Winthrop Post Office Hours And Box Collections
The Winthrop post office operates weekdays 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and holidays 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., closed Sundays except for Special Delivery mail. Carrier deliveries run 7:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.. 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. collections apply on weekdays. List of boxes and street boxes not collected or collected at 9 p.m. are detailed, with many street corners and roads named. D Belcher, Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Savings Depository
Temple
Highland Avenue
Grover and Cliff
Quincy and Cliff
Cottage Park Road
Johnson Avenue
Court Road
Lowell
Maple Street
Main
Pleasant Street
Main and
Hermon Stret
Hermon App. Centre
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee’s
Revere
Cherry
Summit
Brown's Drug Store
Winthrop Highlands
Grover
Crest
Locust
Beach Road
Ocean Spray
Shirley
Mermaid
Shirley Corner
Sea Foam
Shirley R. R
Ocean Avenue
Sturgis
Tewksbury
Crystal Cove
Cottage Avenue
Hillside
Washington Avenue
Bates
Winthrop
Chester
Centre R. R
Pleasant and
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pauline
Pleasant
Lincoln
Lincoln and
Read
Town Hall
D. Belcher
First Class Day Observed by Winthrop High School Class of 1913
The 1913 graduates held the first class day at Winthrop High School in the natural amphitheatre. James A Callard led the program with songs, a history, a prophecy, and gifts. About 400 parents attended as the event ended with Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop High School
James A. Callard
Charles W. Otto
First Methodist Episcopal Church
James A. Callird
Edward Pero
Miriam Flinn
Anna Schaefer
Marguerite Flood
Horse Dragged Boy Through Town Streets
A horse unhitched from Pleas ant street dragged 12 year old Richard Kempton tied to a rope fixed to the horse’s bridle. Alexander Spindel halted the animal on Main street and Kempton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kempton, suffered head and arm injuries needing stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Spindel
Main Street
Pleasant Street
Spindel
Richard Kempton
Marshall Street
Richard
Harry Thompson
Girdlestone Road
Young Kempton
Herbert Kempton
Masons Observe St. John’s Day at St. John’s Church
The Winthrop Lodge A F and A M held St. John’s day services at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon. Masons in full regalia attended brief sermon by Rev. Charles W. Henry. The church décor featured white roses pinks and peonies with white peonies in the rear. The Adelphi quartet assisted the choir for the offertory anthem. Families and widows of masons attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
Winthrop Lodge
A. M
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Charles W. Henry
Adelphi Quartette
Lodge
Lawn Party at Dean Winthrop House Delightfully Won
A post rain lawn party at Winthrop House drew 125 attendees for a 6 to 7 pm supper featuring chowder and treats. Miss Anna Newton chaired the event with a workers corps. tables displayed fancy items, lemonade, aprons, and candies while decorations, lighting, and an orchestra enhanced the evening. Claire Griffin and Irene Barter performed dances to enthusiastic praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ateather Centre
Winthrop House
Anna Newton
Fred Russell
Elmer E., Dawson
Deane G. Freeman
Nellie Bacon
Claire Griffin
Irene Barter
Field Day of Letter Carriers in Weymouth
The Winthrop Letter Carriers will hold their Annual Field Day on July 4 at New Downer Landing Weymouth. A family reunion style outing features music by the Boston Letter Carriers Band and Golden's orchestra plus athletic events for children and adults. Postmaster Edward C Mansfield will be guest of honor with state and national speakers addressing the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
New Downer Landing
Weymouth
Boston Letter Carriers
Golden
Neponset Bridge
Quincy
Dudley Street
Edward C. ‘Mansfield
Dinner on Moving Day Packable Meal for Transit Kitchens
A moving day dinner can be packed in a suitcase with plates, silver, napkins, tablecloth, candles, and a percolator. Include food like soup, veal loaf, salad, vegetables, biscuits, cheese, and ice cream ordered to the new home for a ready feast.
Magic Spell of the East Delights Cairo Tourists
A reflective travel piece extols Egypt's enduring allure. It highlights modern rail travel and hotel comforts alongside ancient wonders like the pyramids Sphinx and Luxor. The article notes Cairo as a central hub with abundant sightseeing and recreation for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Cairo
Heliopolis
Pyramids
Sphinx
Egypt
East
Beni-Hassan
Tel-el-Amara
Assiout
Upper
Abydos
Seti I
Rameses the Great
Dendera
Luxor
Thebes
Ramesey
Crust Mixture Dumplings With Bacon and Butter
Small rolls crust soaked in hot milk then drained and heated. Bacon pieces fried with crust dice, mixed with soaked bread and butter, bound with egg. Form into equal masses, boil in salted water ten minutes, drain, and serve with brown clarified butter.
