Time Table of Cambridge Division Transit Hours 1907
Schedule lists dozens of routes from Arlington Centre to Adams Square and Harvard areas in Cambridge Boston with first and last cars, minute intervals, and Sunday and night services. Includes Harvard Square West Boston Bridge connections and Dudley Street Roxbury lines, night service times, and remarks about changing schedules. Reprint dated July 6 1907.
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Arlington Centre
Adams SQ
Beacon Gt
Wight
Harvard Bridge
West Boston Bridge
Arlington Heights
Harvard
East Cambridge
City Foint
Burway
Broadway
Broderline &T
Cor. Mass. Ave
Park ST
Cottagh Farm
Bonday
LPF
ML Bunday
Pr. M. Harvard
Adams &Q
City Point
Pare
Scollat
Basser
Scellay
Adams
Harvard Square
Adams BQ
E.M
Port Office
Boylston
Cambridge
Dudley
Washington
Hoxbury
Harvard &Q
Dudley Bt
Roxbury
River S&t
PRARL
Roxbury Crossing
Mount Auburn
Huron Ave
Newton
Watertown
Hanover ST
A. M. Newton
MT. Auburn ST
North Cambridge
Surwat
Subwat
Prospect ST
Hanover ET
Prospect &T
Riverzire
P. M. Sondayp
F. M. Wight Service
Rosybib A
Odd Boots Mismatch Confounds a Captain and Servant
In Scrap Book style, a captain complains to his servant about a mismatched boot pair. The servant reveals a second identical pair on the shoe box, puzzling the pair further and prompting curiosity about the mix up.
Truce, Pain, and Faith Reflections in Verse and Tale
A verse asks if suffering defines rank and limits of knowledge while pondering heaven and infinity. The column closes with a humor vignette from Ladies' Home Journal where Tommy explains his brother gets the seeds so he can plant a future orchard.
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Christ
Tommy
Ladies’ Home Journal
Quips and Lessons From a School Day In The Century
Children's wits and classroom anecdotes capture views on manners science and travel. A Canadian principal recalls a boy’s remark on gentlemanly conduct while a geography quiz reveals playful misstatements about dew. Elizabeth I is celebrated in verse and a naval officer’s wife shares a homesickness vignette from Annapolis.
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Angel Cameron
Tom
Cameron
Elizabeth
Shakespeare
Sidney
Raleigh
Missouri Politics and a Prince of Wales Ball Tale
A Missouri congressman recalls a past governor Stewart and a royal visit to St. Louis. At a grand ball for the Prince of Wales, Stewart left Jefferson City to honor the guest on a side platform. The moment sparked a vivid anecdote about political pride and Missouri state spirit.
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Missouri
Stewart
Prince of Wales
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Prince
Courageous for His Wife Tooth Pulling Joke
A Biddeford dentist quoted twenty five cents for a tooth pulling without gas or fifty cents with gas. The farmer declined gas saying his wife would undergo the extraction. The dentist complimented his courage noting most people want gas.
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Biddeford
The Shrewd Poodle
In 1786 a Coburg officer’s daughter wrote to Hardn asking him to set a tale to music. She details a walk with her fiancé a captain a friend and a poodle during which the captain boasted of his dog’s talents and bet that the dog would locate a thaler buried nearby.
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Coburg
Hardn
Poodle Captain and a Thaler Tale and Political Quips
A poodle retrieves a buried thaler after a bet and helps steal trousers, inspiring a verse and music. The snippet recalls Gladstone defying Franco Italian frontier rules by eating grapes on a station bench. Senator P recalls cabinet battles with Joe Blackburn and J Sterling Morton for Hoke Smith.
General Wrangel Extends Spurring Dispute In Punitive Jest
An officer reported to General Wrangel who noted the officer wore nonstandard spurs. Wrangel placed him under twenty four hours house arrest. The officer pointed out Wrangel wore the same spurs and received a further twenty four hours.
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Wrangel
Hungry King Rebuffs Long Speech In Town Arrival
Frederick William IV, later Emperor William I, avoided lengthy speeches. After hours in a post chaise he reached a small town at noon. The burgomaster began a grand speech, but the king interrupted, inviting the official to join him in the carriage as a guest.
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Frederick William IV
William J
Hannibal
Carthage
The Shah at Newgate Visit History of Torture Interest
The Shah of Persia visited England and sought to witness English criminal executions at Newgate. He learned no condemned prisoners were available yet proposed using his suite to see an on spot execution. The episode shows royal curiosity clashing with legal procedures and restraint. A separate episode recalls two train passengers on the Louisville line where a Kentuckian quips about his sickness and origins.
