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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
8
St John’s Roman Catholic Church in Winthrop Centre announces Sunday Masses at 7 815 930 and 1030 with children urged to attend the 815 service. Rector John H. Griffin.
St. John's Episcopal Church stands at the corner of Bowdoin and Buchanan streets with C. W. Henry serving as rector.
Union Congregational pastor Seelye Bryant leads worship at 183 Washington Ave Winthrop Beach with services at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm Sunday School at noon Mid week prayer Wednesday 7 45 pm Communion first Sunday mornings alternating months Ladies Aid Society meets alternate Thursdays 2 pm Women’s Missionary Society meets second Wednesday 2 30 pm Save dates August 28 or 29 for Mrs Snow’s Robinson Crusoe Island entertainment two evenings
The Union Church of Christ at Point Shirley will hold morning service at 10 45 a m Sunday school at 12 m and evening service at 7 30 pm The church is usable now and will be completed for winter use once funds are secured The community is urged to support the project for a moral and spiritual blessing.
Morning service at 10.80, Bible school at 12.00, Christian Endeavor at 6.45, and evening service at 7.30. Rev. Charles R. Powers of Randolph will preach morning and evening. Friday prayer meeting led by C. P. Floyd at 7.45 replaces Thursday. Following the prayer, a church business meeting will urge all members to attend.
Cottage Park Hotel reports a successful season under new manager Mr. L C Prior who comes from Copley Plaza and formerly Blackstone Chicago. 80 guests enjoy a musical feast with several fine musicians and open swimming race entries are to be made to swimming instructor Mr Henry Safford for the event on Saturday August 23 with the racing date moved to the 23rd.
Merton P Whepley transfers Fairview street to Margaret M Whepley. Sarah J Metcalf transfers Somerset street to John L Lockhead. John G Schuler estate transfers Bowdoin and Oak land streets to Rosalie E Jenkins for 2350 dollars. Ellen M Dealy transfers Circuit road to Ida Pierce for 1 dollar.
The article argues that modern writers like John Fiske challenge Prescott’s view of Mexican and Peruvian civilizations found by Cortes and Pizarro. It claims these cultures were advanced yet not at the level of elite civilization, describing them as a high form of barbarism rather than superior.
Mrs. Sarah L Morse died at 51 Pico Avenue on a Sunday. A requiem mass was held at St John the Evangelist Church in Winthrop with Rev John H Griffin leading. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
Mrs Matilda Dunlop aged about 80, of Winthrop, formerly of Liverpool Nova Scotia, died at 154 Bowdoin Street Sunday August 10 at 9 PM. Funeral services were held at her home Wednesday at 2 30 PM with Miss Nettie Stanley singing classic hymns. Burial followed in Winthrop Cemetery. She was married to Deacon David Dunlop of the Baptist Church and is survived by her husband and daughter Mrs Laura Harlow of Cambridge.
Mr Charles E Crocker died at his home on Lewis Avenue August 10. Services were held at his residence Tuesday morning with Wm C Skaggs reading. Interment followed in the Springfield family lot with Odd Fellows rite. He leaves a widow and four sons.
Ralph Bardwell, once feared dead after a canoe was found bottom up off Nahant and his coat with his card, is alive in Seattle. Police traced him via Nahant and Winthrop reports and confirm he recently visited his sister and planned a canoe trip to Revere. Bardwell, 25, worked as a salesman for Pettingill Andrew Company in Boston and was respected by colleagues.
Winthrop Athletics set for a week long tour of the White Mountains starting Sunday at two. Participants include Gus Natalie Bert Shorey Charles Hagman Glen Coleman James Brennan Standish Farber and Frank Barber. They plan Mt Washington hike via Tuckerman's Ravine and hope to cross bats with local camps and resort teams with reinforcements expected.
The piece argues that women endure hardship and loss with steadfast fortitude while men gamble with wealth and status. It notes women bear the consequences of imprudence and social strain, suffering while maintaining dignity and resilience.
The article catalogues a range of dances including the tango one step castle and fish walks the horse trot kitchen sink rag waltz grape vine and other modern dances taught in proper form.
A collection of household tips on door fixes using paraffin and bayberry tallow, screw use, shelving, and maintenance. It offers simple advice on brushing teeth with a vertical motion, learning to swim without gear, and observations on edge razors and chemistry affecting food.
A ten year old girl in Gillingham Kent gave a haunting final cry before death. She pointed to a corner and whispered Look, mamma I is over there claiming her beautiful home. The inquest recorded the mystery and pathos of the scene.
Chemists describe catalysis as a property that enables a substance to promote union of elements without changing itself. The idea extends to social settings where a host or hostess unknowingly brings people together, pairing lifelong friends and couples who marry and live happily.
A humorous exchange at a baseball game finds a wary Englishman asking when tea is served. His American friend explains no tea is served, prompting the puzzled question of the game’s purpose.
More than 600000 pounds of snail shells are shipped from Malaysia yearly to Europe and America for buttons and novelties. Quality shells fetch about 16 cents a pound in New York. Fishermen harvest shells from the ocean and sell through Chinese collectors to European firms at Singapore.
Classified notice urging advertising in the paper for real estate and business listings. Brief call to action promotes placing ads to reach local buyers and sellers.
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