The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
A & C. Maspero
Dealers in fine confectionery and ice cream, 340 Washington Street
For the choicest candy, ice cream and fruits, the people of this neighborhood are accustomed to go to the model store of A. P. Maspero at No. 340 Washington Street, corner of Bowdoin Street, Dorchester. This store was established in October, 1895, and has therefore been catering to the comfort of the public thereabouts for twelve years. The salesroom is neatly fitted up and has fixtures, painted white, handsome show cases and an elaborate soda water fountain. The firm keeps a choice stock of plain and fancy confectionery, French and American ice cream, frozen pudding and sherbet, imported and domestic fruits, cigars, cigarettes and all of the leading daily and weekly papers. A specialty is made of the manufacture of ice cream, which is sold at both wholesale and retail. Dealers are supplied and the product is sold in large quantities to families and for weddings, receptions and other social functions. A portion of the premises of the firm, in the rear of the store, is set aside as an ice cream parlor for customers who desire to consume it there.