Winthrop News Notes Local People and Events
Nelson Floyd plans a summer cottage at Point Shirley. Mrs. Hannah Nevins visits from Merrimac. Mrs. E. O. Page stays with sister in Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Young welcome a daughter. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Caulfield visit Mrs. Maloney. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. James Gaddis. Gaddis is baggage master at the beach station. Bankruptcy petition filed by L. Melvin Johnson. debts total about 5967 to 60 unsecured creditors. D.A.R. whist at Mrs. O. V. Paul’s home. Matinee Whist Club postpones to next week. New whist club hosts luncheon on Cliff Avenue. Winthrop residents host a leap year dinner at Lombardi Inn. Edythe Keene, Winthrop girl, headlines a recital at Jordan Hall. Equal Suffrage League parlor concert and reception planned for March 27–28. 75 guests expected. Lorimer Hall plans and local delegation named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Floyd
Point Shirley
Hannah Nevins
Merrimac
E. O. Page
Lancaster
E. J. Silverberg
Sargent Street
Wiley Young
Main Street
J. F. Caulfield
Woburn
O. V. Paul
Summit Avenue
the Highlands
Frank A. Housh
Grovere Avenue
George
Bernstein
Cliff Avenue
Dor
Robert Rogers
Fannie I. Rogers
William Frost
Pico Avenue
Derry
N. H
Winthrop
Cod
Winthrop Cash Dry Goods
G. Concannon
Shirley Street
William H. Mirick
Washington Avenue
Mirick
Willard M. Bacon
A. Woodman
William H. Stintson
Commodore Edgar H. Whitney
Equal Suffrage League
F. N. Barbour
Temple Avenue
Blanche Pierson
East Boston
Jennie A. Crowley
Maud Paradis Lane
Mies Hazel Hemman
West Roxbury
Equal Suffrageee
Atinee Whiet Club
Suffrage Association
Marlborough Street
Lorimer Hall
Baptist Temple
Arta and Crafts Booth
Hortense Dudley Hay
Mies Sallie Schryver
Harry T. Knight
A.w.cobb
Frank Housh
Calvin P. Low
William S. Gardner
P Jacobs
Thomas H. Cross
Edwin H. Leonard
Winthrop Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr Charles Madden of Keene New Hampshire visits sister in Winthrop. Mrs J Belcher hosts. Dr Willard Coy moves to Winthrop street house. Mrs Isabel Golding and Miss Zitta of Model Farm visit Lincoln street. O E Hall & Sons advertise hack services. baby show planned. La Deestrict Skule to be performed at Winthrop Yacht Club/Point Shirley Club. Engaging social calendar with parties, entertainments, and shop announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Madden
Keene, N. H
J. Belcher
Winthrop Street
John Levangie
Bowdoin Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gladys Gillam
O. F. King
Brookline
O. &. Hall & Sons
Beachmont
Isabel Golding
Zitta
Model Farm
N. B
B. Wetmore
Lincoln Street
Willard Coy
Asa Capen
East Boston
Emma E. Andrews
O. E. Hall & Sons
Revere
Florence Neff
Boston Stock Company
Florence Tewkebury
Pleasant Street
Lillian Stewart
Boston
John McNaught
John
Winthrop Yacht Clubhouse
Point Shirley Club
Winthrop Yacht Club
Horatio R. N. Lugrin
Locust Street
Shirley Street
Hattie L Siebert
Winthrop
New Orleans
Ward F. Johnston
Temple Avenue
O. W. Mongrain
Kate Walker
Mrs Eckells Visits Sister In Milton
Mrs H F Eckells of Milton is visiting her sister Mrs J 3 Wheeler on Main Street for a social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F Eckells
Milton
J. 3. Wheeler
Main Street
St Patrick's Party Held For 18th Birthday
Master Alec Douglas hosted a St Patrick's party at 21 Pleasant Street on March 17 to mark his 18th birthday. Mrs Douglas organized the event with prizes awarded for the Progressive Peanut Job and Art Gallery contests. Other guests included Lucile Pennington Russell Bartlett Marguerite Hill Alba Pool and Jean Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Douglas
Pleasant Street
Anna Burke
Dorothy Day
Roy Bradbury
Chandler Colby
Webster Howard
Sherry O’brien
Wilhthorp widow Mrs Coleman Cooke dies at 78
Mrs Coleman Cooke widow of Coleman Cooke died after a long illness at 78. Born July 14, 1880 in Paris Me to Thomas and a Briggs she married David K. Wardwell in Medford in 1854 and had one son Howard Wardwell of Winthrop. She later wed Coleman Cooke of East Boston in 1894. he died in 1896. Funeral at Williams Street home officiated by Rev Charles Tilton with First Church of Winthrop choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan P
Coleman Cooke
Asong
Jesus
Earth
Heaven
Mrs Cooke
Thomas Briggs
Paris
David K. Wardwell
Medford
Mass
J. M. Manning
Howard O. Wardwell
Williams Street
Winthrop
East Boston
Charles Dixon
Berkeley Temple
Cooke
Methodist Episcopal Church
Old First Church
Hanover Street
Boston
Normal College
W. F. Mallaliea
T. H. Vincent
Daniel Wise
Wardwell
First Church of
Sumner Floyd
Charles Tilton
First Church Quartet
Jesus Christ
Funeral Procession Intercepted by Verger
A solemn funeral procession moves from church toward the grave when the old verger halts it and quietly tells the clergyman that the corpse's brother wishes to speak. The rustic scene captures a moment of private family prerogative interrupting public ceremony.
