Copies of the Winthrop Sun and Visitor for sale
Copies of the Winthrop Sun and Visitor cost five cents each and are available at multiple outlets including opp Highland Station, Kangness Beach and Lynn Depot, Boston and Revere, Winthrop Beach News Co opp Beach Station, J H Totman News Agency Jefferson and Winthrop Streets, Brown's Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre, W B Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Ocean Spray, Elizabeth Rippay Variety Store opposite Centre Station, and at the publication office Block Washington Ave. Lewis.
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Highland Station
A. T. Kangness Beach
Lynn Depot
Boston
Revere Boston
J. H. Totman
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Brown's Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Centre
W. B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety Store
Centre Station
Block
Washington Ave
Lewis
Chelsea Disaster Claims Eight Lives In Fall Of Wall
A brick wall collapse at the Park hotel site in Chelsea killed eight men and injured eleven as workers hacked away supports for a three story block. Police, doctors, and ambulances responded, with rapid identification and morgue transport arranged. Two alleged owners, Morris Gordon and Morris Seegal, were jailed on manslaughter charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Old Park Hotel
Wm. T. Barnes
Marine
Naval
Frank H. Plummer
Fire Department
Naval Hospitals
North Grove Street Morgue
Boston
Magrath
Chelsea Court
Morris Gordon
Morris Seegal
Dolan
Shannon
Keith's Theatre to Feature The Naked Truth in Vaudeville Week
Keith's Theatre announces a one week engagement of The Naked Truth a comic opera in miniature by Edward A. Paulton famed for Erminie. Produced by Harry Davenport Phyllis Ranklin it blends catchy airs and novel stage business including a famous impersonations sketch by Edwin Stevens.
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B. F. Keith
Keith
Edward A. Paulton
Harry Davenport
Phyllis Ranklin
Fifth Avenue Theatre
New York
Sydney Drew
Ernest Albert
Maxfield Parish
Boston
Edwin Stevens
Winthrop Post Office Letters and Oregon Fort Clatsop Origins
The Winthrop post office lists names of letters awaiting pickup for the week ending August 29 including Mrs. Atwood and Miss Hennessy. The item recalls the first settlement in Oregon at Fort Clatsop near the Columbia River on March 23, 1811, by fur traders sent by John Jacob Astor aboard the Tonquin.
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Winthrop
Oregon
Fort Clatsop
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
John Jacob Astor
New York
Local Notices From Jocal Papers Form Columned Notices
Fragmentary OCR mentions notices placed in columns by local papers. The text references notices created and published in standard column format, typical of community public information sections. No further specifics on content or actions are provided.
Mimicry As Life Preserver Cited In Church Cough Theory
In a New York Press excerpt a professor argues coughs in church illustrate mimicry. He claims mimicry explained survival, fashion following, yawns and laughs, and even collective coughing as a social reflex dating back to prehistoric times.
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England
New York Press
Famous floggers of English schools and stern masters
A historical note on English schoolmasters famed for corporal punishment. Dr Busby of Westminster School is named as a chief flogger for flogging a visiting French viscount after an insult. Dr Valpy, editor of classics, also reputed for strict discipline. Archdeacon Groom recounts Valpy’s blunt reply to a protesting father who sought to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busby
Westminster School
Valpy
Broadway Theater Curtain Gossip Turns Family Feud
The New York Globe reports a theater incident where a well dressed man asked a woman in front to remove her hair in favor of her hat to better view the stage. The woman, revealed as his sister, coolly replied she would slap his face if he were not her brother.
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Jack
New York Globe
Life of the Railway Man
Trainmen endure long irregular hours that strain even the strongest workers. The restlessness of irregular schedules quickly shows on health, often making men prematurely gray as the Railroad Review notes.
Wonderland Carnival Preview Opens August 31 at Wonderland
A Grand carnival spectacle titled Wonderland features Alice as Louise Osgood of Lynn arriving in a Jinrikisha at 8:30 p.m. daily. A police escort, Waltham Watch band, mermaids, sea shell dancers, sailors, teddy bears, Cheshire cats, and a giant giraffe lead to a ship tableau with Capt. Watson on the bridge. The season runs through September 20.
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Alice
Louise Osgood
Lynn
Wonderland
Lagoon
Waltham Watch Factory
W. R. Watson
Mortgagee Sale of Loring House in Winthrop Washington County
Charles B. Wyman mortgagee offers property at public auction September 16 1908 at 4 PM. The sale includes a lot described in a Court Park Land Trust plan with 24621 square feet and improvements known as Loring House. Prior mortgage of 7500 and taxes assessments to be paid. two hundred dollars down. other terms apply.
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Ewen A. Clark
Flora D. Clark
Ewen
Charles B. Wyman
Suffolk
Marcel
P Winthrop
Court Park Land Trust
Winthrop
Aspinwall & Lincoln
Suffolk Counci
Court Road
Hattie L
Court Park
Trust
Forsyth
Loring House
Mortgagee Sale of Real Estate in Winthrop Massachusetts
Public auction announced by Co operat ive Bank MortGAGEE sale of a parcel with buildings in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts. Foreclosure under mortgage dated October 13 1897 recorded Suffolk Deeds. Sale Monday September 14 1908 at four o clock PM. Three hundred dollars to be paid by purchaser. Further terms at sale. Attorneys Walter H Roberts 7 Congress St Boston.
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Charles R. Ford
Co-operative Bank
Suffolk
Winthrop
County of
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Bowdoin Street
John G. Schuler
Jane A.tewkebury
Lord and Daley
Martha A.tewksbury
Julia Co. Welles
Homestead Co-operative Bank
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Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Winthrop Beach
News Co
Beach
Keith's Theatre
Ing
William Atwood
A. L. Allen
Jas Bell
Chas L. Birkbahe
Geo. W. Blake
K. Cauman
Tharsa Cogswell
Winifred Crawford
F. E. Crawford
E. Campbell Douglas
M. D
Adison Gulick
A. F. Harmon
Mary.Howard
Mary Hennessy
D. M. Jones
Mary C
Probate Court
Comer
Comer’s
Puplown Eo
Onford
C. E. Comer
Boylston St
Mass
Castor
Mortagee
Ness and Rest
Fac
Simi Sigur
New W York
Bears
Pastoria
Alfred Tewksbury & Co
Herrick’s
Beacon Falls
Wadsworth
Winthrop Centre
Gabler
Shoninger
Ludwig & CO. Winter & CO
BAUS
Sre
Brake the Piano Man
Washington St
Oxford
David Floyd
School St
Chas. F. Totten
Frank P. Anthony
North Centre Street
Sargent St
Winthrop Hardware Company
W. G. Grant
Magée’s Corner
Winthrop, Mass
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