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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
6
Stockholm uses electric heating driven by nearby power plants to heat hot water and supply steamlike comfort. Hotels, churches, and homes receive hot water via night powered tanks that stay hot through the day, eliminating soot and ash from coal furnaces and reducing maintenance.
In a mining camp social tale, the pair Sate Reed and Harry Haight known as the Mirage stage a playful feud at the Golden Queen Mining company's annual ball. Misread flirtation cascades into a public clash, then romance as the Mirage and Miss Seaboldt share a table and later walk the church aisle together.
Mortgagee Winthrop Savings Bank will sell at public auction the Winthrop parcel described in Louis Bernard Sage mortgage deed dated October 24, 1914. The sale, set for July 12, 1917 at 3 PM, includes Lot 325 on the Point Shirley plan with Grand View and Pebble Avenues, subject to taxes, assessments, and previous restrictions.
A government scientist notes wind strength differences and temperature variations deflect sound waves, causing sirens that should reach 1,500 miles to be heard only about two miles away. Atmospheric deflection explains the gap between theory and observation.
Rice cultivation draws most residents in two Peruvian coast departments. Fertile land and ample water support about 60,000 acres yielding roughly 1,500 pounds per acre. Projected 1915-16 production reaches 40,000 metric tons with high quality and strong export demand.
Lord Northcliffe hails canned pork and beans as a key American wartime product. He notes the Boston dish wins approval from the British troops and sustains their strength in France, replacing the beef long favored since Norman times.
A fragment reflects on wooden shoes for a martyr of a Colorado mill death by electrical contact and notes fashion dictates. It mentions the Fashion Art League’s claim that a woman must spend 653 to be well dressed, and reports a 5 million rise in postal savings, signaling resilience to high living costs.
A fragment notes a method to assess health by joining the military and contrasts the czar's poor grasp of the moment with a desire to plant flowers rather than grow potatoes.
The line argues that wartime influence on modern art resists simple judgment, remaining attractive until consequences or penalties reveal the true impact. It notes the paradox of art flourishing in folly but paying the price later for those illusions.
Oriented in Orient Heights Gladstone Street to Bowdoin Square and Sullivan Square to Dudley Street, service times and frequencies listed for weekdays Sundays and nights. Special cars may be chartered. information at 101 Milk Street Room 701. Edward Dana, Manager. Feb. 24, 1917.
The Winthrop Post Office operates weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with holidays 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and is closed Sundays except for Special Delivery mail. Carrier deliveries occur at 9:00 a.m. 10:50 a.m. 2:50 p.m. with evening collections at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Certain boxes are not collected at 9 p.m. and various street boxes have 9 p.m. or Sunday schedules. D Belcher, Supt.
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