Beachmont Local Notices and Developments in Beachmont
Community updates report residents facing illness and recovery hopes, new occupancies and building progress, repairs and services, and upcoming church, temperance, and billiard events. Neighborhood names include Mr Hal, Mr Joseph Rive, Mr Frederick Hange, Mr Wall, Mr Prior, Mr Hartford, Mr Stover, Mr Warren, Mr Fo Collins, Rev Hewlett, and local addresses on Winthrop, Crocean, Hammond, and Crescent avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick + hange
Wall Ucne
Croecen L Avenue
A Wowao s Way Dress Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue describes a dress described as very pretty though uncertainly described as silk or watered silk. The exchange hints at fabric quality and mistaken impressions in a domestic scene.
Hog Kept To Satisfy Tramps In House Visit
A fragment describes a Hog kept to deter beggars who used to come to the house for a bite. Bing notes you keep a dog now and Ping confirms the need to satisfy beggars without them coming inside. The exchange highlights practical measures to deter tramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing
Ping
A Miner’s Dream Dinner at Delmonico’s
Fred K Castner recalls a mining camp tale of aging frontiersmen imagining riches and a dream fifty dollar dinner in New York. One veteran vows a Delmonico feast while another jokes for ham and eggs, revealing rough humor and longing for city luxury.
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Fred. K. Castner
New York
Delmonico’s
Fred
The May Queen Clock in Middletown Curio
A remarkable 17th century Dutch clock called The May Queen, owned by E. B. Chaffee of Middletown, is praised for antiquity and precise timekeeping. The Hague maker H. P. Karbenters dated 1658 appears on the dial, with family owner names inscribed inside and a mechanism that chimes hours and quarters to bedsides.
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America
E. B. Chaffee
Middletown
H. P. Karbenters
Hague
A. D
Vandewater
van Arteveld
van Bendschoten
Sugdam
Van
Mit
Team T
Hartford
Curious Facts From History And Folklore
A collection of curious notes on topics from grass turning into paper in Missouri to wealth of Han Qua the Chinese banker. It mentions Napoleon’s colossal elephant, American Indian knowledge, Crusades sword oaths and old Maryland jury tobacco gifts. All Hallows lore includes souling and All-Hallows season as All-Hallow Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han Qua
Canton
Coney Island
Napoleon
Paris
Matthews
District of Columbia
Maryland
All-Hallows
Description of a Norwegian farm steading and its features
The piece surveys a Norwegian farmstead with a cluster of small aged houses around a central dwelling. It notes weathered wooden walls, red tile or slate roofs, moss-filled joints, interior comfort, and a central table with a long wall bench. It also mentions dress and adornments indicating matrimonial prospects and compares cowhouses favorably with English and Scottish barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla
England
Scotland
Caanhers’ Journal
Public Laundry of Jalapa Described in New York Sun Voice
The New York Sun portrays Jalapa’s public laundry as a grand plastered adobe pavilion on stone pillars at the city’s center. A flowing stream and aqueduct serve tubs and wash pools while lavanderas, young and old, pound linen with amole roots. An ancient fountain prompts a wish with ten drops for a traveler, promising return to crumbling Jalapa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jalapa
Pompeiian
Juanitas
New York
Music Among the Japs
A Chicago Tribune quote describes Japanese music as strange to Western ears noting a three string samisen and exaggerated neck. It criticizes the system as a form of torture and highlights that musicians are often women.
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Chicago Tribune
Fragmentary Verse Reflects on Earthly Need and Content
A garbled text fragment imagines a man who values a little earthly wealth and uses it wisely. It speaks of bread and cheese and a kiss as essentials, with scattered phrases like Phin and rash heal. The source is unreadable and incomplete.
Giant devil fish battles boat off Loreto coast
In Loreto California a mixed crew including Mexican laborers and an American hunted a huge devil fish. The harpoon strike sent the boat skittering as the creature towed the craft toward the shore, then sank after a protracted struggle. The catch was hauled ashore and displayed, its breadth described as near island-like.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loreto
California
Antonio
Honolulu
Hanld
Pacific
Square Deal
Kamtschatka Natural Resources and Trade
The Kamtschatka peninsula hosts fir, larch, cedar, and birch forests with fur sable, otter, fox, and bear. Swans and wild ducks abound, salmon fuel winter diets, and salt shortages cause spoilage. Population about 6,500, semi starvation common, fur sable exports fund purchases. Agriculture doubtful. trade with California via barter replaces money.
