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Winthrop Sun And Visitor

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1913

Page

3

Boston Elevated timetable details Orient Heights to Scollay Square

The notice lists time tables for the Boston Elevated Railway from Orient Heights to Scollay Square and related routes, with specific departure times, intervals, and night schedules. It notes services between Sullivan Square and Dudley Street via Tunnel and Atlantic Avenue, with special cars available for events, and provides contact details for the Superintendent of Surface Lines at 101 Milk Street.

Orient Heights Scollay Square Gladstone St Gladstone Street Sullivan Square Forest Hills Milk Street M. C. Brush

Sam's Unit of Four Halves

A San Francisco Argonaut quip about a colorful cafe bartender Sam crafting a drink for Mr. Craig. Sam reveals a four halves mix of one-half Scotch whisky one-half vermouth and one-half sherry, prompting the boss to joke there are more than two halves in anything.

Mr. Craig Sam Samuel Nevah San Francisco

Line from Hamlet rehearsal leaves critic unimpressed

A theatre dialogue shows De Hamlet claiming a splendid part while admitting illness affected performance. The critic counters that the actor did not perform well, highlighting a clash over the show’s reception and the actor’s condition.

Hard Work Too What Do You Want

A tramp at the door is challenged by Mr Newlywed who offers breakfast or work. He allocates a biscuit and a piece of steak, while Mrs Newlywed looks on disapprovingly as her cooking lessons are undercut by the generosity.

Mr. Newlywed Wayfarer

Doctor and bore exchange blunt lesson on fools

An English physician tires of a pedant and declares that he and his companion know all that is to be known. The bore brags, then learns the ironic truth when the doctor declares he knows the other man is a fool.

Giving Pa Away

A small boy tests the visiting minister by saying his father is in town. The preacher asks about the mother’s news and the boy reveals the father is actually hiding in the backyard, joking that he beat it when the minister arrived.

Mr. Goodly Papa

Forfeited His Standing and Mixed Directions in a Shop Sketch

A Grandfather jokes about old and new club standing at a supper while Bobby asks why. A floorwalker guides customers to departments in a humorous shop scene. Another line quips about a fly killing contest and a boy with stored files.

Old Settlers’ Association Bobby

Bride and jokes spark a playful wedding scene

A humorous exchange unfolds at a wedding as a couple banters about baby names and gadgets. A bride asks for an electrical cookbook while teasing about volts for a steak, and a flirtatious line about charms adds lightness to the moment.

Wrong Number Party and a Tariff Quip Echoed in Houston

A telephone prank about Miss McCormick turns humorous when the caller asks to see if she is in bed and the operator declines. The Houston Post quotes George W. Perkins ridiculing a tariff defense as unflattering to American intelligence by comparing it to a breach of promise case where a twenty five year old sues a forty year old woman.

Hadley Houston Post George W. Perkins

Mermaid Goes Sick at Sea and Seeks Doctor in Surf

A mermaid suddenly falls ill and asks Uncle Neptune to find a doctor among bathers. A chiropodist arrives, the mermaid shrieks with laughter, and flees. In a separate quip, an exchange jokes about a boss doubting an employee’s health to justify a vacation.

Neptune Nept Puck

Impression of Europe Evokes Art and Matrimony

The speaker notes Europe seems driven by art and marriage with revenue mainly from paintings and portraits as described by his mother and sisters. The remark highlights a critical view of cultural focus and economic dependence in the region.

Europe

Untitled Exchange and Jokes From Newspapers

A fragmentary collection of comic dialogue and captions from multiple sources. Obvious lines reference a demand for explanations at morning and a play on a stepladder joke. The text includes puns and brief phrases like Well sir explain and I’ve lost sleep after a sleeper trip.

Brown Jones Puck

The Trail's End Duel Ends in Icy Exile

Picard defeats Black Henri in a high stakes duel in a saloon and on the trail. Black Henri cheats, loses, and is swept into the icy river by a collapsing ice cake as Picard rescues Jules and vows protection for her. Don, the leader his dogs, and the sled team survive the chase.

Henri Picard Jule Black Henri Black Heart Jules Trail’s End Great North Don Daily Story Pub. Co

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