Ets

Money as Power and Moral Compass

The piece discusses money as essential yet potentially corrupting. It weighs balance between wealth and wellbeing, noting money cannot buy many true goods and that desire for it can reveal motives and character. It cites consequences of excess and deficiency, urging purposeful use aligned with virtue.

Milwaukee Journal

Understanding Light Guides Life And A Coin Reform View

The piece cites Charleston News Courier on gaining understanding and responsibility, contrasting with a drift toward daily life. Youth's Companion notes a proposed British coin reform to four units, Morin valued at two shillings, cent as thousandth of a pound, but change seems unlikely.

Charleston British Association of Chambers of Commerce Chambers of Ecommerce

Various World Facts From The Era Of Railways And Revolutions

A collection of disparate notes reports Mexico’s vast railway reach, Norway’s gift preferences in books, a Tampa St Petersburg road, Sitting Bull’s death near Grand River in 1890, Oslo’s historic name, durable folding ship cases, and garage sliding doors. It mentions French telephony precedence, Denmark wealth from conflict, and South Africa’s woman police push tied to wartime social issues and union growth among women workers.

Observations on Women and Reputation

A dated piece offers quips about women, brains, dimples, and fame. It asserts women’s beauty, not brains, drives interest and hints at men’s vanity. The tone suggests gender stereotypes and social commentary of a past era.

New Ideas From 19th Century Innovations Show Rise

A range of innovations from the time include tidal power experiments in Hamburg, stronger aged lumber in Germany, a butterfly farm in England selling over 30,000 specimens yearly, Irish tobacco prospects, a phonograph that repeats records without attention, tire steel inserts reducing ground contact, a wall paper paste roller device, and a gasoline powered mowing machine on a handcar to clear tracks.

South Dakota

Rye Bread Emerges as Popular Choice Over Wheat

The piece notes several reasons people favor rye bread now. Rye flour is cheaper than wheat flour. Wheat bread refined by current milling loses essential grain nutrients. White wheat bread is less nourishing. Rye bread remains reliable and substantial for daily sustenance.

Ireland faces tillage expansion clash with labor demands

New tillage rules meet labor friction as compulsory one tenth land tillage nears. Farmers have secured a minimum crop price while laborers press for 25 to 30 shillings or 12 to 15 shillings weekly with year round board and lodging, widening the gap between offer and demand.

Ireland

Russian workmen back eight hour day sacrifice for war effort

The Russian workers prove their earnestness in the new government by voluntarily abandoning the proposed eight hour day so munitions can be produced for the army. A man’s devotion to his cause is shown by the sacrifices he makes for it.

Government Ordered Dismantling Turns Poles To Flag Supports

Old wireless masts taken down by order will be reused as flag poles. The repurposing follows a government mandate reducing antenna infrastructure and freeing sites for alternative uses. Local officials note cost savings and practical reuse potential.

Hard lines for Cupid in disloyalty era era

Hard lines for Cupid. Not many men want to be suspected of marrying because of disloyalty or cowardice.

Cupid

Suburbanites Learn Garden Trench Digging Skills

A brief feature notes suburban residents can gain practical trench digging experience in their own gardens, illustrating home improvement as a hands on craft for personal projects and backyard setups.

Witty Reflections on Marriage and Work Humor

The piece blends quips on marriage and mood with observations about happiness and labor. It contrasts pessimism with shared misery, notes barroom visits as lack of guidance for children, and hints that affection may signal slack effort at work. It ends with a playful note on honeymoon fruit metaphors.

Chelsea High Leads Interurban League Title Chase

Chelsea High hosts Winthrop High on Friday in a pivotal Interurban league clash. A win would virtually clinch the pennant for Chelsea, though a rare three way tie for first remains possible amidst the current standings featuring Le Pea, Moen, and Revere.

Winthrop High Chelsea

Winthrop Library announces new catalog and hours

Public Library at Frost Building lists hours for adult and juvenile departments and book deposit hours at Elliott & Whittier real estate office Point Shirley. 1917 notices include new editions and titles across literature and history with catalog codes.

Frost Library Elliott & Whittier Taft Avenue Shirley Street Point Shirley

Julia Arthur to Star in Liberty Aflame at Keith's Theatre

Boston actress Julia Arthur arrives for her first local vaudeville appearance at B E Keith's Theatre the week of June 1 in Liberty Aflame a new patriotic spectacle written by Roland Burke Hennessey. The bill features Dorothy Toye Lydell Higgins Irwin Henry Fritz Lucy Bruch Burt Johnston and the Sensational Bosses plus the Gladiators in acts of singing, comedy, and feats of strength.

Julia Arthur Boston B. F. Keith Miss Arthur A. Paul Keith E. Albee Roland Burke Hennessey New York Star New York Harbor Dorothy Toye Lydell & Higgins Father Irwin & Henry Fritz Lucy Bruch Burt Johnston & Co

Just Another Name for It Con Ver sation Note

A compact aside from the Albany Journal remarks on gossip, noting that critics call it conversation yet continue to engage in it. The line treats gossip as a perpetual human pastime with a wry tone.

Albany Journal

Physics and Agriculture Through Living Matter

A Los Angeles Times excerpt argues farmers neglect physics applied to living matter. It contrasts soil mechanics with the physics of living plant processes and urges study of living matter physics to bridge practical farming and scientific agriculture.

Los Angeles Times

Floating Islands Drift Across the Atlantic

The article describes floating islands that detach from river banks in storms or floods and travel the Atlantic. They originate from rivers like the Orinoco and Amazon, carrying vegetation animals and even trees whose roots anchor the land and branches act as sails. Waves usually break them up, but some persist over long distances when conditions allow.

Atlantic Orinoco Amazon la Plata

Also Mentioned on This Page

Galurop Talcott Chapman Anthony Kennedy Cotter Schofield Mexico Norway Tampa St. Petersburg Sitting Bull Grand River N. D Christiania Oslo London Paris Denmark Litle South Africa Hamburg Germany Chelsea High Atco Enee Ese Winthrop Public Library New Books W. J. Henderson Henry Cabot Lodge John Kendrick Bangs Heinrich Heine Louis Untermeyer Reginald John Campbell Martin Luther Elsie Singleton J. W. Burgess F. W. Huard Bertha Smith United States J. S. Bassett Joseph Conrad John G. Ervine Jerry the Islands Jack London E. B. Partridge M. E. Ryan B. E F. Keith’s Physics and Agriculture New England Pilgrim Laundry CO Allerton Street East Boston Savings Bar Bank Ainsley R. Hooper Meridian Street M. I. Grimes & CO Washington Avenue Kodaks Kilburnie Brown Rexall Drug Store
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