Winthrop Fire Alarm Calls Cataloged by Street List
Fire alert points list streets and landmarks from Winthrop for alarms. It details box numbers, bell signals, school hours, and testing dates for Hose House and Central Station with instructions to stand at the box and direct fire crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant
Lincoln Streets
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock Street
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Pleasant Street
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan
Washington and Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s
Tuy
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours and Station Details
Office hours run daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. with Sunday variations. Money orders and registration windows offer daily service. deliveries by carriers at multiple daily times. Numerous sub stations, street boxes, and mail close times are listed, along with arrivals and holiday schedules. Superintendent Davin Barouse oversees operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett’ Road
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed Street
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Main
Revere Street
Cherry
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R.R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gaye’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Highlands Station
Sturgis
Davin. Barouse
Boston Elevated Railway timetable notice 1908
Boston Elevated Railway Company issues a changeable schedule from Orient Heights to Scollay Square via tunnel with morning and night intervals. Special cars may be chartered for balls or excursions. information on rates and routes available by phone or at 101 Milk Street Room 701. Feb 1 1908.
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Orient Heights
Scolla Square
Orient Herauts
Gladstone St
Scortay Square
Canvel
Alt
Court Sr
Office of Supt. of Transportation
Milk Street
Boston Revere Beach Lynn R R Train Timetable 1908
The timetable lists weekday and Sunday departures from Boston to Wood Island Harbor View Winthrop and nearby stations for February 9 1908. It includes multiple routes via Highlands Ingalls and other lines with dozens of listed times and notes the schedule is not guaranteed and the company not responsible for delays. The notice is signed by John A Fenno Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wood Island
Harbor View
Winthrop
Highlands
Ingalls
P. m
A. m
Winthrop Beach
The Agreeable Woman Promotes Social Grace
A guidance piece urges readers to be agreeable in life business and pleasure. It argues niceness yields social literary and financial rewards and encourages practicing pleasant behavior now to improve mood and how others perceive you. Readers are told to begin immediately and keep a positive mindset.
Amazon Mothers and the Waltz Through Time
A traveler recalls an Amazon village where women guided him for payment while their babies sat in sand pools. The piece then notes 1908 Paris anniversaries for the waltz and mentions M. de Trenis, famed as its introducer, who lost his mind from rapid turns in dance mazes.
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South America
Amazon
Paris
M. de Trenis
Trenis
Hamelin
de Trenis
When to Fall in Love
Advice on love and self care urging women to avoid emotional passion until a man clearly expresses intent. Promotes antiseptic practicality for heartbreak, staying active, and pursuing other potential suitors rather than succumbing to deep devotion.
A Practical Way to Keep Handkerchiefs Bright
The article prescribes a method using tepid water and starch to brighten handkerchiefs. Mix five lumps of starch into two quarts of tepid water, dip each handkerchief to wet and wring dry, then lay flat on a clean cloth until ready to iron.
The Favorite Room in Homes and Its Charm
A concise reflection on how a favorite room emerges naturally in homes not by design but by use. It grows from humble beginnings like a nursery and becomes a cherished space where attire, study, and comfort mingle, never a gloomy room and often linked to luck and success.
Needlework Notes and Home Sewing Tips for Aprons and Linens
The article offers practical sewing advice including adding a deep ruffle to gingham kitchen aprons to hide grease stains, using Bulgarian linen and Wallachian stitch for porch cushions, and creating small decorative patterns with white mercerized cotton. It also suggests painting a breakfast tray set as a gift, choosing between porcelain, wooden, or lacquer trays, and describes a neat method to seam fine lace by placing edges right sides together and using a buttonhole stitch.
Amusing Optical Trick With Bird and Cage Exposed
A column describes a picture illusion using a paper cage and a bird drawing. By placing a visiting card between them and viewing from opposite eyes the viewer sees the bird appear to move and enter the cage. The piece also notes atmospheric sun observations from a balloon voyage and explains how to perform the trick.
Origin and Tragedy Behind Foolscap Paper Name
A collection of curiosities and brief anecdotes on foolscap paper origins its royal watermark the downfall of royal arms removal by Parliament and the long lasting name. Also includes miscellaneous quips jokes and odd facts from a Washington Star excerpt.
Riddle About What Many A Lady Has Worn
A wordplay riddle describing a common accessory worn to events like balls receptions or teas. The clue hints at a nose-gay and divides the solution into three parts: first second and whole, with a playful misdirection.
Ways of the Dressmaker in London Case
A woman refused to pay a $50 dress bill arguing the fit failed. The dressmaker defended charges, noting two shops Putney and Manchester Street and that prices vary by locality, not quality. The dress made at Putney could cost about 73s if made at Manchester Street.
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London
Putney
Manchester Street
Mammoth Cave Discovery Through Negro Explorers
The piece recalls how exploration of Mammoth Cave in early years relied on enslaved Black labor. Obstructions like Bottonies pit blocked progress for decades until 1837 when explorer Stephen and companions spanned the abyss with a makeshift bridge, uncovering a vast system. The pit measured 180 feet deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Cave
Bottonies
Stephen
Hs Fellows
Witty School Title Contest Yields Humorous Book Spoofs
Philadelphia high school pupils produced a list of mock book titles for a prize. The entries spoof classic works with puns and playful twists such as A New England Pass and Our National Game, reflecting a lighthearted campus competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
van Ham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winthrop Fire
Point Shirley
Shirley Ave
Harbor View Avenue
Cottage
Crystal Cove
Fawn Bar
Hose House
Tewksbury St
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid
Grover’s
Crest Avenues
Cliff Avenues
Temple and
Highland
Geowner’s
Sagamore Av Cross
Almont Streets
Revere
Bowdoin
Emerson Sts
Hermon
Marshall Sts
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn R. R
Winthrop Centre
Hoyt
John A. Fenno
Lapid's
H. H. Clayton
Atlantic
Westen
Charles I
England
Royal Arms of
Parliament
Charles
Turkey
Greece
China
Africa
Vaticans
Rome
Nero
Washington Star
Lizzie
John Wood
Jobn Knox
Porter
Mil
O. W. Holmes
Morse
Bignataré of
Probate
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