Winthrop Sun and Visitor paper sale locations
Copies of this paper, at 5 cents each, are always for sale at listed spots including A. T. Bangness opposite Highland Station Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Depot Boston Winthrop Beach News Co opposite Beach Station J H Totman's News Agency Jefferson and Winthrop Streets Brown's Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Mantua Venus W B Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Elizabeth Rippay variety store opposite Centre Station and at the publication office Lewis Block Washington Ave.
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A. T. Bangness
Highland Station
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn Depot
J. H. Totman
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Brown's Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Mantua
w._B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety Store
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Washington Ave
Keith’s next week features Milward Whelan and more
English actress Jessie Milward returns to Boston in The Queen’s Messenger with charm and humor. Albert Whelan, famed Australian entertainer, performs in a relaxed style. John Hyams Leila McIntyre Fields Ward Lew Sully and Luigi Rossi present new material and a notable animal intelligence exhibition Emir.
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Keith
Jessie Milward
London
New York
John Hyams
Leila McIntyre
Keithites
Fields
Ward
Lew Sully
Luigi Rossi
Emir
Gay Standing and Theodore Roberts Star in The Right of Way
Klaw and Erlanger present Gay Standing and Theodore Roberts in Sir Gilbert Parker's The Right of Way at Hollis Street Theatre Boston for three weeks starting March 30. Standing shines as Charley Steele and Roberts as Jo Portugais. the production features a notable company and sumptuous setting.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Gay
Theodore Roberts
Agenc
Steele
Jo Portugais
Boston
Klaw
Erlanger
Mesers
Standing
Roberts
Martin Sabine
Joseph Tuohy
Alice Lennon
E. Y. Backus
Edson Miles
van Dosen Phillips
J. H. Howland
Paula Groy
Alexander Kearney
Louis le Bay
Adolph Jacques
Henry Wenman
Mignon Beranger
May Buckley
Rookie Cavalry Story From First Night On Patrol
A humorous anecdote recalls a cavalry rookie on his first night on duty. The officer questions the guard about orders and procedures, then asks what he would do if a steamboat approached. The rooky replies with a witty line, implying he would quit drinking.
Buckboard origins traced to mobile stores method
A Chicago News excerpt recounts how the buckboard name began in the 1920s with Dr. Buck reorganizing military supply wagon loads in east Tennessee. By placing long boards on axles, cargo moved via wheels and boards only, reducing delays and overturns on rough roads and influencing both carriages and early automobiles.
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Dr. Buck
East
Tennessee
Chicago News
Millais, Fisherman, and a Bishop Tale From Ireland
The reminiscence recalls Sir John Millais who loved fishing and a north England day with a gossiping attendant. The old man describes a bishop who curses while fishing, prompting Millais to defend the bishop, arguing his piety despite swearing at times.
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Sir John Millais
England
Millais
London
St Patrick and the Roosters Tale in County Sligo
A tale from Ex change recounts how St Patrick’s reputed snake charming led to a legendary feud with a Scottish intrusion. In a small Sligo district, residents hid roosters under creels to silence crowing, angering Luceat who cursed the district’s roosters so they would never crow again.
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St. Patrick
County
Sligo
Luceat
The Fourteen and French History Across Century Doors
The text traces a recurring fixation on the number fourteen in French history from 1554 to 1715. It links May 14 events to Henri II and Henri IV, notes Henry IV's assassination by Ravaillac, and remarks that dates in 1643 and 1715 align with the number fourteen through digit sums and year patterns.
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France
Louis XIII
Henri IV
Louis XIV
Doctor's medical sea chest joke sails ashore
A veteran naval surgeon recalls a young doctor who treated every illness with sea water. He fed patients a large dose and the crew grew to hate him. He then fell overboard, prompting a captain to ask the cause. The tar quipped that the doctor had fallen into his medicine chest.
Fooling the Youngster at the Matinee Farewell
A father-consults-mother exchange hints at taking a youngster to a matinee. The child downplays the plan noting the phonetic joke in matinee. The brief quip reflects a family moment and wordplay around the theatre outing.
Lowell Advice to a Bride on Marriage
A quip from James Russell Lowell counsels a bride to always give her husband her own way. The humorous guidance reflects early Victorian domestic wit and the era’s views on marital roles.
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James Russell Lowell
A Thirst For Knowledge
The reader asks for the real difference between Stradivarius violins and others. The editor notes price differences can be up to five thousand dollars.
How He Did It. The Colorado Goat Shipping Tale
An eastern rail official recalls a brakeman who used a shipping tag tied to a mountain goat to secure a pass home. In Denver the worker collected gifts from friends before returning, and the goat was sent via stock-car line with a tag reading Please pass the butter. Thomas d Meechin, brakeman. Harper's Weekly.
