Local paper copies on sale at multiple Winthrop outlets
Copies of this paper are offered at 5 cents each and available at A T Bangness opposite Highland Station Boston Revere Beach Lynn Depot Boston Winthrop Beach News Co opposite Beach Station J H Totman’s News Agency Jefferson and Winthrop Streets Brown’s Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre W RB Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Ocean Spray Elizabeth Rippay variety store opposite Centre Station and at the publication office Lewis Block Washington Ave.
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A. T. Bangness
Highland Station
Boston
Revere Beach & Lynn Depot
J. H. Totman
Jefferson
Winthrop Streets
Brown’s Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Centre
W. RB. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety Store
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Washington Ave
Frost Library Welcomes Salem Donor and Noted Volumes
The Frost Library opens weekdays 1 30 to 9 00 pm excluding holidays. Arthur Harlow of Salem donated a fine photograph of an old Fitz John Winthrop painting. The library lists multiple new titles including works by Gail Hamilton Annie Winsor Allen Widney Tennant Chadwick Williams Maffitt Davis Nimrod Haworth and others.
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Arthur Harlow
Salem
Fitz John Winthrop
Connecticut
Deane Winthrop
Gail Hamilton
Annie Winsor Allen
Joseph P. Widney
John A. Tennant
John White Chadwick
Annie Hathaway
Chadwick
Granada
Leonard Williams
Richard Harding Davis
John Newland Maffitt
Emma Martin Maffitt
Nimrod
Paul Leland Haworth
William Rock and Maude Fulton Extend Engagement at Keith's
Boston crowd sees a standout act with a capital medley of dances and songs featuring William Rock and Maude Fulton who will remain for a second week. The program also headlines Marie Covington in a revived Vaudeville sketch, plus Howard and North, Geiger and Walters, and other acts.
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William Rock
Maude Fulton
Keith’s
Boston
Miss Fulton
Marie Covington
George Ade
Edward Donnelly
Howard and
North
Odd Fellowship Anniversary Sermon Voices Unity and Charity
Rev. Charles Tilton keynote at Odd Fellows anniversary in the First M E Church extols Odd Fellows to relief of destitution and loneliness. He lauds the order for loyalty to God and man, notes 89th anniversary since Baltimore origin, praises Rebekah lodges and emphasizes harmony with the church and Christian virtue.
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Charles Tilton
Odd Fellows
M. E
Odd Fellowship
Baltimore
Washington
Wildey
Welch
Cheatham
Rushworth
Duncan
America
Europe
Order of Rebekah
Lfe
Jesus Christ
Order of
Prize Speaking Contest At Winthrop High
The prize speaking contest of Winthrop High School took place Friday in the new assembly hall. Parents and friends attended as students performed speeches and music. Carl H. Anderson and Parker Margerson won first and second boys prizes. Pearl Wood and Elinor Flynn won first and second girls prizes. Judges were Frank Po Morse George W Day and Charles Brainard. The program featured violin and mandolin pieces and choral selections by school groups.
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Winthrop High School
New High School
Carl H. Anderson
Parker Margerson
Pearl Wood
Elinor Flynn
Frank Po’ Morse
the Revere High School
George W. Day
The
Lynn Classical’ High School
Charles Brainard
Edgerly Grammar School
Somerville
Winthrop Real Estate Transfers Noted
Property transfers listed include Minnie E Messian to Mertie O Brown on Winthrop Street and Chester Avenue, price $1. Sarah K Sawyer to David Floyd on North Avenue, $1. David Floyd to Mary F Austin on North Avenue, $1. Orlando F Belcher to Albert F Conant on Orlando Avenue, $1. Elizabeth F Davies to Mary E Burk on Shirley Street, $1. Caroline Atwood to James B Johnstone on Waldemar Avenue, $1. Vinnie B Denham et al to Elizabeth Peterson on Orlando Avenue, $1. Mary E Buckley to Wilbur H Powers on Orest Avenue and Piers Drive, $1. Rebecca J Page to Wilbur H Powers on Orest Avenue, $1.
