Winthrop Highlands Pier Exam Underway by City Committee
A detailed inspection of the pier erected last summer at a cost exceeding 3,000 was conducted Saturday by Chairman Fred Gifford Dews and Vernon Browne of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gifford Dews
Vernon Browne
Herbert N. Clough
Wallace C. Williams
Edw. G. Richardson
Ann Whiting
F. Temple Scott
C. Vernon Browne
John J. Dervan
Ralph
Cliff House Club Sees Winter Plans Amid Pier Repairs
The essay describes storm damage to a pier with minor losses and notes plans to raise funds for debt reduction, bench upgrades, and six tennis courts. It highlights upcoming events including smokers, dances, and whist parties at the Cliff House, plus a Christmas Basket Fund drive led by Mrs. Harber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We. J. Lawler
Circe
Lews
Clim House
Cliff House
Wright
Winthrop
Real Estate Transfers Listed With Multiple Grantees
Real estate transfer notice lists numerous buyers and sellers including Bersbaum Fannie Rose Frank David Anne K-Jon lean of al Boa Foam av Horgan Mary T John T Reese Fro Lerner fam Chas Markell Green Linnie Leopold G Greene trustees Winthrop Shore Drive Nelson Jas T Lillian M Orcutt Tafts av Tafte av Shirley Nickerson Kiva E Horace F Downes Pauline Storer John H et al tre veretta Steeves Billow and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerner
Chas. Markell
Green
Linnie
Leopold G. Greene
Winthrop Shore Drive
Nelson
Jas
Lillian M. Orcutt
Tafts
Tafte
Shirley
Nickerson
Kiva
E—l
Horace F. Downes
Pauline
Storer
John H
Christmas Gifts Considered by Family for 1919
The phrase reflects family expectations for Father’s Christmas in 1919. Mention notes: Fair-a next Tuesday and Wednesday at Parish House.
Spread of Bathing in Europe
The Crusades spread bathing to Europe as Knights of the Cross saw Saracen baths and introduced them on return. England first adopted baths and then other lands followed. Bathing became customary before ceremonies like marriage or knighthood, reinforcing the value of clean skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Knights of the Cross
England
Thought He Needed Clothes
A fast South town sprinter chafes at a slow laundress. After practice, he passes the dryer’s house as the woman, two weeks behind on his washing, yells to keep his clothes from straying until she can deliver them. The scene is set with a humorous regional accent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Bob
Augusta Herald
Vanishing Languages of California Face Rapid Decline
California hosts diverse Indian languages yet many are vanishing as dialects die with last speakers. Some languages are spoken by five to six people, others by twenty to thirty. Efforts aim to document them for insights into Pacific coast history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
California
Pacific Coast
Sun
New York Herald
St. John's Guild Holds Annual Parish Fair
The President and Officers invite parishioners to the annual Fair in the Parish House at Bowdoin and Buchanan Streets on Tuesday and Wednesday December 7 and 8 from 2 to 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Guild
St. John's Parish
Bowdoin and
Buchanan Sts
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GUILD
TAMA
Parteh
Les Ul NL
Emily de
NY Loy Unidertakers
Mabel J. Golden
Bowdoin 8St
Meridian 8St
East Boston
Endicott Hall
Bowdoin St
Lampasona
Jefferson ST
Winthrop Center Theatre
the Electric Shop
A. J. Pilling
Woodside
Edison Lamp
B. Verdinand
Dean GO. Freeman
Max Gersumky
Willard N. Hall
Hare L. Jervis
Henry N. Maurer
Baward
B. Morrill
Fred J. Murphy
J. Frank Reebuck
Temple Scott
G. Wallace
Tibbetts
Harry A. Torrey
Joseph H. Worcester
Mra
N. Barbour
HN. Clough
Mies
Dorothy Dean
L. P. Detch
Pabey
Hall
Lamont
Fr. Murphy
Richardeos
W. Tibbetts
D. M. ‘Towne
W. Co Wuame
Th A Woodcock
J. K Worcester
Clif House
Association
Clif House Trust
Hazel Ames
Evangeline Allen
Marion Baird
F. N. Barbour
Fred J. Bochterle
Ruth E. Brooks
Stewart Carr
Clarence O. Case
A. F. Chandler
D. A. Chapman
Ethel Davis
KE. F. Delano
Dorothy Delano Ross
John H. Devine
Carl EB. Ericson
Daniel EB. Fabyan
Wallace Fabyan
Ralph E. Ferdinand
Ruth Waldron
Ernest A. Ferdinand
W. N. Hall
George E. Hazel
Thomas E. Heatley
John
Christmas Basket Fund
Wm. G. Harber
Leeley Grime
Deesle M. Degcott
G. Wallace Tibbetts
G. Dews
Constance Dews Peanoa
Vitegera
F. Temple Geott
Fred Tewkebery
OW. Holmes
Harry WoomGeld
Barbara Marshall
George H. Gibby
BJ. Aiearn
Margaret Gilligan
Mise Mary L. Fielding
Charlies W. Dorr
Raymond B. Parker
Harold W. Mayo
Emily Newton
Wm. H. Mahoney
Basket Fund
Somerville
Legion Hall
Wim. G. Harber
Bersbaum
Fannie
Rose Frank
David, Anne K
Jon, Lean of
al, Boa
Foam Av
American Bankers Corporation
Washington Street
Arthur W. Rowe
Boston
Massachusetts
Fort Hill
William H. Lewis
Walter E. Rowe
Alfons F. Fischer
I. O. Johnson
Ralph H. Wilbur
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