Winthrop Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Births
Winthrop residents record a flurry of visitors and milestones. Fred Russell sails to Ohio, Mr and Mrs Byrres visit, and families from Lincoln Quincy Medford and Boston entertain kin. Several weddings anniversaries and birthday observances noted along with missing details and travel to Delaware Ohio Springfield Hartford and Chicago.
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Fred Russell
Ohio
Laura Donginn
Lincoln
Newport
Charles ‘Ord
Herbert Lea
West Medford
Lateen
Nina Bates
Quincy
Edward Rhines
Centre-Street
Charles F. Byrres
N.H
Walter Litchfeld
Bowdoin Street
O. O. Brown
Lincoln Street
Washington
Pendleton
Hartford
Conn
W. N. Daniel
Shirley Street
F. N. Russell
Plummer Street
Delaware
Alex Livingstone
Provisiontown
L A. Spinney
Pleasant Street
G. Sanza Davison
Portland
F. W. Belcher
James Etherington
Bradford
Rose Hayden
Revere Street
W A. Floyd, Jr
Misa Agnes Tucker
Reading
William A. Floyd
Mies Anna Leach
East Boston
Leach
Walden Street
Woodside Avenue
Chatham
Winthrop News Highlights Local Notices and Events
Winthrop residents attend visits and engagements while planning a March 11 cooperative bank meeting. Notes include Elmer King’s new power boat project, travels of Miss Averill, Lyman Nelson’s New York visit, and upcoming play Atlantis at Jordan Hall. Also details on a Ladies Social Upton fair and a Wheat party at Veterans Hall with multiple committees listed.
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Ladies’ Social Union
M.ay
Soci Hall
A F. Walker
Elmer King
Averill
Newburyport
F. Ray Phillips
Banks Street
Lyman Nelson
Lincoln Street
New York
Ladies’ Social Upton
Gamaliel C. Rich
Charles ‘Tilton
Frank Morrison
Joshua Remby
A. O. ‘Thompson
O. E. Johnson
J. B. Johnstone
E. B. Newton
Schuyler Andrews
Austin Belcher
Albert Howard
Annie Hamilton
Mary Morrison
Vinnie Dunhem
Annie Newton
Herbert W Floyd
Fred B. Quobb
Herbert Tewksbury
John H. Coffin
Harvey Sleeper
Chis Harding
Entertainment by local gas and electric firms in Boston hotel
A Boston audience attended a dinner at Young's Hotel hosted by Suburban Gas Electric of Revere Winthrop Malden Electric Co and Malden Melrose Co. General Bliss presided as toastmaster with A B Tenney welcoming guests and praising the lamps and improved gas lighting service. Prominent attendees included A B Tenney Bliss Chisholm Mooney Wood Hall Pierce Orr Norcross Stover Brown and Pierce along with local officials. Souvenir tungsten lamps and cigars were given to guests. The article also notes sun movement around Earth and Herschel's views on solar system motion.
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Mies Bessie Woodbury
Boston
W. H. Etherington
Court Park
A. W. Cobb
English High School
Young's Hotel
Katherine Crowell
Melrose
Helen F. Belcher
Winthrop Street
Joseph R. Smith
Taunton
Mary J.george
Chelsea
Alice McQuillin
Aitken
Minn
June (George) Kearney
Mabel Agnes Kearney
Minneapolis
J. M Tucker
Will Floyd
Gas & Electric
Reveré and Winthrop
Malden Electric Co
Malden and Melrose Co
A. E. Bliss
Malden
Young's
A. B Tenney
General Bliss
Revere and
Winthrop
A. B. Tenney
O. F. Chisholm
Revere and Winthrop
Norcross’ Drug Store
Beachmont
William Stover
Stover
Winthrop Beach
K. ©. Brown
The
People’s Drug Store
Winthrop Centre
H.F. Pierce
Earth
Sir John Herschel
Hercules
Sir John
Oldest Boston House Open to Public Weekdays
The Deane Winthrop House, oldest house within Old Boston, opens to the public each week from 2 to 5 p.m. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
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Old Boston
Ocean Spray Station
Winthrop Real Estate Transfer Noted in Trustee Deed
Charles F. Lancaster as trustee transfers Highland avenue residence in Persia to Mollie A. Alexander. The item notes the property’s dependence on lithography for local book and journal production, describing the resulting works as very rare.