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Minnie E. Messian
Mertie O. Brown
Winthrop’street
Chester Avenue
Sarah K. Sawyer
David Floyd
North Avenue
Mary F. Austin
Orlando F. Belcher
Albert F. Conant
Orlando Avenue
Elizabeth F. Davies
Mary E. Burk
Shirley Street
Caroline
Atwood
James B. Johnstone
Waldemar Avenue
Vinnie B. Denham
Aristotle and fish sleep from ancient to modern findings
The article notes Aristotle asserted fish sleep and reports 300 years later experiments showing many freshwater and marine species rest periodically. It adds that some fish never truly sleep, while others sleep without preference for day or night, and comments on brain size and fatigue. Includes a brief theater ad fragment and a Liverpool Mercury want ad reference.
Laundering Shirt Waists by a Wise Washerwoman
In a tale from Youth's Companion Mathilde the popular washerwoman guides Bridget the Irish girl through ironing shirt waists. She notes differences in size and shape with instructions to tailor collars and sleeves for tall, fat, or slim figures, stressing proper fit over speed.
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Mathilde
Bridget
Old Mathilde
Congressional Bell Signals in the House
The article describes the floor bell system in Congress with bells for tellers yeas and nays recess a red light indicating activity and a five bell call of the house with possible arrest. It notes the alarm of absent members and likens the red light to a departing train while bright signals Congress is active otherwise.
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Congressional
Congress
National Magazine
Clergyman’s Prayer Intersects Saloon Owner’s Occupation
A devout minister blesses a newly married couple and prays for their prosperity. He focuses on business growth, but when asked for the husband’s job the man reveals he runs a saloon. The minister then mulls aloud that God need not answer that request.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Lord Kelvin's Role in Atlantic Cable Success
The text credits the late Lord Kelvin, then William Thomson, with calculating how current travels along long cables and with devising apparatus to translate this gradual signal into Morse code. It notes the 1858 cable failed without his mirror galvanometer to reveal delicate impulses.
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Atlantic
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson
How to Fill Up Holes In Wood
Instruction notes using white tissue paper paste with glue and ochers to fill cracks in wood. Magnesia added to create a smooth durable surface after drying. Included is a humorously edited anecdote about a false death notice involving Major Blazer in the Detroit Free Press.
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Major Blazer
Detroit Free Press
Theatre mishap features steam pipe burst on stage
A witty exchange recalls a ruined play after a steam pipe burst ended the performance. The cast reacts with humor as lines recount the mishap and a quip about a lark and eggs lightens the moment. The dialogue includes comments from B F and A Lark amid the stage disaster.
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B. F
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Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Winthrop Beach
Beach
Frost Library
New Books
Keith's Theatre
B. C
New York American
Trave Marrs
Copyaiants
C. Yone
Jon May
W. H. S. Orchestra
Hark
W. H. S. Girls’ Glee Club
Vesuvius
Old Hickory
Edith Bacon
Chester Olisham
the Violin
Oe Ina M. Nelson
W. H
the Woots
Charles Howard
Constantius and the Lion
A. R. Thompson
Hero of the
Anna F. Owoning
Medley
Winthrop Real Estate
Fish
Mary
Liverpool
Mercury
Zoe
the Cable
What Is
Castoria
Cenuine Castoria Alwayrs
the Centaur Company
TY Murray
Ernecr
Alfred Tewksbury & Co
Herrick’s
Educato
Golden Rule
Beacon Falls
Wadsworth
Winthrop Centre
Gabler Shoninger
Ludwig & CO
Winter
Baus
Blake the Piano
Man
Washington St
Oxford
Winthrop
Ike
Jean Paul ‘Richter
Chas. F. Totten
Frank P. Anthony
North Centre Street
Sargent St. Winthrop
Winthrop Hardware Company
W. G. Grant
Magee’s Corner
Mass
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