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Winthrop Sun And Visitor

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1908

Page

8

Missionary Beaman to Preach at Winthrop Baptist Church

The Sunday morning service at First Baptist Church on Hlermon Street features Rev W F Beaman, a veteran West China missionary who arrived in 1898. He will share experiences and plans for a union meeting with the Christian Endeavor at 7 pm, while Pastor Rev Frederick M White is due back from vacation next week.

The Baptist.Church Beaman Kiating West China China Shanghai Yangtee Frederick M. White

Eliza L Chauncey Dies in Newfoundland During Visit

Mrs Eliza Liscomb Chauncey wife of the late Robert Chauncey and former Winthrop resident died Friday in St John s Newfoundland where she was visiting relatives She had lived many years in Winthrop and was noted for charity and church work The funeral was held Thursday at Union Congregational Church with burial in Winthrop Cemetery Survivors include her daughter Mrs Thomas and sister Mrs F A Allen of Hancock Street Beeton Newfoundland relatives were visiting when the illness struck

Eliza Liscomb Chauncey Robert Chauncey Winthrop St. John’s Newfoundland New York City Samuel O. Thomes River Road Union Congregational Church Alexander L. McKenzie Boston Helen Young Chauncey Thomas F. A. Allen Hancock Street Beeton C. K. Johnson Winthrop Street

Sunday Services at Corner Hermon Church

Corner Hermon and School streets hosts Rev W C Litchfield minister with services at 10 45 morning and 12 o clock Sunday school Young People Union at 6 o clock Seats free church funded by subscriptions and contributions all invited Paragraph Pulpit omitted until second Sunday in September minister reachable by telephone or mail at Falmouth Heights Mass

Hermon School W. C Litchfield Hermon Street Young People’s Religious Union Falmouth Heights Mass

Union Congregational Church Services and Events

Union Congregational Church at Tewksbury street Winthrop Beach announces morning worship at 10 80. The subject The Law of Attainment. Sunday School at noon directed by Mr Charles Shearer. Evening praise service at 7 30 with congregational singing and a soprano solo by Miss Marion Croley. Pastor speaks on Character the Wisely Adjusted Life. Prayer meeting Friday 7 45. Ladies Aid first meeting September 19 with committee for picnic at Waverly Oak.

Union Congregational Church Tewksbury Street Winthrop Beach A. L. McKenzie Sanday School Charles Shearer Young Ladies Choir Marion Croley Waverly Oake Donald ‘Macalister Elmer Slocomb William Merson James Hamilton John Spence

St John’s Episcopal Church Service at 10:30 A.M.

St Johns Episcopal Church located at Bowdoin and Buchanan streets invites the public to morning prayer and service led by Rector Rev W Henry at 10:30 A.M. Expect traditional liturgy and community gathering.

St. John’s Episcopal Church Bowdoin and Buchanan Streets W. Henry

Frost Public Library and Local Readings 1814 Items

The Frost Public Library hours are 2 30 to 9 PM on weekdays. Isabel How presented a pamphlet titled Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1814, with a Senate and House member list. Maine sent eight counties to Boston with Winthrop’s Alexander Belcher and Governor Caleb Strong condemning the War of 1812. Chelsea had no representative that year. Notable figures include William Sturgis and Harrison Gray Otis connected to Winthrop. Members were paid two dollars a day. The note lists various books and catalog items, and quotes from the Chicago Tribune about pirates and a doctor joke.

Pullen Point Isabel How Sargent Street General Court of the Commonwealth of Caleb Strong Chelsea William Sturgis Boston Winthrop General Court Harrison Gray Otis

Deane Winthrop House Opens Weekdays for Public Tours

The oldest house in Old Boston invites the public on weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Visitors may reach the site via Ocean Spray station. The notice also promotes using want ads for buying selling or renting real estate and lost and found items, asserting they bring results.

Old Boston Ocean Spray Station

Auctioneer David Floyd Runs Boston Auction Notice

By David Floyd, Auctioneer at 84 School St Boston and at Winthrop listing upcoming sales. Details remain terse with location and contact point for buyers and consignors.

David Floyd School St Boston Winthrop

Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Winthrop

Public auction of a parcel in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts for foreclosure of a 1903 mortgage by James Paterson to Lucy A Floyd. Sale August 22 1908 at 3:30 pm on premises at Shirley Street Mermaid Avenue. Property 4474 square feet. plan dated June 1875. purchaser pays $100 cash. taxes due.

James Paterson Lucy A. Floyd County of Suffolk Winthrop County of Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts Shirley Street Mermaid Avenue D. M. Bristol Bristol Annie M. Smith Samuel Ingalls

Mortgagee's Sale of Winthrop Lot 6 on Linden Street

Mortgagee Wilbur F Stafford transfers to James P Prince and will sell at public auction on September 21 1908 at 2 p m on the premises in Winthrop Mass Lot 6 shown as 5348 square feet on a plan by Frederick H Gowing recorded in Suffolk Deeds. The sale is subject to a prior mortgage and other terms noted.

Auction Notice for Lot 5 in Winthrop Mass Mortgage

P Prince mortgaged property in Winthrop Mass with Suffolk Deeds record to be sold at public auction on Monday September 21 1908 at 2 PM. The parcel described as Lot 5 on plan of land on Linden and Atlantic Streets begins 132 feet northerly from Linden Atlantic corner, runs 40 feet along Linden, 133.7 feet east along Lots 4 3 2, 40 feet by Lot 1, 133.7 feet west to the start, totaling 5348 square feet according to plan.

Wilbur F. Stafford James P. Prince Suffolk Winthrop Mass Linden Street Atlantic Streets

Going Out to See a Man Invention of a Ward Joke

A Louisville Courier Journal note recounts how Artemus Ward’s joke about “going out to see a man” during a 1865 lecture popularized the phrase. Editor H R Tracey added a pun suggesting he would escort Ward to see Aman, the restaurant keeper, boosting Aman’s business as men began leaving Act breaks.

Artemus Ward H.R. Tracey Washington Republican Artemus Aman Restaurateur Louisville Courier-Journal

Youngster Answers Visitor About Maturity Age

A visitor asks what the boy will be when grown. The child replies simply that he will be twenty-one. The brief exchange appears in the Herald.

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