Boston Region Streetcar Schedules 1909 for Beach Routes
Time table lists trains from Boston to Orient Heights Beach Mont Crescent Beach Winthrop Highlands and Lynn areas, with weekday Saturday and Sunday patterns. Includes via Battery Ingalls routes and note that baggage not carried after 5 PM. Ends with signatures H. L. Hoyt and John A. Fenno.
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Boston
Orient Heights
Beachmont Crescent Beach West Lynn Lynn
Ingalla
H. L. Hoyt
John A. Fenno
Winthrop Fire Alarm Boxes Listed With Instructions
A long list names fire alarm boxes at many streets including Shirley Street Harbor View Cottage Park Ocean Beach and more. It outlines how to raise an alarm from a box with two or three blows and directs to wait for firemen. It notes box testing days the central and beach stations contact numbers and lists fire department officials.
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Central Station
Beach Station
Walv. F. Woollcott
J. Larkin
Boston Elevated Railway announces Orient Heights service schedule
The Boston Elevated Railway Company lists transit times from Orient Heights to Scollay Square through the tunnel with morning and late night intervals and Sunday hours. Special cars may be chartered for balls and theatre parties. inquiries to Superintendent of Transportation, 101 Milk Street, Room 701.
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Orient Heights
Scollay, Square
Gladstone Street
Scollay Square
Court Street
Office of Superintendent of Transportation
Milk Street
Winthrop Mail Hours and Post Office Services
Post office hours for stamps money orders and registry are weekdays 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Holidays 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sundays stamps and general delivery 9 30 a.m. to 10 30 a.m. Mails dispatched weekdays 8 a.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 9 30 p.m. Revere extra 3 46 p.m. Sub stations listed at Crest avenue Shir ley street and Shirley street. Street boxes collected nightly 9 30 p.m. All boxes collected at 7 30 a.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 4 80 p.m. 7 p.m. and Sundays 7 30 a.m. 3 30 p.m. 7 p.m. Carriers deliveries shown. Superintendent asks patrons to address mail with street and number to avoid delay.
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International Money Order Office
Revere
Crest Avenue
Shirley Street
Washington Ave
Bates
Winthrop St
Pleasant St
Sunnyside Pleasant St
Bartlett Road
Pauline Pleasant St
Court Road
Lincoln Road
Lincoln Centre
R. R
Ocean View
Magee's
Cherry Revere
Summit
Crest Ave
Grover.ave
Crest
Shirley St
Mermaid Ave
Shirley R. R
Ocean Ave
Tewksbury St
Crystal Cove
East Boston
David Belcher
The Beauty Spot Patch and the Fashion of Mouches
The practice of wearing black patches began in the sixteenth century to brighten the skin by covering headaches with dark velvet. French fashion leaders popularized them, and the patches called mouches spread across Europe among women and fashionable men, appearing in round square oval and various designs shaping a mobile menagerie on faces.
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France
Europe
The Deane Winthrop House Open Weekdays in Boston
The oldest house now standing within Old Boston limits is open to the public every weekday from 2 to 5 pm. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
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Old Boston
Ocean Spray Station
Spiteful Remark Sparks Echoes Of Compliment
Nell and Belle discuss a scene where Nell defends a remark as a compliment. Belle retorts that the subject is dangerous to misread, noting the mispronounced self expression and lingering tension between the speakers.
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Nell
Belle
Jokes On Monarchs A Parade Of Royal Pranks And Hoaxes
A collection of mild royal gags from the past recounts incidents involving princes and kings. It notes Prince Henry bringing a crimson carnation gift to Germany’s Kaiser, Edward VII’s hoax election letter from Princeton, Princess Louise libel scare in Belgium, a Danish queen prank, a Paris stockbroker joke on Archduke Salvator, and Ferdinand of Bulgaria pursued by fake secret documents hoax.
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Berlin
Prince Henry
United States
Aixla-Chapelle
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Princeton Medical Faculty
Princeton Medical
Princess Louise of
Coburg
Princess Louise
England
Copenhagen
Denmark
Royal
Austria
Archduke Salvator
Paris
Stock Exchange
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Secret
London
From mountebanks to modern circuses in one long jump
William Allen Johnston notes in Harper's Weekly that circuses evolved from simple mountebanks to vast tented cities housing thousands, with hospitals and post offices, driven by thrill acts that draw crowds. He observes the shift from a single trick pony show to dangerous flying trapeze acts and double audience appeal between thrills and animals.
