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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
5
Public notice details the five cent per line rate for wants, for sale, to let and lost and found ads with a minimum charge of 2.60 dollars for the first insertion. Mail payments with the order. No charge accounts. Telephone ads require payment before press. Replies can be addressed to Care of Winthrop Sun and Visitor, with advertiser names withheld from inquiries.
Winthrop Yacht Club announces a public basketball game against St Joseph A A at the clubhouse Monday evening. Admission is 2% cents. Edgar Power is elected to the Scituate pope Land Co. board of trustees at the annual meeting held at 8 State Street.
The Philanthropic Committee held its second lecture in Assembly Hall at the high school with about 150 attendees. Augustus B. Tripp of Somerville spoke for over an hour on Wireless Telegraphy, displaying receiving and sending apparatus and conducting practical demonstrations. The next lecture on Hamlet by Marshall Darrach is set for January 3.
George H. Wood conveys Woodside Park property to Katherine E. Chase in a transaction filed with Morris Goldfine et al as mortgagees. The mortgage transfers involve Forrest Avenue debt noted at 5 209 dollars.
The Sun and Visitor wraps up 1909 with notices on Christmas events at First Church and local holiday activities. Residents plan church programs, concerts, and a Christmas tree, while others announce travel, bankruptcies, and new apartment building projects on Washington Avenue near Beach station.
A Metropolitan Transit Association proposal argues for extending the Boston Elevated system to Chelsea Revere and Orient Heights with a uniform five cent fare. It cites overcrowding from Bowes Wharf to Scollay square, safety concerns for women and children, and claims improvements would ease congestion without new construction. The plan envisions lease or absorption of lines, direct routes to the shore reservation, and better service for Chelsea Malden Everett Winthrop and surrounding areas.
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