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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
4
Advertising and news copy deadlines set for early week submission with late reception by 8 30 PM Thursday. Subscription rates listed. Editor and associate editors named. Also a note on laundry law enforcement and Sunday business inconsistencies raised by local washermen and Chinese laundries.
The article describes a venue called the Pit praised as the funniest place on earth with 35 ways to enjoy, featuring Poole's 15 piece orchestra. Dancing is listed from 2:30 to 5:30 and again at 8.00, highlighting the large New England dance hall above the Pit.
Representative Whitney says he will not run again this fall. Chelsea Ward 5 plans to nominate four candidates and Winthrop Republicans will follow their party decision.
The town of Winthrop set a tax rate of 18.20 dollars, up 50 cents from last year, with a detailed report to appear next week. The Woman's Relief Corps held the Suffolk County convention at Unitarian Church on Thursday July 30 from 3 to 7, about 300 ladies attended. Mrs Nettie B Hill of Roxbury opened the event and introduced Mrs C F Crosby of Winthrop and 17 department officers. Mrs Lou Stewart Wadsworth spoke as department president and tea followed, hosted by Crosby for the officers.
The Winthrop post office reports remaining letters for the week ending August 8. Names include Mrs. Charles Arlington, Mrs. D. C. Austin, Miss Anna Butcher, James A. Britton, Miss Harriet Day, Miss Lizzie Durgin, Omer Durell, M. J. Fitzgerald, Gertrude Foster, Miss Jessie V. Frazer, Miss Abbey Hamilton, Miss Emeline Howell, Miss Margaret Lamb, Mrs. Edith McDonald, Fred McDonald, August Mazel, The O'Brien, Mary O'Callaghan, Mrs. A. G. Pease, Mrs. Geo. A. Schreeder, Ian Sheldon, Miss Alice Smith, Mrs. Constance M. Taylor, Miss Josephine Wynn.
Real estate transfers and trustees listed for Winthrop areas including Samuel Goldfine to Myer Frank on several streets, Power to Powers, Loring to Powers, Henderson to Shepard, and others. Trusts involving John H. Storer and Undine Avenue noted, with nominal sums mentioned. ends with a stray children’s rhyme fragment from Chippincott’s.
The Winthrop Hotel hosts large crowds with lively Wednesday dances at Dorothea Dix Hall. A Tuesday evening entry lists numerous guests from Boston Kalamazoo and beyond including E R Torrey G Gregory H C Meister and many others with weekends and visits noted across multiple cities.
The Nevada hotel hosts guests from Brooklyn Olean Worcester and London with several arrivals and departures over the week. A sacred concert entertained about 30 guests while midweek activities include a whip of dances and social events. Notable arrivals include Clapps Wolper and Hagadorn families alongside a long list of Boston Dorchester Allston and New York visitors.
Guests at the Surfside hotel attended a Thursday evening concert and dance in a crowded dining hall with performances by Martha Jenkins Katherine O'Brien Daisy Swartzenberg Sadie Goodman Dorothy Tucker Isabelle O'Brien Lyman Mitchell Mabel Mulrey Freda Casson and Daniel Johnson. The event followed by yacht and automobile outings drew local dignitaries including Judge John Morrow and notable visitors from Springfield Hartford and Brookline with ongoing plans for wax works and further entertainments.
Mrs John Stonewall Dunn arrives as a season guest at the Belleclaire and will stay through the season. Mr Dunn heads to St Louis then returns to New York and Winthrop for several weeks. Frederick L Luke spends two months touring Europe and returns mid September. Other guests include Mr and Mrs Allen Wass Evanston Ill in eighth season, Mr and Mrs AM Welles Omaha Neb with son, Mrs Henry R Southwick and daughter Louise Southwick New York City, Philip Morrison Boston Albany R R official with family, Mrs H V Lynch West Roxbury and daughter Effie. Guests enjoy auto parties, whist and impromptu musicales and bathing. Also registered are T Houghlin Boston, Charles P Morrison New York, Miss D M OConnell Marlboro, Miss A OHalloran Marlboro, R J Jefferson Cambridge, Willard Mrs M K Jones Savannah Ga, M Lélmer Savannah Ga, Misses Margaret and Anna Vaughn Allston.
At Cottage Park guests enjoyed a string of events from a Thursday whist where souvenirs went to Mrs. J A Patterson and others, a well attended Saturday hop, a Sunday Hymn Service with soprano solos by Mrs. O F Belcher and accompanist Mrs. J W Young, an entertainment by Miss Ella Chamberlain and Miss Raymond, and a Tuesday morning whist won by Mrs. Robert Douglas and others.
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