Many disparate items from early 1900s news brief
A collage of short notices reports diverse events from around the world. Topics include Burma cottonseed mills, Philippine hemp growth, Suez freight, a dog bequest ruling, education on death, Bible street hawking, Friends meetings, a Burman witness, Purbeck marble fragments, a giant silver tray, a memoryless hospital patient, ramie fiber processing, Chicopee poll tax, a Kansas City hotel beer deal, St Cleather dormitory windows, Mme Porcher at Aigle prison, King Edward's diamond cutting losses, Longfellow inspiration from Heckewelder, Matterhorn railway opposition, and Swiss preservation concerns.
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Coffee
California
Court of Appeal
Lisbon
Portugal
Ohio Yearly Meeting
Organization of Friends
Calcutta
St. Swithin
Winchester Cathedral
London
Kansas City General Hospital
Shanghai
China
United States
Chicopee
Tekla Moson
Chicopee Street
St. Paul
Camilford
England
St. Cleather
Mme
Jenny Porcher
Aigle
Switzerland
Porchet
Edward
Amsterdam
London Globe
Cullinan
Hiawatha
Longfellow
Julius Goebel
Harvard University
Chicago
John Heckewelder
Goebel
Matterhorn
Swiss League For the Preservation
Sitzerland
Europe
Bristol
Alpine Club
Winthrop Sun and Visitor Publication Notice
Editorial staff details and contact information for the Winthrop Sun and Visitor publish in Boston district. Advertising deadlines specify week early submissions by Thursday 1 AM forFriday insertion. Subscription rates listed and postal details noted.
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Corr
Thureon
Boston
Mass
Winthrop
Winthrop San and Visitor Open ing from ninety dollars
A brief notice notes the Winthrop San and Visitor opening with a price starting at ninety dollars, indicating a local business event or promotion. Details are limited in the fragment.
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Winthrop
New Sunday Law in Effect and First Test in Revere
The new Sunday law takes effect with Revere hosting the first test next Sunday. General J H Whitney now has broad authority to judge Sunday amusements under state control, while towns and cities retain licensing power. Whitney will assess form and substance at resorts like Nantasket and Revere, balancing recreation with local sensibilities.
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Revere
Evening Transcript
J. H. Whitney
Commonwealth
Nantasket
Beach resorts on Revere Beach expect big profits this season
Cool Sundays have damped early season business but owners anticipate strong profits by season end. The piece notes ample time ahead for a thriving beach economy and expects deserving enterprises on Revere Beach to deliver notable earnings in April and May.
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Revere Beach
Winthrop Dumps See Strong Trade Ahead For Season Opener
The Winthrop Dumps are described as thriving in local business and a robust display is expected for the upcoming season opener. The report notes steady demand and preparations underway to showcase their offerings to fans and customers.
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Winthrop
Pretty Party at Crest Hall Dance Recital Night
Miss Emily Johnsons dancing class held at Crest Hall celebrated a winter spring term with a Tuesday schedule. Twenty or so couples attended a Saturday evening party with violin and piano music. The transformed dining room featured mirrors confetti and Japanese lantern shades. Mrs Alva Coburn presided in the fruit bower corner as refreshments were served during intermission.
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Emily Johnson
Crest Hall
Malaga
Alva
Coburn
Elizabeth Lovering
Ruth Bodckley
Hilde Westhall
Helen Young
Florence “Brainard
Eleanor
Mildred Young
Kate Deveraux
Elsie Brown
Vivian Halsey
Henry
Lillian
Stewart
Mages
Charles Hewson
Percy Hall
Herbert Stewart
Wesley Keough
Harold Halsey
Bear the Bets Tas Ig Toe
Fragmentary OCR text appears as a garbled item lacking clear entities or events. The readable words cast doubt on a coherent news item, offering no verifiable persons places organizations or dates to anchor a proper summary.
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Castoria
History of Chelsea volumes published by Massachusetts Historical Society
The Chelsea history project 1624 to 1824 culminates in two volumes edited by Mellen Chamberlain’s heirs, and published for the Massachusetts Historical Society. It details early settlement, town formation, War of Independence, taxation, church records, and maps with extensive indices noting prominent Chelsea families.
