Winthrop Post Office Mail Hours
Local notice details Winthrop post office hours weekdays 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Holidays 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Closed Sundays except Special Delivery. Postal Savings Depository. Carrier deliveries 7:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. and 2:50 p.m. on weekdays. 7:30 a.m. holidays with 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. collections on weekdays. Specific boxes not collected at 9 p.m. and list of street letter boxes collected at 9 p.m. including various corner and avenue locations.
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Postal Savings Depository
Temple
Highland Avenue
Grover and
Cliff
Quincy
Cottage Park Road
Johnson Avenue
Court Road
Lowell
Maple Street
Main
Pleasant Street
Hermon Stret
Hermon
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Revere Corner
Cherry
Revere
Summit
Brown's
Winthrop Highlands
Grover Corner
Crest
Locust and
Beach Road
Ocean Spray
Shirley Corner
Mermaid
Sea Foam
Shirley R. R
Ocean Avenue
Sturgis
Tewksbury
Crystal Cove
Cottage Avenue
Hillside
Washington Avenue
Bates
Winthrop
Winthrop and Chester
Post Office
Centre R. R
Pleasant and
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pauline
Lincoln
Lincoln and
Read, Town Hall
Prompter Scene Sparks Panic in Matinee
A small child disrupts a Broadway matinee with a threatening moment as a character contemplates suicide from a bottle of prussic acid tablets. The audience erupts when a voice from the orchestra urges the act to proceed by urging the character to take the poison.
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Cleveland Pregs
Fox Escapes Hounds By Climbing Barn Roof
A fox pursued by Blen cathra hounds in Cumberland climbed a two story barn to the roof. From the vantage point he watched hundreds in the field as terrier efforts failed. A rope-assisted climb by a young man finally brought him down to the awaiting hounds.
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Cumberland
Traced Through Lost Skin Reveals House-Breaking Clue
In Poole Dorset a thief was linked to a break in by a small skin fragment found on a broken window. Police matched the skin to a suspect’s thumb, prompting immediate arrest within days at a common lodging house.
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Sherlock Holmes
Poole
Dorsetshire
England
Looked That Way
A narrator recalls a morning scene where a man smiles and explains he drank too much wine the night before. He repeats stuttering humor as friends question his actions and recount his wife’s remark about mistaking two women for sisters at breakfast.
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William
Ladies Home Journal
Difference In Failures
A Denver capitalist, bitter about a dishonest liquidation he endured, quips that some say marriage is a failure, but contrasts that with a failure where the husband takes the wife’s name. The remark satirizes gender roles and business reversals in a morally charged era.
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Denver
Neighbor Seeks Lard Then Returns Emptyhanded
A polite but firm elderly woman refused a neighbor's request carried by a child for a couple of pounds of lard. The plump matron, generous by habit, could not comply despite her accommodating nature.
LELAND FINDS THE LOST SONG IN A NIGHT SEARCH
In a 1913 McClure News tale, Leland follows a haunting piano and a singer’s untrained voice through a dark street to recover his lost song. After mistaken arrests and a cautious whistle test by a friendly constable, he reunites with the singer who taught the tune, ending in a joyous embrace.
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Leland
Jhen
Bluecoat
Lee
McClure News
Deadly ptomaine warnings and home poisoning advice
The article warns of poison from ptomaine formed by decomposition in foods like salad lemonade and canned goods. It stresses prevention by proper handling and cooling, and lists emergency remedies such as mustard emetic and enemas while urging immediate medical consultation.
A Freshman Recites While Asleep in Class
Professor Nichols notices Ricardo in the back of a natural philosophy lecture with head down and eyes half closed. He asks what is work and the student replies Everything is work and the desk is wood work, provoking a dry classroom exchange.
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Professor Nichols
Mr. Ricardo
Ricardo
Amazing Case of John Doe on a Quiet Motorcycle Run
A man named John Doe rides a motorcycle four miles without incident, causing no injuries or upset. He parks at his business after seventeen minutes and remarks that "they said it couldn't be done" with a satisfied smile. The tale closes with a moral.
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John Doe
McDonnald
McDonald
Burt
Whisper
Mrs. Burt
Daily Story Pub. Co
Black as a Color and its Mysterious Nature
The article ponders whether black is a color or the absence of color, noting its light absorption and minimal reflection. It traces linguistic ties in English and related roots to terms like black and bleach, suggesting occult links to color absence.
