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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1886
Page
1
Mrs Fred Dorman announces the opening of parlors for ladies dresses costumes and wraps at Curr Cortace Syres Street Point Shirley. She offers design and creation in latest fashions with work done by the day at customers residences if desired and orders by mail attended to promptly.
Special line includes Corsets by Dr Warner and popular makes. Ladies and stout ladies’ wear available. Also Tin Ware and Notions. Mrs French assists in dress-making Tuesdays and Fridays in rear department. Store closed Tuesday and Friday evenings.
A note mentions Orrick on Herman Street and a house formerly occupied by Stover's Drug Store.
Rates show one inch space cards at 500 per year and larger columns up to 7000 per year. Shorter periods add ten percent. Reading notices cost ten cents a line first insertion and five cents per line thereafter. Minimum charge fifty cents. Taxation free during ad term. Rates strictly adhered to.
The office of the Visitor has been removed from 71 Oliver street to 8 Change avenue, between 56 State street and 13 Faneuil Hall square. The job printing and tag manufacturing will be continued at the new office where low prices and good work are guaranteed. Orders for Winthrop customers will receive special attention. Your patronage solicited.
Sheriff Seavey returns from a three week yacht cruise along the Maine coast aboard Ada. Mayor Whipple and family plan a month in town staying with Rev. Wilkie on Fremont street. Stover, our druggist, remains incapacitated from injuries suffered last summer. Also notes on church events, Knights of Honor, a baseball match near Winthrop station, school site controversy, and visits by Grace Capen, Mrs. Burnett, and others.
An advert for the Ocean Spray Cash Provision and Grocery House near Shirley Street Station promises square dealings and Boston Prices on all stock. The note asserts first class goods and seeks patronage from customers with a courteous closing from W Goodrich.
Oak Grove Farm Co says it will supply milk to summer residents of Ocean Spray Great Head Point Shirley Winthrop Highlands Beachmont and Cottage Park from May 1 delivering 7 cents per quart in glass jars. Deliveries continue until Oct 1 with orders mailed to the Boston office or left at Hamilton Towns Bakery Great Head Brown's Market Warrenor.
Mr Whitman suffers eye bruise from surveying and rests a few days. Jeweller Jenckes leaves Read's block. Methodist society attended camp meeting. selectmen scarce. Read absent Capt Irwit at camp meeting. Smith in Vermont. Whitman and Breck survey new railroad line by Boston Revere Beach Lynn Co. New school building location praised. Baptist pastor marries quietly. wedding follows a calm flutter. Wedding tour of Thombs and bride ends in Winthrop home return.
The article notes the Pavilion hosts Sunday exercises with sermons by Rev. Richard and a talk by Mr. Knight on conditions of colored people in the South. It mentions the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. preacher L. Messer and an Episcopal service, plus a series of free concerts by the Lew Quintet at North Shore resorts next week and many shoreline residents attending events at Winthrop Beach, Crescent Beach, Great Head, and Shirley Street venues.
The adjourned town meeting in town hall heard five land offers for a new P. S. Macgowan led the discussion on site selection. Voted to buy four lots for a brick school building not to exceed $10,000 with plans by the school committee. Remaining actions included contract bidding and possible borrowing for construction. The meeting adjourned without a date.
A Mil ford cottage resident W N Ward moved to Crest avenue. Miss Lottie Ray plans August stay at the Spray. A Shirley party attended Bi son hop on Wednesday. Frank Russegue spent Thursday in Winthrop for a Mother Goose event. R will report in Sunday Times at the news depot. A visitor cites excuses for skipping hotel rounds. Mrs J of Ellsworth fell at the Casino stairs fracturing skull dislocating shoulder. Dr Durgin treated her with concern for possible brain injury.
Despite ongoing issues, Mrs Doolittle plans to accompany her husband to the mountains. Mr C F Belcher entertains over one hundred guests at the Café and all cottages and Bartlett house rooms are full. A fancy dress hop is planned at the Café with Park guests. Saturday evening Boston orchestra will provide the music.
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