Winthrop Post Office Mail Hours Detailed
Post office hours weekdays 7 am to 9 pm and holidays 7 am to 10 am for all transactions. Closed Sundays. Postal savings depository with 8 am to 8 pm hours on weekdays. Mails arrive at multiple times daily and depart at several times weekdays and holidays. Carrier deliveries weekdays 7:40 am, 10:30 am, 3 pm. holidays 7:40 am. Street boxes collected weekdays 9 pm. list of box locations included. D Belcher, Supt.
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Postal Savings Depository
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Revere Corner
Cherry
Revere
Summit
Brown’s Drug Store
Pauline
Pleasant and
Court Road
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Lincoln and
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Town Hall
D. Belcher
Stranger Story Reveals Local Baseball Star
The townsfolk recall a famous baseball player nicknamed The Native living nearby. He once traded an automobile for a trunk and now runs back and forth between the hotel and the depot, a tale told a year or two after. The anecdote centers on Hank and the unusual barter in a local setting.
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Hank
Sick car causes envy at the house
A brief exchange over a new automobile leads to gossip about envy and alleged illness at a household. The dialogue features a conversation where one speaker notes the car, another confirms ownership, and the remark implies underlying resentment.
Unconquerable Distrust in a Life Insurance Conversation
A wary individual dismisses daily exercise as a boost to longevity while recalling being urged to insure life by a friend who may have ties to the insurer. The exchange highlights distrust and implied motive in financial protection discussions.
Three wives intrigue Cleveland brakeman
In a casual exchange, Flimmer notes a Cleveland brakeman reportedly has three wives. Flamson counters that coupling remains the man’s regular business, hinting at common railway life quirks.
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Flimmer
Cleveland
Flamson
Very Disagreeable and a Thrashing Follows
Summer Belle describes two disagreeable men and a confrontation. Priend notes one man stares and the other avoids eye contact. Bilfur demands red blood for his son but the exchange ends with Bilfur smashing a window and red blood being redirected.
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Summer Belle
Priend
Bilfur
At the Barber's and Witty Exchanges
A sequence of light salon banter about hair and breath mocks vanity and social pretense. A shy aside recalls Lord Byron's pains at news of a beloved's marriage, followed by a quippy bedtime scene where a niece discovers a man under the aunt's bed and the aunt's quick reaction.
Self-Respect as a Steady Beacon for Achievement
The note urges honesty as core to success and self respect as an eternal preserver. It states that doing your best keeps you from being defeated, and resilience returns you to solid ground after setbacks.
Understanding the Billion in British and American Use
The piece explains how one thousand millions equal a billion in British and American usage, noting the British origin of the term and confirming the equivalence to a million millions in older European math.
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United States
The Gentle Cynic
A humorous observation column on mood love health plans and money. The piece riffs on human folly with wry quips about marriage youth visiting friends and the cost of affluence. It treats common tropes with light irony and social commentary.
Witty Observations on Relationships and Self Control
A collection of humorous maxims on love marriage and behavior. From moral quips about honesty and deception to notes on gender and self restraint. The sayings reflect social attitudes and everyday advice in a crisp old fashioned voice.
Observations on Marriage Roles in a Cleveland Leader Note
Jay B. House comments on social norms about marriage and gender roles, contrasting expectations for husbands and wives. The piece notes how the traveling evangelist is favored over local preachers and touches on independence versus domestic duties for married and widowed individuals.
Advice and aphorisms from scattered quotes
A compilation of varied sayings on success failure sunbaths doctors in Russia women and umbrellas, delaying bills, square business crises, bargains and unknowns. It links gland extracts to stature and notes prosperity affecting friendships in a collection of miscellaneous reflections.
One Objection in Reserve
A comic exchange centers on a husband admitting he quit smoking, shaving, and sending money to his mother only because his wife ordered it. He predicts further control over his life as his wife could soon dictate his ball games, revealing a humorous dynamic of marital authority.
Is This the Information Editor
A humorous dialogue about the origin of the term straw vote and a mistaken belief that chocolate creams were packed in bales. The exchange highlights how straw votes indicate public opinion and a playful misattribution about packaging.
