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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1886
Page
4
Narrow Gauge Division timetable lists departures from Boston for Winthrop Junction and Points Shirley with multiple morning and evening trips. Return times from Cottage Hill vary by hour and half hour intervals. Sundays include hourly to late evening departures from Boston and Cottage Hill.
The ladies of St John s Mission prepare for a fair with cake tables refreshment stand fortunes and children s activities. Ocean Spray artists perform Wednesday night and Winthrop day Thursday with donations requested for Mrs Wentworth and Mrs Bird. Friday features Great lead artists with perfume gifts from E Doorlittle and other items arriving. Paper publication to further promote fair. Admission 15 cents season tickets 10 cents.
A vintage ad line traces Castoria through ages from infancy to childhood and adolescence, showing the product as a comforting constant in family life. The rhythmic phrasing underscores marketing nostalgia and brand familiarity across generations.
Beachmont reports Clark and Schurman awarded the bid for the school house addition, lowest at 1800 dollars. Episcopal services scheduled at Union church Sunday 10 35. Alpine Male Quartette of Boston led by E L Hill E E Holden E H Hall and F W Howes. C M Loring buys Edwin Rooms house and moves from town in September. Batchelors Retreat in Washington Square hosts seasonal members. E H Hall returns from two week trip among the White Mountains.
Beach life thrives with new residents and social events. The Alpine Quartette is booked for a Saturday show at Tull while the Ocean Spray crowd enjoys Thursday hops at the Casino. Reports note more permanent residents, a growing street effort to improve Atlantic Avenue, and social visits from Hyde Park, Everett, and Lawrence cottage crowds.
An inexpensive all‑position chair suitable for camping parties and beach houses promises easy access for ladies and versatile suspension indoors or on grounds. The notice also catalogs social events at Shirley and Ocean House, arrivals, illnesses, and forthcoming entertainments near Hotel Shirley, Louisburg, and Lawrence with several named individuals and locales.
Mr Joseph Jellison and family and Mr Capen and family of Charlestown take cottage No 6 at Cottage Park to arrive Saturday. Mr Burton will take cottage No 8 on Monday. Mr Paul Faber and wife to spend summer at Cottage Park. Mrs William Durham of Evanston Ill revisits nieces Mrs Smith and Mrs Belcher. A large turtle from the South is brought by Mr Newton but cruel boys kill it. Minstrel show at Bartlett house entertains cottagers with Horace Phipps and Redfield.
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