Winthrop Post Office Hours and Box Collections
Winthrop post office hours are weekdays 7 am to 9 pm and holidays 7 am to 10 am. not open Sundays except Special Delivery mail. Carrier deliveries run 1:30 am to 10:60 am and 2:50 pm, with 7:30 am to 6:30 pm and 9 pm on holidays. Several street and town boxes are not collected at 9 pm. many others are collected at 9 pm on weekdays. D Belcher, Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Savings Depository
Temple
Highland Avenue
Grover and
Cliff
Quincy
Cottage Park Road
Johnson Avenue
Court Road
Lowell
Maple Street
Main
Pleasant Street
Hermon Stret
Hermon Opp
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Revere
Cherry
Summit
Brown’s Drug Store
Winthrop Highlands
Grover Corner
Crest
Locust
Beach Road
Ocean Spray
Shirley Corner
Mermaid
Sea Foam
Shirley R. R
Shirley_corner
Ocean Avenue
Shirley Cormer Sturgis
Tewksbury
Crystal Cove
Cottage Avenue
Hillside
Washington Avenue
Bates
Winthrop
Winthrop and
Chester
Post Office
Centre R. R
Pleasant and
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pauline
Lincoln
Lincoln and
Read, Town Hall
D. Belcher
Odd Facts From Old Times Highlight Curious Claims
A survey of strange items notes copper added to steel to lengthen life, a Hungarian railcar for invalids, oxy acetylene used to wreck concrete, and the belief that beer spending exceeds bread. Other notes include gas waste in Oklahoma, curb ramp lighting plans, Berlin electrification, a Swiss hydro plant, and 16th century English needlework origins.
Blunders in Print Show Odd Local Notices
A quirk collection of misworded signs and odd quotes from various locales including Chicago and South Dakota. The notes feature humorous misprints in stores banks and dormitories, alongside quotations from newspapers and a promotional card for cleaning services. The Sun and Visitor advertise their Winthrop outlets for news items, ads, and bill payments.
Wachita from Big River
John Holds his Indian bride Wachita at their frontier home after she is rescued from the snow. Wachita declares herself Indian and partners with John as they plan marriage despite Panther Leap's objections. The tale follows their bond and the evolving acceptance between two cultures.
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John
Peggy
Uncle Tom
Wachita
Big River Country
Panther
Paleface
Holdness
Gnus and Daily Papers In Humorous Zoo Question
A playful note compares daily newspapers to a zoo full of animals with gnus as a pun on news. It plays on readers spotting familiar creatures among headlines and sections in a lighthearted way.
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The
Gnus
Cold Weather Starting Advances In Studebaker Tests
Studebaker engineers report winter starting improvements based on tests with ordinary gasoline. They found vaporization begins at five degrees above zero and that warming the intake with a rag soaked in hot water enables motor start on the first electric crank in extreme cold.
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Studebaker
Topeka Lawyer's Denver Car Tale Ends With Repeats
A. L. Williams of Topeka, general attorney for Union Pacific, recalled a Denver trip with friends where a drunken companion shared his marital woes. Williams claimed he heard nothing and could not recall the tale, only to be pressed again when the man returned sober and insisted on repeating the story.
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A. L. Williams
Topeka
Union Pacific
Denver
Mr. Williams
Unusual incubator hatches twelve chicks in July heat
During a July heat spell from the 1st to the 5th twelve chickens hatched from a setting of fifteen eggs. Farmer A. B. Hall of Emporia Kansas moved a heat-stricken hen, and the sun finished the job five days later. Twelve Sol parentage chicks now enliven the yard.
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Old Sol
A. B. Hall
Emporia Kan
Faith in the Solar System Dinner Tale
Rev Newell Dwight Hillis recounts Lyman Beecher at Lane Theological Seminary delivering diplomas and warning graduates not to fear the earth tilting, expressing an abiding faith in the stability of the monetary system.
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Kansas City
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
L Lyman Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Lane Theological Seminary
Manetary System
What He Could Do The Reverend and the School Watch
A reverend gentleman addressed a school class arguing that children are born with sinful hearts needing regulation. He held up his watch and asked how to fix it when it runs wrong. A flaxen-harled youngster shouted sell it.
Sometimes It Pays Says Horowitz on Risk and Reward
Louis J. Horowitz, famed New York skyscraper builder, told reporters at Riverside Drive that a poor man who took tremendous risks and improved his position shows it is sometimes better to try the fire than to stay in the frying pan.
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Louis J. Horowitz
New York
Riverside Drive
Box Party Scandal Theme Woven Into Private Conversation
In a crowded box Mrs Curtis and her husband spar verbally amid gossip and public gaze. He recounts a tale of a great love ruined by ignorance and ego, contrasting their own tension with flirtatious spectators and the unspoken ache between them.
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Mrs. Potter
Mr. Curtis
Mrs. Curtis
Baron Sternhold
Mexico
Feminine Activities and Educational Headlines
Nine women compete for dean of the new Delaware College for Women to be opened in Newark next year. Sarah Bernhardt becomes an innkeeper after buying a villa. Rome establishes a bureau to aid wives and children of men who work in America. California reports high women voters in seven counties. Edith Pierce, Philadelphia’s sole women street inspector, tours the city urging cleanliness.
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Delaware College For Women
Newark
Del
Rome
America
Edith Pierce
Philadelphia
MUFFLED KNOCKS AND WITTY WISECRACKS IN HOUSEHOLD TRENDS
A collection of humorous quips on manners, speech, and spouse dynamics. The jokes contrast professional polish with personal home life and cheeky observations about wives, husbands, and everyday social quirks. The piece riffs on politeness, appearances, and common sayings.
Surprises Many in Winthrop Over Simple Remedy
The quick action of buckthorn bark glycerine and Adler i ka is reported to relieve constipation sour stomach and gas almost immediately. Winthrop residents note that a single dose drains foul matter from the system and Adler i ka is claimed to be the most thorough bowel cleanser sold.
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K. C. Brown
Shy Bride Reveals Age Ten Years On
A Boston Evening Transcript item notes the bride was very shy about disclosing her age, describing great reluctance to reveal it even after ten years.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Thoughtful Man May Be Very Serious Or Lacking Laughter
A reflective remark discusses a man who rarely laughs as possibly being deeply serious or lacking mental energy to understand humor. The statement probes the link between humor and mental vitality.
Reactionary Advice Trout Swapping Fly
The trout cautions a careful approach to swatting a fly in a vivid, terse line from the Boston Globe. The piece blends a fable like motif with practical caution about fishing technique and timing.
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Boston Globe
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Emily
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Winthrop Centre
Highland Drug Store
SUN
St. Louis Society
Sarah Bernhardt
California
Pavan
UNN & Co
Ities
Sun & Visitor
Probate
the Sun & Visitor If
Freeman’s Hardware & Variety Store
R. J. Promises
Bowdoin Street
Tel
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