In Memoriam Deacon Perkins Voted By Community
In memoriam notes the sudden death of Deacon Charles H Perkins after nearly thirty years among us. He and his wife joined Winthrop Beach in 1878 as a summer resort area was then little known. Only a few houses stood near Ocean Spray and the Crest, including a Humane Society Saving Station and a cottage by Dr. J D Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. P-rkins
Perkins
John Flanagan
Humane Society
J.D. Young
Great Head
United States
Pioneering couple and the birth of a seaside city church
The narrative recalls Mr. and Mrs. Perkins and their partners as early developers who staked land, built homes, and helped form a seaside community. Their active roles in social, religious, and intellectual life culminated in a Pavilion and later the Union Congregational Church where they funded a bell, a clock, and a silver communion service, cementing a lasting civic and faith community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Tewksbury Street
Messrs
Rand
Bryden
French
Billings
Seavey
Stanley
John W. Tewksbury
Tewksbury
Elihu T. Underhill
Edward L. Rand
Charles H. Perkins
James Bryden
W. J. Esterbrook
F. O. Bailey
Union Congregational Church
Descon Perkins
Remembering Mr Perkins and Stage Anecdotes
A tribute recalls Mr Perkins and his wife’s shared service to others highlighting neat bulletin boards and minutes of care. Anecdotes from Cornhill Magazine recount stage mishaps including actors in pecuniary distress and comic lines about rent and copyrights.
Bavarian peasant saves goldfish in two hats at Munich station
A Munich railway crush sends a peasant’s new hat and a bowl of goldfish flying. He places the fish in the old hat, fills it with water at a tap, and carries the improvised aquarium onto his train with a smile.
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Munich
Cor
London Globe
Encounter with a water spout as described by Beatrice Grimshaw
Grimshaw narrates a water spout rising from the sea and cloud, a black trunk forming into a colossal cone and then a vast pillar, joining sky and ocean. The event unfolds under a copper crimson sunset as the sea churns and a ship battles the deadly pattern.
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South Seas
Beatrice Grimshaw
Gladstone's Jokes On Establishment Stirred Laughs
The article recalls Mr. Gladstone's humorous mimicry and a parable about church ties. He quipped that Englishmen marry, baptize, and bury with the parish priest, prompting the House to roar with laughter and his own admission that comparing churches between England and Ireland was an excusable "bull."
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Gladstone
Church of England
Mr. Gladstone
Umbrella Dilemma Postspones Sunday Church Visit
A man on the verge of leaving for church debates borrowing an umbrella from neighbors who rarely attend services. He insists it is wrong to borrow and vows self punishment by not sharing in the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Winthrop Candidates Promise Prudence and Public Works
The Winthrop Town Government Association urges voters to back candidates Sandy Keenan and Gore, praising debt discipline, restored rail service, and plans for parkways and seawall projects with state and federal support. Wes ley A. Gove is highlighted for his long town service and prior victory in water-company litigation, with a March 2nd, 1908 election call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectwen
Winthrop
Messrs
Sandy, Keenan
Gore
Senate
Metropolitan Park Commission
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn R R
United States
Fort Heath
Senator Lodge
Metropolitan Park System
War Department
Committee On Appropriations
Washington
Revere
Eliot Circle
Winthrop Shore
Shirley Street
Point Shirley
Zach
Sandy
Keenan
Gove
Mesers
Wesley A. Gove
Boston Stock Exchange
Behal
Revere Water Company
Henry B. Fiske
Winthrop Town Government Association
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Oxford
Weston’s Bakery
Summer St
Lincoln St
U. S. Hotel
HF. Rich & CO
Wadsworth Block
E. J. Bishop
Heasldence
Banks Street
C. A. Nevers
Winthrop Centre
Francis Pratt
Studio B
Tremont St
Chester Ave
Anthrop. Centre
Thornton Station
Main Winthrop
Walter B. Thayer
Mass
Memoriam
Mr. Perkins
Roderick
Dbu
Roderick Dbu
Fitzjames
Sadler’s Wells
Cornhill Magazine
Voters OF
Childrens
Cc. B. Bragdon
Meridian St
East
Edward T. Harrington CO
E. F. Chisholm & GO
Water St
Thornton Park
S. G. Irwin
Winthrop Beach News Co
The
Beach Station
R. J. Promises
Pought
Bowdoin ST
Frothingham Heffernan
Washington Street
Adams Sq
Joel Goldthwait
Floyd & Tucker Notary Public
Justice OF the Peace
Msetts Wharf
School Street
City Hall
Winthrop Street
Yanegreg
Wook Bays
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