New Boston Telephone Directory To Adopt Three Letter Codes
Distribution begins early next week with major changes. Four new central office names are added and four existing ones renamed to fit the new machine switching system to start in 1922. Subscribed lines from Dorchester will move to Columbia around midnight with no service interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Exchange
Bellevue
Parkway
Newton
Center Newton
West Newton
Winthrop
Ocean
Copley
Bowdoin
Blackstone
Dewey
Back Bay
Haymarket
Richmond
Beach
Dorchester
Columbia
Pauline Frederick Debuts in A Slave of Vanity at Winthrop
Pauline Frederick headlines as a glamorous widow in A Slave of Vanity, Robertson-Cole’s adaptation of Tris by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. The film follows a wealth laden widow who fears remarriage will ruin her luxury life, while a poorer suitor seeks fortune. Nigel Barrie, Willard Louis, Maude Louis, Daisy Robinson, Arthur Hoyt, Ruth Handforth and Howard Gaye co star.
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Pauline Frederick
Robertson-Cole
Winthrop Theatre
Tris
Arthur Wing Pinero
England
America
Miss Frederick
Nigel Barrie
Willard Louis
Maude Louis
Daisy Robinson
Arthur Hoyt
Ruth Handforth
Howard Gaye
Real Estate Deeds Listing for Florence Beatrice Farnham
Real estate deeds record shows transfers including Belcher S W and Florence Beatrice Farnham on Bowdoin Street, Grace A Boyson and Edgar F Power on Circuit and Emerson Roads, Coakley Danl H and Charles H Waldron on Grovers Avenue, Rose Gilman and Margt BH, Coral Avenue, John D Graham and Eugene B Hamilton on Winthrop and Banks Streets, Carrie E Sheldon and Jennie Hills on Winthrop Street, Frank M Tiffany on Hope Nash, Orlando Avenue.
Christmas Thot of the Season and Cheer
A verse describing the Christmas season with shoppers crowding stores and reacting to long waits. The author Florence R. King urges cheerful smiles and goodwill, noting humanity shines brightest during the holidays and memories of pleasant smiles endure.
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Florence R. King
Porter N Bliss Found Dead in Suspected Gas Poisoning
Porter N Bliss was found dead last Sunday at 64 Beached by a relative. Police and Assistant Medical Examiner Waters investigated and ruled accidental gas poisoning. The burial will take place in Vermont later this week.
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Porter N. Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Town Topics and Holiday Cheer At Winthrop Beach
Town topics note Representative Elmer E. Dawson will address the Young Women'sHebrew Association on Our Town Government at Ye Quay Winthrop Beach on Monday Dec 27 at 8 p m Everyone is invited The first skating of the year drew a few skaters and many schoolchildren at Lewis Lake Winthrop Cemetery shows Christmas wreaths on graves Bertha Abbott resumes her position with Lockwood Greene Co in Boston several locals return from colleges and a Christmas tree at the local telephone exchange hosted by Miss Flynn and 57 operators plus 14 staff with Santa gifts and a post party lunch.
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Cliff House
Winthrop
Mother
Daddy
Kiddies
Elmer E. Dawson
Young Women’s Hebrew Association
Lewis Lake
Winthrop Cemetery
Bertha Abbott
Cottage Park Rd
Lockwood & Greene Co
Boston
The Christmas Pageant at the Auditorium
The Christmas pageant opened at 6 30 P M with Harvey Sleeper delivering the prologue about that Christmas long ago and the Christ-child. Hartwell played Mary and Barlow Joseph as they bent over the manger with angels including Wentworth Soule Howe Macleod Kincon in attendance. A dialogue between Mary and Joseph preceded a chorus singing Oh little town of Bethlehem.
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Mr. Dane
Florence King
Bethlehem
Frank Bauer
Crocker
Ernest Belcher
Wm. Smith
Northlands
Harry Whorf
Harvey Sleeper
G. S. Alcorn
Fraank Bauer
Daniel Cogan
Winthrop St
Hartwell
Mary
Barlow
Josep
Hazel Wentworth
Nadene Soule
Ruth Howe
Hazel Macleod
Doris Kincon
Joseph
PHI EPSILON DANSANT New Year Eve Stampede at Elks Home
The Elks' Home hosts a New Year's Eve dansant on Friday December 31 with a stampede from 8 p m to 1 a m featuring novelties and favors. Tickets available from listed officers and members. Music by Carey's Jazz Sextette from Keith's Circuit.