Perfume With the Breeze Novel Electric Fan
A new compact electric fan includes a concealed vaporizer behind the blades. The device emits fragrance into the room as the fan operates, designed to appeal to women and suit living or sleeping rooms.
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Baltimore Evening Sun
Shoes and songs in a farmer’s fitting scene
A dapper shoe clerk fits a farmer in size nine shoes and a sock. He jokes that the wearer can sing hymn tunes after trying them on. The farmer departs with his old shoes packed, then retorts with a second hymn line as he leaves.
McDonald Boarder Discovers Hidden Family Secrets
A timid widow hides two children to secure rent from a new boarder. McDonald, after learning the truth, brings the hidden family into his care, pays the children to celebrate, and vows to help raise them with Mrs. Burt, admitting his own past misjudgments.
Carnegie's Fiest Library and Andrew Carnegie's early influence
The piece recalls Andrew Carnegie as a youth in Allegheny now North Side Pittsburg and his use of Major Anderson's private library, noting it inspired his later build of the Allegheny Free Library. Carnegie credited these books with shaping his success and drive to fund public libraries in later life.
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Carnegie
Fiest
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Ward
Allegheny
North Side
Pittsburg
Anderson
Allegheny Free Library
Cats and Witchcraft Across Cultures
The piece surveys historic links between cats and witchcraft, noting beliefs that wolves could transform into wolves in Ossory and suggesting Italian women turned into cats. It links religious blame during the black death to fashion—pointed boots—seen as offensive to the Lord.
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Ossory
Ireland
Europe
New York Real Estate Wealth Estimates for 1912
Tax books show New York real estate assessed at 7.525 billion dollars with exemptions around 2.5 billion. Including untaxed property, total real estate in the five boroughs is near ten billion dollars. The taxable assessment has risen from 2.463 billion in the 14 years since consolidation.
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New York
Five Boroughs
Not Loaded Exchange Highlights Home Route Question
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Wise asking Mr Wise to return home directly from the club without zigzag walking. He confirms the need to come straight home, underscoring a domestic quip about propriety and timing.
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Mrs.Wise
Mr. Wise
Mrs. Wise
Winthrop Ad Claims Quick Relief for Chronic Appendicitis
An advertisement claims chronic appendicitis in Winthrop residents is misdiagnosed as gas or indigestion. It promotes a single dose of buckthorn bark and gly cerine compounded in Adler ika, attributed to a swift cure and instant benefit by druggist K. C. Brown.
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Winthrop
K. C. Brown
One Point Established in Fading Rumor
A terse exchange questions whether Jenka's new wife is a skilled cook, with the reply labeling her as plain. The brief dialogue hints at social banter over a recent marriage without further details.
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Jenka
Prison Mission Sends 40,000 Christmas Letters to Inmates
The English prison mission distributes forty thousand personal letters each Christmas to inmates in English jails, aiming to provide support and encouragement during the holiday season.
Mortgagee's Sale of Boston Property in Suffolk County
Mortgagee will sell at public auction on September 9 1913 at 10 a.m. the premises in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts described as lot three on a plan by Whitman and Howard dated 1909 with Certificate of Title 2587. The parcel measures 47 by 74 by 52 62 by 55 feet containing 3014 feet and is subject to taxes restrictions and assessments. Two hundred dollars cash required at sale.
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Jacob Yablonsky
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
J. B. Lewis Jr
Suffolk Land Court’ Registry of Deeds
Winthrop
Whitman
Howard C
Woodside Avenue
Somerset Avenue
Ned Ile
Foreclosure sale of Winthrop parcel on September sale day
By power of sale in a 1912 mortgage Anna J Scanlon for Florence M Derrington Boston files for foreclosure. The parcel in Winthrop Suffolk bounds Crescent street lot 20 101.7 ft North Westerly by lot 11 54.1 ft and lot 18 108.75 ft total 5810 sq ft with buildings. Sale at public auction September 2 1912 at 10 am subject to mortgage taxes titles and assessments. Two hundred dollars cash required at sale. Florence M Derrington mortgagee.
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Anna J. Scanlon
Florence M. Berrington
Boston
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk
Winthrop
County of
Commonwealth
W. TE. ‘Porter
James. Adam
Florence M
Derrington
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Winthrop Post Office
Castoria
M’donald
Zelia M. Walters
Swanson
Henry
F Rich
Geo. F. Sweeny
Henry F. Rich & Co
Wadsworth’s
Tel
Robert F. Miller
Tremont Building
Probate
the Sun & Visitor If
Freeman’s Hardware & Variety Store
R. J. Promise
Bowdoin Street
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