Winthrop Notes Mention Visits and Events Across Town
Local notices report residents visiting relatives in Philadelphia and Connecticut, a D A R whist subscription list, a coming St John Church confirmation with Bishop Lawrence preaching, and convalescence news. Also coverage of a March Equal Suffrage League meeting postponed, a Bancroft wedding reception, and a prominent women’s club event at the Hotel Vendome with Olga Nethersole in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Brainard
Vine Avenue
South Manchester
Conn
V. Pauls
Summit Avenue
A. B. Davenport
Crystal Cove Avenue
Herman Warren Flint
Washington Avenue
Carney
Boston
Winthrop Equal Suffrage League
A. P. Downs
Cliff Avenue
Samuel G. Irwin
Philadelphia
Mr. McGill
Lucy Bancroft
William P. Bancroft
Gillett
Easter novelties and local notices fill Winthrop news
Freeman's Hardware promotes Easter novelties and house cleaning items. Local residents receive updates on illnesses travels engagements and society events including engagements of Hattie Elizabeth Brown to Charles Alfred Colton and notable appointments by the Board of Selectmen. City society details cover church events and regents for the D A R Humphrey Sprague chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow
Gunpoint
A. B. Dunham
Fremont Street
George E. Edwards
Hermon Street
Madison Avenue
Edgar Power
Court Road
Hall
Chase & Sanborn
F. Cox
Brooklyn
L. R. Cagewell
Bartlett Road
W. H. Grainges
Winthrop Street
Atlantic City
Freeman's Hardware & Variety Store
Winthrop
Bridgewater Normal School
H. R. Thompson
Williams
H. Kemp
Unitarian Church
Frank A. Douglas
St. John’s Guild
The
Episcopal Church
Pleasant Street
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Arthur Washburn
Providence
R. I
James H. Brown
Atlantic Street
Hattie Elizabeth
Charles Alfred Colton
New Directory Issued for Chelsea Revere and Winthrop
Union Publishing Co of Methuen released a new city directory covering Chelsea Revere and Winthrop. The substantial 1000 page volume began canvassing in December and is now distributed to subscribers. The edition highlights residents government members associations churches clubs corporations streets and other information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Revere and
Winthrop
Union Publishing Co
Methuen
Ex Senator Beck Speaks in Winthrop
The Woman's Reserve Corps held a social session at War Veterans Hall on Pauline street in Winthrop. Guest of honor Mayor John E. Beck of Chelsea gave an eloquent patriotism address after introduction by Mrs Annie E Crosby. Dorcas Lyman and Rev W O Litchfield, along with a pantomime of The Star Spangled Banner, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Reserve ‘Corps
War Veterans’ Hall
Pauline Street
John E. Beck
Chelsea
Annie E. Crosby
Dorcas Lyman
Massachusetts
W. O. Litchfield
Deestrict Skule Of Poyn E Shirley Session Delights 400
Repeated with success a public school session was held in the Winthrop Yacht Club hall near Crystal Bay with over 400 attendees. Commodore Whitney chaired. Mrs J L Larrabee taught. nineteen pupils and two visitors joined in the humor and songs. Popcorn balls and taffy were sold during intermission. Proceeds go equally to the Winthrop Improvement Association and the Winthrop Yacht Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortense Dudley Hay
Snooks
Charles’s. Adame
Dipsey
Yacht Club
Winthrop
Iudge
Winthrop Improvement Association
Winthrop Yacht Club
Frost Library Suspends Circulation Due to Scarlet Fever
Due to a high number of scarlet fever cases in Winthrop the Frost Library will not distribute books until further notice. Returns are accepted at usual hours and the building and contents will be cleansed and fumigated under the Board of Health before circulation resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Board of Health
Deane Winthrop House Open Weekdays to Public
The oldest house in Old Boston, The Deane Winthrop House, remains open to the public on weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
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Sargent Street
Tremont Street
Boston
Old Boston
Ocean Spray Station
Property Transfers List From Sargent Street to Winthrop Shore
A series of small property transfers are recorded. George H Beadle transfers to Frederick J Daggett on Sargent street for $1. Frederick J Daggett to Harriet B Beadle on Sargent street for $1. William H Stimpson to Carrie L Kielty on Faun Bar avenue for $1. Varrie L Kielty to Ida B Stimpson on Faun Bar avenue for $1. Mary E Somerby to Sarah K Wight on Winthrop Shore drive for $1. Charles H Somerby to Sarah K Wight on Winthrop Shore drive for $1. Edward E Richards et al to John A W Silver on Cutler and Shirley streets for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Beadle
Frederick J. Daggett
Sargent Street
Harriet B. Beadle
William H Stimpson
Carrie L.kielty
Faun Bar Avenue
Varrie L. Kielty
Ida B. Stimpson
Mary E. Somerby
Sarah K. Wight
Winthrop Shore Drive
Charles H. Somerby
Sarah &K. Wight
Winthrop Shore
Edward E. Richards
John A W. Silver
Cutler and
Shirley Streets
Mme Coralie Cahen and the Vendome Hospital Stand Fast
In the Franco-German war the French hospital at Vendome led by Mme Coralie Cahen resisted German demands. She, with two nurses and seven Sisters of Mercy, saved wounded on both sides and refused to be converted into a German hospital, protected by the Red Cross and French flag. The Prussian general, impressed, afterward showed marked admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vendome
Mme
Coralie Cahen
Mme. Cohen
Red Cross
Quotation on Borrowed Books and Return Temperament
A woman philosopher muses on why people resent returning a borrowed book within a year. She favors lending money over books, noting a higher chance of repayment with money and implying most people return books only through formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Two Weeks in a Siberian Snow Hut Feast of Fat and Freeze
An explorer recalls a brutal two week ordeal in Siberia under the black frost. He describes meals of frozen weeds, raw walrus, thick walrus hide and cold blubber, all eaten to endure the 40 degrees below zero cold. He notes the strange comfort of greasy food and a habit of eating breakfast for dinner.