Aviator Builds Machine Aimed at Atlantic Flight
A discussion notes that the era has seen men build aircraft capable of crossing the Atlantic, though not necessarily completed by a single flight. The dialogue contrasts the idea of building a craft with actually piloting it across the ocean.
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Atlantic
Daisy and Maisie Discuss Wedding Dress Savings
Daisy asks about economy and Maisie reveals she is saving her wedding dress for a possible second marriage. The exchange highlights cautious spending and readiness for future plans.
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Daisy
Maisie
Painting Exhibition Insight Sparks Quiet Attention
A dialogue notes one painting stood out as the only piece examined with care. The observer explains the painting drew focus because others did not look at it, highlighting a subtle critique of audience engagement.
Must Be Black Dog in Mourning
A brief dialogue notes a woman requesting a black dog for mourning her father in law. The speaker questions the need and color strictness, while the motive centers on honoring the deceased with a suitably somber companion.
Anticipation Sparks Wedding Proposal Comedy
A humorous chat recalls a woman knocking down a suitor after a marriage proposal. When asked what the man said, the reply captures his shouted plea to delay the wedding with the line Hold on! Hold on! We ain't married yet! This playful exchange showcases domestic wit.
Trusts Provide Talk, Says Mr Growcher
Mr Growch er defends trusts as beneficial to the public, arguing they give people with troubles something to talk about. The exchange suggests a witty take on public discussion stirred by corporate power.
Summer Boarders Hint at Busy Season
A farmer jokes to a neighbor about summer boarders, humorously noting oxen wearing blinders while autos and railroads are scarce, highlighting local rural life and seasonal visitors.
Landlord and tenant clash over repairs and rent
The landlord confronts the female tenant about overdue rent and poor living conditions. He lists the deteriorating rooms and fixtures while claiming a spring painting plan will suffice. She responds meekly, acknowledging the situation and avoiding further confrontation.
Willing to Oblige in a Chewing Tobacco Plea
A humorous exchange rewrites marriage vows as a plea over chewing tobacco. Susan offers to quit if Joshua agrees to stop chewing, turning a domestic quarrel into a lighthearted vow swap.
No Wife for Him Causes Banter Among Bachelor Bockwedder
The judge quotes a bachelor who rejects marriage citing his prizes a vain game rooster a rag chewing goat an airplane that lifts him up and an automobile that keeps him broke. The humor centers on his comic excuses and the old maid’s view on marriage.
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Bachelor Bockwedder
From The Pencil's Point Witty Surprises On Love And Marriage
A reflective column notes on alimony luck in love and the folly of self made men. It jokes that pride, quarrels, and rushing into marriage drive divorce and social friction. The piece wittily contrasts behavior of bachelors with married life and courtship.
Pointed Paragraphs and Social Wit in Quick Quips
A collection of maxims on truth in speech and social conduct. The piece notes that speech reveals intent, letters should be simple, rapid travel does not guarantee friendships, and idle behavior can lead to harm. It jokes about debt, bachelorhood, and kissing as signs of moral nuance.
Short Pow Wow Wisdoms and Quips for Daily Life
A collection of aphorisms on attitude and behavior. Phrases urge prudence and timely duty, noting pessimism vs action, the value of advice, faith that acts, and the virtue of helpfulness. The piece ends by urging readers to try a want ad in the paper.
It Is Waste of Time for a Fool to Attract a Woman
A wry aphorism from Chicago News notes men waste time courting when women often act to entrap them, hinting at social satire of courtship dynamics and gender roles.
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Chicago News
Facts and Fancy Sayings for Readers
A collection of short witticisms about life money weather and human nature. Observations touch on aging oceans society and personal conduct with a mix of humor and irony.
The Alfalfa Sage Snippets in a Witty Chronicle
A compact collection of humorous quips seen in a Kansas City satire page. The fragments poke fun at baldness platonic friendship Greek jokes and reactionary foibles while mixing dark wit and social jests about marriage optimism and domestic life.
Unclear fragment points to Chicago social chatter
In Chicago a garbled passage references names like Mrs Dearborn and Mrs Wabash Bacon with a stray query about a man in the corner. The readable text offers no cohesive event or action to summarize.
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Chicago
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