Winthrop Sun and Visitor Paper Availability
Two copies of the Winthrop Sun and Visitor cost five cents each and are on sale at multiple local outlets including A. T. Bangness near Highland Station Boston Revere Beach Lynn Depot Winthrop Beach News Co 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 Centre Station and at the Lewis Block Washington avenue office.
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A. T. Bangness
Highland Station
Winthrop Beach News Co
J. H. Totman
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Brown's Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Centre
W. B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety Store
Opp
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Washington Avenue
Massachusetts Playground Referendum for Large Cities
The 1908 act requires towns and cities with over 10000 residents to provide and maintain public playgrounds by July 1910. Voting occurs this month in cities and in spring meetings for towns, as part of a mass provision for physical welfare and recreation for minors.
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Massachusetts
Plumber Fends Off Burglar With No Serious Loss
In a quiet 3 a.m. incident a burglar entered the home of a plumber. The husband confronted the intruder after a brief search, tossed him out, and resecured the house. The burglar fled with only $4.30 in his clothing, according to the judge.
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Fiorace
Mayne Reid and the Polish Refugees Bride Tale
Captain Mayne Reid won his bride through his novel The Scalp Hunters. He met a thirteen year old girl, gave her his story, and later she sought him in London after a Polish refugees event. Whittier amused audiences by joining in applause without recalling composing the verse.
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Mayne Reid
Captain Mayne Reid
Captain Reid
London
Sir Henry Maine on legal fictions in ancient law
The quote explains that a legal fiction masks changes to a rule of law. It argues the letter of the law may stay the same while its operation shifts, revealing that the law has been altered despite appearances.
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Sir
Henry Maine
Watermelon Pricing Exchange in Puck Cartoon
In a Puck cartoon dialogue Columbus Washington Johnson Smith asks about watermelon prices. Mr. Jackson offers two options ten cents per piece or twenty cents per piece with buyers selecting. Mr. Smith agrees to buy all, letting Jackson pick them for him.
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Columbus
Washington
Johnson Smith
Ornaments of the Peerage Tales and Ghostly Anecdotes
Lord Lyveden narrates peerage reform anecdotes including a famous nineteenth century statesman visiting his imprisoned son and a housekeeper reply from Mrs Brown. Also a Henry Irving miscue in New York and a Floors Castle ghostly library bell tale from Sir Walter Scott.
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Lord Lyveden
England
Brown
Anne Brown
Westminster Gazette
Sir Henry Irving
New York
Malvolio
Sir Toby
Floors Castle
Duke of
Archie
St. James’ Square
Duke
St. James
The Broken Bottle Symbol and Jerome K Jerome Anecdote
A discussion explains that breaking a bottle at a ship launch symbolizes sacrifice, not baptism or celebration. The piece notes the historical solemnity of launching and the modern refusal to offer human life. It also recounts Jerome K Jerome choosing soldier over donkey in a pantomime and a manager’s remark about the missed donkey role and extra pay.
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United Service Gazette
Jerome K. Jerome
Jérome
Coin Sticks to Wood Air Pressure Trick
A coin rubbed on wood and pressed firmly sticks due to air being expelled between the surfaces. The atmospheric pressure then holds the coin in place against the wood.
Just-Suited-Her
A tramp pleads for help to a housekeeper who offers a harsh, indifferent response calling him Tiger as she dismisses concern over his plight. The exchange reveals a cold dynamic between a vulnerable outsider and a caretaker in a workhouse setting.
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Tiger
Getting His Own Back and Curious Talkover
A fragment from London Answers features Mr and Mrs Talkmore bantering about a giraffe and its tongue with humorous asides. The piece leans into social witticisms and evasive mind reading notions, concluding with a caution against guessing others thoughts.
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Mrs. Talkmore
Mr Talkmore
London
First Christmas Tree and Riis on Yuletide Traditions
Riis recalls Ansgarius legend of three messengers Faith Hope Love guiding the balsam fir as the ideal Christmas tree. He contrasts candlelight wax trees with modern electric displays and urges simple, home crafted ornaments over costly store purchases to honor the season.
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Ansgarius
Jacob A. Riis
Rebuilding the Campanile After 1902 Collapse
The Venice campanile fell in 1902 and Gaetano Moretti, then a boy, was later commissioned to rebuild it. By 1908 the foundation stone was laid to support a new tower with electric lighting, marble top, and figures by Sanseverin, restoring the historic landmark for a new city.
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Porto dAnzio
Haly
Venice
Piazza di San Marco
Gaetano Moretti
New York
Peace
Mercury
Spello
Prias
Sansevine
Logetta
Innovative automatic door at Fifth Avenue restaurant
A famous New York restaurant on Fifth Avenue installed a novel automatic door. A wooden platform with doormats rises to admit patrons while levers close the door after entry. Opening and closing speeds are regulated to ensure safety, wind pressure has no effect, and an oil dash pot prevents slamming.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Yale Forest School Gains 9000 Acre New Haven Land Grant
The forest school at Yale University will use the New Haven Water Company lands for practical forestry work. The tract totals about 9 000 acres, with over half already wooded, and has been partly managed by the school for several years.
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Yale
Forest School
Eec
Yale University
New Haven Water Company
Hobo Barometer Predicts Long Winter
Armourdale Missouri police use hobos as a barometer of winter. A detective notes that the measure is not goose breast or corn shucks but the number of garments worn by hobos. One recent capture showed six shirts three pairs of trousers four vests two coats and a waiter’s jumper.
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Armourdale
Rock Island
The Heart of Maryland at Boston Theatre Next Week
Belasco's The Heart of Maryland returns to the Boston Theatre with Eleanor Gordon in the role created by Mrs Leslie Carter. The production features the famed belfry scene and aims to rekindle the stage classic's enduring appeal amid a season of established hits.
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David Belasco
Maryland
Boston
Mr. Belasco
Leslie Carter
Belasco
Mr.Belasco
Boston Theatre
Eleanor Gordon
Keiths Theatre to Feature Hilliard in Convict 978 and Lily Lena
Keiths Theatre announces vaudeville with Robert Hilliard presenting Convict 978 a dramatic one act by the star. Lily Lena the English comedienne returns to Boston with songs including Obidiah Swing Me Higher and wardrobe charm.
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Robert Hillard
Keith’s
Mr. Hilliard
Bob Hilliard
Obidiah
Keith's
Silent Funeral Sermon Cites Heaven For Turnbull Wife
A funeral sermon claims Turnbull's wife has gone to heaven, while the rector notes his late wife’s memory still colors his life. The editor mocks the hypocrisy of such public praise and contrasts it with Turnbull’s continuing respectable conduct. The ad copy urges readers to try the same sensational style.
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Turnbull
Chicago Record-Herald
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Whittier
Boston Post
Cas
Torita
Jerome
Keith’s Theatre
CYT
Bears
Astoria
Alfred Tewksbury & Co
Herrick
Wadsworth Blocek
Winthrop Centre
Gabler
Shoninger
Ludwig & CO
Winter & CO. Baus
Blake the Piano Man
Washington St
Ford
Winthrop
Chas, F. Totten
Winthrop, Beach
London Telegraph
Spat Retail
Evo
Summer Street
Frothingham Heffernan
Saxony
Washington Street
Adams Sq. Subway Station
Joel Goldthwatt & Co
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