Second Fiddle Joke Reaches Father at Home
A man rests after work when his son Jim asks to hear his fiddle. The father replies he has no fiddle, and Jim quips that his mother says he has played second fiddle since marrying him, a light home joke in a domestic scene.
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Jim
Mamma
Devonshire Dumpling Joke in Courtroom Exchange
A witty Devonshire dumpling joke unfolds in a courtroom as a cross examining lord chancellor teases a shrewd witness. The response plays on language and local humor, with the witness retorting about being devoured by lawyers if he had been a dumpling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Devonshire
The Wife and Husband Discuss Retrenchment
The Wife notes she urged economy to buy a hat and saved money. The Husband recalls agreeing to quit cigars and beer, then spent the saved funds on clothing. The exchange ends with the Wife affirming the hat purchase was the aim of retrenchment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Notable quotes on sociology and stock speculation
A London Outlook fragment praises Henrik Ibsen as a rare sociologist with financial instinct remarking that a genius sociologist who cares about money could profit on the Stock Exchange. The note frames Ibsen as Europe’s prominent speculative mind and links knowledge of humanity to market insight.
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Stock Exchange
Henrik Ibsen
Europe
London Outlook
Star Part in Brownson Play Ends as Villagers Hang Villain
The manager offers a role to a fallen star in Brownson's new piece as the villagers form a mob and hang the villain in effigy. The star resists leading a mob, noting past theater glory and accepting only the effigy part.
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Brownson
Chinese Laundry Ticket System Names Gods in Weekly Batch
A Harper's Weekly note explains the Chinese laundry practice of ticketing. Each week the laundryman issues duplicate wash tickets named after gods or celestial objects such as Moon or Sun, with numbered series like Moon No. 1 and Moon No. 2, then includes his own name between repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wong Lee
Harper’s Weekly
Tenure of Office Act Endorsed After Presidential Clash
The Tenure of Office Act passed in February 1867 during Congress fierce struggle with President Johnson limits presidential removals. It removes cabinet removal power unless Senate approves and keeps appointees in office for the president's term plus one month, subject to Senate consent. The president vetoed but Congress overrode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ihs
Andrew Johnson
Senate
New York American
Editor weighs another coal joke as chestnut size
A cheeky exchange from the Philadelphia Press jokes about coal as a chestnut size gag. The liner notes mock a humorous item offered by a new jokesmith.
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Philadelphia Press
Pay as you go pledge sparks transit dispute
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal shows a citizen asserting pay as I go while a janitor counters with pay as you move in. The exchange hints at tensions over funding or access during the transition between departments.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Wisdom of the Seer Assessment of a Fiancé
A fortune teller counsels a young woman on her engagement asking if the man will be a good husband. The reader is told that outcomes hinge on the individual, with a remark that bad husbands are self-made. The New York World piece blends quotes and a witty aside on symmetry and boredom.
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New York World
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Winthrop News
Shirley
W. Grant
Congress Street
Mermaid Avenue
Stafford
Ocean
Winthrop Highlands
Seymour Street
San
Kramer
Ehéaip
D. EK
Somerset Avenue
Eddy
Farnham
Point Shirley Cottage
Tufts Avenue
Floyd & Tucker
Meridian Street
East
Horace B. Butler
Endicott
D Winthrop Neuis
David Benshimot
Quincy Avenue
Jennie Tarbox
West Somerville
E. E Crosby
Ralph and
Margie Wellington
Ocean Avenue
Barnstead
N.H
Frothingham, Heffernan & C Co
Washington Street
Joel Goldthwait & Co
A. L. Squier
Newtonville M. EE
M. EE
Olga Nethersole
Marion Howard - Brazier
Eliza Cahill
Nethersole
Katherine M. Ricker
Bertha~ Wesselhoeft Swift
Maud Paradis Lane
Margaret Goram
Theodore Winthrop Swift
Winthrop Wets
Mesdames Wesley A. Gove
Frederick N. Burhoar
Henry Appleton _Hay
H. Leonard
Keye
Freeman’s Hardware & Variety Store
Stephen Belcher
River Road
Pendleton
Bowdoin Street
Board of Selectmen
Ernest R. Buffington
George Payne
John J. Kennedy
Unitarian Society
All Souls
Matilda J. Magee
Annie Hamilton
Jefferson
Everett
Humphrey and Sprague
Trinity M. E
West Medford
Lynn
Florence Tewksbury
E. H. Leonard
Lafayette Goodbar
Frank L. Woodward
Perkins Streets
Messrs
Macgowan
Floyd and
Richardson
Woodward
Washington, D. C
Beck
Frost Library
Winthrop Real Estate
Bears
Boston Elevated Railroad Co
Office of Supt. of Transportation
Milk St
Boston Elevated Railway
Jordan Arch
Walter F. Jordan & CO
Boylston Street
Mass
America
Siberia
Charmless Music
Wisdom
Victor
Heo
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