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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
8
John H. Griffin rector announces Sunday Mass times at St John the Evangelist Winthrop Centre corner Winthrop and Lincoln streets. Masses will run at 7 8 15 9 30 and 10 30 until further notice. Children should attend the 8 15 Mass.
St. John's Episcopal Church at Bowdoin and Buchanan streets lists C. W. Henry as rector in a local church notice.
Winthrop Beach Church Union Congregational on Tewksbury street offers Sunday worship at 10:30 am and 7:30 pm with Sunday school at noon. Mid week service is Wednesday at 7:45 pm, communion on the first Sunday morning in alternating months, and auxiliary society meetings on alternating Thursdays and the second Wednesday monthly.
The Union Church of Christ at Point Shirley schedules morning service at 10 45 a m and evening service at 7 30 with Sunday school at noon. The church is usable now and to be completed for winter use as funds are secured, aiming to bless the area morally and spiritually.
The First Baptist Church at 60 Hermon Street announces Sunday services with a morning sermon at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30. Bible school at 12 00 and Christian Endeavor at 6 45. Rev Charles R Powers will occupy the pulpit both services. The Mothers Department meets Tuesday at 7 45 in the vestry and the weekly prayer meeting is Thursday at 7 48 open to all.
Week ending August 23 1913 at Winthrop post office shows letters for Elizabeth Allen Chas Batch Freeman Blake James Bond Ida Brooks Geo Brown Thos Brown Jane Buckley Harold Burke Esther Carey Elizabeth Callaghan Mildred Daley Amy Ford Haigh Hugh Fraser Mrs E G Hooper T J Hallet F B Hare Abbie Joyce Mildred Lamse Mildred Maloney Hugh Macland Donald Mulliken Esenic Moros J W Newman Thirza Nicholson Rose Ella Nugent Ferne Price Mrs Darius Robinson W Rosenkilde W Sheridan Miss Claudie Smith Miss Walker A L Warwick Mrs W B Wright Edith Wood Dudley Warwick
The National Magazine notes safe non poisonous home measures to kill the typhoid fly. Suggestions include a seven percent bichromate of potassa solution sweetened with sugar in shallow dishes and a two percent cobalt chloride solution prepared like the first. These are touted as cheap easy options but must avoid danger to children and adults.
A compact column blends wry musings on breathing mystery, love’s sea origins, Rome’s swift fall, social improvement, marriage cautions, in laws, ear reading, and wealth pursuit. The Chicago Record-Herald notes women’s dusty thinking caps and lists a playful set of maxims.
A quirky collection of aphorisms on love memory sin choice and gender dynamics. The notes ponder ease of pleasing versus pleasing and comment on beauty and proposals with humorous asides and curious wording.
Wry observations on marriage, neighbors, home life, and popularity reveal a society that values wit over direct instruction. The fragment hints at gender roles and social expectations through humorous maxims about couples, privacy, and youth.
A column muses that profit carries honor in this country and compares last year’s car to a dated horse and buggy. It argues against extreme thrift and waste, noting some church contributors gain greater religion than other savers or spenders.
A jewelry collector narrates buying an ancient bracelet said to have belonged to Atossa the Egyptian princess. The piece passed from Atossa to her confidante Maroda, who kept it through a Persian seizure and ship departure, and it remains in the family after the buyer purchased it for money.
The Point Shirley Yacht Club held its annual run to Boston Light on August 17 with twenty motor boats and several sailing yachts carrying over 150 yachtsmen and guests. Keeper Gunderson warmly hosted. after basket lunches, Assistant Keeper Kern guided tours of the light. Sam Richards swam 24 miles, reaching Charlestown Bridge after about 13 hours in the water, receiving refreshments on the return. All boats reached the club floats by six for a mishap-free voyage praised as the best run yet.
Henry Putnam transfers property to Peter F. De Lory on Putnam Street in Winthrop for $1. Edgar F. Power transfers property to Edith R. Pettingill on Lowell Road in Winthrop for $1. The terse conveyances appear in the local real estate notices detailing nominal sums.
An 1848 edict by Ibrahim Pasha required village barbers to examine all dead bodies and register the necessary particulars, making many barbers in Egypt government servants.
The City of Boston through its Commissioner of Public Works applies for a license to rebuild Winthrop Bridge per Chapter 412 Acts of 1913. Plans show the bridge over Belle Isle Inlet between Boston and Winthrop Suffolk County. Hearing scheduled August 28 at 9 15 A M before Director Hugh Bancroft.
The Office of Collector of Taxes Winthrop Massachusetts announces public auction of unpaid 1911 taxes on several parcels. Parcels include Otis Street lot 329 about 3999 square feet near Salvinthrop. Winthrop Shore Drive rear lot F about 2451 square feet. Birch Road corner lot 24 about 5981 square feet. Quincy Avenue lot 5 about 8964 square feet. Forrest Street lot 2 about 3520 square feet. Auction at Town Hall September 18 1913 at 2 pm unless discharged earlier.
The Oregonian notes gates were placed to conserve water at the upper Willamette ladders and were not removed until recently due to high water delaying salmon passage. Mr. Rathbun cites salmon moving upstream toward the McKenzie River where a state fish hatchery is located. Anglers may fish within 200 feet of Willamette Falls without disturbing the salmon.
A quirky snippet describes a family at home to grant a father a seaside rest. A firm offers an automobile to ease travel costs burdening salaries. The boss suggests a six month Europe vacation on full pay with a salary raise during the interval.
A sharp editorial quips that trust has damaged more men than mistrust and notes men admit money losses to wives. It suggests telephone honesty as a gauge of truth about illicit gains and hints the world offers little return on a dollar.
A tale recounted by an Irish Member of Parliament from Pearson's Weekly describes a man with a servant who constantly breaks china. The Englishman suggests firing her, the Scot proposes docking wages but the servant earns too little to cover the damage, and the Irishman advises raising wages. The piece ends noting that wood fibers are strongest at the trunk center.
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