Widow Labor's Hog Ends in Legal Crunch and Courtship
In Fowlerville a widowed laborer Silas Strong contends with the widow Tabor over a hog that trespasses and roots gardens. After several attempts to settle, a lawyer declares the hog must die, but personal entanglements soften the conflict as Silas consoles the widow and yields to domestic distractions rather than pursuing the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vy J. &. McClure
Sims Strong
Fowlerville
Silas Strong
Tabor
Mr Strong
Silas
Aguilas
Liverpool
New Type of Leadership from Minnesota Agriculture Grad
Willet M. Hays, assistant secretary of agriculture, is highlighted as a new leader shaping American rural life. Trained at Minnesota’s agricultural college and experiment stations, he blends science, teaching, and administration to improve crop breeding, farm management, and production costs. The piece notes the 1888 creation of state experiment stations and Hays’ role in advancing agricultural education and research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wislet ML Itays
Minnesota
LoWa Agricultral College
Hays
Congress
Willet M. Hays
Judd
American Review of Reviews
Public Library Notes and Historical Room Details
The Frost Public Library offers weekday hours from 1.30 pm to 4 o’clock, excluding holidays. The Winthrop Beach delivery station at 503 Shirley Street distributes books on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The station stocks an old catalogue with town reports and a current accessions list. Miss Alice Letherman of Chelsea donated a school book once used by her grandfather Joseph Burrill, linked to the Burrill family of old Pullen Point. The book is An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Spelling, with Noah Webster Jun as compiler, printed in 1803 in Boston. The catalog also lists several historical works and biographical notes, including items about Tennyson, Arthur Sullivan, and anecdotes on composers such as M. Bomard and N. Trotere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Beach
Shirley Street
Alice Letherman
Chelsea
Joseph. Burrill
Joseph
Sally (Belcher) Burrill
Old Pullen Point
Mary Danforth
United States
Noah Webster
Esquire
Boston
Thomas and Andrews
Metropolitan Park Commission Cuts Summer Concerts at Revere and Nantasket
The Metropolitan Park Commission reduces concerts at Revere Beach and Nantasket due to higher pay demands by the Boston Musicians' Protective Association. Six concerts weekly at Revere and seven at Nantasket replace prior fourteen and thirty-party schedules, with total state music costs roughly the same as last year but fewer performances for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Musicians’ Protective Association
Metropolitan Park Commission
Revere Beach
Nantasket
Union Players
Revere
South Shore
Keiths Theatre One Vaudeville Week Brings Stars Back
Keiths Boston Theatre announces a week of favorites and features including Ralph C. Herz with vaudeville and legitimate roots, Eva Taylor in Chums, the Millman Trio slack wire act led by Bird Million, and Agusta Glose returning as the original pianologist after retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Boston
Jimne
Ralph C. Herz
Eva Taylor
Old Castle Square
West
Millman
Bird ‘Million
Agusta Glose
Doctor Questions Sleep Open Mouth Habit
A doctor asks about sleeping with the mouth open. The reply is sarcastic and vague, claiming sleep habits and a comment about breathing while asleep. The exchanged dialogue centers on sleep behavior.
The Protector Remembers
Professor wonders if any gentlemen have worn three rubbers by mistake as the company breaks up. Fliegende Blatter notes the strange inquiry and calls it a humorous aside in the page.
The Slippery Top Cartoon Exchange
A satirical exchange from the Philadelphia Record notes plenty of room at the top and questions why people who reach high status often fall away. Cynicus quips that most people who get there fall off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiticus
Cynicus
Philadelphia Record
Sewing Exhibit Showcases Winthrop School Girls Work
A Winthrop school sewing exhibit displays 50 dresses, 10 aprons, 30 undergarments, 50 towels and 25 pillow slips by 5th to 9th graders under Mrs A J Comer. Students from Isabel Crooks to Anna Butler contribute eyelet towels, embroidered collars, and one piece dresses reflecting careful stitching and design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B Newton School
A. J. Comer
Douglas Street
Winthrop Scriools
Comer
Thursiday
Sabel Crooks
Dadys
Gillian
Claray Russell
Helen Linby
Ethel Richardson
Irene Atwood
Hazel Peck
Helen Newnareh
Nina Gilliam
Lillian Douglas
Marie Campbell
Anna Butler
Dorothy Downs
Dorothy Hanly Exe
Ethel Stevenson
Gertrude V. Hill
Mary Abely
Ida Davison
Catherine Chase
Viola Kempton
Katherine Kbder
Anna
Enim
Knuds m
Mary Alely
Celia Freeman
Leah Simmons
Dorothy Dickinson
Initial
Bertha
Floyd
Ruby R. Irwin
Elizabeth Jennison
Doris F. Wentworth
Edith Davis
Rachel Gillispe
Anna Smith
Mildred Johnson
Anna Pearson
Jennie Racca
Gladys Morrison
Katherine Hayes
Helen Hamilton
Marion Richardson
Georgia Moreland
Hazel Philbrick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tausit
M. Quad
Frost Public Library
Alaska
Country
Enn Higginson
Wen “-Phe
Henry Churchill King
Con. & M. Wil
Liamson
Ilene—-Stratton- Porter
Fimes Robertson
Northwest
Charles W. Gordon
Arthur Sullivan
Yeomen of the Guard
Iolanthe
M. Bompard
N. Trotere
Asthore
Blanchard
Old
Madrid
Aquarium
Rochester Row
Trotere
Dundee Advertiser
Johnnie
Keith's ‘Theatre
H. T. Whitman
Channing Howard
Whitman & Howard
Devonshire St
Rea
Winthrop and
Fort Hill
Gabler
Shoninger
Ludwig & Co, Winter & CO
Baus
Blake the Piano Man
Washington St
Oxford
Winthrop
Aart
Leyfihidai
Winnisimmet Street
Washington Avenue
Broadway
Bellingham
McCarty & CO
E. M. Burke
Suburban Gas & Electric Co
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
Winthrop Delivery
Kilby Street
East Boston
Floyd & Tucker
Winthrop Hardware Company
W. G. Grant
Magee’s Corner
Winthrop, Mass
Paroid
Freeman's Hardware
W. Freeman
F. W. Devoe and
C. T. Reynolds Co
Winthrop Street
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