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Siberia
Irkutsk
San Francsco
California
Coventry as social exile in Navy ranks described
A Boston Traveler reporter quotes a naval officer explaining coventry as ostracism. An executive officer once banned smoking for ward-room officers, forcing them to dine apart on deck. After eight months he yielded, restoring privileges and rekindling camaraderie in a notable holiday-gift celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
Boston
Washington
Flicers
Time Tables for Boston to Winthrop Junction Routings
Schedule announces Sept 20 service from Boston toward Winthrop Junction and Cottage Hill with departures 6.50 am to 7.50 pm and midafternoon returns. Wednesday and Saturday runs noted. notes Cottage Hill limit and Point Shirley returns. Signed H. Berrick president and A. Buake manager.
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Cottage Hill
Point Shirley
Stindaye
Boston
Train schedule notes for Boston and Revere Beach services
Incomplete timetable entries show trains leaving Boston for Winthrop Junction with multiple listed departure times and fare codes, and trains from Winthrop Junction back to Boston with several departures. The text also mentions Sunday hourly service from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. and references Workingmen’s train service.
Junction Coaches Schedule for Winthrop Junction Trains
The notice lists coach departures from Winthrop Street and Magee's store on weekdays and Saturdays to connect with the Boston Revere Beach Lynn Railroad. Timings include morning, afternoon, and evening trips with service on Sundays at 9 10, 9 55, and 11 09 a m. George and Coeens advertise reasonable coach rates.
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Winthrop and
Pleasant Streets
Winthrop Junction
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Winthrop St
Odie
Winthropst
Magee’s
Main St
Gell Ein Tans
Ell Tigron
Watches and Jewelry Repaired in First-Class Service
Repair shop offers watches clocks jewelry spectacles and eyeglasses repair with first-class workmanship and warranty.
Clocks of the White House A Chronicle of Timekeepers
The White House houses several historic clocks. Colonel Lamont’s room clock chimes with a cathedral gong, admired by many. Miss Cleveland’s clock ran uninterrupted for over twenty five years. The blue parlor clock, once Napoleon’s, passed to Lafayette and then Washington, is alabaster with gilt bronze and wound for thirty days. Lincoln’s ebony clock in the Red Room keeps precise time. The only American made clock, from New York, sits in the Green Room, purchased during Monroe’s presidency.
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Shere
White House
Colonel Lamont
Miss Cleveland
Nipolleon Bonaparte
Lafayette
George Washington
Lincoln
New York
Green Room
Fragmentary Phrase Confuses A Gentleman And Lawyer
A garbled OCR passage presents a misunderstanding about marriage between a gentleman and a Miss. The text is incomplete and jumbled with stray letters and broken phrases, making the event unclear. No clear names, places, or dates emerge from the fragment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beachmont
IstTou
Mr. Hal
Winthrop Avanac
Joseph Rive
Savith
Feldom
Mr. Walton
Prior
Mr. Hartford
Crescent Avenue
Mr. Stover
Reeds Block
Hie Drug Store
Belope
Warren
Fo . Collins
Winthrop Avenue
Hammond Street
City
Mr. Collins
Mr. Hewlett
F. R. Severence
Owent Heights
Beachmont Temperance Union
Aeing
Dg. C. Mac
Wallan Hall
EF. S. Howard
Limon Church
Quincy
Mexico
Coa
Pearl Banks
Aal
Pontoppidan
Norway
New York Times
Kamtschatka
Winthrop & Shore R. R
Xarrow- Oaege
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn
Atlantic Avenue
Winthrop
Ocean Spray
Shirley Street
Great Head
Ottage
Shirley
Ia H. Berrrick
Aly. Buake
Revere Beach
Jenn
R. R
Winger Junction
Bostons
Walter C. Jenckes
EAGLE
Endicottave
Nycai
Hollis R. Gray
Washington Sr
Washington St
Taléen
Edward Magee
Main Street
Joly
Winthrop Street
Cor
Madison Avenue
Fairbanks & Neale
Belfast
Jamaica
New England
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
C. Burriy
Howard Atheneum
Howard 5T
Wv Catabanks
Londres
D. F. Flagg & CO
Blackstone St
Mass
Seashore
Winthrop Highlands, Mass
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Revere
G.E. Joscelyne
Devonshire St
Revere Street
Winthrop Depot
Woodside
Jorner
Pleasant Street and
Woodside Avenue
Wm. Wood
A.J. Bamfard
Milk St
George TH. Wood
Woodside Ave
Real Estate and Insurance
G. E. Joscelyne
Devonshire Street
Room
Ear Winthrop Depot
Forermanent
General Insurance Agency
Bushless Communications
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