Local Listings Promote Sale Locations and Prices
Winthrop Sun and Visitor offers copies at five cents each with listings naming stores and depots from Highland Station Boston to Winthrop Beach Rogers Centre Store and Brown's Pharmacy. Additional access points include Elizabeth Rippay's variety store and offices at Lewis Block Washington Avenue and Wadsworth Block Spray Pharmacy.
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A. T. Bagness
Highland Station
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn Depot
Winthrop Beach Co
Rogers’ Centre
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Brown's Pharmacy
Centre
W. B. Thayer
Ocean Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Washington Avenue
Wadsworth
Spray Pharmacy
Schools to Open September 7 With Renovations Complete
This month the high school library gains book cases along one wall and pupil made tables and chairs for the room. A new chemistry table is added and four new physics tables will be installed. Miss Merrill replaces Miss Sara Fisher in the shorthand and typewriting department. Other schools have been renovated and cleaned for the fall opening on September 7 with an expected 1800 enrollment.
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Merrill
Brockton
Sara Fisher
Masquerade at Highlands in Winthrop Highlands
A Tuesday masquerade at the Lookoff in Winthrop Highlands featured readings by Rosemary Purcell that entertained attendees. Guests masked for surprise reveals after a dance with refreshments. Vaughn Garner served as cup bearer while Helen Rogers Marguerite Rogers Alice McGowan and Anna McGowan assisted. Mrs Clare Hill of Boston played piano.
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Winthrop Highlands
Rosemary Purcell
Vaughn Garner
Helen
Marguerite Rogers
Alice
Anna McGowan
Clare Hill
Boston
Belcher Lane Complaint From Emerson Road Resident
Robert Brown of Emerson road writes to the Superintendent of Streets in Boston about Belcher lane. He notes the narrow sidewalks force pedestrians onto rough pavement and the sidewalks and cross alleys are not kept clean.
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Robert Brown
Emerson Road
Emerson
Boston
Belcher Lane
Atlantic Avenue
Rowe's Wharf
Fort Hill Square
Winthrop Tennis Club Holds Labor Day Singles Championship
The Winthrop Tennis Club will stage a Labor Day singles championship with Ivan M. Taylor contributing two caps. The club reports five courts in steady use and local members along with many visitors enjoying the well equipped facilities.
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Winthrop ‘Nns
Ivan M. Taylor
East Boston Fans Enjoy Sunday Fort Banks Outing
East Boston residents relish ball games at Fort Banks and stroll along the rest of the day, enjoying cool salt breezes on pleasant Sunday afternoons, per the East Boston Free Press.
Englishman Harry De Coe Balances Tables in Feats at Keith's
Keith's features Harry De Coe the Englishman who stacks four tables and two chairs then climbs to top to place a third chair and sits on it smoking a cigarette. The act sways as he performs seen as a standout on the big summer bill. Also on the program Fadettes concerts Mrs Nichols and her forty players remain popular. Gus Edwards' Blonde Typewriters with Percy Chapman and A Picnic for One headline the musical comedy lineup.
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Harry de Coe
London
de Coe
Keith
Fadettes
Mrs. Nichols
Gus Edwards
Percy Chapman
Value of Bank Advertising Emphasized by E S Lewis
E S Lewis addresses the Wisconsin Bankers Association arguing advertising is a business necessity that builds public confidence and reduces panics. He cites English practice and Morgan style stock judgments, notes the vast annual spend on printer's inks, and outlines stages of banking advertising from card ads to plain-sense messaging aimed at plain people.
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Mr. Morgan
Havemeyer
Virginia
Winthrop Public Library and Local History Notes
The Frost Public Library and Winthrop Town open hours are listed, along with gifts to the town including a Lincoln portrait and an illustrated Adams address volume from 1908. A new Keramic Studio issue appears in the reading room, and several new books and catalogued titles are noted with authors and call numbers.
