Winthrop Sun and Visitor announces 1905 consolidation note
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor, established 1892, and Winthrop Visitor announce consolidation as of December 9 1905. The weekly paper lists offices in Boston and Winthrop Mass. Reader notices cover ads and news copy with deadlines. Editor Herbert E Emerson oversees June 20 1914 publication. The issue includes an article on a fogbound collision on the St Lawrence and a critique of tariff policy and wage impacts citing Vauclain and Wilson.
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Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Bicirley Street
Winthrop Beach
Telehone
Boston
Mass
St. Lawrence
Father Point
Democratic Party
Wilson
Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
United States
Master Boilers’ Association
France
Baldwin
Legislature urged careful look at merging street railways
The Greenfield Gazette argues Massachusetts experience with large transportation mergers shows little real public or stockholder benefit. It criticizes executives for distancing themselves from owners and the public and urges the Legislature to slow down and deeply examine consolidating all street railway lines in the metropolitan district.
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Massachusetts
New Haven
Greenfield Gazette
Study Proposal Seeks Transit Consolidation Review
James F. Jackson for Bay State Street Railway asks Metropolis Affairs and Street Railways committees to urge the Public Service Commission to study Boston transportation and report to the next General Court. He defended the consolidation bill but warned it was risky to push a major measure at session's end.
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Boston
Bay State
Revere Beach
Readers urge cleanup of unsightly dump between Playstead and Ocean Spray
An anonymous letter from an interested resident condemns a vacant land area between Playstead and Ocean Spray as a mass of tin cans and junk. The writer asks why the site cannot be covered with ashes to improve the town’s appearance for visitors arriving by train and to boost Winthrop’s image.
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Playstead
Winthrop
Want to rent your house Advertise in Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Advertisement request invites homeowners to place rental notices in the Winthrop Sun and Visitor. Promote properties to local readers with classified style exposure.
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Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Flag Night at Margaret Winthrop Lodge Gains Silk American Flag
Members of Margaret Winthrop Rebekah Lodge No 153 10 O F enjoyed a pleasant evening Monday after business. They presented a silk American flag to the lodge with fervent remarks by Annie Crosby. Edla Johan net accepted for the lodge. A program followed including patriotic airs, flag pantomime, readings, songs and dancing. Prominent D. G. M. members visited. A strawberry festival concluded the event as they praised the flag’s emblem of friendship love and truth.
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Margaret Winthrop
Rebekah Lodge
Annie Crosby
N. G
Edla A. Johannet
Hattie Brown
Viola Crosby
David Belcher
Flora Terrill
Bro
Wm. Skaggs
Florence Belcher
Elsie Barker
Frances Douglas
DAR Dansant at Cliff House Features Whist and Dances
Winthrop Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a Saturday dansant at the Cliff House. The program opened with whist and five young girls performed dances. A competition crowned James F. Winston of East Boston and Miss Marion O'Brien as winners, with P. F. Brundage and Mrs. E. F. Williams as runners up. Winston and O'Brien each received a silver loving cup.
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Winthrop Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cliff House
James F. Winston
East Boston
Marion O’brien
P. F. Brundage
E. F. Williams
Winthrop
Song of Winthrop by a Former Resident
A poem titled Song of Winthrop by Mary C. Nickerson, written after moving from Winthrop to Chelsea, reflects on Winthrop’s sea beauty and nostalgia. The piece accompanies community club events including an At Home Social at War Veterans Hall and lists local organizers and participants.
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Woman's Relief Corps
War Veterans’ Hall
Mary C. Nickerson
Winthrop
Nickerson
Chelsea
Boston
Summit Avenue
Highlands
Mary
Winthrop Visiting Nurse Association Sale Set Next Saturday
A fundraising sale by the Winthrop Visiting Nurse Association is scheduled for Saturday June 27. Proceeds support patient care and community health programs. The event features resident volunteers and community participation.
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Winthrop Visiting Nurse Association
Community concern over vandalized church window
A letter to the editor laments that despite town efforts to let children enjoy life, malicious acts by youths appear in Winthrop. The front Baptist Church glass window, funded by the Christian Endeavor group, is broken with stones scattered on the floor, prompting questions about child conduct and respect for property.
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Winthrop
Christian Endeavor
Baptist Church
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