President Adams Speaks At Public Hearing In Winthrop
The Metropolitan Improvements Commission report prompted a first public hearing by a joint Boston board including the Transit Commission and the Harbor and Land Commission. Colonel Melvin Adams of the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad engaged the room with humor before hinting his company might seek to be heard if the board moves to interfere with its plans.
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Metropolitan Improvements Commission
Huse
Boston Transit Commission
Railroad Commission
Harbor and Land Commision
Metropolitan Park Commission
George G Crecker
Transit Commission
George L. Rogers
Park Commission
Boston Society of Architects
Chamber of Commerce
Melvin QO
Adams
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Boston
Cop Mission
Prewsters
Sean
The Saffron Plant History and Spread
A summary of saffron Crocus sativus origins from Italy to Kurdistan, its ancient mentions in the Song of Solomon and Greek literature, and its introduction to England. It notes saffron as spice dye and Essex cultivation with Saffron Walden and Safron Hill references, and concludes saffron is little used today.
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Italy
Kurdistan
Lebanon
Theophrastus
Eresus
Greece
Sophocles
Crocus
Colonos
England
Essex
Saffron Walden
London
Bishop of Ely
Holborn
London Chronicle
Impractical Jokes Keeper of Hungary Stings with Hayrick Trick
A Hungarian tale recalls Jozsa Gyuri, famed prankster exiled on the plain. He paraded in a fine carriage to impress Count Keglevich, only to see the coach burned by pranksters who hid the carriage under a hayrick to shield it from rain. The count reveals the ruse and quips about the coach’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
W. E. F. Bovill
Jozsa Gyuri
Great Plain
Jozsa
Keglevich
Sugar and Candy Use in Children
An article cites Dr. Woods Hutchinson arguing for common sense regulation of sugar and sun exposure in children. It claims overindulgence comes from artificial cravings, while ample regular sugar in a balanced diet reduces the urge to gorge on candy.
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Woods Hutchinson
Success Magazine
The Deane Winthrop House Opens for Weekday Public Hours
The oldest house in Old Boston, the Deane Winthrop House, is open to the public every weekday from 2 to 6 p.m. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
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Old Boston
Ocean Spray Station
Yeast Rolls From National Food Magazine
A recipe for yeast rolls begins with butter salt lukewarm water and a yeast cake. It details scalding milk adding sugar and salt, mixing flour and dissolved yeast, beating egg whites, rising twice, shaping into rounds, brushing with butter folding, placing on buttered paper and baking fifteen minutes.
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National
A Duck of a Man Excerpt and Reactions
In London Ellen Terry meets Henry W. Lucy and Mr Balfour at a London table. Terry remains silent until she exclaims that Mr Balfour is a duck of a man. An ex convict speaks of safety after dodging a trolley, auto and ambulance.
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Ellen ‘Terry
Mr. Balfour
Henry W. Lucy
London
Miss ‘Terry
Louse of Commons
Elen Terry
Philadelphia Ledger
Ocean voyage memories and missing billboards
A Washington Herald quip recalls an icy ocean trip with iceberg glimpses and a joke about missing billboards. The Washington Star adds a stray line about a loose key kept in a safety deposit, hinting at carelessness in a casual exchange.
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Washington Herald
Roe
Untitled Exchange Fragments Between Two Figures
Fragmentary dialogue shows one figure asking about an initial kiss and another demanding a sworn apology. The scene includes a terse exchange with a reference to a leader and a city, possibly Cleveland.
A Man of Luck Fable Told By an Eastern Tale
A king asks a minister if luck exists and proves it with a riddle. A bag of peas and diamonds is hung from the ceiling, one man trusts luck, the other effort. The luck believer eats peas and gains nothing, the worker finds diamonds later. The minister concludes luck is rare and should not be relied upon.
Curious mail carrier meets farmer over Sherlock Holmes joke
A rural letter carrier asks a sunburnt farmer if he is related to Sherlock Holmes. The farmer retorts he can judge people by their faces and eyes and asks about more mail. The excerpt also notes various national foot shapes described by a 19th century anthropological source.
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Holmes
Beverly G
Sherlock Holmes
Hesine
Bleaching Instructions and Humorous Snippets in Brief
Water used for bleaches should be soft to avoid alkali effects from hard water. Javelle water cleans white fabrics but not colored surfaces, made by dissolving washing soda in boiling water and mixing with chloride of lime, then stored dark and corked. A Nose For the Truth notes exact truthfulness earns reward. A Chicago News quip jokes about fruit skins and dieting.
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Castoria
THE
Centaur Company
Murray Strcet
New York City
Winnisimmet Street
Chelsea
Washington Avenue
Broadway
Bellingham
Tel
Winthrop
A. J. Young
L. C. C. Nickerson
E. K. Tewksbury
Shirley Street
Winthrop Beach Station
Mass
Charles F. Totten
Winthrop Beach
Suburban Gas & Electric Company Revere
Telephones Winthrop
ODD Fellows ‘Feild Day
Odd Fellows of
Massachusetts
Point of Pines
Aim
Tates
New England
Pacific Coast
Canton
Order
the Deane
Winthrop House
eRe Seles
Ean & Waterbubt
ST. Bstom
Fletcher
Parker House Rolls
Cleveland
Man
Javelle Water
Gunner
Guyer
H'm
Chicago News
Hazlitt
Stin's
Chelsea Investment Co
Beacon ‘Street
M. Samuel
Telast
Bowdoin St
Ralph P. Badger
Nelson St
Lynn
LYNX
Louis Racca
Washington Ave
Comet Central
C. E. Hall & Sons
Beachmont
Revere
James A. Welsh
Sumner St. E
Triton Ave
Wainthro
A. A. Stone
Shirley St
E. F. Rogers
Lewis
Shirley Cottage
Ocean
Tufts Avenue
Floyd & Tucker
School
Tolet
Endicott
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