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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
8
The First Baptist Church Winthrop invites members to a union picnic at Waverly Oaks on Thursday June 14 with round trip fare from Winthrop set at 25 cents. Cards should be returned by Saturday afternoon June 12. Topics for prayer meetings include The Gospel Ship and Christian Nurture.
Rev W Litchfield leads Soul's Church on Hermon Street with morning service at 1 45 PM and Sunday school at 12 noon. Young People's Religious Union meets at 6 50 PM. From November 1 to May 1 the church is supported by weekly offerings and subscriptions. Seats are free. Social Justice will be the sermon topic tomorrow morning.
A compact notice urges hoteliers to place advertisements in The Sun and The Visitor to fill empty rooms. The call emphasizes reach of both papers and prompt occupancy.
Services at St. John s Episcopal Church corner Bowdoin and Buchanan streets include Holy Communion and a sermon by Rev A D Giring recently from Japan. Sunday school offered.
The piece urges that personal salvation is less worthy than saving others. It calls readers to help fellow beings resist sin and sorrow through comradely support. The core message: true religious measure lies in guiding others toward virtue and strength of soul.
The Evangelical Alliance of Boston plans special tent meetings in Winthrop this summer with Rev. Dr. Minifie as evangelist until he departs for Europe in June. Services are daily at 7 and 9 AM in a tent opposite Dean Winthrop House on Shirley Street near Ocean Spray station. No meetings Friday nights or Monday Sunday afternoons. Miss Conrad of Salem to sing. Bible Talks will anchor the daytime sessions, with evening gatherings aiming for popular, devout engagement.
The Suffolk District Epworth League met the Suffolk District Leagues at First Church. About two hundred delegates attended with Harry Buller of Everett presiding. Rev Charles Tilson installed new officers and a program followed with vocal trio, readings, piano, and refreshments concluding after a brief closing.
The Frost Public Library announces weekday public hours from 1 30 to 9 pm and a book exchange at the Winthrop Beach delivery station 503 Shirley Street on Wednesdays and Saturdays. New titles include Milton on the Son of God and the Holy Spirit and The King of the Mamozkel by Charles G D Roberts with prices listed. Also featured are The Lord of the Air and Chapters on Animals by P G Hamerton and a Landseer collection.
A listing of works and introductions includes a portrait with Estelle M. Hurt introducing Rural England Norfolk and Rural England Surrey by W. A. Dutt and Wal cer Jerrold, plus a narrative of nine years among South African game by Frederick Selous.
Miss Mildred A Fenno daughter of ex Mayor John A Fenno of Newton married Ensign Chester H Kepilensala Seen on Saturday afternoon at her home 218 Walnut Street Lawrence officiated by Rev Charles B Bowser Best man was Ensign H Maxfield U S N Bride given away by her farmer A reception followed The couple will live in New York where the groom s ship U S S Yankton is stationed
The secretary of the senate notes that the proper designation for the presiding officer of the supreme court is simply chief justice of the United States. He cites Washington, Jackson, Lincoln with former longer titles and says Grover Cleveland first used the correct form for Melville Fuller. Future nominations should follow this fashion.
The Cincinnati Enquirer argues lavish meals priced at fifty dollars reflect taste for exotic imports rather than quality. It critiques cane sugar, wild rice, live imports from England and Russia, and oversized fruits, suggesting such feasts appeal to foolish palates during blizzard weather.
A Philadelphia auctioneer collected diverse items including antique hourglasses of tortoise shell and amber. A clergyman paid a nominal fee to a dentist who later received the reverend's Psalms prose. George Ade, stranded in a town, joked with a barber about missing his vacation and becoming an oyster opener.
A fragment from the Houston Post quotes a woman reflecting on marriage and devotion. She recalls her spouse’s claim to never give up and to love both her and money, while a bizarre aside about a river and a bed hints at a muddled, humorous local aside.
Local notices report a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs F Ross of Saga more avenue for Mr and Mrs Peanelli who sailed for France. Mrs O E Johnson to entertain the Winthrop Sine ing Club at 123 Winthrop Street. Alice Chapman will present a mixed program at the New Winthrop Hotel on Tuesday the 12th. Toggery Shop promotes five dollar grecian negligee robes and discount knitwear at 48 Shirley Street. Mrs Robert Simpson of Newport News to spend summer with the Turners. Miss Ethel Hoyt Adams visiting Miss Dorothy F Howard at 56 Sagamore Avenue Highlands. Captain O E Bartlett attended Memorial Day exercises at Tremont Temple. Toggery Shop offers knitted 4 in hands and French scarfs. Le Bon Ton millinery opens at Centre station with Graduation Hats at 5.04. A private kindergarten and first primary school opens at Woodside Avenue with Miss Pike bringing experience from Boston and prior principal work.
Miss Varcaret Goo Ryan of Dorchester wed Daniel B. Walsh of California at St. James the Evangelists RC. Rev John J Gaia officiated. The couple, after a reception at Hotel Thorndike, planned a ten day trip to New York and Atlantic City before returning to 38 Irwin Street.
Sarah Elizabeth Delano age 76 years 10 months died at Winthrop burial and funeral plans listed with residence 146 Somerset Avenue Centre Station delayed schedule for June 5 service at 2 p.m.
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