Winthrop Sun and Visitor publication details
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor is a weekly Saturday paper printed at Lewis Block opposite Winthrop Beach Station. Copy for ads or news must reach the office by Thursday 8:30 PM to ensure insertion, with late items by phone by Friday 10 AM. Subscription rates list one year 2.00, six months 1.00, three months 0.50. entered as second class matter December 20, 1905 in Boston. Ernest H. Pierce is publisher.
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Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Lewis Block
Winthrop Beach Station
Boston
Mass
Community share program seeks applicants early enrollment
People may purchase between one and twenty five shares by applying now. The service operates daily from morning until 6 p m with extended hours Wednesday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 p m.
The Whale Evolution From Land to Sea
The cetacea order sits higher in the animal scale than fish as mammals with lungs and young suckled after birth. Their immediate land dwelling ancestor left forelimbs that became the whale paddles.
Pilgrim at Winthrop Finds Wealth and Residency Ties
The Pilgrim notes wealth growth at Winthrop and questions owners about residency within Boston limits. It mentions the presidential yacht Mayflower near Boston, and Gov Draper with officials visiting Providence. Winthrop residents face new vehicle tax bills and a September town meeting is anticipated amid waning fall caucus interest.
Winthrop Hails Street Improvements and Water Needs
The Winthrop Sun calls attention to well maintained streets and sidewalks as a sound long term investment. It argues for extending streets and new layouts to ensure first class permanent design. It urges careful reader attention to the Water Commissioners open letter on page one before town meeting.
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Winthrop
Boston
Winthrop Water Commissioners
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Water Department
Winthrop Enacts Lower Tax Rate Amid Positive Reception
The town of Winthrop reduces its tax rate this year drawing many favorable comments. Residents and officials call the move a good sign for fiscal health and community support.
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Winthrop
Local Ocean Spray Hall forms American Woman's League chapter
A new local chapter of the American Woman's League was formed at Ocean Spray Hall led by national organizer Mrs. Alice Phillips Aldrich. Officers elected are Mrs. Ella F. Robinson president Miss Mason secretary and Mrs. Joseph H. Mulloy treasurer. About 50 members so far. The group will meet monthly and aid the league's home for aged women and orphanage.
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American Woman's League
St. Louis
Ocean Spray Hall
Alice Phillips Aldrich
Ella F. Robinson
Shirley Street
Mason
Sunnyside Avenue
Joseph Il. Mulloy
Treas
Home For
League
Mrs Ridley Hosts Musical Evening for Miss Rena Lavelle
Mrs Horace S Ridley of 7 Washington Avenue entertained Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Rena Lavelle of New York who has been visiting. The event featured music and social gathering with Mrs Ridley and guests.
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Mee
Horace S. Ridley
Washington
Boys Arrested After Long Chase For Attempted Break In
Three youths about 14 years old were captured after a lengthy chase by Patrolmen Turner and McIntosh while attempting to break into John Gaffney’s Pearl avenue home on a Wednesday night. Neighbors reported seeing the trio skulking in the yard, spurring an independent patrol by F. F. Tiffany before the escape. Names were withheld due to age.
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John Gaffney
Pearl Avenue
Turner
McIntosh
Gaffney
Wilbur
Fred Buer
Gaffney’s
F. F. Tiffany
Shore Drive
Tiffany
Gaffneys
Play ground Button Drive Aids Winthrop Children Fund
The Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association gifts buttons to the playground committee for children who register with name and address. An exhibition and sale of children’s articles will be held at Pauline Street playgrounds on September 7. Donations support Arts and Crafts Society and Cot tage Park Yacht Club whist events averaging sums of $30 and $27 respectively.
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Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association
Winthrop
Pauline Street
G. Everbeck
H. Davis
E. F. Power
H. G. Flinn
The
Arts and Crafts Society
the Elks To the Arts
Tennis Club Opens Season With Handicap Tournament
The club announces the first handicap tournament of the season to be held over the holiday weekend starting Saturday September 4. Singles and doubles compete for two prizes donated by charter member Mr. I M Taylor of Winthrop. Members paying the season balance by September 1 owe 5 dollars. applicants before that date may enter. Communications go to the Secretary. A proposal to flood part of the court for skating in winter is being considered.