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Elks
Jack Herbert
Richard Curran
Francis Galossi
Frank Hallam
Treas
E. Gordon Harvey
George Murphy
George Kemp
William Irwin
Louis Swett
Jack Wakefield
Jack Flynn
Keith
Carey
Vaughan Brown wed in Boston Cathedral ceremony
Dr John R Vaughan and Miss Elsie A Brown quietly married at the Cathedral Church of St Paul Boston. They will reside in Winthrop. Mrs Vaughan long lived at 190 River Road with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Alvah S Coburn.
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John R. Vaughan
Elsie A. Brown
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Boston
Winthrop
Vaughan
River Rd
Alvah Ss. Coburn
Coal Mine Gases in Historical Danger
The article describes typical mine gases such as carbureted hydrogen, carbon monoxide, white damp, and carbon dioxide. It notes how these gases, along with air and other elements, form blackdamp and are dangerous to miners.
Steeple Jack tells tale of clock tower rescue
A steeple jack recalls dangling from the clock tower's long hand as townsfolk gathered below. He joked to the crowd to go home for supper, warning it would be about half an hour before he could drop.
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Jack
Rise and shift of iron production in early American colonies
The passage notes Massachusetts as the initial hub of iron in colonial America with the first successful blast furnace at Lynn in 164% . By 1750 Pennsylvania emerged as the dominant iron producer, holding that lead for about a century.
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Massachusetts
American
Lynn
Pennsylvania
Fruit Color to Sunlight
Analysis of how fruit color arises from a chemical action that converts sunlight into red yellow orange or purple pigments. The process peaks when day heat contrast with night chill is greatest, notably in autumn with spring soon after.
Determination of Nominal Horsepower in Engines
An old formula from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce links nominal horsepower to engine size. It states horsepower equals the square of cylinder diameter times number of cylinders divided by two and a half.
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National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Can Your Little Baby Brother Talk Yet
A neighbor asks a small boy if his baby brother can talk. The boy replies that the infant cannot walk and has no reason to talk, arguing that shouting suffices to obtain everything in the house. Quote from the New York Evening Post.
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New York Evening Post
Rats in Tree Tops Adapt to Harsh Habitat
Rats live in the tree tops, a vegetarian by choice, adapting to local conditions. In Hawaii mongooses chase them, driving the rodents to high perches where they escape tormentors.
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Hawaii
Snakes’ Power Over Birds Examined by Bureau
The Bureau of Biological Survey explains snakes do not charm birds in any understood sense. The natural fear a bird or small animal has toward a snake paralyzes its muscles and halts escape.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
Cleaning stained paper from glass with lye and ammonia
To clean papered windows you can use lye dissolved in water applied with a sponge and scraped off with a knife. For an alternative method soak the paper with common ammonia or boiling vinegar before removal.
Safe Baby Carriage Fashion Abolished in Moro Life
A Moro mother carries her children on her shoulders with one on each side, clinging to her hair as she moves. The passage notes she never uses a baby carriage and remains unfazed by fashion trends.
English inventor Patent Pen Wiper Uses Glycerin Sponge
An English inventor introduces a pen wiper design using a glass cup filled with a sponge saturated with glycerin to preserve ink pens. The device aims to extend pen life by maintaining lubrication and preventing drying.
Greek and Roman wines scented with violets and roses
Historical note describes using violet or rose leaves steeped in wine to impart fragrance, a common practice in ancient Greek and Roman wine making. The process aimed to give the liquor the odor of the flowers through infusion.
Not a Bad Description
A natural history lesson prompts a student to define an oyster. A shrill voice claims an oyster is a fish built like a nut, reflecting classroom humor and imperfect scientific knowledge.
Height of Something or Other
A fragment discusses an unusual image describing a 200 pound cornfed girl jammed into a tin bathtub attached to a motorcycle. The reference names Arkansas and Thomas Cat as related elements. The passage reads as surreal or humorous satire with minimal context.
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Arkansas
Leather in Cow and Horse Hides
The cow hide yields about thirty five pounds of leather while a horse hide offers just over half that amount. An argument against the H C of L notes the coat price, suggesting lower prices reduce debts. From Copenhagen, Klods Hans comments on affordability of leather and related charges.
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H. C. of
Klods Hans
Copenhagen
One Good Point About the Telephone
A humorous note from the Boston Transcript praising the telephone for its one redeeming feature its inability to lend money through calls.
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Boston Transcript
Shirley Lodge to Celebrate 22nd Anniversary in Wadsworth Hall
Next Tuesday evening Shirley Lodge No. 204 AOUW observes its 22nd anniversary with an entertainment and invites all members of the Order of Workmen to join. The event will be at Wadsworth Hall beginning at 7 30 with arrangements by John J Kennedy Charles R Bennison and Robert Barkley.
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Shirley Lodge
The
Order of Workmen
Wadsworth Hall
John J. Kennedy
Charles R. Bennison
Robert Barkley
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