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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
5
Trunk cabin launch 28x7 in Lathrop model with 74 H P engine described as good as new priced at 575 dollars. Photo available. Also small launches listed by A Stamforth at 19 Devonshire Street Boston with item 115 it 7.
Winthrop Steam Laundry will open Monday under new management. Call for laundry service at telephone 112-1. Also a notice seeks antique mahogany furniture and other collectibles for purchase. Boston Globe article highlighted Jack Murray the taxidermist and a Lake Winnipesaukee Yacht Club meeting elected William A. Buckley commodore.
A Scottish church visitor recounts a village supper at Mrs. MacLaren’s after a kirk service. The two men praise the sermon on loaves and fishes while she jokes she would have left fewer baskets if they had attended.
A London anecdote recalls Fox and Adams in a brief personal dispute over government powder ending in a mocked duel stance and a quip about powder. The piece also notes wedding gift customs tracing to feudal tribute and Elizabethan symbols, then lists Winthrop letters and a birth notice for Barbara Jackson of Sea Foam Avenue, Winthrop.
The Deane Winthrop House, the oldest standing in Old Boston, is open to the public every weekday from 2 to 5 p.m. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court cites heirs and interested persons in the estate of Charles H Perkins late of Winthrop to appear March 5 1908 in Boston to show cause why letters testamentary should not issue to David Floyd without bond. Publication for three weeks in Winthrop Sun and Visitor and service by mail to known claimants seven days before court. Witness Judge Robert Grant. Arthur W Dolan Register.
A brief humorous exchange recalls a hunter’s luck and a misfired joke from the Chicago Record-Herald. The remark highlights a man mistaking the speaker for a rabbit and missing the shot.
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