Club Dues and the Service Charge
The monthly service charge for gas or electric service is like the dues of a social or country club. Both enable you to enjoy certain services and facilities regardless of what you may spend in addition thereto. The fixed sum paid each month covers necessary expenses to provide the service and facilities always at your disposal. Without the charge the club would cease or raise prices. similarly, the service charge lets the company offer the commodity at a lower rate.
Service charge explained by Suburban Gas & Electric
Our office manager Mr Carver or any employee will answer questions about the service charge. Some think it applies per 100 cubic feet of gas or per kilowatt hour of electricity, but this is not so. The service charge is made once a month regardless of usage.
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P. S
Carver
Proposals for Painting the Centre School in Winthrop
The Town of Winthrop invites sealed proposals to paint the Centre School Building, with bids due Friday June 23 at 8 15 p m in the School Committee office at Edward B Newton School. Specifications available from the superintendent. A certified check of 75 dollars payable to the Town of Winthrop accompanies bids. Signed Albert R Stedfast secretary. June 6 1922.
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Albert R. Stedfast
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Proposals to Re-shingle Shirley Street School
Sealed bids for re shingling a portion of the Shirley Street School in Winthrop Massachusetts will be opened Friday June 23 at 8 PM in the School Committee office Edward B Newton School. A $100 certified check with bid, payable to the Town of Winthrop, is required and the committee may reject any or all bids. Albert R Steadfast, Secretary School Committee.
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Centre School
Edward B. Newton
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Shirley Street
Albert R. Steadfast
School Committee
Weeds as Wonders and Warnings
Hawthorne contemplates weeds as symbols of hidden virtues and nature’s stubborn vitality. He argues that weeds thrive under adversity and may reveal essential roles in the world, while noting a parallel between weeds and humanity’s flaws.
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Hawthorne
Ventriloquist Tricks Train Conductor With Dog Hamper
An English ventriloquist escapes with his terrier aboard a moving train. When the ticket call rings out he hides the dog in a labeled hamper reading Professor Jones Ventriloquist. The conductor spots the label and mocks the trick as a familiar ruse.
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England
Professor Jones
Keeping Honey Safe From Crystallization
Guidance notes that honey should be stored in a dark place to prevent crystallization. It emphasizes proper darkness for long term quality.
Trial by Ordeal in Japan Ends the Boiling Water Practice
The article discusses a lingering form of trial by ordeal in parts of Japan where servants must write a word with a common brush after a household theft. The conscience supposedly betrays itself through the ideographs traced, a method seen as more humane than the former boiling water ordeal once used to identify guilt.
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Japan
Dolly in the Faucet
A five year old girl Mildred visits the country and is drawn to water drawing. Her doll slips from her hand over a curb into an open well and disappears beneath the water. She cries out to her mother that her dolly fell in the faucet.
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Dolly
Mildred
Fighting Man: The Farmer’s Eternal Battle
The article portrays farming as a lifelong combat where a farmer must fight pests floods droughts thieves and greed. It emphasizes discipline courage and resilience as essential to succeed. It frames the farmer as a perpetual fighter against nature and human threats alike.
Sulphurous Language No Good Furnace Waits for Heat
A Boston Transcript note compares the furnace to a patient, long-suffering object that ignores householder swearing and does not heat up in response, reflecting a humorous take on temper and appliance patience.
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Boston Transcript
Historical Canes and Public Scrapbook Advice
Old prints show physicians with elaborate canes carrying liquor tops used as smelling salts. Aromatic vinegar in the cane top served warding off illness. The note urges starting a boy's historical scrapbook with pictures of public figures and items of interest. It recalls Fifty four Forty or Fight as a boundary slogan opposing ceding land to the south.
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Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Molasses Dump Afloat Calms Seas During West Hurricane
The tank steamship Philip Publicker pumped overboard 280000 gallons of molasses to smooth rough seas during a West hurricane. The sugar syrup on the water reportedly had an oil-like effect, calming the waves.
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West Indies
Philip Publicker
Ship News
Girl Hides Diamond Ring On Toe For Safety
A Kansas town tale notes a girl who fears burglars and wears a handsome diamond ring on her toe at night for protection, a peculiar local precaution cited by the Boston Transcript.
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Kansas
Boston Transcript
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Suburban Gas & Electric Company
C. F. Chisholm
Town OF Winthrop School Department
Warren H. Belgher
Winthrop Fire Department
Godfrey Studio
Gov. Cox
Clarence J. McKenzie
P. C
Lowell Road
Senator Lodge
Gen. Edwards
Major Walker
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
South Market Street
Faneuil Hall
Richmond G. Stoehr
Johnson Ave
Miss Greenwood
Old Kentucky
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