Boston Elevated Rail timetable shows Cambridge division
The 1907 timetable lists frequent service from Arlington and Harvard areas to Adams Square and City Point, with Sunday schedules and night service. It covers routes via Beacon Street, Broadway, West Boston Bridge, Dudley Street, River Street, and Mount Auburn, noting departures from Harvard Square and surrounding hubs.
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Arlington Chentre
Adame
Beacon Bt
Adame &Q
Harvard Bridge
West Boston Bridge
Lot
Arlington Heights
Adams Sq
Harvard
East Cambridge
City Point
M. Bonday
Subway
P. Bonday
Broadway
Vila Park
Harvard &Q
Scollay
Besex St
Gcollay
Bondsay
Adams
Man St
Harvard Square
Adama
Port Office
Boylston
Cambridge
Dudley
Washington
Roxbury
A. M
River
Pearl
Roxevey Crossing
Mount Auburn
Burway
Huron Ave
Newton
Watertown
Hanover ST
A. M. Newton
Park ST
MT. Auburn ST
Srrparas
Prospect
Riverside
Scolilay
Servier
Adams &Y
M Co
The Scrap Book The Ways of Congressmen
A Washington banquet tale depicts congressmen from rural districts admiring palm leaves as decorations, while a head waiter, unaware of their identities, jokes that the tables would be stripped of celery if the guests mistook the palm fronds for edible decor.
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Washington
Tere
Ashes to ashes in Dunbar verse on justice and fate
A verse fragment reflecting on a man’s death and society’s judgment. The speaker questions whether he should be tried again and where, noting no clear answer from land or sea while invoking Paul Laurence Dunbar’s line about mortality and memory.
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Earth
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Wolcott
Massachusetts
Oliver
Soas
Cloakroom Confusion at Yale Dance Reveals Lost Tickets
A Yale sophomore in financial trouble pawned his good clothes. Returning home for Thanksgiving he finds his overcoat still bearing a ticket from the cloakroom along with his evening trousers, prompting a humorous explanation to his mother about forgotten belongings.
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Yale
Reginald
Lippincott’s
Anno Domino Reference in Old Dialogue
A historic passage quotes Senator West reflecting on aging and decline using a phrase about an era coming to an end. The dialogue features a Kentucky memory and a servant asking about the matter while noting enduring hardship.
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Senator West
Kentucky
Shin
Darky
Indispensable Nan and the Postmaster General Tale
When Zach Taylor took office Washingtonians urged him to keep a trusted public servant, John Sobby, as assistant postmaster general. The enduring claim is that the government could not function without his role.
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Zach Taylor
Washington
John Sobby
Humorous Vignettes and Wartime Banter From Historical Elks Page
A collage of anecdotes spans wartime chatter, classroom quips, and social missteps. It includes Zach venting over Dobby, a Hungarian girl’s prairie remark, Oliver Wolcott’s governor quip, Barham’s meeting house prank, a crowded car lap invitation, an evening party yawner, and Lincoln advising tearing up a potent memo.
A Discrepancy at Trafalgar Between Two Sailors
An Irish sailor and an Englishman vowed to assist each other if wounded at Trafalgar. The Englishman was hit by a cannon ball and Paddy attempted to carry him to a doctor. While the Irishman crawled away, the Englishman’s head was found, prompting Paddy to remark the strange mix up about the body and leg.
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Trafalgar
Paddy
Including a Tin Peddler in a Quarrel over Letters
Arthur Blakely faces Molly Gray in a domestic quarrel over a train send off and a bundle of love letters. Aunt Sarah orders Molly to stay, insisting Blakely must beg pardon a thousand times. A tin peddler swipes the letters, triggering a frantic chase.
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Arthur Blakely
Molly Gray
Texas
Connecticut
Molly
Blakely
United States
Rebecca
Sarah
Arthur
Cray
Grar
Myv
Arthurs
Hirsteria
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DR. J. Leq
Boylston Street
Harvard Sq
Reycroft the Florist
Massachusetts Ave
Cor
Brooxline Street
Max Keezer
Bow St
Quincy Sq
J. Frank Facey
Prospect Street
Allied Printing Trades Council Label
C. B. Shaughnessy & Sep Book. Store
Cambridge Street
Institute Building
East
Mass
Boston Elevated Railway CO
London
Horder
Nome Journal
Senator Vance
North Carolina
Judge Bettie
Vance
Lettie
Zach
Harry
Dobby
Tiarrry
Omee
Canadian Northwest
Barham
Ingoldsby
Canterbury
Maadam
Tome Journal
Tam
Stanton
Lincoln
Blanton
E. C. Parcells
George E. Everett Erpert
Inman Square
John Cunningham
Cunningham Bros
Tel
Henry Cunningham
Cambridge Gas Light Company
W. Gale Lumber Co
Oliver D. Clary
N. E. Representative
M. F. Barry & CO
Elston Building
Inman
ESULT
George H. Mahady
Columbia
Massachusetts Avenue
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