Winthrop News Notes Local Life And Holiday Plans
Notices from Winthrop Centre and Highlands include store news, service ads, and holiday events. Items mention a new baby, a broken arm, a Christmas tree event at the Yacht Club, a bankruptcy petition, illnesses, railroad signal changes, visits from former residents, new houses, a wash service, and upcoming church and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Brown’s Drug Store
Winthrop Centre
Highland Drug Store
Winthrop Highlands
Sun and Visitor
Almon E. Whittemore
Johnson Avenue
Cottage Park Road
Bartlett Road
Crescent Avenue
Revere
Winthrop
Sun and Visitor Office
Parker Margeson joins Gamma Alpha Senior Society
Parker Margeson from the Thayer School of Science at Dartmouth College is selected for membership in the Gamma Alpha Senior Society, a Dartmouth scientific fraternity. Other notes mention local social events, club meetings, and community notices in Winthrop and Chelsea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Margeson
Thayer School of Science
Gamma Alpha Senior Society
Dartmouth College
Local Hallfront in Back Bay at St James Hall
St James Hall at 235 Huntington Avenue opens daily from 9 A M to 6 P M. Contact Tel 3916 A for information and events in Back Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Hall
Huntington Avenue
Thornton Whist Club Hosts Evening Prizes Announced
The Thornton Whist Club entertained by Mrs on Pleasant Street last Tuesday with prizes won by Mrs George Coffin Mrs Ed gar and Mrs Woods. Next meeting set for January 6. Also ads invite Christmas ice cream from James KR Brown and a church vestry sale this Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 offering fancy articles dolls and aprons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Whist Club
Pleasant Street
George Coffin
Edgar
Woods
Reliable House
James KR. Brown
Shirley Street
First Baptist Church
Hermon Street
Whist Club Hosts Luncheon At Winthrop Yacht Club
The Bridge Whist Club of the Winthrop Yacht Club held a luncheon and whist on Friday December 12 at 12 30 pm. Committee leaders Mrs Robert L Ennis president Mrs Harry E Gardner vice president and Mrs Chas A Rouillard treasurer. Guests came from Winthrop and elsewhere. Prizes went to Mrs Harris Miss Snow Mrs Murphy and Mrs Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando F. Belcher
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park Hotel
Belcher
Frank D. Young
O. F. Belcher
Frank E. Fletcher
Chas Ehrman
Bridge Whist Club
Winthrop Yacht Club
Robert L. Ennis
Harry E. Gardner
Chas. A. Rouillard
Winthrop
Harmon’s Pocket Note Beats Justice Gray in Court
Governor Harmon recalls a distrustful moment with Justice Gray as attorney general. He sought a key point, fumbled for time, and found an old envelope with a scribbled note that provided the necessary argument, turning the case in his favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon
Ohio
Justice Gray
Gray
Vermont Senators Reunite In Ashland Meeting
Senator Carroll S Page of Vermont and a local man born in Swanton, Vermont discover shared roots after 40 years. They recall family ties to Swanton stores and firms, then celebrate with a farewell feast of maple syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Indian Affairs
Carroll S. Page
Vermont
Ashland
Wis
Swanton
Merchant's Row
Page, Sanborn & Co
Senator Page
Green Mountain
Chapple
Suppression of Foreign Post Offices in Crete Ends Era
The union of Crete with Greece ends a chapter in philatelic history as foreign agencies close. Austria Britain France Russia and Italy ran Crete offices, with speculation that Levantine posts by major powers including Germany may close too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Crete
Greece
Austria
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Turkey
Germany
Sugar at the bottom of the coffee
A child pleads for more sugar in breakfast coffee. The mother insists the cup is already sweetened, noting the sugar is at the bottom of the drink. The girl noisily stirs, yet cannot feel the sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Lamb and Lion Act Sparks Laughs at Circus
A circus trainer recalls a rough debut with a lion and a lamb. The trainer, nervous at first, reports the lion behaved while the lamb charged and battered him, making for a memorable performance.
