Winthrop High Freshmen Dance At Evening Hop
About three hundred attended the high school gymnasium Monday for the freshmen annual hop. Special features included Clap Waltz and Dance to the Broom. Class officers are Henry Tonry president Helen Sanby vice president Joseph Donovan treasurer and Ida Collins secretary. The committee in charge includes Helen Sanby Henry Tonry Eunice Stubbs Gladys Busiere Charlotte Karrar Katherine Hayes William Evans I Alexander H Foley and Joseph Donovan.
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High School
Henry Tonry
Helen Sanby
Joseph Donovan
Ida Collins
Eunice Stubbs
Gladys Busiere
Charlotte Karrar
Katharine Hayes
William Evans
I. Alexander
H. Foley
Patriotic Litchfield Club presents charity show at War Veterans' Hall
A 25 member Litchfield Lend-a-Hand Club staged a June 13 patriotic program at War Veterans' Hall. Miss Grace Stover presided. Miss Muriel Dorr and Mrs. Winegar led the event with a social dance to follow. Proceeds support charity work. performers included Esther Segal, Eva Gilmore, Cornelia Brown, Ethel Huxley, Ber nice Eldridge, and others with a club song to the Battle Cry of Freedom.
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Litchfield
War Veterans’ Hall
Muriel Dorr
Grace Stover
Cornelia Brown
Eva Gilmore
Esther Segal
Alice Kelly
Dream Theatre to Present Cleopatra at Special Six-Reel Show
Dream Theatre plans a three hour program next week starting 7 30 p m with a regular five reel bill plus a six reel Cleopatra starring Helen Gardner. The film, previously shown at Symphony Hall, carries 50 cent admission. regular 10 and 15 cent prices apply. The six reels run one hour forty minutes and critics call it an epoch making, beautifully produced motion picture with dramatic scenes and Gardner’s dynamic performance.
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Dream Theatre
Cleopatra
Helen Gardner
Symphony Hall
Miss Gardner
Progressive League Meeting Highlights Social Welfare Talk
The Progressive League met with Mrs. John J. Grant at 55 Court Road on Monday afternoon. Philip Clarke spoke on Social Welfare and What the Progressive Party is Doing for Humanity in General, followed by James B. Connelly on Personal Reminiscences of Roosevelt. Refreshments were served, Mrs. P. L. Hughes presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive League
John J. Grant
Court Road
Philip Clarke
Progressive Party
James B. Connelly
Roosevelt
P. L. Hughes
Roberts proposes steel car bill after Hartford wreck
Representative Roberts of this district introduced a steel car bill aimed at protecting railroad passengers from death and injury. The move follows the recent wreck on the New York New Haven Hartford near Stamford Connecticut.
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Roberts
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Stamford
Conn
Frost Public Library Open Weekdays and Catalog Notes
The Frost Public Library in Winthrop Beach offers weekday hours from 1 30 to 9 00 pm with book exchanges on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 485 Shirley Street. The notice lists travelogues and various library items including titles by Edmondo de Amicis, Zeno, Fane Gray, James Connolly, and A T Quiller-Couch among others.
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Temple
Highland Avenue
Grover
Cliff
Quincy
Cottage Park Road
Johnson Avenue
Court Road
Lowell
Maple Street
Main
Pleasant Street
Hermon Stret
Hermon
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Revere Corner
Cherry
Revere
Summit
Brown’s Drug Store
Winthrop
Highlands
Grover Corner
Crest
Locust and
Beach
Ocean Spray
Shirley Corner
Mermaid
Sea Foam
Shirley R. R
Ocean Avenue
Sturgis
Tewksbury
Crystal Cove
Cottage Avenue
Hillside
Washington Avenue
Bates
Winthrop and
Chester
Centre R. R
Pleasant and
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pauline
Pleasant -and - Lincoln
Lincoln and Read, Town Hall
D. Belcher
Shirley Street
Winthrop Beach
Burton Holmes
Gloucester
James B. Connolly
Paint prices reveal the trash paint scam in 19th century ad
The text compares Devoe paint at five to six dollars per gallon with trash paint sold by W. W. Freeman. It notes painters spend a full day’s work per gallon and that trash costs far less yet requires far more to cover, arguing the two look alike at first but differ in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
Impertinent Nobleman Outsized by Clyde Estate Gatekeeper
A wealthy gentleman who soon gained riches bought an estate along the Clyde near the Blenvre and Renshaw lands. While walking the grounds he met a burly Scottish gatekeeper who ordered him off the train's premises after a heated exchange. The pompous man declared himself the Faulds of Ardgerdiff, but the gatekeeper dismissed him and told him to leave.
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Clyde
Lord Blen Vre
Charles Bine Renshaw
Folite
s.Remonstrance
Anewidge
Ardgerdiff
Falls of
Niagara
London
Notable Quote on Women and Happiness by Will Levington Comfort
A line of reflective prose from Will Levington Comfort imagines women gaining ten years of happiness now, followed by future decades of inspired male companions, predicting a gentler, wiser world for generations to come.
