Church notices and events list from Roxbury and Boston area
Local church notices list services at First Baptist Curren Winthror Hermon Street and St John s Episcopal Church. Activities include sermons on Geology Genesis and Evaluation and a Bread of Life subject, plus prayer meetings Sunday school and Youth Union. Community events cover trolley trips moonlight excursion and gatherings by Woman s Auxiliary Society and Y M C A Page Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Auxiliary
New England Baptist Hospital
Parker Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Woman’s Missionary Society
J. Warren Newell
Sartlett Road
Boston
Gov. Andrew
Otis Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Rowe’s Wharf
Page Class
Boston Y. M. C. A
Young Men’s Baptist Social Union of
Messrs
Leslie E. Griffin
E. F. Chisholm
Charles P. Floyd
First Church of Winthrop Methodist Announces June Services
The First Church of Winthrop M E lists Rev. Charles Tilton as minister and offers a schedule of services and activities. The quartet and Minnie Floyd provide music. programs include communion, Sunday school, Epworth League, infant baptism, and a June 14 memorial for the Winthrop fire department. A June 17 picnic with the Baptist Sunday school at Waverly Oaks is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Methodist Episcopal
Winthrop Street
Charles Tilton
Jefferson Street
First
G. W. Goldsmith
A. S. Nickerson
C. A. Sawyer
E.e.rowland
Minnie Floyd
Tilton
Epworth
Winthrop Fire Department
The
Baptist Sunday School
Waverly Oaks
Deane Winthrop House Opens Weekends to Public
The Deane Winthrop House, oldest standing in Old Boston, is open to the public every week from 2 to 5 p.m. Visitors depart Ocean Spray station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane ‘Winthrop
Old Boston
Ovat Ocean
Left Twin Folklore and Twin Powers Across Cultures
The piece surveys folk beliefs about left twins and twin births. It cites W. G. Black noting a left twin’s healing or second sight powers in Essex. It also mentions a superstition that boy girl twins determine the girl's future motherhood and a common but doubtful claim that twins have below average intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
England
W. G. Black
Thrashed pupil sparks classroom misunderstanding
Dr Bigwig, head of Cramton village school, confronts Bates about a reported thrashing. Bates denies the act while Johnson’s father claims Bates attacked his son, though the father cannot spell Beauchamp, misattributing the wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Dr. Bigwig
Cramton
Johnson
Billy Beauchamp
Father
Beauchamp
London
Reform by Wilhelm the sausage test
Dutch poet Van Eeden compared reform to a student who mocks change while enjoying beer. His friend proposes letting his dog Wilhelm decide reform by offering sausage. if the dog eats, they stay, if not, they reform and attend lectures, a Washington Star quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Eeden
Wilhelm
wWilhelm
Washington Star
Persecuted Brother of Sir Edwin Landseer Remains Bachelor
Charles Landseer, brother of Sir Edwin, endured extreme persecution from a woman obsessed with him. She sent extravagant love letters and hid to ambush him, even staging a wedding invitation with a mock bride. Her friends later removed her, and Landseer remained single until death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Landseer
Edwin
Mr. Landseer
Extraordinary forest on African tableland with tiny trees
A six mile wide forest on a tableland near Africa's west coast features trunks up to four feet in diameter but only one foot tall. Trees bear at most two leaves each up to six feet long and two feet wide, with flowers forming vivid crimson clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Literature’s Lost Legion and the Navy Admiration
Molly and Cholly discuss Navy service with Molly praising sailors and Cholly recalling a delayed reply after writing to the secretary of the navy for an admiral position. The piece cites Book Monthly on a “literary regiment of wraiths and ghosts” and a list of unwritten works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Uncle Sam
Cholly
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Book Monthly
Conversation on marriage and law referenced in Atchison Globe
The excerpt portrays a dialogue about approaching a marriage proposal and legal cautions. A character suggests addressing assault and murder statutes to steer the conversation, noting the father’s impulsiveness in a provocative 19th century tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Hearing on brick wall permit in Winthrop town hall
The Board of Selectmen will hold a hearing for property owners and the public under Article 11, Section 14, of town building laws at the Selectmen's room in Winthrop Town Hall on Monday June 15 1908 at 8 p.m. The hearing concerns whether John Braithwaite et als may erect a brick wall along the line of a lot on the westerly side of Shirley street, part of lot formerly owned by C E Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
Ee Property Owners
The
Winthrop
Mass
Selectmen’s Room
Town Hall
John Braithwaite
Als
Confirmation Rites At St John The Evangelist Church
About two hundred children received the sacrament of confirmation at the Church of St John the Evangelist. Archbishop OConnell conferred the sacrament, assisted by Rev J H Griffin Rev John Gorman and Rev Hugh O'Donnell. Altar decor featured palms and roses as girls wore white and boys black. Solos by Miss Agnes Malloy and Miss Katharine Butler with the regular choir. His Grace spoke eloquently and encouragingly to the children.
