Local News Highlights From Winthrop Highlands and Nearby
Community notices include McMurray garages rising in Towt, visits from Daniel Honan in Brooklyn, and painter Jasper Downie at work. Capt Randolph Shaw plans a recovery stay in Washington, and Captain N L Smith sails to England to coach Henry Sullivan across the Channel. Social visits span Derry New Hampshire to Mattapoisett and Woodstock NH, with swings installed at Pauline Street playgrounds and vacations announced for Edwards Richardson and Mrs. Power.
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First Baptist Church
Jasper J. Downle
Fred Ramaay
Derry
N. H
Beaconst
New York
Aquitania
Dover
England
Henry Sullivan
Lowell
English Channel
Edwin
Winifred Purdy
Winthrop
Mra. R. B. Achorn
Mattapoisett
Rooselie Holman
Stoughton
Claudia Hart
Shore Drive
Victor A. Davis
The
Park Commission
Pauline St
Supt. Trainor
Antiques Wanted by Boston Antique Shop in New England
The Boston Antique Shop seeks high cash offers for antique furniture including tables chairs secretaries desks mirrors four posted beds sideboards and old pine oak or maple pieces. They also want hammered silver items stamps coins bead bags samplers ship models paintings and old portraits. Send descriptions. they will call anywhere in New England and provide a list of wanted items.
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New England
Boston
Pemberton Square
Mass
Milk Sample Results and Ice Cream Fat Content
Milk samples from dealer teams on July 20 show bacteria counts per cubic centimeter, butter fat percentages, total solids, and leucocytes for each sample. Ice cream samples from stores list fat percentages with various brands and makers. state standards permit 7 percent butter fat for ice cream and 3.35 percent for milk, solids 12 percent. The report totals receipts and lists numerous charitable contributions totaling 492.75 dollars.
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A. Boozakian
T. Shop
Harry Dupee
Shirley
H. P. Hood & Sons
D. Whiting & Sons
Alden Bros
Nelson Floyd Co
Sessions for Voter Registration Held Across Precincts
The Board of Registrars of Voters announces registration sessions in four precincts from July 29 to August 20 1920. Sessions include times 7:30 to 9:00 PM at Town Hall High School Pauline Street Shirley Street School House and Temporary School Building with extended hours on select dates. Naturalized citizens must present naturalization papers for examination prior to registration. Albert B Dunham, Chairman with board members George H Harris Edward F Sullivan Preston B Churchill. Winthrop July 14 1920.
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Town Hall
Pauline St
Shirley St
Summit Av
Albert B. Dunham
Geo. H. Harris
Edward F. Sullivan
Preston B. Churchill
Board of Registrars of Voters
Winthrop
Tablet in honor of our hero dead appeal
A letter requests speedy funding for a tablet honoring fallen heroes. The writer urges donations to reach a contract, noting 33 percent price increases since estimates and suggesting space in the paper or prompt remittance to Mrs. Radell at 74 Orlando Ave. in Winthrop.
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Rosoty
Winthrop
Lincoln St
Million More Farms Drift From Country To Cities
Washington reports the 1920 census likely shows about 6 million farms in the United States, with an anticipated increase of 1 million. The data suggest rural-to-urban migration has not accelerated as feared, and city population gains vary by class.
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Washington
United States
Cenens
Anid
Furnishings from German palaces sell in New York gallery
Valdemar Povelsen of Copenhagen shipped items from several German royal palaces to the Andersen galleries in New York. The photo shows an ormolu and crystal electric chandelier from the ex-kaiser’s Munich residence, a nineteenth century French design piece.
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Germany
Andersen Galleries
New York
Valdemar Povelsen
Copenhagen
Munich
Local ads advertise footwear and cooling goods
Lang the Shoeman promotes durable scout shoes. Drew's Market offers meats and groceries. A J Pilling stocks hot weather goods and electric fans. G B fans sold at Electric Shop, 34 Woodside Ave. Household sizes marketed for hot days. Review office papering service requested.
