William B. Rice and the Rise of Winthrop Real Estate
The obituary outlines William B. Rice of Quincy Massachusetts as a self made man in shoes and real estate who played a pivotal role in the development of Winthrop. It details his 1880s purchases including Great Head for 20000 and land deals with the Winthrop heirs, construction, and the expansion of streets and housing. It notes his partnership with H. H. Hutchins and involvement with the Winthrop Shore Land Company as a major force in transforming the peninsula area into a growing community.
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William B. Rice
Quincey
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John W. Tewksbury
Gerry Tewksbury
Jerome B
George W. Wyman
Whitman & Breck
City of
Boston
Point Shirley
Revere
Provect
Boston Board of Aldernen
Revere Street
Mr. Rice
Winthrop
H. H. Hutchins
Winthrop Shore Land Company
Boston Revere Beach—&—Lynn Company
Highlands
Winthrop Post Office Letters for Week Ending May 24
List of letters remaining for the week ending May 24 at the Winthrop post office. Names include Miss Z. B. Bromley, Amos Brunelle, A. R. Blizzard, Mrs. Martha Coffin, L. McChadwick, Miss Margaret Grant, Melvin N. Gould, Mrs. A. E. Glasgow, Mrs. Blanche Lavers, Mrs. Amanda Shaw, Mrs. Alonzo Week, and others.
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Winthrop
Z. B. Bromley Amos Brunelle
A. R. Blizzard
Martha Coffin L. McChadwick
Margaret Grant Melvin N. Gould
A. E. Glasgow
Blanche Lavers
Amanda Shaw
Alonzo Week
Keiths Theatre to Feature Diverse Vaudeville Week
Keiths Theatre announces a week of May first attractions led by Leslie in Hogan sketches and Hattie Williams, with Stuart Barnes the monologist and Willy Pantzer Troupe midget acrobats promising new stunts. Charles and Fanny Van return, joined by the Five Salvaggis, Big City Four, Paul Kleist, Jennings and Renfrew, the Daleys and more.
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Bert. Leslie
Hattie Williams
Keith's
Mr. Leslie
Hogan
Stuart Barnes
Willy Pantzer
Pantzer
Charles
Fanny van
Salvaggis
Big City Four
Paul Kleist
Jennings
Renfrew
Daleys
Inventor Josh Sparks Labor Saving Devices
A Washington Star excerpt has Farmer-Corgrossel noting Josh as an inventor who has crafted many labor saving devices while joking that the devices are excuses for not working.
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Josh
Farmer-Corgrossel
Washington Star
The Roman Army Strength Through Five Centuries Units
Pearson's Weekly notes the Roman army as the strongest from the fifth century B C onward. It describes a territorial system linking local comradeship with the corps, detailing thirty five tribes furnishing four centuries per legion, and a five cohort structure with line troops militia and a depot battalion.
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Rome
Pearson
Aunt Jane’s verdict on Hamlet shocks Centerville visitors
Mrs. Eliphalet Howe visits Boston and attends Hamlet with relatives. She deems the play hard work and laments the morbid theatrics, noting the lead character looked ill and fearing the performers’ reactions while clutching smelling salts.
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Eliphalet Howe
Centerville
Boston
Jane
Aunt Jane
Nettie
Hamlet
The Finicky Humor of Leschetizky
Anecdotes recount the famed piano teacher Leschetizky as a humorous man with strong preferences. A young American student once wore long hair to Vienna studies, earning orders to cut it. The professor then exclaimed the ears are too long and urged another haircut before resuming lessons.
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Leschetizky
Vienna
Smith
Electrical Discharges From Plants
In Technical World Magazine the atmosphere is described as electrified and its charges influence weather and rain formation. The piece notes positive electricity changes with weather and suggests electrified air causes plants to emit electricity from leaves as they respond to sunshine.
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Technical World Magazine
Clerk’s prank escalates in small town lawsuit case
A bored grocery clerk grows irritated at a red haired boy asking about a baseball glove. He grabs the boy by neck and trousers and threats to "help you out" without the glove, prompting a judge to note the incident as evidence of reckless behavior.
Necklace theft verse quoted by Mrs Cumrox
A Washington Star quoted Mrs Cumrox saying a diamond necklace was stolen and she questions notifying police. She implies pride in not appearing careless or missing such a small item, amid consideration of public judgment.
Whist Club Hostesses Schedule Through Early June
Local clubs hold frequent gatherings with multiple hostesses across streets in St Winthreey and surrounding areas. Mrs John W Herbert leads Four Table Whist. Mrs Eugene Somerby and others secure souvenirs. Meetings include plans for June 4 at New Winthrop Hall and adjustments to next week’s calendars.
