Winthrop Community Scribbles From Chelsea Aid to Post Office Upgrades
Freeman's Hardware promotes garden tools while Winthrop folks attend social events including the Intercolonial Club banquet in Boston. Mrs McCloud, sister of Mr Douglas, visits, as the Ladies Social Union plans a Chelsea fire relief tea. Postmaster Belcher expands mail facilities with new boxes along Shirley Street and package box near Sturgis. New apartment building by Mrs Charles B Thomas slated for Shirley and Irwin streets. Elizabeth Peabody House exhibit showcases kindergarten crafts and drafting by mothers and children.
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Freeman's Hardware & Variety Store
Devoe’s. Freeman's Hardware & Variety Store
George Douglas
Winthrop Street
Prederies
J. McWland
Hector McCloud
Cambridge
McCloud
Douglas
Intercolonial Club
Dudley Street
Boston
Douwglas
Highlands
Ward F Johnstone
Temple Avenue
Annie 8. Newton
A. O. Thompson
Winthrop
David Belcher
Winthrop Post
Ite Alze
Grester Boston
Shirley Street
Mermaid
Shirley
Sea Foam
Ocean Avenue
Tewksbury
Crystal Cove
Sturgis Street
Charles B. Thomas
Irwin Streets
Irwin Street
Ocean
Elizabeth Peabody
United States
Poplar Street
Ralph W. Shorey
W A. Creighton
Shorey
Jessie L. Leonard
Coral Avenue
Winthrop News Briefs From May Day Community Events
Winthrop community items include house cleaning at Freeman’s Hardware and Variety Store, WOTU meeting at Congregational Church on May 5, and Winthrop Cash Dry Goods ads at 481 Shirley Street offering rooms and staffing. Local sports note Rock Ridge defeats Winthrop High 6 to 4 at Havnewell. City updates cover hotel changes, park improvements, school plans, and a new Winthrop Pedestrian Club forming to promote walking and sightseeing with applications by May 9.
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Freeman's ‘Hardware & Variety
Congregational Church
Witthrop ‘Beach
Winthrop Cash Dry Gooda
Shirley Street
Winthrop Cash Dry Goods
Winthrop
Winthrop Canb
William N. Jenkins
Beacon Street
Rock Ridge Preparatory ‘School
Winthrop High
Haavewell
Wellesley Hills
Joseph le Brandt
New York
Ocean View Hotel
Frank A. Douglas
Harbor View
Edgartown
Winthrop Schools
First Church
Conault
Bat Injures Two Boys During Winthrop West Roxbury Game
A bat hit by Winthrop high batter Jack Miller fractured Herbert Rich's skull and struck Richard Green causing a four inch forehead cut. Both boys were unconscious, doctors removed bone from Rich's head, and the game was paused as both youths were treated and later reported resting com fortably.
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Winthrop High
West Roxbury High
Ingleside Park
Herbert Rich
Gilbert Rich
Bay View Street
Richard Green
Jeremiah Green
Highland
Cliff Sveaves
Jack Miller
Rich
Green
Sixteenth meeting of the Q. and Q. Club at Deane Winthrop House
The Q. and Q. Club held its sixteenth meeting at the Deane Winthrop House with Mrs. Hay as hostess. Twelve guests joined regular members for lunch, and former president Mrs. Stearns attended her first visit since leaving Winthrop two years ago. A noon meal was served and plans for next year’s study were discussed without a conclusion.
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Q. and
Q. Club
Deane Winthrop House
Mre. Stearnson
Herbert Spencer
John Stuart Mill
Mr. Stearns
Buckminster
Fire losses per day in 1907 reach six hundred thousand
The author notes that yearly fire losses in the U S and Canada averaged 600 000 dollars per day across 865 days and cites the Chelsea Massachusetts fire as illustrating steady annual losses. It proposes harsher jail terms for gross negligence causing fires to curb the problem.
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Canada
Chelsea
Mass
Vehicle towed to Portland a Boston Beach Lynn road
A vehicle towed to Portland is described as in excellent condition and capable of long service. Officials note it will run between Portland and nearby towns after sale or transfer.
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Boston, Beach
Lynn Road
Language Mixup at London Chemist Shop
Henri, visiting London with no English, seeks a toothbrush after losing his luggage. A chemist notices his French attire and, using a megaphone to address the French customer, informs him in English that the French speaking assistant is out to lunch and he must wait.
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Henri
London
Gay Puree
Swordsmen of the Sea and Narwhal Tusk Lore
An article describes sea swordfish, spearfish, sailfish, and the narwhal with its spiral tusk. Narwhal tusks are hollow and grooved, used for defense and to break ice. The narwhal reaches about fifteen feet, tusks six to ten feet, and is famed for tusks in Denmark’s Rosenborg throne.
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Arctic
Rosenberg
Kings
Denmark
Beavers Train Their Young In A Colony Of Builders
Naturalists rank beavers high among vertebrates for work discipline. A beaver colony shows education of young to take varied trades from civil and marine engineers to plasterers and masons. Each beaver specializes, enabling rapid dam construction and complex excavations.
