Copy of this paper sold at multiple local outlets
Winthrop Sun and Visitor lists places selling copies at 5 cents each. A. T. Bangness opposite Highlands Station in Boston Revere Beach Lynn Depot J H Totman News Agency Jefferson and Winthrop Streets Winthrop Beach News Station Brown's Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre W B Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Ocean Spray Elizabeth Rippay variety store opposite Centre Station Also at Lewis Block Washington Avenue office of publication and 5th Street opposite Beach.
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A. T. Bangness
Highlands Station
Boston
Revere Beach
Ofice of Publication
Lewis Block
Washington Avenue
Talks on Art No 2 Beauty in Building and Urban Planning
Discussion argues for beauty in architecture and landscape to enhance health and town appeal. It warns against Jerry Builder practices that overcrowd, spoil scenery, and degrade sanitation. Calls for advisory art commissions to conserve beauty and plan future development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Winthrop Post Office Letters for Week Ending December 26
Week ending December 26 list of remaining letters includes Mrs. A. Clark Mrs. Theo. P. Kurtz Co. W. Lane Mrs. Annie McGuire Mrs. Clara S. Nelson Miss Daisy Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Post Office
A. Clark
Theo. P. Kurtz
W. Lane
Annie McGuire
Clara S. Nelson
Daisy Rodgers
Library hosts history room hours and old book list
The Frost Public Library opens the historical room on weekdays from 1:30 to 9:00. Heirs of Harriet Jane George donate a 19th century portrait “The life and age of man.” The display includes portraits of life stages and a numbered catalog of new and vintage books by Montgomery Marriott Ballen Adams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Jane ‘George
Mra. George
Samuel Belcher
Harry Earl Montgomery
Crittenden Marriott
Joseph H Adams
A. H. Ballen
Norman’ Duncan
Bidpai
Maude Barrows
Dutton
Hollis Godfrey
Mary Ware
Annie Felllows Johnston
Mark Twain Crochet Tale Spins Needle Debate
A poet in an attic debates threading a needle while reading Twain. He compares methods from The Prince and the Pauper and Huckleberry Finn, noting men and women approach the task differently and circle back to centuries of habit. The exchange contrasts holding thread still versus moving the needle.
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Mrk Twain
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Who Would Want to Be a Lama
The piece discusses lama pilgrims in Tibet and Hindu travelers on mountain routes. Sven Hedin notes lamas lie full length to mark distances, then advance to the mark. Some lamas immure themselves in caves, fed through ground openings, with death implied if the daily dish remains untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sven Hedin
Tibet
Harper's Magazine
Dr. Hedin
The Ear Trumpet Fails to Help Mr Borrows
Speculation over the hearing aid ends in disappointment as Joe uses the trumpet to remind Mr Borrows of an unpaid debt. The old man declines the aid, deeming it useless, while onlookers note the failed attempt and his sigh contrasts with Joe’s frustration.
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Joe
Mr. Borrows
London Express
Epitome of St. Paul Speech Frustrates Young Listeners
A Philadelphia Sunday school class invited a visitor famed for long talk to present a concise sketch of St. Paul. He began by defining epitome as a synopsis, leaving many young listeners puzzled by his verbose approach.
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Philadelphia
St. Paul
Philadelphia Ledger
Diamonds Explode When Brought to Surface
Diamonds can explode when mined or exposed to higher temperatures. Large stones are more prone than small ones and have caused losses. Some dealers wrap valuable stones in raw potatoes to safeguard them during transport from South Africa.
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South Africa
Polar Regions Question Sparks Classroom Banter
In a playful exchange, a teacher quizzes Johnny on bears and the polar regions. Johnny hesitates then blurts out polecat, a pun that echoes earlier newspaper humor about mistaken identity and mistaken questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Philadelphia Press
Little Dot Mamma Crack in Tea Set
A playful exchange where Little Dot explains to Mamma that a blemish in the tea set is not a hair but a crack. The line is delivered in playful nursery tone reflecting domestic life.
What’s the old lady doing now in Turn story
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press describes a playful exchange in which a stocking woman asks about an elderly woman’s actions in the Turn tale and the other stockin g responds with astonishment and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
New Vaudeville Week at Keith’s Featuring Gillingwater and Wolff
Keith’s theatre announces a vaudeville week starting December 28 with Claude Gillingwater in a one act comedy as an actor manager and Maude Wolff gaining notice from the New York Hippodrome in an edge stirring equestrian act. Gillingwater coaches a wealthy New Yorker’s wife in acting leading to a comic tangle including a lunatic telegram a mistaken love scene and a police chapterdesigned for big laughs.
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Keith
Claude Gillingwater
Gillingwate
Hiram Bent
Modiste
Fritzi Scheff
George Jones
Jones
Maude Wolff
New York Hippodrome
Miss. Wulff
Wants Sons of Veterans Camp in town before May thirtieth
A reader urges establishing a local Sons of Veterans camp after noting the town hall flag at half mast for Mr. Gardner. The writer recalls Civil War veterans and Lincoln's call, argues the Grand Army would support the effort, and aims to form a camp with over 200 eligible members before May 30.
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Gardner
Lincoln
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army
Order
Mortgagee's sale of Winthrop land in Suffolk County
Public auction to foreclose mortgage on a 7116 square foot parcel in Winthrop Mass bounded by Quincy avenue and a right of way. Property conveyed to George R Henderson by deed July 6 1906 registered libro 3144 folio 621. sale set for January 4 1909 with $200 cash deposit. Louis A Ginsburg mortgagee Boston December 11 1908.
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George R. Henderson
Louis A. Ginsburg
County of
Suffolk
Winthrop
Commonwealth
Shore Land 'S Co
Mass
Quincy Avenue
Boston
Mortgagee Sale of Real Estate in Suffolk County
By virtue of a 1908 mortgage to Louis A. Ginsburg the property in Suffolk County is foreclosed. The Lot 3 Block T parcel, bounded by Hutchinson Street and adjacent lots, will be sold at public auction on January 4, 1909, at four o'clock. Sale subject to prior Liberty Trust Company lien and existing taxes. A $300 payment to Ginsburg is required. Boston December 11, 1908.
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George R. Henderson
Louis A. Ginsburg
County of
Suffolk
Winthrop
Hutchinson Street
Liberty Trust Company
Boston
The Great Bell System Telephones and Courtesy
The article warns against misusing telephone lines by borrowing others and making lines busy, stressing it inconveniences friends and blocks communication. It urges respectful use of shared telephony to avoid inconveniencing neighbors and callers.
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By Robert Brown
THE
Frost Public Library
Lang
Vane
Boston Transcript
Sons OF Veterans Camp
New England Telephone and Tele
Graph Company
Northern
New
England
Great Bell System
Castoria
Centaur
Alfred Tewksbury & Co
Hervick’s
Educator
Beacon Falls
Wadsworth
Gabler
Shoninger
Ludwig & CO. Winter & CO
BAUS
Blake the Piano Man
Washington St
Oxford
I . Winthrop
Chas. F. Totten
Winthrop Beach
Floyd & Tucker
Notary Public Justice OF the Peace
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
School Street
City Hall
Winthrop Centre
Winthrop Street
Cemoteres Ce
Alogue
Paper & Wore
Franklin ST Stor
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