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Levington
Delayed Train Sparks Stockholder Patience Quip
A passenger complains the railway train is three or four hours late while a stockholder jokes that dividends are likewise overdue. The exchange captures commuter frustration and investor timing during travel delays.
Household lore of value for cleaning and polishing
A compilation of old household tips for cleaning copper pans and kettles with boiling water and sour or buttermilk, polishing with chamois and whiting paste, using garlic juice for china edges, and drying with muslin. Also includes methods to stop door creaks with soap, and oven cleaning by burning straw and soda suds for final scouring.
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China
Tips for the home from a 1900s kitchen list
A compact guide offers household hints. A garlic slice on lettuce adds savor. Polish unused knives and store in sawdust. Rub mutton suet or beeswax to waterproof boots. Drain kettle water before refilling. Boiled water can dull tea. A salt brine reduces soot in flues. Bake potatoes browned with butter. Mayonnaise separates with excess salt or fast oil addition or poorly chilled ingredients.
Cleaning and Restoring Plaster Figures
Instructions describe washing dusty plaster of Paris busts with gasoline on a soft brush, wiping between washes, then restoring by painting with white enamel or whitening solution. When very dirty a weak isinglass and whiting mix can renovate the surfaces, and bronzing adds decorative appeal.
Keep Up Urusane again at House Fly
The house fly is identified as the principal source of infantile paralysis infection, with emphasis on continued vigilance and control measures to reduce spread. The note underscores flies as a primary vector and calls for public health action.
Prince Henry of Portugal and the Dawn of the Age of Exploration
Prince Henry of Portugal shown as a driving force behind early global exploration. His scholarly energy and strategic voyages opened up Africa to civilization and inspired Columbus to seek a westward voyage, making him a hidden origin of the American discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Henry
Portugal
Africa
Columbus
Scolars
America
Rice Mold with Almond and Candied Fruit
Wash a quarter pound of rice then blanch. Boil with butter sugar milk almonds orange peel and assorted candied fruits. Mold the cooled mixture, turn onto a platter, and serve with a sherry or rum flavored sauce.
Rubber caps with box plaiting in plaid and solid shades
The Newark News notes rubber caps finished with a box plaiting frill in plaid, checks, and solid colors. They suit shower bath lovers and women motorists who pull over hats to shield from dust or rain.
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Newark News
Beef shank boiled and pressed into savory mold
Simmer a beef shank in ample water until tender and falling from the bone. Reduce to one pint, remove bones and gristle, finely chop meat, season with salt and pepper, add the liquor, mix well, mold and cool. Slice to serve.
How to Remove Rust From Steel Using Oil and Lime
Simple rust removal method described: coat steel with sweet oil for a day then rub with fresh lime and polish as usual. The procedure emphasizes chemical action of oil and lime to restore shine.
Mixing Flour and Water With a Fork for Thickening
A quick kitchen tip suggests using a fork to mix flour and water for thickening. The fork helps blend smoothly and reduces lump formation compared with a spoon.
Quick buckthorn remedy advertised for instant relief in Winthrop
Local residents react to Adler-ika the German remedy mix of buckthorn bark and glycerine claimed to cure appendicitis. An ad notes a single dose draws off foul matter and relieves sour stomach gas and constipation instantly.
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Brown
Mortgagee's Sale of Suffolk County Property in Winthrop
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated February 3, 1911 and recorded in Suffolk Registry, Israel M. Levin announces a public auction near the premises in Winthrop on Monday June 16, 1913. The parcel, lot 1 on a plan by Whitman & Toward, is bounded by Woodside Avenue, adjacent lots and railroad land. Sale subject to a $4,000 mortgage and municipal liens. $200 cash with purchase, balance within ten days.
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Max Korobkar
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Israel M. Levincof
Siolk
Land Registration Office
Winthrop
Commonwealth
Woodside Avenue
Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company
Whitman & Toward, Civil Engineers
UN Ss
Israel M. Levin
Eee
Jet
School Street
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Winthrop Post Office
Postal Savings Depository
DREAM
Infanté and Childre Theth
Progressive League Meeting
THE
Frost Public Library
New Books
W. W. Freeman
Fletcher
Castoria
Miss Lawrence
Elizabeth
George
Marion
Bob
Dolla Bob
Chicago Daily News
A. W. Macy
Joseph "B. Bowles
Narova
M. Grimes & CO
Washington Ave
Henry F. Rich
Geo. F. Sweeny
Henry F. Rich & Co
Wadsworth’s
Tel
Probate
the Sun & Visitor If
Freeman’s Hardware & Variety Store
William Lauder
Winthrop Locksmith
Yale
Harvard
Pauline Street
Winthrop Centre
Bowdoin Street
Tel. Winthrop
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