Forger Francis Richards Arrested in Winthrop
Francis Richards, reputed expert forger known in major U S cities and England, was arrested in Winthrop on Wednesday by Inspector Wolf and Special Officers Angel and Laughlin, with Winthrop police assistance. He had been living on Shirley Street and was in a hired car at the time of arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Francis Richards
United States
England
Winthrop
Wolf
Angel and Laughlin
Boston
Shirley Street
Winthrop Post Office Letters for Week Ending June 27
List of letters remaining at Winthrop post office for the week ending June 27 includes Miss Kathleen Allen Mrs. E Bean John Clark Evelyn Davis John DeYoung Mrs. G B Dalett Leone Faller Mrs. Mary A. Howard Miss Claire Jaquith Mrs. Mabel A. Owens Miss Bertha W. Pollock Mrs. M F Pitman J W Rackley Miss Martha B Thoméés Wedding Bells Capid Pab Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Kathleen Allen
E Bean
John Clark
Evelyn Davis
John DeYoung
G. B. Dalett Leone, Faller
Mary A. Howard
Claire Jaquith
Mabel A. Owens
Bertha W. Pollock
M. F. Pitman
J. W. Rackley
Martha B. Thoméés
Capid
Real Estate Transfers In Winthrop Highlights
Ezra B. Whittier transfers property to Joseph M. Downey on Shirley avenue and Shirley street. Downey then transfers to Mary L. Whittier on the same Shirley properties. Franceska Tewksbury sells to John Callahan on Bellevue avenue. Dollar amounts listed as W. $1 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra B. Whittier
Joseph M
Downey
Shirley Avenue
Shirley Street
Joseph M. Downey
Mary L. Whittier
Franceska Tewksbury
John Callahan
Bellevue Avenue
Quiet senatorial race in East Boston district stalls
The East Boston Senate contest features Burnham Gove and McKie staying silent amid hot weather causing apathy. A new Winthrop Republican Club prompts ideas of a local candidate. Winthrop Republicans show harmony on their executive committee as town factions unite. A plan aims for a thousand enrollments before fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Burnham
Gove
McKie
New Winthrop Republican Club
Winthrop
New Republican Club
Winthrop Elks Show Degree Skills in New York
The Winthrop lodge of Elks traveled to New York last Saturday and Sunday to perform degree stunts for New York City lodge 1. It marked the first time a degree team from outside New York officiated, and reports say the Winthrop group made a tremendous hit. The lodge traveled 52 members, led by officers Dr J J Gibbon ER Frank P Joyce ELK Dr Albert Dorman ELK Frank H Jenkins treasurer John W Lill secretary Charles F Todd tiler Edmund D Fitzpatrick esquire John Devine chaplain John W Webster IG Eugene Cronin Frank H Tiffany and John Fallon trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Lodge of Elks
New York
New York City
Winthrop Herd
J. J. Gibbon
Frank P. Joyce
Albert Dorman
Frank H. Jenkins
John W. Lill
Charles F Todd
Edmund D. Fitzpatrick
John Devine
John W. Webster
Eugene Cronin
Frank H. Tiffany
John Fallon
Winthrop Pedestrian Club Enjoys Summer Outing
The Winthrop Pedestrian Club met last Saturday despite heat and traveled by boat to Marblehead Neck for rambling rest and soap shots. A meeting followed with one new member voted in and plans for a fundraiser for the Floating Hospital. The next gathering set for Salem Willows on July 11 with a boat trip if possible, returning by trolley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Marblehead Neck
Leonard
T. H. Cross
Sara Schryver
Salem Willows
Devereaux
San
St John’s Sunday School Picnic at Salem Willows
About one hundred attendees from St. John’s Episcopal Sunday school enjoyed games races and a baseball match at Salem Willows last Saturday A special car carried travelers from Orient Heights to the event The rector led one team against the superintendent in the annual contest which the rector won tying the series and heightening interest for next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Willows
St. John’s Episcopal
Orient Heights
The
Willows
Lawn Party Aid for Rest A While Cottage
Mr and Mrs Alden Geldert and Miss Vera Geldert hosted a lawn party on June 17 to benefit Rest A While Cottage at Northfield supported by Ruggles Street Baptist Church Boston About 150 attendees enjoyed a musical program with soprano soloists cornet solos and phonography selections and proceeds around $50
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Geldert
Vera E. Geldert
Winthrop Shore Drive
New York
Winthrop
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Boston
Northfield
Geldert
Alice May Hoitt
Gelette
Nettie Brown
George Cavalry
Roxbury
Dora Damon Brown
Wellesley
Robert N. Chapman
New
Earle
Philadelphia
Death of Rev John D Pickles Revered Mount Winthrop Pastor
The brief illness death of Rev John D Pickles in a Lynn hospital prompts many expressions of regret from Winthrop residents. He arrived in April 1877 and served three years, winning broad friendship across Methodist and Baptist communities as a youthful Boston University student who began his first pastorate amid Winthrop’s early growth.