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Lang
Drew
A. J. Pilling
Woodside Av
Illicit Whisky Distilling Worries Virginia Officials
In western Virginia the illicit distilling network grows as W B Stusser urges public aid. Revenue agents learn of raids instantly thanks to an information service, with over two tons of sugar found in an old distillery forty miles from a railway. Stopping moonshiner supplies is the aim to curb distilling.
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Danville
Virginia
W. B. Stusser
Gas Blast Hurls Farmer 75 Feet and Fells Him in Well
On a Geneseo New York farm Myron N. Stapley aged 57 was blown 75 feet into the air by a gas pocket in a well and dropped to the bottom, dying instantly. Neighbor David Linton was blown to the top of a windmill and likely fatally injured.
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Geneseo
N. Y
Myron N. Stapley
David Linton
Pleasant st host child and Norwich visitor on tour
Mrs. B J Ahearn entertains her godchild Eleanor May Bogue from Norwich while Mrs. Wicks tours New Hampshire. Gordon Barry passed exams and will enter Phillips Exeter this fall. E G Pero and E A Spence Jr on vacation at Stratford Pond near Brattleboro. OLearys visit Nickersons in Lincoln. Point Shirley Yacht Club residents petition fire engineers for greater protection.
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B. J. A’hearn
Pleasant St
Eleanor May Bogue
Norwich
Conn
Mrs. Wicks
Woodside
New Hampshire
Gordon Barry
River Rd
Phillips-Exeter
Joseph
E. G. Pero
E. A. Spence, Jr
Stratford Pond
Brattleboro
Vermont
Point Shirley
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William B. Welton
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Wm. Godfrey
Katherine
White Mountains
Margaret Barkley
Waldemaray
Mr. Barkley
Painted Post
New York State
Lois King
Drew's Market
Albert Lyons
Greenfield
Emily L. King
Waldemar
Ella R. Park
Wellesley Hills
Henry F. Letson
Ethel
Insula
Liverpool
Wm. Mortimer. Strachan
K. L. Strachan
St. Denys
Colorado
Canada
Herman Chalkoff
West Roxbury Hospital
Winthrop Post 146
Aid
Edgar F. Power
Burke
America
Greece
Ford
the Progress Shoe Repairing Shop
Pauline Street
Milk Report
Totman & Ham, Own Mfg
Totman & Ham
Mfg
Lee
Winthrop Drug Co
Wm. Stover
Robinson's
Robinson’s
R. A. Fash
Maloney
Mabelle H. Radell
Special Aid Society
Mabelle Furber
Louis A. Radell
Quest & Question Club
Lilian B. Hess
Winthrop Daughters of Maine
Frank Hatfeld
Winthrop Lodge of Elks
Leslie Grifin
Winthrop For War Vet Assn 10.00 Winthrop Woman's Res Corps
Winthrop Winn’s Ciy League
American Legion Post 146
Maud Hallam
Dorothy Delano Ri
Knights of Colum
Hockomock Club
Chas. Bradbury
Sarah Sproule
Anetta Shaw
Chas. Hatch
Fred Drew Assinsnie
Yuus
Ralph Russell Kocla
Annie Donovan
Louis M
Daniel Buckley
Ella C. Crosby
Frances BH. Smarly
Felicity Club
Naci Rema
Polham
Spanish War Veterans’ Association
Austin E.maccormack, Jr
B. J. Ahearn
Russell Cone
Fredri. K. Wells
Jessie S. Moore
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Yours Truly
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Araarrwemt
M— Demard
Winston Ec
Mainthrop
Notary
Crest Ano
Highlands Station Tele
Win
Gearegge Gpace
Floyd
Buchanan Street
Kaiser’s Palace
Summit Ave
Wintthrop
Jeremiah Green & Sons
Highland Ave
Winthrop Highlands
Smith Bros. Plumbing
Main St
Frank A. Thomas
Beal ST
Lampasona
Jefferson ST
Opp
Winthrop Center Theatre
the Electric Shop
Avenin
Edison Lamp
Winthrop Visiting Nurse Association and
Board of Health
Paige
Vwe
Bartlett Road
J. Glass
Shirley Street
Winthrop Beach
Daniel O'Leary
Norwich, Conn
George W. Nickerson
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