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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1886
Page
4
Boston area transit note outlines winter timetable changes for the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad. Adjustments affect schedules, routes, and service availability during the cold season across connected communities.
Selectmen Smith and Irwin returned from New Jersey where they inspected the electric car. About two hundred feet of track operated with forty passengers, showing smooth start and stop. Next week a full thousand foot track will be tested by a legislative committee, with Smith predicting eventual success for the scheme.
Rev. Mr. Cary preached on Judgment Day urging revelation through God’s word and accountability of souls. Mrs. S. G. Irwin’s funeral services drew large crowds with tributes from ministers Dunham Wilkie Cary and Pickles and wreaths from W C T U and neighbors. The Baptist evening session featured Mr Thombs on spiritual blessings through affliction and patient submission to divine discipline.
The Virgin Salt Co of New Haven advertises its salt as clean and pure and offers a free elegant Easter card with each purchase. It promotes an extra lithographed pair of doves in ten colors on a large 9x10 inch card as a bonus.
Strawberries sell for 20 cents a box while Union Church events draw large crowds. Rev Minot J Savage and family plan a Beachmont summer visit. the Improvement Society faces tree-planting vandalism and seeks town hall venue and fundraising.
The description highlights four cottages on the water front near a picturesque spot and grove on Genswald with a long wharf and sandy beach. Nearby is Mrs Tyler’s residence, with smaller inland cottages. The retreat offers relaxed luxury, renewed water features, and renewed summer appeal, with applications indicating a pleasant season at Sinnyside.
Episcopal services at 10 45 A M led by Rev John C Hewlett. Congregational Sabbath school at 2 P M and service at 3 P M conducted by Rev J P Bixby of Revere. Song service at 1 80 P M led by Mr Marshall S Rice. Weekly meeting every Wednesday evening. Ladies Sewing Society meets Wednesday afternoons at 2 in the church parlors.
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