Curious World News Snippets From Around The Line
A mosaic of notes reports diverse items: a Moscow drug store with staff of 1000, Alexander the Great rations, English Channel passenger traffic up 15,000 to 418,480, Canadian cheese butter exports about 23 million in 1907, Colombo lottery warning, and vast stamps from New South Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Alexander the Great
English Channel
Times of Ceylon
Colombo
Kalgurli
Golden Mill
New South Wales
J. P. Bartholow
Aina M. Pedcock
Chicago
Sudan
Niger
Timbuktu
Lugano
Switzerland
Winthrop Seawall and Boulevard Plans Advance
Winthrop moves to build an ocean seawall and connect the boulevard with Revere as part of Metropolitan Park improvements. Senator Alfred Hall and Senator Lodge back the measures with selectmen and citizens pushing for road work and a cohesive coast drive from Beacon Street to Fort Heath. The Metropolitan Improvements Commission will report by December on broader plans for Greater Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Eea Wall
Winthrop
Alfred
Hall
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Halls
Senator Hall
Messrs
J. I. Carr
David Benshimol
Melvin O Adams
Senator Lodge
Metropolitan Park Commission
U. S. Army
Fort Heath
Beacon Street
Cottage Hill
Winthrop Shore Drive
Lodge
Washington
Revere
Boston
Widthrop
Short Beach
Beachmont
Metropolitan Park
Metropolitan Improvements Commission
Greater Boston
Winthrop Sun and Visitor advertisement notice 1908
Advertisement notice for news and ad submissions due by Thursday with telephone contact and stamped return envelope. Subscription rates listed. paper published in Boston with editors Herberte Merson and Ernest H. Pierce. Winthrop, MA, Boston postal district. Saturday April 1908.
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Corr
Boston Mass
Winthrop
Lewis Block
Washington Avenue
Boston
Herberi E
Merson
Ernest H. Pierce
Telephone
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor Ad Schedule
The Winthrop Sun and Visitor lists Lewis Brook opposite Beach Station, open daily and every Thursday evening from 80 to 880 currency units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
Lewis Brook
Beach Station
Boston Bank Building Lighting Fixtures Draw Crowds
Hundreds admired the newly installed electric lighting fixtures at the First National Bank building located on Federal Franklin and Congress streets in Boston. Meiers McKenney & Waterbury Co. of 181 Franklin Street take pride in the quality of their work and its reception by visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Federal
Franklin and
Congress Streets
Boston
Meiers
McKenney & Waterbury Co
Franklin Street
Chelsea Revere and Winthrop Directory Growth Through Years
A historical note on the Chelsea Revere and Winthrop directories from 1847-8 to 1882, detailing population change from 1 043 to 7 598, street and business growth, and the addition of Winthrop entries. It mentions rail service, school staff, churches, post office, local organizations, and the expansion of ads and business listings in the newer volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Revere and Winthrop
Union Publishing Company
Methuen
Maasachusetts
John Bale
Revere
Winthrop
Winthrop Public Library
Little Peninsula
Town
Boston, Winthrop and
Point Shirley
C. Parks
Winthrop Junction
Orient Heights
Boston
Leonard P. Prost
Susie W. Moulton
Hattie E. Tucker
Louise W. Lasalle
Winthrop Station
Town Hall
Warren Belcher
Masonic
Winthrop Lyceum
Lorenzo Richardson
Hale
Shirley
Nickerson
William W
Unclear list of names and titles hints at a 19th century roster
Fragmentary OCR shows a roster-like line with many personal names and roles such as physicians and engineers, including Ingalls Samuel Soule Horatio 8 and McNaught John, plus firms like George & Ot Raat and torpedo manufacturer Fay Henry H. The text lacks coherent context or events to derive a concrete item.
Winthrop Woman's Club Holds April Meeting Despite Wind
Despite the March winds the Winthrop Woman's Club gathered Friday afternoon April 8. President Mrs. W D Allen led minutes as Mrs F A Douglas read them. Guests attended from Home Travel Close and Nature Class groups. Dr John Warren Aphorn spoke on the habit field and health, ending with The Woodser. A cake sale to boost the biennial fund followed the adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Woman's Club
W. D. Allen
F. A. Douglas Wa
John W. Cailard
Winthrop, Street
Henriettta W. BR. Frost
Waverly Oaks
Allen
Clase
Dr. Achorn
Achorn
George Z. Lythgoe
Swampscott Ferry Sold for Portland Peak's Island Run
The Swampscott ferryboat, long used in Boston harbor, will be commissioned on a Portland Me to Peak's Island route. It will carry 1500 passengers, host a promenade deck, and split space between teams and passengers. The Newtowne recently tested and will join the line soon.