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John W. Herbert
St Winthiey Street
Bob Abern
Jack Webster
Joseph W. McIntyre
Lincoln ‘Street
Eugene B. Somerby
Grover Avenue
Frank Housh
George’ S. Lawler
Frank. E. Housh
Birthday Party For Eleanor And Dick Whipple
Marc and Mrs James AL Whipple hosted a birthday party for Eleanor and Dick on Court Road. Guests enjoyed spring decor and activities including marching recitations, a piano solo, and dancing. Refreshments followed and gifts were exchanged as children sang school songs.
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Marc
James AL Whipple
Court Road
Eleanor
Marion Dealy
Helen
Mildred Jennison
Havel Durgin
Sybil Carstensen
Master Dick
Irene Barter
Kenneth W Sampson Celebrates Sixth Birthday
Mr and Mrs William A Sampson of 18 Wave Way Avenue entertained a party of young people on Saturday afternoon in honor of their son Kenneth W Sampson's sixth birthday. The event featured music games and readings, gifts for the honoree a luncheon at five o'clock and a Jack Horner plum pudding ritual. Attendees included Wendell W Sampson Arthur Sampson Alice Barlow Mary Flett Medford Marjorie Jordan Helen Carlton Vivian Smith Emma Campbell Teddy Cobb Merrill Hanly Lester Carlton Neville French and Dorothy Woodville of Lynn.
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William—A. Sampson
Wave Way Avenue
Kenneth W. Sampson
Sampson
Bonita Hubbell
Dorothy Wood- Vil
Lynn
Jack Horner
Wendell W. Sampson
Arthur Sampson
Alice Barlow
Mary Flett
Medford
Marjorie Jordan
Helen Carlton
Where Do the Hottentots Live Mary
A schoolteacher asks where the Hottentots live and Mary replies she cannot visit neighbors as her mother forbids it, reflecting a cautious tone about unfamiliar people in the neighborhood.
The Exceptions. Binks's Fine New Apartment
The quip notes Binks has a fine new apartment with nearly everything new and stationary. The joke hinges on the punchline that only his wife and the cook remain away from the decorative changes.
Quotes on women happiness and self creation
A dialogue contrasts cynicism and elvying happiness between women. The Philadelphia Record cites a witty line about one woman making another perfectly happy. Carlyle adds a counter view about forging character through effort.
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Cynicus
Philadelphia Record
Winthrop Co operative Bank Moves to Larger Quarters
Winthrop Co operative Bank, with about 7 250 shares, relocates from the original quarters due to space limits and rapid growth. The board approved moving to the corner of Jefferson and Putnam streets opposite Winthrop Centre station, offering larger quarters, a director’s room, and telephone. Hours will be 9 am to 8 pm daily, with evenings on Wednesdays and Saturdays and Tuesday before the second Wednesday. New shares are on sale for the June series. inspections invited.
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Putnam Streets
Winthrop Centre Station
Winthrop
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Dramatic Club Kids Present The Dolls Frolic
The Thornton Dramatic Club children led by Olga Schulz Ruth Spofford Alice Siegal Isabel Crooks and Florence Crooks presented The Dolls Frolic a play by Vivian Chisholm ages 10 to 12 on Thursday May 20 at the barn in Thornton Park. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Schultz Mr and Mrs Chisholm Mrs and Mrs Crooks Mrs Siegal Mrs Spofford Mrs Boyson Mrs Bennett Mrs Taylor Miss Graveson Miss Webster Miss Mayall Miss Kelly Miss Woolcott and other children. All proceeds were saved for their next production.
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Thornton Dramatic Club
Olga Schulz
Ruth Spofford
Alice Siegal
Isabel
Florence Crooks
Vivian Chisholm
Thornton Park
Schult
Chishohn
Crooks
Siegal
Spofford
Boy- Son
Bennett
Taylor
Graveson
Webster
Maynail
Mise Kelly
Woolcott
Grade Crossing Hearing Delayed for Boston Area
The Boston engineers and the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad failed to submit plans for the grade crossing hearing. By agreement, the hearing adjourned to June 1, with engineers to present abolition plans for Orient Heights and consider conditions at Harbor View Maverick and Marginal streets.
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City of
Boston
Boston, Revere Beach & Uynn Railroad
John A. McLaughlin
City of Boston
Melvin O Adams
James E. Mavnive
Norman ©. McNaughton
East Boston
Orient
Third Operation Prevented by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound
Chicago reader Mrs. Alvena Sperling credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with ending a cycle of surgeries for pelvic inflammation. The ad claims the remedy builds the feminine system and cures displacements ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related pains based on widespread testimonials.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
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