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I. M. Taylor
Winthrop
The Frost Public Library Opens Weekday Hours and Gifts
The Frost Public Library reports weekday hours 2:30 to 9:00 with the Puller Point room open. The Winthrop delivery station at 903 Shirley Street handles book pick ups and drops. Recent gifts include Emmet Densmore and Hudson Tuttle works on Sex Equality Arcana of Nature. George Lansing Raymond volumes cover aesthetics and representative arts.
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Puller Point
Winthrop
Shirley Street
Spaulding
Emmet Densmore
Hudson Tuttle
George Lansing Raymond
McHowal Grieg Improvisation Butterfly One Week In Winthrop
A one week improvisation event in Winthrop drew guests including Miss Reni Lazelle of New York and Miss Winnifred Lakin of Dorchester. Participants listed include Miss Helen Stone of Winthrop and Mr. Charles F. Hackett of Worcester. The program featured works by D’Hardelot and Strelezki with pieces by Hodghead and Lakin, ending with The Last Rose of Summer.
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Winthrop
Reni Lazelle
New York
Winnifred Lakin
Dorchester
Helen Stone
Lillian Hodghead
San Francisco
Charles F. Hackett
Program for Big Meet at Wood Island Park
The Boston Playground Association announces the final 1915 athletic meet at Wood Island Park on Saturday September 4 with events for seniors juniors and midgets. Programs show simultaneous preliminaries finals and multiple field events beginning at 2 p m with relays sprints and jumps scheduled in sequence throughout the afternoon.
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Wood Island Park
Boston _ Playground Association
McDonald Still Missing From Malden Home
Charles McDonald a 29 year old carpenter from Winthrop left his Garnet street Malden home in April telling his wife he would visit Nelson Missouri and has not been heard from since His wife and three children moved to the Grant House Malden His brother Harold is located in Boonville suggesting they did not travel together The wife has not received letters or money from him since his departure.
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Charles McDonald
Winthrop
Garnet Street
Malden
Nelson
McDonald
Grant House
Main Street
Central ‘Square
Harold
Boonville
Winthrop News Highlights Local Christenings and Marriages
Mrs M A Westron returns from Kennebunk after seven weeks away. Five children were christened at the Point Shirley Chapel the first such ceremony there. Miss Bessie P Pendelton and Mr Amos Wescott wed in Tilton New Hampshire. A successful Point Shirley Chapel fair raised over 100 dollars with Rev D F Atherton and local volunteers in charge.
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Bessie P. Pendelton
Winthrop
Amos Wescott
Tilton
N. H
Point Shirley Chapel
D. F. Atherton
George M. Poole
Colby
Brooks
Liewelyn Lincoln
Successful Entertainment Delights Winthrop Crowd
At the New Winthrop Hotel last Wednesday evening a concert arranged by Mrs R N Chapman drew crowds from hotel guests and Winthrop Beach residents. Star acts included Walter C. Gile and George Bartlett Cutter with "The Widow's Proposal" drawing continual laughs. Henry W. Scanlan sang with encores while Helen Yourng accompanied. dancing followed, with over 150 couples enjoying the night.
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New Winthrop Hotel
R. N. Chapman
Winthrop Beach
Walter C. Gile
George Bartlett Cutter
Walter Cudworth Gile
George A. Wheeler
Henry W. Scanlan
Helen Yourng
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Harry J. Cook
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Wadsworth
Hotel Pines
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Saa ‘i Winthrop
Boston Post
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Providence
Winthrop Automobile
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Mre. B. Newton
Rangeray
Maine
Mrs,ridley
Sylvia
Rena Lazelle
Schubert
Moon of
Lehmann
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Tennis Club
Frost Public Library
New Books
Tula
McHowal Grieg
Winnefred Lakin
Strelezki
D’hardelot
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Hodghead
Winthrop. News
M. A. Westron
Bowdoin Street
Kennebunk, Me
Fletcher
Castoria
Albert B. Dorman
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Chester Ave
Byam Hollings
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Johnson, M.D
H. Louise Palmer
M. D
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Camernment
D. J. Alexander
Magee’s Corner
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Poe
Francis Pratt
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Tremont St
Winthrop Centre
Thornton Station
Fort Hill
C. A. Nevers
Wadsworth Block
F. C. Peterson
Winthrop CT
Tel. E. B
Anna Moe
Winthrop Tel
Enterprise Co-operative Bank
Meridian St
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Horace B. Butler
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