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Swampscott
Winthrop
Portland
Peak's Island
Portland Harbor
Boston Harbor
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Newtowne
Artificial Diamonds and Carbon Allotropes Explained
A historical account describes the synthesis of diamonds from carbon in molten iron using high heat and pressure. It explains charcoal forming graphite and notes artificial diamonds have existed but with high cost and small size, while real diamonds are crystallized carbon.
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Molexan
Borneo
Brazil
India
South Africa
Indlap And White Man Smoking Etiquette Observed
A New York Times report describes Indlap and white men sharing a peace pipe in group ceremonies. It notes the native practice of not placing the mouthpiece in the mouth, instead touching the stem to the lips and sharing the pipe with careful hygiene.
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Indlap
New York Times
Glass Lecture Lighthearted Crackup by Speaker
The lecturer humorously calls his talk Glass not for the subject but for its see through nature and its many breaks and cracks. He jokes about sand and hot air and notes foreign titles fascinate Americans before ending as the audience departs. Chicago News.
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Chicago
News
Wife of Methodist minister wed thrice in West Virginia
The St Louis Republic item says the minister's wife has had three marriages. Her maiden name Partridge. First husband Robin. Second Sparrow. Current husband Quayle. They have two Robins, one Sparrow, three Quayles children. Grandfathers Swano and Jay, the latter now dead, plus a Bird of Paradise. They reside on Hawk avenue Engleville Canary islands. The author is a tyre bird and a relative of the family.
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West Virginia
Partridge
Robin
Sparrow
Quayle
Quayles
Swano
Hawk Avenue
Engleville
Canary Islands
Tyre
St. Louis Republic
Mardi Gras Dinner Misunderstanding
A couple in New Orleans mistook a restaurant menu item. The lady asks about an entree and the companion warns against it, noting that an entry is a race horse and suggesting ham and eggs instead. The joke illustrates a rumor about French dishes during Mardi Gras festivities.
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New Orleans
Harper’s
Too Many Weddings Prank Ends In Prison Visit
A humorous exchange unfolds as a prisoner explains his prison visit reason. He insists his trouble began from attending too many weddings and reveals he was always the groom, prompting a bemused response from the visitor.
No Odors In His Cab Behind London Jest
A humorous note from a London cab scene features an old lady asking to go to Trafalgar Square. The cabman refuses with a joke about onions and bites, followed by a cartoon exchange about a cord on a finger as a reminder to mail a letter.
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London
Trafalgar ‘Square
Gotham
Witty Quips Across Street Corners and Puck Satire
A London Telegraph quip notes a speaker warning about Smithers and his ears as laughter spreads among onlookers. The piece also contrasts with a Puck remark about people mistaking certainty for speed.
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Smithers
London Telegraph
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Josse
Belgium
Amazon
Iquitos
Liverpool
Tzu Hsi
China
Imperial Palace
Conrad Skarstedt
New York
Sweden
America
Skarstedt
Edward B. Fox
New Jersey
Santa Veracruz
Mexico
British Columbia
Henry C. Potter
Washington Heights
Broadway
St. Nicholas Avenue
Heavenly Twins
James Sherman
John Rothermel
Pennsylvania
Sherman
Rotherwel
Paris
Continental
The
Riviera
Union Station
Christopher Columbus
Congress
Memorial Commission
Order of the Knights of Columbus
Winthrop Sun
Winthrop Visitor
Carpenters Belcher
Dallas W. Belyea
Robert J. Dunham
Edwin F. Griffin
8. H. Hayden
Perry M
Clergyimen
Goal
Wood Bennett
Frank E
Barrill
Charles
Winn Bros Tewksbury
John B
Fancy Goods
Crosby, E. Everett Grocers
Florencé
Charles B. Ford
St. Leonards
Joseph L Nesmith
Sunnyside
Charles.e. Stevenson
Tafte
O. A. Taft
Howard Masons
Ingalls
Samuel Soule
Horatio
Shoemaker
Tewksbury, Sgincer
H. Stables
Pastidioes
Puck
Ohnson, M.D
Winthrop St
Winhrop
C. H. French
Wave Way Ave
Shirley Station
C. A. Nevers
Wadsworth Block
Winthrop Centre
Francis Pratt
Studio
Tremont St
Chester Ave
Thornton Station
Bertha Wheeler
Main St
Ralph P. Badger
Rogers Ave
Lynn Telephone
Lynn
O’brien
Lewis Klock
Winthrop Beach
Geo. G. Edwards
Mormon St
Winthrof
E. E. Crosby
Alfred Peat
Winthrop Telephone
Meridian Street
East Boston
Horace B. Butler
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