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Newgate
England
Kentucky
Ohio River
Louisville
Indiana
Man and wife flee hotel fire with witty remark
In a hotel fire scare a husband preaches calm and quick exit. He pockets his watch and guides his wife to safety. After the danger ends the wife quips she would have preferred his trousers, adding humor to the escape.
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Willian
Boston Herald
Serenade Opens Castle Square Season With Comic Opera
The Serenade debuts at Castle Square next Monday as the season's opening attraction. A bright musical comedy by Victor Herbert with Harry B. Smith's librettos, it features engaging humor, melodious music, and appealing characters, rivaled only by Robin Hod among current American comic operas.
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Castle Square
The
Bostonians
Victor Herbert
Harry B. Smith
Robin Hod
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl at Grand Opera House
A. H. Woods presents the sensational melodrama Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl at Boston titam Opera House starting Labor Day matinee. The four act, twelve scene play portrays humble wage earners living in homely surroundings with matinees on Labor Day Monday and on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
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A. H. Woods
Boston
Orpheum to Open Season With New Look and Sensational Bill
Boston vaudeville venue the Orpheum reopens Monday matinee Labor Day after a complete renovation. Patrons will see a virtually new theatre with high class vaudeville as the opening week promises sensational surprises and supreme features. Box office opens Thursday August 20 at 9 A.M. for seat sales.
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Boston
Orpheum
Tremont Theatre Opens with Advanced Vaudeville
Tremont Theatre plans Labor Day matinee with two 2 and 8 o clock shows daily. A L Erlanger says the switch to vaudeville aims for profit and lower prices while denying enmity to Keith. Opening bill to offer genuine Metropolitan vaudeville for Boston and New England.
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Tremont Theatre
Klaw & Erlanger
A.L. Erlanger
Keith
Aly
Boston
New England
Scannell Callan Marriage at St Marys Church
Last Monday David Scannell wed Elizabeth Callan at St Marys church. Bridesmaid Miss Blanche Sweeney and best man James Callan attended. Both couples are noted in musical circles and popular with friends. Also a hair restorer ad appears from Silva’s on Green Street.
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St. Mary’s Church
David Scannell
Elizabeth Callan
Blanche Sweeney
James Callan
Death notices from Cambridge area obituaries and services
Deaths list in Cambridge area including Ellen J Healey aged 25 former of Ruxbury funeral from Mary E Caseys residence Cambridge street to St Marys church interment Calvary Cemetery. Mary Shannon aged 26 wife of Patrick Shannon funeral from Otis street and services at Church of the Sacred Heart. Mary Purcell nee Drummer funeral from Hunting street with requiem mass at Sacred Heart. Daniel Hurley infant son of Timothy J and Julia Hurley Colemanny funeral from parents home. Cornelime J Longimee Murphy infant son of Patrick C and Mary E Longimee Murphy. Michael Martin aged 72 funeral from Grant street.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Purcell
Mary Purcell
Drummer
Joseph Purcell
Hunting Street
Mahlen
Hurley
East Cambridge
Suanday
Tlaniel T
Timothy J
Julia Hurler
Mee Colemany
Vine Street
Aus
Pat. Loxti
Cambridge
Cornelime J
Patrick. C
Mary E. Longimee Murphy
Martin
Michael Martin
Grant Street
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DR. J. Leo Laflamme
Boylston Street
Harvard Sq
Reycroft the Florist
Massachusetts Ave
Cor
Brookline Street
Max Keezer
Bow St
Quincy Sq
J. Frank Facey
Prospect Street
Allied Printing Trades Council Label
Sentinel
B. B. Shaughnessy & Sop Book
Cambridge Street
Institute
East
Mass
Boston Elevated Railway CO
Heaven
Home, Sweet
Home
Annapolis
Bridget
Lippincotts
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Hoke Smith
Joe Blackburn
Secretary of Agriculture
Blackburn
Joe
West
J. Sterling Morton
Castle Square Theatre
Grand Opera House
Scannell-Callan
Silva's
Green Street
Central Square
Harry WN. Kelley
Barristers’ Hall
Pemberton Se
Haymarket
the Sentinel
the Gas Light CO
Cambridge Gas Light Co
W. Gale Lumber Go
Oliver D. Clary
N. E
Glenwood
S. H. Harrington
WM. H. Wood & CO
Brooks & Conley Real, Estate and Insurance
Massachusetts Avenue
M. F. Barry & CO
Elston Building
Inman
Cunningham Bros
George H
Columbia
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