Under Cover at Plymouth Theatre A Secret Service Drama
A Christmas Day matinee at the Plymouth Theatre opens Selwyn and Company's production of Under Cover. The intrigue centers on Secret Service detectives tracking the smuggling of a valuable diamond necklace with a socialite as reluctant secret agent and a suspenseful plot that grips to the last moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Secret Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Plymouth Theatre
Selwyn and Company
United States
Lawrence Haile
Underworld
America
Social Register
Secret Service
The Marriage Market at Hollis Street Theatre
Charles Frohman presents The Marriage Market a lavish musical comedy at the Knickerbocker style production to California setting. Cast includes Carroll McComas May De Sousa George Meech and Percival Knight among others with music by Victor Jacobi and dancing by Brian. Matinees on Wednesday Saturday plus special Christmas holiday shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frohman
Donald “Brian
Knickerbocker Theatre
Moya Mannering
Irene Hopping
Elizabeth Woof
Viola Cain
Gene Cole
Mary Annis
Percival Knight
Messrs
M. Brody
K. Martos
Victor Jacobi
Arthur Anderson
Adrian Ross
Gladys Unger
California
Brian
Frohman
Object Matrimony Desires Correspondence for Marriage
A German newspaper advertises a young woman of noble lineage seeking serious correspondence for matrimony. She is described as beautiful, prudent, economical, witty, austere, charitable, devoted, loving, and artistic, with a splendid fortune and a melodious voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Penelope
Sophia of
Brandenburg
Mme. de Stael
Lucretia
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Florence Nightingale
Virginie
Thankful Heart Finds Blessings Through the Day
A reflection on gratitude urging the reader to let a thankful heart guide daily life. It likens a grateful spirit to a magnet drawing blessings from each hour and contrasts it with an unthankful heart. The passage cites divine gold in simple moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
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Horlick
Want AD. Department
Winthrop Sun
Winthrop News
William Lauder
Fremont Street
Henry E.keough
Sydney Birch
Washington Chambers
Edward Sullivan
Bates Avenue
Bowdoin Street
Boston,Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Nellie Holden
Dorchester
W. W. Fordham
Park Avenue
Good Cheer Alliance of the
Unitarian Church
Luther T. Harrington
South Shore
Joseph Bernhardt
Beachmont
Harry E. Whittemore
Harold (. Bartlett
Floyd & Tucker
Elliot & Whittier
All Souls ‘Unitarian Church
Wilson
Norwood
Union Congregational Church
Tewskbury Street
John H. Leathem
Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
8S. B. Andrews
Winthrop Street
Ervine D. Osborne
Lydia Osborne
Addison Winch
Chelsea
Mermaid Avenue
Yuletide Club
St. John’s Episcopal Parish House
Harry H. Reed
Katherine
Pease
Gladys Manley
Burlington, VI
Winthrop Lodge of Elks
Quest and Question Club
Olive Beale
Cliff Avenue
Mary Greaney
McKenney
Waterbury Co
Franklin Street
Congress
Boston
Adv
Irs
E. Andrew Malone
Pleasant Park Yacht Club
Chas. Ginepra
Tierney
Frank Goodwin
J. J. Mulloy
Rudolph Murray
Murray
Cleveland
Wales Adding Machine
H. A. Johnson Co
W. N. Jenkins
Wadsworth Hall
Crystal Bay Lodge
Terrill
Victor McLaughlin
Edward W. Douglas
The
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Winthrop Methodist Episcopal
Dillon Bronson
Trict
War Veterans Hall
U. S
Maine
T. F. Spellman
J. M. Brennan
Victor J. McLauchlin
John McCarthy
George Hodgdon
Irene Hawkins
E. B. Brown’s
KE. B. Brown
Tel
Mitf
Winthrop G-W
Cottage Hill
Washington Avenue
Thornton Station
Edward A. Buss
Water Street
Washington and
Bates Avenues
River Road
O. P. Waite
Taylor Street
Brown
Revere Street
Hillside Avenue
Beach Road
F. E. Newcomb
Buchanan Street
Davis
Grover Avenue
Summit Avenue
Cottage
Court Park
Tucker
Lincoln Street
M. E. Redden
Pearl Avenue
Madison Avenue
Tewksbury Street
Wilshire Street
Highland Station
Boardman
Endicott and Social
Helene L. Sweney
School of Dancing
Beach Street
Revere, Tel
Trimount Co-Operative Bank
George H. Wyman
Tre ‘Mont St
Nelson Floyd
Mrs. C. F. Totten
Shirley ST
Beach Station
Fletcher
Whist Club
Harris
Snow
Murphy
Clark
Hollis Street Theatre
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