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Winthrop Beach
Central Library
Charles Francis Adams
Quincy
John Quincy
Alfred W. Smith
Boston
Abraham Lincoln
Winthrop Town Hall
Ihon
Smith
Winthrop
Incoln
Washington
Girls Baseball Showdown At Cottage Park This Saturday
Two all girl teams from Cottage Park and Cliff House prepare for a big Saturday afternoon game. The Red Sox wear red stockings while the Brown Sox wear brown uniforms. Coaches Tom Talbot and Tom Moses drill their squads daily amid bets on the result and a large crowd is expected.
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Winthrop
Cottage Park
Red Sox
Cliff House
Brown Sox
Tom" Talbot
Tom” Moses
psn-Carroll
J. Swan
Gladys Smith
Winthrop Post Office Letters For Week Ending August 14
List of letters remaining at the Winthrop post office for the week ending August 14 includes Arnold Ellen, Bartlett Mrs Susan, Barrett Miss Mary, Driscoll Katherine, Ellis Mrs Lawrence E, Howard Mrs Vernon, Johnson A T, Kent Chas W, Low E T, Lavie Miss Emma, Morpheson Margaret, Marvin Miss Ethel, MacDonald Miss Mary M, Ripna Alice, Ripna Elizabeth, Sparneck Mrs W S, Wheaton Miss Anne, Woodward Sarah.
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Winthrop
Winthrop Real Estate Transfers and Listings
Real estate records show transfers involving Oscar E. Pease to Mayer Glick at Central and Paysen streets and Eugene H. Hartshorn to Raxttn M. Smith at Floyd and Highland avenues. Sale price listed as 1 dollar in the terse entry.
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Oscar E. Pease
Mayer Glickman
Central
Paysen Streets
Eugene H. Hartshorn
M. Smith
Floyd and
Highland Avenue
Going for the Doctor in a Speed Case
A driver pleads he sped thirty miles an hour to reach the doctor. The judge weighs extenuating circumstances and considers dismissing the case. The officer clarifies the intent and reveals the ride involving the doctor and two young ladies. Thirty dollars and costs.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Collector's Rule and the Dresden Treasure Tale
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls Wertheimer, an art dealer in Mayfair, who bought a full house for £5,000 but pocketed a tiny Dresden ornament worth £10,000. Dealers later rue missed gem as Bond Street tradition of chasing rare found treasures.
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Wertheimer
Mayfair
Mr. Wertheimer
Dresden
Aesculapius
Bond Street
London Chronicle
Evening miscellany and quips on etiquette and law
A collection of light passages and quotes. Polly notes a clean hort top aboard a steamer and jokes about a vacuum cleaner at sea. An essay links books to a minister’s tools and a church's role in budgets. A quip defines an alibi as committing a crime in one place while being in another, with humorous framing.
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Polly
New York ‘Times
Puck
Marriage is a game of skill in modern times
A brief humorous note from Philadelphia mentions marriage as a lottery and then a game of skill. The text references a fellow who naps through alarms and a remark on mind over matter, all tied to Philadelphia record coverage.
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Philadelphia
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Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Highlands
Boston Tan
E. S. Lewis
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
THE
Frost Public Library
Erastus C. Garfield
Wilfred T. Sub Fell
George Herbert Palmer
Alice Freeman—Palmer
Motor Boat Publishing Co
Gardner D Hiscox
Lyman Whitney Allen
F. Marion Crawford
Chippendales
Robert Grant
Quebec
James E. le Rossignol
Mby
Jeannette Marks
Sunnyfield
Podsy
June
Louise M. Sill
Winthrop Real Estate
Doctor
Cumberland
Castori
Suburban Gas & Electric Co
Winthrop, Mass
Floyd & Tucker
H. T. Whitman
Channing Howard
Whitman & Howard Civil Engineers and Surveyors
Devonshire St
Winthrop and
Revere
Fort Hill
Gabler
Shoninger Ludwig & ‘Co, Winter & CO
Baus
Blake the Piano Man
Washington St
Oxford
R. J. Promises
Revere Street
Winthrop Hardware Company
W.G. Grant
Magee’s Corner
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
Winthrop Delivery
Kilby Street
East
Marginal Street
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