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John D. Pickles
Lynn
Winthrop
Mr. Pickles
Methodist Church
Baptist Society
Nan
Boston University
Winthrop Social Notes Highlight Weddings and Visits
Nellis records a flurry of local travels and family gatherings. Bessie Siebert returns from Jamaica Plain for vacation through September 18, while Mrs. Hamilton hosts her sister from New York for the nephew Johnstone wedding last week. Various residents plan visits, vacations, and summer stays at camps and shores, with addresses noted along Shirley Street, Dolphin Avenue, Lamanda Park, and Winthrop Shore Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Siebert
Lattie Siebert
Shirley Street
Perkin’s Institute
Jamaica Plain
Edwin E. Moore
Lamanda Park
Ashburnham
Picnic a Big Success in Baptist and Methodist Picnic
A joint Baptist and Methodist Sunday school picnic at Waverly Oaks on June 17 drew 250 to 800 attendees. The event featured friendly church rivalry in baseball and track, with Baptist girls winning the baseball prize and Methodist girls led by Mabel Clark. notable players included Eva Stockwell and Pastor Tilton.
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Baptist
Methodist
Waverly Oaks
Boston
Rowe’s Wharf
Methodists
Baptists
Baker Boys
Mabel Clark
Methodist Girls
Eva Stockwell
Pastor Tilton
William Augustus. Smith
Married forty four years at Cliff avenue home
Mr and Mrs George 8 Everbeck observed their 44th wedding anniversary at their Cliff avenue residence on Tuesday evening. Rev B W Foljamba married them and baptized them years ago at Central square Baptist church. They received hundreds of friends and relatives with floral tributes from Eastern Star and Postmaster Mansfield. Their son George A and Arthur E, and two grandchildren attend their happy celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Everbeck
Cliff Avenue
W. Foljamba
Central Square Baptist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
D. Everbeck
Mansfield
William Parkman Lodge of Masons
Reverend Pickles shaped Winthrop church and town life
The Rev. Mr Pickles who led Winthrop church after 1871 energized fund drives ending a $6400 debt and helped erect Ocean Spray Chapel. He married Lizzie Seavey, served major Massachusetts churches, aided Boston University trusteeship, and influenced civic life with a steadfast ministry and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Dunham
Winthrop Church
Ocean Spray
Pickles
Winthrop
Samuel Ingalls
Lizzie Seavey
Boothgay
Winthrop Street
John W. Dunham
Deer Island
Lawrence
Mass
Massachusetts
Boston University
Zion's Herald
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
A testimonial from a reader describes relief from nervousness headaches and other symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy has helped thousands of women with menstrual infections fibroid issues backache and related ailments. It urges others to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Hanson
E. Long St
Columbus, Ohio
Lydia E.pinkham
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PN CO
Bride
Summersl
Winthrop Real Estate
Robert P. Murphy
HOTEL
Albany
41St Street
Broadway
New -York
Tel
Revere
C. E. Hall & Sons
Beachmont
New England
Poole
Adies
Charles L. Ridgway & Sons
Cory
Thurenur
Congress
Lewis Block
Washington Avenue
Herbert E. Emerson
Ernest d. Pierce
Telephone
Winthrop Sun
Winthrop Visitor
Winthrop Elks
Marblehead
ST. John's
Quinthrop Nellis
James Brinton Johnstone
Somerset, Avenue
Charles Slack
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mary Watkins
Muriel Halliday
West Roxbury
Velma Webber
Calista T. Fales
West Somerville
Miss Webber
G. L. Whittemore
Summit Avenue
C. H. Webber
Trident Avenue
Big Sandy Pond
Bryantville
Jennie Torrey
Quincy
John Adame
Dorothy Q
John Adams
Johnquincy Adams
W. Davis
H. Wesley Davis
Medford
George Goodell
Somerville
Davis
Eastern Star
Anna Rider Chapple
Dorchester
Elisha Rider
Jefferson, Avenue
Emerson Hospital
Forest Hills
Frank W. Hall
Lewis Avenue
James R. Pugh
Pittsburg
H. W. Johns-Manville Asbestos Company
Pugh
Ccastra
Johnson, M.D
WiNthrop St
Tros P.M
Dr. GC. H. French
Wave Way Ave
Shirley Station
C. A. Nevers
Wadsworth
Winthrop Centre
Francis Pratt
Optician Studio
Chester Ave
Thornton Station
Bertha Wheeler
Main St
Ralph P. Badger
Rogers Ave
Glazier and Whitener
Madison Ave
E. J. Bishop
Banks Street
E. E. Crosby
Alfred Peat
Meridian Street
East
Horace B. Butler
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