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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1914
Page
5
A fragment notes Charles A. Hagman as Clerk of the Board of Selectmen and attests a true copy. The text repeats names and formal stamping. No dates or places are provided.
An early summer housing notice invites readers to advertise in the Winthrop Sun and Visitor for boarders or roomers. The brief item promotes local classifieds as a channel to find lodging options during the season.
Winthrop Centre and Highland Drug Stores serve as news and ad drop sites. Residents include Guy H Maynard returning from Europe and Joseph LeCain leasing a Point Shirley cottage. Fires at 131 Circuit Rd and lead pipe theft at Birch/Circuit noted amid yacht club rivalries and Holy Name Society events. Mentions include Miss Jenkins wedding plans and Columbus Day parish parade.
Local athletics set an afternoon contest against West Roxbury AA this Saturday at Ingleside Park. Community notices update on guests, engagements, school events, and Fourth of July preparations with emphasis on local figures and groups.
Milred F Corcoran of Winthrop married Eugene J Sullivan Boston lawyer and former Tufts athlete at St John the Evangelist in a ceremony officiated by Rev John H Griffin. The couple will reside in Brookline after a White Mountain honeymoon. Sullivan known in New England semi professional baseball circles.
Miss Edith Snow of Rockland Me visits Mrs Bo Snow of Cottage Avenue. Mr W Thomson of Plummer Avenue spends two months vacationing in England and Scotland. Mrs Russell Garratt and children of Worcester are boarding at Winthrop Highlands for the summer. The Mothers Department meets Tuesday evening June 30 at 745 in First Baptist vestry with speaker Mrs Willem Brown Reed on Story telling a Force for Good. All mothers and caregivers invited.
Winthrop Lodge A F and A M observed St John’s Day with 4 p.m. church exercises at the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Weber quartet performed, Rev Chas Tilton offered prayer, Rev A Irvine Innis read scripture, and Rev C S Otto delivered an address. Rudolph Nettle played violin and Vidlin and Soft Tones were featured.
Sir Walter Scott and his amanuensis Willy Laidlaw are noted for their brisk dialogue as Scott spins out words. Laidlaw recalls a moment when Scott urged him to speed up while Scott warned that every word must be forged from his mind.
A fragment shows a young party member taunting an old gent during a clash over stones. The exchange features a sly line about continuing the mischief and the other’s inability to see who is being hit. The context implies street politics and partisan conflict.
Deposits made on or before July 15 will earn interest from that date. Open daily 10 to 12 noon and 1 to 8 p.m. On Wednesdays evenings 7 to 8 80 for deposits only. A. E. Whittemore, Treasurer, Jefferson Street near Centre Station.
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