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Western Railway
Rockies
Denver
Colorado
Thomas d. Meechin
T. Ry
Harper’s Weekly
Ant merchant ships eggs to nobility across Europe
Leather clad vendors in Paris and London handle ants and their eggs shipped from Europe. Eggs are packed for game preserves while live ants are kept in runs to ensure laying and later sold as blocks like tobacco to bird dealers. Ant bites require sturdy leather underwear in this unusual trade.
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Paris
London
Europe
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Past Conviction Reemerges as Hidden Paper Treasure
A former Liverpool prisoner, reformed and renamed as a colonial editor, learns after years of rebuilding that a tornado uncovered old English papers beneath his office roof. Among them is a full trial report and conviction record from his own earlier case, revealed by staff efforts.
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Jowett
Liverpool
Iie
St. James
Language to Swear by and the Fearful Trader
The passage contrasts honesty in speech with duplicity in taste, mocking those who imitate others to appear genteel. It argues sincere preference reveals character, while pretended refinement marks cravenness and harm to culture.
Origin of book names rooted in trees and bark
The article traces etymology from beech and boc to book and letters, noting boc and buchstaben as German roots for beech staves. It links liber to library, bibléa to Bible, and explains codex as a wood bundle while leaf remains a simple image.
Half Drunk Private Told to Take One Boot Off
A private soldier, taken to the guardroom for intoxication, argued with the sergeant in charge asking if he was drunk. The sergeant replied with a curt order to remove boots and accepted the claim that he was only half drunk, instructing to take off one boot.
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London
Peculiarity of Madness and Subordination in Bedlam
Medora Messenger reflects on madness and power noting bedlam houses attract kings poets and philosophers. The piece argues human deeds and lives are only understood after they finish and cautions against predicting manhood or a child’s future.
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Bedlam
Medora Messenger
Descartes and the Cogito in New York Americana
The piece describes Descartes turning the mind inward like Bacon turned outward and finding certitude in the thinking self. It states that consciousness underpins truth and that clear ideas reveal science, culminating in the claim that the idea of infinite perfection signifies God exists.
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Descartes
Bacon
God
New York Americana
Science and Sound Fact Shows Sleep Mind Wonder
A visiting scientist ponders the mind during sleep and recalls waking from a vivid dream. His host explains she often wakes to the fumbling of her husband’s keys at the front door, illustrating how sounds reveal underlying anxiety.
Impertinence and a Witty Waiter Quip
An acquaintance quips about a man’s impertinence comparing him to a waiter. A guest complains the fish is undercooked, and the waiter replies with a sharp retort about the wife. The guest asks why that matters, and the waiter explains he knew the wife would not be particular.
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Blank
Walter
Two Artists Boast Painting Realistic Pranks
A tale describes two painters bragging. One says he painted a sixpence on the ground and a beggar nearly broke his fingers trying to pick it up. The other claims he painted a leg of mutton on a stone, fooling a dog who ate half the stone before realizing the ruse.
His Narrow Escape
A Philadelphia Ledger quip reflects on a near financial disaster as a man laments missing an advised investment after a close call with the Steenth National. The wry remark underlines the peril of poor timing and scarce funds.
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Steenth National
Philadelphia Ledger
Petition for license to sell estate of Mary Emily Eaton
Massachusetts probate court cites heirs to show cause why executor Gilbert Belcher should be granted private sale of all real estate of Mary Emily Eaton of Winthrop to pay debts and admin charges. Hearing set for March 26, 1908 in Boston. Notice requires service by publication in Winthrop Sun and Visitor and mailing to interested parties. Court official Robert Grant signs.
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Suffolk
Mary Emily Eaton
Winthrop
Gilbert H. Belcher
Boston
Winthrop Sun
Robert’ Grant
Arthur W. Dolan
Death Estate Admin Granted in Winthrop Proceedings
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Probate Court issues citation in the estate of Albert W Richardson late of Boston intestate. Josephine Louise Richardson of Winthrop seeks administration without bond. notice to heirs creditors and interested parties via Winthrop Law and Visitor for three weekly publications beginning March 4, 1908. Judge Robert Grant presiding. Arthur W Dolan Register.
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Suffolk
Albert’ W. Richardson
Boston
Josephine Louise Richardson
Winthrop
Winthrop Law and Visitor
Robert . Grant
Arthur
W.dolan
Register
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Winthrop Beach News Co
Venus
Keith’s Theatre
the Right of Way
St. Patrick and the Roosters
Doctor At Sea
Mr. Popley
Dr. Chalmers
Ant Merchants
Atlantic
Science and Sound Fact
Realism
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth OF Massachu
Sst
Caen
Bears
Castoria
Alfred Tewksbury & Co
Herrick’s
Educato
Golden Kull
Beacon Falls
Wadsworth
Winthrop Centre
Wissner
Shhoninger
Krell
Ludwig
Winter
Schubert
Shultz
Cote
Blake
Washington St
Chas. F. Totten
Winthrop Beach, Mass
Garden Tools
Leeds
Winthrop Hardware Co
WM. G. Grant Manager
Revere St
Frank P. Anthony
North Centre Street
Sargent St., Winthrop
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