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Canaries
Officer Travels to Sitka Without Funds
A naval officer with no cash faced travel expenses to Sitka for joining the Beringses patrol. He asked the Secretary of the Navy for relief or advance funds, received a blunt reply, and complied on foot. Upon reaching Harrisburg he learned he could draw travel money in advance.
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United States Treasury
Ilelay
Unies
New York
Sitka
Secretary of the Navy
Ot Cer
Harrisburg
Lippincott’s Magazine
Yale Spoon Men Remembered in Class Honor Tradition
In Yale history the wooden spoon honored the most popular class member rather than the top scholar. Nine members per class, called cocks, selected spoon man to receive the spoon amid the wooden spoon exhibition. The last spoon man was Robert B. Lea of Nashville, class of 1871, who later died in Paris.
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Yale
Hartford
Hich
Cochleau ii
Robert B. Lea
Nashville
Tenn
Paris
Tricky Maoris At Opening Of Public Hall In Taranaki
A large influx of Europeans attended a village public hall opening in Taranaki. Maoris offered change schemes trading shillings and sixpences for larger coins, then dinner hour arrived and most visitors paid with two shilling pieces, reflecting the community’s playful commerce.
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Taranaki
Marry and Part For a Year In Central America
The article describes a Central American custom where newlyweds separate for one year after marriage. Consent from both sets of parents is required, and no courtship occurs before the wedding. Couples stay with their own families to visit friends, a practice common across the region.
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Central America
Spoon Trouble In Dublin Pantomime Tea Room
A suburban couple visiting Dublin for a pantomime found the tea room empty and waited for a spoon as the waitress tidied. She offered the couple the whole room to themselves while she finished tidying.
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Dublin
Liverpool Mercury
Faithful Workman Revealed as Shop Proprietor
A letter praises a neighbor as the most faithful and conscientious workman, noting he never takes a holiday and works past dark. The Tribune identifies the praised man as the proprietor of the shop across the street.
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Scott
Chicago Tribune
The Fireside Diplomat and Quiet Domestic Disputes
A compact vignette from a newspaper page features humorous exchanges about domestic life. Mrs Marryat and her husband spar gently over trifles such as shoes and bread casting while contemporaries critique such exchanges through satirical quotes from Philadelphia Press and Simplicissimus.
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Mrs. Marryat
Philadelphia Press
A Wrong Giles Botanical Youth in Parks Tale
A fragment from the Tonden Globe notes a botanical subject in parks, questioning ownership by a young man and stating the plant belongs to the county council. The brief item hints at a local dispute over plant stewardship or display rights.
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Giles
Botanical Youth In Parks
Tonden
Looking For Light In A Washington Star Quip
A youthful exchange questions Biggins as a potential husband. The girl reacts with surprise while the speaker contemplates risking marriage if Biggins could manage. The line reflects a light social vignette quoted from the Washington Star.
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Biggins
Biiggins
Washington Star
Insomnia and Sheep Referenced in City Journal
A humorous exchange from the Kansas City Journal notes a patient cannot sleep after considering the value of 1,000 sheep by the pound at current prices. The quip plays on sleep trouble and market talk.
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Kansas City Journal
Hawkins-How Henpeck Marriage Progress Report
Humorous note from London Tit-Bits on Hawkins and his wife adjusting to marriage. The mock quarrel over control hints at domestic life while suggesting he once vowed no woman would best him, now humorously under a new balance of power.
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Hawkins
Henpeck
London
Captains Answer On Homesickness During Ocean Voyage
A passenger asks the ocean liner captain if he ever feels homesick. The captain replies that he is never home long enough. The quip appears in the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
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Sturgie Street
Quinthrop Nellis
Flynn
Martha
Broadway
Jeffrson Street
Winthrop Centre
Floyd and
Tucker
North Avenue
Mary F. Austin
jJoho
Tewkebpry
Pleasant Street
John D. Cobb
Revere
Frederick P. Cook
Elizabeth L Tewksbury
Orrin BR. Dickey
John 8
Stevena
Harbor View Avenue
Green Hill Path
Winthrop _Improvement and Histories Association
Deane Winthrop
Frank Tucker
B. L Colby
Winthrop News
Somerset Avenue
Locust Street
Ocean Spray Station
Sargent Street
O. H. Leach
Tremont Street
Ood
Stafford
Atlantic Street
Bartlett Road
O v
Sun and
Rem2
Lyman Meston
Winthrop Beach
Cottage Park Yacht Club
Centre Station
G. H. Davie
Summit
It Avenue
Cliff Avenue
Winthrop Highlands
Boy’s Watch and Chain
Thornton Station
Point Shirley
Finder
Sea View
M. ST Gaty
Ceri
Grover Avenue
Jessie Poole Walsh
Revere Street
Wadsworth’s ‘Hall
Point Shirley Cottage
Tufts Avenue
Floyd & Tucker
School St
Ingleside
Josephine Tytler
Portland
St, Boston
Castor
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