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London
A Nautical Secret Sailor’s Witty Waves Answer
A humorous exchange reveals that the boat’s pitch of 507 is caused by the waves. Sap Francisco Call shares this nautical quip in a light, seaside tone. The line features a passenger and a sailor discussing a ship’s motion with playful wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco
He Wanted to Know The Employer And The Suburbanite Dialogue
A short exchange unfolds as the Employer questions lateness and the Suburbanite confesses two track wrecks this morning. The Employer presses for the identity of the other incident.
Partly True Mr Nix says about job claim questioned
A heated exchange centers on a claim of nine years out of work. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a confrontation where Mr Nix disputes the statement and calls portions of the tale into doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Nix
Philadelphia Inquirer
Entertainments Advertised In Winthrop Sun and Visitor
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor runs notices promoting local entertainments. The item highlights upcoming events, dates, venues, and ticket information. Readers are urged to plan attendance and check editions for details.
Will You Be My Wife
In a conservatory scene a man asks for marriage and the woman initially refuses. He remains calm and suggests they finish their dance. She reveals a desire for revenge and reconsiders, agreeing to marry him as the plants seem to laugh at their exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lace Dressing: A Safe Yet Heatful Trade
A recent English investigation finds lace dressing, once seen as unhealthy due to rooms above 100 degrees and high moisture, to be healthful overall. New workers adjust quickly, illnesses are fewer than in other crafts, and many lace dressers enjoy vigorous old age despite poor living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Indianapolis News
Early Beginnings of Deaf Education and Language Beliefs
The article traces historic beliefs that deaf education was impossible and language required hearing. It cites Lucretius on speech, Bede’s early mention of instruction, and Rudolf Agricola's Dialectica. General instruction began around 1620, as noted in New York American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretius
Rudolfus Agricola
Heidelberg
New , York American
Frederick the Great's Flight and Katte's Martyrdom
Frederick II, son of Frederick William, fled to England seeking refuge with his uncle George II. His aides Katte and Keith aided the escape. Katte was executed after court martial. Keith escaped. Frederick was sentenced to death but spared due to entreaties from the kings of Sweden and Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick William
Frederick the Great
Siberia
Frederick
George II
England
Katte
Keith
Sweder
Poland
Tim and the Boston Lawyer Who Kept Him Out of Jail
Tim, a protégé of the famed Boston lawyer Mr. Blank, was frequently in trouble but avoided jail or fines thanks to his guardian attorney. The Green Bag notes his easy arrests and the claim that Blank’s legal knowledge shields him from consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim
Mr. Blank
Boston
Never a One Day President in 1849 Inaugural Question
A Pittsburg Leader letter argues that on March 4 1849 David Rice Atchison Missouri president pro tempore did not serve as president of the United States. It notes the 1793 and 1886 succession rules and that Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore were in Washington for an interregnum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rice Atchison
Missouri
Senate
United States
Congress
House
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Washington
Mr. Atchison
Mr. Taylor
Arthur
New York
Brady
Roosevelt
Buffalo
Hazel
Atchison
Pittsburg
Glory Attendee Disrupts Sermon With Ocean Depth Joke
A Methodist minister tries to curb a shouting parishioner by offering a dry science book at tea. The man erupts with glory and declares the sea to be five miles deep. He reasons if souls are cast into the depths, they cannot rise again, and continues praising.
Escape from Sing Sing by Pallister and Rohlf
The New York Tribune recounts Pallister and Rohlf, two convicted murderers, feigning a drink request to overpower a night officer. They freed Rohlf, overpowered a second guard, offered liberty to three inmates who refused, then climbed the skylight, slid the wall, and escaped by boat across the Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing
Pallister
Rohlf
Up Two Stumps
A short tale in which Little Johnny struggles with eating a plateful of victuals. His father tests him with an ultimatum to eat all or face punishment. Johnny, unable to finish, asks whether he would prefer a licking or a bust if he were in his father's place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Papa
When I came across a quirky Irish language remark
An observer notes a foreigner’s humorous take on Irish grammar claiming he would quit English after reading a sentence about winning a one dollar prize. The quip highlights confusion over fast and waste in language usage and shows the humor in linguistic oddities.
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Horace B. Butler
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Joseph E. Davison
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Edward J Clark
Joseph E. Davis
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Edythe Keene
New England Conservatory of Music
Jordan Hall
Q Conservatory
Mies Keene
Dubois’ ‘Alleluia
Gertrude Mudgett
C. E. Leach
Leona Hiltz
Elsie Lindbohm
Ethel Howard
Annie Flieger
Flora
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Charles Howard
Chester Jordan
Parker Margeson
Wentworth Flieger
Walter Floyd
Alfred Moore
Ladies’ Union
W. H. M. Society
Epworth
Jenitor
Hattie L. Siebert
Horton
Beach
Chicago
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N. Y
Jordan Arch
EES F. Jordan & CO
Boylston Street
America
St. Patrick's Party
Mrs. Coleman Cooke
Tay
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