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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
7
Boston Crews publish summer railway schedule listing trains from Boston to Orient Heights Beachmont Crescent Beach Winthrop centers and beaches with varied weekday and weekend departures. Notes include baggage restrictions and disclaimer about delays. officials H. L. Hoyt and John A. Fenno oversee service.
Fire safety notice lists numerous box locations in Winthrop and nearby streets. It provides alarm procedures, test dates on the 1st and 15th at 9 o clock, and contact numbers for Central and Reach stations.
Orient Heights to Scollay Square service starts 6 23 am with intervals of 4 7 and 8 minutes until 12 02 night Sunday 5 23 6 21 and intervals 15 10 and 6 minutes to 12 03 night. Special cars may be chartered for balls theatres or excursions. Post office hours and mail dispatch schedules listed. David Belcher Superintendent urges proper addressing to speed delivery.
A witty dialogue captures a critic doubting the novelist’s work and the author conceding it aims for money. The critic presses for literary value while the author admits commerce drives his writing. the exchange ends with a humorous demand for a porterhouse in the restaurant setting.
In the Washington Star Uncle Ezra argues against training animals to speak for humans as a way to avoid hard feelings. He says studying “boss talk” shown by animals would let them express themselves before a trade, reducing disputes.
A London Tit-Bits piece surveys detective fiction from Cuff in The Moonstone to Lecocq and Dupin, noting how trifles spark breakthroughs. It traces how Holmes, Lecocq, Poe and Hewitt solve crimes by examining small details and misdirections, culminating in a staged reveal of a murder case.
A brief musing on how small joys enhance daily life while minor annoyances can sour it, highlighting the balance between pleasant moments and small irritations in everyday living.
A Livonian proverb hints that confiding a secret to a dumb man may spur him to speak. The remark underscores caution in sharing sensitive information with unreliable listeners.
The article explains how expert diamond cutters determine origin and age from color and shape. It details rough crushing, facet counting, and shaping to maximize light refraction, noting a full cut brilliant has at least forty eight facets and skilled cutters sometimes create stones so small a hundred may weigh a carat.
A historical note on Saratoga Springs noting the High Rock spring as the origins of the town's health resort image. It explains Indians drank the water for healing and describes tufa cones, the discovery of Congress spring in 1800, and the saline waters from Putnam and other springs. The springs are grouped by chemical composition for therapeutic use.
Harpers Weekly notes Paris districts sit atop vast catacombs with subterranean chambers that amplify the creaking streets into cavernous drums. It recalls the Gothic corner house on Boulevard Raspail where a private staircase allegedly leads to the catacombs beneath a sealed slab.
A Ladies' Home Journal note quotes a civil service applicant claiming Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, moved to Ohio, and could have been president of New York City were he not killed, illustrating early myths about the famed president.
A heated exchange between Bores and Brightly centers on free expression with Brightly dismissing Bores view as stale and musty. The Philadelphia Press quotes the clash as a sharp dig at airing opinions.
A judge declares a suspended sentence and questions the severity of lifting chickens as a banging matter. The exchange is noted in the New York Herald describing the humorous yet formal courtroom moment.
A Kansas City Times quotation features a young father praising his son without bragging. He emphasizes pride in a bright, smart, and cute child while firmly avoiding self-promotion about achievements.
A visiting Floridian explains Florida gator hunting at night using a bullseye lantern and a hooked pole. He describes finding gator holes, pulling the beast from the den, and dragging the animal to higher ground where it is restrained and loaded for transport.
A Success Magazine reflection urges avoiding excessive seriousness and heavy responsibility. It compares life to a pilot navigating fog with an inner compass and unseen power guiding through hardship toward safe passage.
A stage manager named George Blank, fond of nature, argues with his mother during a heavy rain. She warns him of pneumonia, while he questions rain’s value for grass and flowers in a philosophical exchange quoted from Success Magazine.
The word academy derives from Academus a wealthy Atheniansman who owned a grove where youths gathered to hear philosophers like Plato and Socrates. From that site, the ancient concept grew into the modern schoolhouse, with academy meaning a school for boys.
A city visitor asks for a moss covered bucket. the farmer replies all utensils are sterilized and strictly sanitary, reflecting clean farming practices noted by the Kansas City Journal.
A playful exchange about birthday gifts and superstition appears in the Cleveland Leader. A man jokes about a pearl handled knife and worries it would harm friendship while a woman responds that no knife could cut their bond.
The buffalo’s instinct guided it along direct paths to salt licks and water. Channing and Lansing note its traces resembled civil engineering, with buffalo roads widening into firm corridors that later shaped railroads, canals, and roads as settlers followed the same natural routes.
A farm laborer visiting London visits an oyster shop and is tricked into thinking a raw oyster is alive. After gulping it down he suffers abdominal pains. Pranks escalate with tabasco and oil, until witnesses declare they killed the oyster and the man recovers, recounting the bizarre incident.
The Baltimore American notes a chaotic scene as a showman frets over a lack of afternoon performances. A fresh elephant or lion incident stalls the program and local vendors complain of unpaid milk-route losses.
A brief comic exchange shows Johnny boasting about a prank to his playmate in the garden. Father dismisses the interruption, calling children a nuisance while peering from the window.
Brief dialogue shows a casual exchange about lunch plans and needing 15 cents to cover a meal. Two speakers discuss stepping out, with one recalling a prior luncheon and the other noting the lack of funds. The snippet captures everyday urban life and minor financial constraints.
The excerpt offers a maxim about refraining from speaking ill of foes, asserting they never deceive us, attributed to House Gaye.
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