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Chelsea
Boston
Winnisimmet
Rumney Marsh
Pullen Point
Mellen Chamberlain
Massachusetts Historical Society
University Press of Cambridge
Historical Society
Charles F. Adams
Charles C. Smith
Henry W. Haynes
Jenny C. Watts
Radcliffe
William R
Boston Harbor
Samuel Maverick
Palisade
Winthrop
Bellingham
Tong
New England
Revere
Point Shirley
Old Chelsea
Lexington
Sprague
Chelsea Creek
Bunker Hill
Colonies
Congress
Tuckerman
Rumney ‘Marsh
Revere Unitarian Church
Belcher
Berry
Bill
Boardman
Brinthal
Burrill
Cary
Chamberlain
Cheever
Copeland
Eustace
Floyd
Fuller
Green
Hall
Hasey
Low
Maverick
Oliver
Payson
Pratt
Sale
Sargent
Shute
Stow
Tewksbury
Tuttle
Watts
Williams
Samuel Cary
Thomas Goldthwait
Page Farm
Bill Farm
Bill and Deane Winthrop
City of
Ferry Farm
Shurtleff
Townsend
Sunday Law Creates Unease at Revere Beach Over Provisions
Residents and amusement operators at Revere Beach fear the new Sunday amusements law taking effect next Sunday. The act lets the state police chief veto licenses and voids Sunday licenses without approval. Revere Beach officials already told fortune tellers and ring boards not to operate, and nearby venues were closed last Sunday.
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Revere Beach
Whitney
Boston
Commonwealth
Nantasket Beach
Revere
Signature styles and forgery risks in handwriting
The Boston Globe notes clear handwriting favors non writers while authors may rush and produce readable but impersonal script. It argues plain signatures are hardest to forge and best reflect temperament, not moral character, contrasting with elaborate or unreadable signatures.
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Boston Globe
Wanted His Dues. Indian Grievance Over Ax Grindstone Fee
A reservation Indian mourned his ax handle breakage and received a free replacement from a farmer. The ax proved dull so the farmer spent thirty minutes sharpening it. After returning the ax the Indian, pleased yet upset, demanded 25 cents for turning the grindstone through an interpreter.
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Grindstone
Harper’s
Play of Animals Delights in Mountain Herds and Predators
In Kart Groos's The Play of Animals, goats and cats show sharp line skating and high jumps. Chamois chase perpetual snow, sliding 100 to 150 meters in a powdery rush before springing upright to retry.
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Piay
Data Delight
Brefm
Chample
Kart Groos
The Ananias Story and Its Fables
An Emporia Gazette poem warns against deceit as it recounts the biblical Ananias tale in a parable style. It recalls deception leading to punishment and urges readers to shun folly while pursuing virtue.
The Glory of New York as a Seaside City
London Spectator compares New York to Venice and Tyre, praising its seawater setting and towering skyscrapers. It lauds the city’s clean, original architecture as a grand adaptation to harbor life and notes ancient fears of piracy would have deterred such a harbor city.
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New York
Venice
Tyre
London Spectator
Burmese Social Entry Begins With Ear Piercing And Tobacco
The piece describes Burmese custom where a girl enters society after ear piercing and soon chooses a husband. It notes that homes are provided by men but become the wife’s after marriage and claims women of all ages are addicted to tobacco, favoring large black cigars, with women seen on streets wearing cigars in their mouths and as earrings.
Men Queer Animals and Honest Talks
A pessimist proclaims men are deceitful while an optimist counters with faith in honest individuals. They debate personal integrity as they remark on routine greetings and idle conversation.
Bride of Some Months In Wartime Talk
A fragment shows a couple arguing over temper and commitment amid wartime strain. One partner declares loyalty to the marriage, while the other mentions being enlisted for the war, reflecting home front tensions.
Not Disappointed Not Married Joke Turns on Good Cook
A humorist recalls a young friend who married Mamie last month and admits he misjudged her as an angel revealing he was not disappointed after discovering she was a good cook.
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Mamie
Dorothy begins a novel in the middle quip
Comic quotes mix literary witticisms and social observations. Dorothy’s habit of starting midway sparks two problems to ponder the ending and beginning. A husband and wife exchange jokes about insatiable desire and budgeting, reflecting humor across tabloids.
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Dorothy
Also Mentioned on This Page
India
Burma
Iligan
Philippine Islands
Suez Canal
Blacksburg
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Lewis
Washington Avenue
Herbert E. Emerson
Ernest H. Pierce
Telephone
Winthrop Sun
Winthrop Visitor
the Sunday Law
Ananias
Colonel Ananias
Red Sea
Emporia Gazette
London Mail
New York Press
C. RE. de Hnson, WD
St Wien 'Throp
8&T
C. H. French
Wave Way Ave
Neer Shirie Ceeesten
C. A. Nevers
Wadsworth Block
Winthrop Centre
Francis Pratt
Optician Studio H'ld
Fremont St
Chester Ave
Thornton Station
Bertha Wheeler
Main
St. Winthrop Centre
Ralph P. Badger
Rogers Ave
Lynn
Geo. C. Edwards
Madison Ave
Wintheop
E. J. Bishop
Banks Street
E. E. Crosby
Alfred Peat
Pepa
Winthrop St
Meridian Street
East
Horace B. Butler
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