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Charles F. Lancaster
Mollie A. Alexander
Highland Avenue
Persia
Opinion Too Weak Yet Charge Worth The Margin
A reminiscence from the New York Times recalls William H. Scott, aging clerk at Cleveland and Titus in the early sixties, drafting an opinion in absence of a partner. Mr. Cleveland deems the piece a poor opinion yet admits it suffices to justify a charge.
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William H. Scott
Cleveland & Titus
Scott
Cleveland
New York Times
Caustic Remark Silences Barrister in London Te
A gentleman praised a barrister by saying his father's sermon was very good. The barrister replied that the father cribbed it from someone. The father overheard and quoted a Bible line about the ox and its owner, silencing the barrister.
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London
The Rapid Rise of Clive
Lord Curvin lauds Clive as a genius whose ascent from a poor unknown clerk to renowned captain spans nine years. The evidence of his talent is deemed incontestable and unmatched in any age.
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Clive
Lord Curvin
Early Struggles Claim From Grandpa Quote
Louisville Courier Journal quotes a grandfather saying he never faced early struggles, insisting he “allus took things just as they come.” The exchange appears as a reflective remark in a casual interview fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Allus
Louisville Courier-Journal
She-Lois Writes for the Magazines
A fragment notes a writer named She-Lois producing magazine work and a taunting line about obtaining something if the price is sent, attributed to Jadve. The quotation hints at an informal dispute over payment or access.
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Lois
Jadve
Dread of Marble Portraits by a Sculptor
A sculptor cites fears of self-inspection as why most modeled subjects are dead. He notes living people avoid sitting for carving because seeing one’s form in marble evokes death, unlike painting which people approve of. The New York Press quote frames the dilemma.
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New York Press
Brothers pay farm fine after clerical plea at petty sessions
At a provincial town petty sessions the defendant did not appear but his brother, acting as clerk, stood in to hear the sentence. The magistrate fined 2s 2d and costs for wandering asses on the public road, prompting the clerical brother to declare he would pay the fine. The scene drew laughter from the court.
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Petty Sessions
London Graphic
Where the Shoe Pinched
A man named Randall laments his wife's steady, remarkable decisiveness and stubbornness. He recalls how in a single day she resolves kitchen disputes, organizes the children, settles matters in church, and yet blocks his movements with firm obstinacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Randall
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Shore Drive
C. W. Grant
Congress Street
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George H. Doty
Pico Avenue
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Fawn Bar Avenue
Punch
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E .H. Davia
Deane and
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Louis Racca
Custom
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Point Shirley Cottage
Tufts Avenue
A. W. Belcher
Ga. W. Moses
Ann Walker
Cottage Park Road
Springfield
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Ties Catherine Haslam
Beacon Street
Howard Hansel School of
Castle Square Theatre
Women’s Organization
Boston Association of Retail Druggists
Edwin Jr. Leonard
Lon Mosier
Chicago
Centaurea Club
Misses Floyd
Centre Street
Gussie E. Floyd
Walter J. Marsh
Isabel H. Floyd
John J. Coughlin
Winthrop Nellis
Gates
South Boston
Ellis
Reginald , Key and
Gardner Freeman
Canadian Northwest
A. A. Brigham
Worcester
Russell Gardner
Orlando Avenue
Pauline Emmons Aliee
H.J. George
George Jenkins
Mary
William H. Gardner
Willow Avenue
Edwie Russell
W. W. Walker
Elizabeth ‘Whitney
J. Murray Walker
Athletic Association
Veterans’ Hall
Shorley
F. E. Tewkebury
E . Ryan
Walter P. Smith
L. A. Bagbee
Underhill Street
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
Wadsworth Building
Mass
Alwen BE. Whittemore
Floyd & Tucker
School St
Meridian Street
East
Horace B. Butler
TO Lei
Deane Winthrop
Winthrop Real Estate
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Aiwa
America
New England
Lady’s Department
Walter F. Jordan & CO
Boylston St
Boston, Mass
Ginter
North
Pride of Aden
O. D
Ginter Grocery Company
Washington St
Summer St
Canal St
Elm & Union Sts
Tremont St
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