Global facts and curiosities fill a chaotic news page
A collage of brief notes: London clergy density, Johannesburg real estate, Dutch Guiana jewelry, a 1 044 member Bar Association, Britain’s foreign bonds, Shanghai department store, a Brussels hospital suicide, Lippman’s fatal heart attack, Peary’s Eskimo dogs on Eagle Island, Mrs. Sophia Wilson’s lost thimble, Rhode Island coal baskets, Findlay firemen rule changes, hunting lions in Portuguese East Africa, Bowery learning, peddlers in New York, Swiss stamps, Cheshire bank bill from 1806, Greek fleet reform, Stedman bequests to Yale, Bebel’s health postponement, St Gaudens eagles, Pacific Scientific Institute in Honolulu, butter in China, Berlin women cab drivers ban.
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London
Johannesburg
Dutch Guiana
Bar Association
United States
Great Britain
America
Canada
Far East
Shanghai
Brussels
Morris Lippman
New York
Eagle Island
Maine
Rhode Island
Findlay
Morningside Heights
Henric
Helvetia
Switzerland
Alps
Cheshire National Bank of
Keene
N. H
Massachusetts
Admiral Fournier
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Yale University
Theocritus
Herr- Bebel
Reichstag
Socialist Party
St. Gaudens
Pacific Scientific Institution
Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Berlin
Winthrop Sun and Visitor May 9 1908 notice page
Publication notice from Winthrop Sun and Visitor outlines submission deadlines and rates. Advertising and news items must reach office by Thursday 6 30 PM, rejected manuscripts not kept, stamped return requests advised. Subscriptions priced, address details, and printing schedule noted. Chelsea relief fund contributor list to publish names only, not amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cory
Taare
Thure
Boston
Mass
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Law and Visitor
Winthrop
Chelsea Relief Fund
Llow
The Coming Baby Show at Wadsworth Hall
A two day event in May at Wadsworth Hall invites babies up to four years old to compete for prizes based on votes. Tickets cost ten cents with five cent extra votes. mothers enter babies by May 18 with full name and mother’s name to Mrs A E Wyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth Hall
A E. Wyman
Centre Street
Names Proposed for New Winthrop Grammar School
The Winthrop grammar school on Pauline street nears completion with a brick super-structure. Citizens favor naming the school after E. B. Newton for devoted public service and support of children, a view echoed by the Winthrop Woman's Club and other groups.
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Pauline Street
Winthrop
E. B. Newton
Winthrop Woman's Club
Seventeenth Q and Q Club Meeting at Buckminster
The Q and Q Club held its seventeenth meeting at the Buckminster on Tuesday May 5 with 26 guests at a lunch enhanced by water color menus from a Boston artist. Officers were elected, a club history will be compiled, and plans for next year include literature and music programs. A note from Josephine Tyler, secretary.
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Q. and Q Club
Buckminster
Twentysix
Boston
Hayes
Pierce
Tyler
Josephine Tyler
Elizabeth
Della Howe
Mary Topham
Hay
Club
Pew
Barbour
Webber
Housh
Bowling Club Dance at Constitution Hall Hosts 60 Couples
The Winthrop Bowling Club held its second dancing party in Constitution Hall last Thursday evening. About sixty couples attended as pink and white hall decorations set the scene. Floor management was by RB J Murray with helpers EB Lewis Barry Holmes Ambl er Howatt plus Domonick of Lewierblock provided artistic decor.
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Winthrop Bowling Club
Winthrop
Constitution Hall
Mr. Domonick
Lewierblock
RB. J. Murray
W. EB. Lewis
H. A Barry
W. N. Holmes
H. R. Ambler
F. P. Howatt
Card of Thanks for Sympathies and Flowers in Bereavement
The Sawyer and Rines families express sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy during bereavement. They thank those who offered flowers and tributes, and honor Winthrop firemen, the Odd Fellows, the Knights and Ladies of Honor, and neighborhood children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Firemen
Odd ‘Fellows
Knights and Ladies-of -Honor
William H.’ Sawyer
E. A. Rines
Winthrop Post Office Letters for Week Ending May 9
List of letters remaining for the Winthrop post office for the week ending May 9 includes E. 8. Dana Geo. R. Hermann II, Prince James Sullivan.