Oyster Canapes and Veal Croquettes Featured
Simple oyster canapes mix six large oysters capers pimento horseradish and mayonnaise on buttered bread rounds with egg white petals and a yellow center. Veal croquettes blend finely chopped veal bread crumbs butter egg yolks onion juice salt paprika mace and are fried to serve with tomato sauce.
Green Pepper Sandwiches
Green peppers are deseeded and peeled then ground with cream cheese. The mixture is moistened with cream and spread on unbuttered white bread.
Fried Bread Recipe Note From Historic Column
A recipe advises frying pork fat then adding slices of stale bread to the fat. As the bread fries, pour a little milk or water over each slice and season with salt. Turn and fry the other side for a savory, appetizing result.
Language Slang vs Journalese Warns of Hidden Angles
A critique rails against slang invading English in headlines and writing. It argues against phrases like viewed from a different angle and urges readers to resist modern colloquialisms that erode standard language. It likens bad phrasing to a leak that must be stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Young John E Wilkie and western border raids legend
Youth's Companion recalls John E Wilkie once serving as a young frontier rider with western border fighters. The posse ran short of horses and used car horses trained only to bell commands. A large gong kept troops in order while a wag improvised a parody of Barbara Fritchie ending with a playful ding-ding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Wilkie
Secret Service
West
India
Youth
Wilkie
Barbara Fritchie
von Gray
Strapping German In Dept Store Seeks Wife
A German man zip through department store aisles in a panic. He shouts he cannot find his wife and asks for women’s clothing instead of men’s. Sales staff observe the lively scene with surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clothing
Vimmin
Ladies’' Home Journal
Pigeons Photograph Behind Enemy Lines in Germany
Experiments in Germany test pigeons fitted with shutters for scouting. Birds released from key points fly over fortifications. upon returning home the photographs are developed and can reveal important disclosures on the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Real Estate Transfers In Winthrop Readies List Of Dacks And Names
Public real estate transfers show Mary A. Vessey selling to Amelie C. Tykeson on Cora and Belcher streets and Elizabeth E. Reynolds selling to Bianca Adrower on Marshal street. Other deeds list Amelie C. Tykeson transferring back to Mary A. Vessey on Main street and William M. Strachan conveying Cliff avenue property to Frederick T. Strachan. Each deed notes nominal dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Vessey
Amelie
Tykeson
Cora and
Belcher Streets
W. Vaphen
Amelie C. Tykeson
Main Street
Henrietta D. McNeil
Peter
Christopher
Elizabeth E. Reynolds
Bianca Adrower
Marshal Street
Probate Court cites Bowater will executors in Winthrop estate
The Suffolk Probate Court cites heirs and interested persons in the estate of Mary E. Bowater also called Mary E. Alney late of Winthrop to show cause why the will presented for probate should not be granted. Lewis R. Dunn seeks letters testamentary without a bond. Publication to run weekly for three weeks in the Winthrop Sun and Visitor with notices mailed to known heirs at least seven days before the July 10 1913 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Mary E. Bowater
Mary E. Alney
Winthrop
Lewis R. Dunn
Boston
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Robert Grant
Esquire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winthrop Post Office
Deane Winthrop House
Broadway
Holland
Winthrop Real Estate
William M. Strachan
Frederick T. Strachan
Cliff Avenue
Mary R. Mumier
Anna J. Scanlan
Crescent Street
Fredia Liberman
Sadie Rogers
Woodside Avenue
Ogee
Fletcher
Ieee Cava
Gample
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
W. Lake St
Chicago
Toqutu Uuu
M. Grimes & CO
Washington Ave
Henry
Rich
Geo. F. Sweeny
Henry F. Rich & Co
Wadsworth’s
Tel
Freeman’s. Hardware & Variety Store
the Sun & Visitor If
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
William Lauder
Winthrop Locksmith
Yale
Harvard
Pauline Street
Winthrop Centre
R. J. Promises
Bowdoin Street
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