The Paragraph Pulpit Warns Against Delayed Kindness
A moral exhortation urges readers to express love and encouragement now not after friends die. It stresses speaking wholesome, cheering words while friends live and to send flowers to brighten homes before departure. The piece advocates timely empathy and warm gestures.
Winthrop Post Office Letters for Week Ending June 6
List of letters remaining in Winthrop post office includes Dana Ed S Davis H Davis N W Dowie Thomas Gargano Garanpi Horn Lillian M Langridge B A MacMarie Mr McKenna Fred Smalley G Whitman Frank M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Miss Anne George Weds Charles E Peters in Cambridge
Miss Anne George daughter of Alphonso George of Winthrop married Charles Elbert Peters son of O J Peters of Cambridge in a private Bellevue ceremony officiated by Rev George W Bicknell. Attendants included sister Miss Alice George and ushers from Harvard and Cambridge. They will reside at 59 Barry Street Dorchester after a brief wedding journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne George
Alphonso George
Shirley Street
Winthrop
Charles Elbert Peters
O. J. Peters
Fayette Street
Cambridge
Bellevue
George W. Bicknell
First Universalist Church
Mises Alice George
Harvard
Arnold Proudfoot
Wilmington
Del
Paul S. Fiske
Medford
Arthur G. Peters
Alphonso George, Jr
G. Edwin Peters
West Newton
Peter
Barry Street
Dorchester
Dissolution of Haskell and Haynes Partnership
Samuel C L Haskell and Walter L Haynes dissolve the partnership operating as Haskell and Haynes in Winthrop Suffolk Massachusetts. Haskell continues the business. All claims against the partnership are to be presented to Haskell and payments made to him. Date May 1 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. L. Haskell
Walter L. Haynes
Winthrop
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Haskell & Haynes
Haskell’ .& Haynes
Samuel
C. ‘L. Haskell
Haskell Samuel
C. L. Haskell
Walter’ L
Haynes Winthrop
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Co-operative Bank
Home Savings Institution
A.B
Whittemore, Sec’y. and
Treas
Wadsworth Building
Winthrop Centre
HF. Rich & CO
Wadsworth Block
Tel
Walter B. Thayer
Frank
Barrett
Photographic Studio
E. F. Rogers
Lewis
Winthrop Beach
Louis Racca
Washington Ave
R. R
Central and
Revere Sts
Magee’s Corner
le Consigrred
First Baptist
Curren
Hermon Street
Belcher
Fredericn M. Wire
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
St. John’s. Episcopal Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Bowdoin and
Buchanan Streets
CO. W. Henry
AIL Soul’s Church
Unitarian
Hermon and
W. O. Litchfield
Young People’s Religious Union
Church of the Masonic Lodge
Landseer
Fair
Atchison Globe
All Soul’s Church
William N. Jenkins
Prope
Summer ST
Frothingham the
Offernan
Brussels
M . Bh
Washington Street
Adams Sq
Joel Goldthwait & Co
Delight Furnitur Polish
Floyd & Tucker Notario
Justice OF the Peace
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
PUBL
School Street
City Hall
Eoy
Stellingen
Winthrop Delivery
Kilby Street
Wathrop
Floyd & Tucker
McCarty & CO
Chelsea, Mass
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