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Winthrop
Winthrop Post Office
Dana Geo. R. Hermann II
Prince James Sullivan
Guests Night by Winthrop Suffrage League at Ocean View
The Winthrop Equal Suffrage League held a guest night May 1 at the Ocean View Hotel with about 85 attendees. Speakers included Miss MoCloud of the District Nurse Association and Dr. Lindenthal of the Boston Board of Health, who touted district nursing as essential and non sectarian, with extensive discussion of its history, costs, and community benefits.
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Winthrop Equal . Suffrage League
Ocean View Hotel
Mia
Hortense Dudley Hay
Mes
Margaret Hill Cross
Oliver F. Clark
Carrie V. Paul
Charles F. Jacobs
Calvin P. Low
Suffrage Association
Herbert Seiler
Shamokin
New England Conservatory of Music
Phyllis Jordan
J. Cronenwett
Seiler
Nettie M. Stanley
Ethel B. Studley
MoCloud
District Nurse Association
Massachusetts Avenue
Hay
England
Great Britain
Canada
Boston
Mies Melloud
Florence Nightingale
Lindenthal
Boston Board of Health
Winthrop
C. BE. Johnson
Schon Committee
George E. Mitchell
Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association
Henry B. Fiske
Town Government Association
H. H. Lagrin
the Highlands
E. H. Phillips
West Medford
Medford
Chelsea Campaigns In Chelsea Senate Race Rumors
The Republican senatorial contest dominates discussion as candidates push canvassing amid Chelsea catastrophe fallout. Burnham remains a candidate, Gove and McKie show strength, Hall is ruled out, Willard may run, Beck and Willard ties noted. East Boston Winthrop and Revere back Burnham. Noddle Island trio resuming strenuous work.
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Chelsea
Lewis Burnham
Argus Advocate
Burnham
Robert J. Gove
Aleo
McKie
Senator Hall
Hall
Willard
John EB. Beck
Messrs. Willard
Beck
Mr Willard
Mr. Burnham
Burnham_will
Beck and Hall
East Boston
Revere
Gove
Winthrop
Noddle
Winthrop Real Estate Transfers List
Real estate transfers recorded in Winthrop show multiple assignments including John J. McCarthy to Marietta Tapper on Bowdoin Street and other deeds such as W. Imogene G. White to Henry L. Sampson on Sargent Street. Associations like Winthrop Associates to Evelyn M. Flaherty on Emerson and Lowell Roads appear, with several minor parcels and $1 considerations noted.
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John J. McCarthy
Ww. Winthrop
Evelyn M. Flaherty
Emerson and Lowell Roada
Adoniram
Deaths in Winthrop Grace May Sawyer and Donald J Jenkins
In Winthrop Grace May Sawyer nee Webster wife of William H Sawyer died May 1. Donald J Jenkins son of William N and Rosalie E Jenkins died May 4 in Winthrop.
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Sawyer
Winthrop
Grace May Sawyer
Webster
William H. Sawyer
Jenkins
Donald J
William N. and
Rosalie E. Jenkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis Klock
Washington
Herbert E. Emerson
Ernest H. Pierce
Telephone
Winthrop Sun
Winthrop Visitor
Lewis Brook
Beach Station
The
Winthrop Shore Drive
Charles Eskrigge
Winthrop Beach
Eskrigge
Stover
William Jenkins
Castoria
East Boston Argus
Winthrop Real. Estate
Johnson
Winthrop St
Chrop
Dr. CG. H. French
Wave Way Ave
C. A. Nevers
Wadsworth Block
Winthrop Centre
Francis Pratt
Optician Studio B'ld’g
Tremont St
Chester Ave
Thornton Station
Bertha Wheeler
Main St
Ralph P. Badger
Rogers Ave
Lynn
Edwards
Glazier and Whitener
Madison Ave
E. J. Bishop
Banks Street
E. E. Crosby
Alfred Peat
Prise Well
Pepa
Meridian Street
East
Horace B. Butler
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