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Hippodrome
Mduutebank
William Allen Johnston
Harper's Weekly
Bald Barbers and Lost News In A Comical Exchange
A barber tells Hittle Binks he is very bald, sparking a back and forth about whether the remark appeared in any edition. Binks presses for news value while joking about moles and gray hairs as the shave proceeds and the barber’s lather briefly ends the exchange.
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Binks
Bink
Tippincott
The Mechanical Choir In Stalled Church Music
A Philadelphia Ledger cartoon quotes a church debate about installing a phonograph to play sacred music. The exchange praises the machine for harmony, consistent performance, and easy repair, noting the choir had struck and the device avoids fatigue, vanity, or quarrels.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Gladstone Prefers Golden Age Day in Athens
In a Hawarden castle conversation Mr Gladstone asked friends to name a preferred day to live in the past or future with current knowledge. Gladstone chose a day when Athens stood at the height of its glory.
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Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden Castle
Greece
Athens
Vicar Chides Miggs Over Town Visit
Dialogue shows the vicar reproaching Miggs for planning a town trip, claiming he can go and return sober. The response relies on slang and a cryptic phrase chain. London Telegraph excerpt captures social banter and local speech.
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Miggs
Mesh
Zur
London
Telegraph
Might Have Helped Dentist Jibe Echoes in Joking Exchange
The remark plays on a pun about teeth and dentistry as travelers recall enduring a difficult gate. It features a playful exchange about needing a dentist to draw the teeth and lightens a tough journey with humor.
Fear Turns Hair Yellow in Odd Exchange
Ambiguous dialogue fragment shows fear over style leading to hair color change remark. Exchange hints at embarrassment and social anxiety affecting appearance. No clear persons or organizations identified.
A Clever Rector and the Marble Challenge
A Virginia minister recounts Bishop Wilmer of Alabama using a marble game to draw young men to Sunday church. While rector at Upperville he challenged locals to play for keeps, won all marbles in town, and tied winnings to attendance, saying he hoped to see them at church.
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Wilmer
Alabama
Virginia
Little Protestant Episcopal Church
Upperville
Washington Herald
Terrapin Tale of Harvey’s 6000 Mile Kitchen Journey
George W. Harvey famed for steamed oysters and restaurant leadership journeyed 6000 miles to cook a single terrapin course in London. An English patron, delighted by Maryland delicacy, hired him to prepare and serve the dish, paying £200 plus expenses before Harvey returned to New York.
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George W. Harvey
Lucullus
Rome
Washington
Harvey's
Maryland
London
Harvey
England
New York
Exchange
Grim Service Guards Military Prisoners At Army Posts
The Youth's Companion describes two prisoner classes in peace time: garrison prisoners with light sentences and military convicts facing months to years of confinement. Guards form lines at the guardhouse, with a giant P on uniforms, while tasks range from landscaping to sewer digging. A “pull ring” circle forces eight hours daily of silent marching, with bread and water, and possible solitary confinement or dungeon.
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Lloor
Parlor Car Conversation Sparks Mild Fray
In a Washington bound southern train parlor car a reticent passenger avoids small talk until a talkative neighbor presses questions. After polite replies he grows irritated and snaps at a remark about the grass seen through the window contrasting it with recent pink and mauve grass, in a light Harper's Weekly vignette.
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Washington
Bext
Harper’s Weekly
Birkin Teases Brother In Law On Wedding Day
On Birkin's wedding day he teases his young brother in law with a solemn claim about taking the sister far away. The exchange with the curious lad highlights family humor in Pearson's Weekly.
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Birkin
Jamine
Sam
Fare inquiry stirs mild exchange with London cabman
An elderly man in London asks a cabby about fare. The cabby deflects, saying the fare is up to the passenger. The man thanks him, pockets closed, and walks away noting he’s never received anything from anyone before.
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Old Flintskin
Old F
London
Not at First Niagara Falls Encounter Quotes
A quirky exchange contrasts a visitor’s fear of Niagara Falls with a witty remark about not seeing a hotel bill yet. The snippet, attributed to the Leader, captures a humorous aside during the discussion.
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Niagara Falls
What will you do with your Money when you die
A quip about bequests and heirs ends with a pun on leaving wealth to children or grandchildren. The text contrasts peace with indifference and references a quote attributed to Duf field.
Cleveland Lawyer Relates Trench Digging Tale
A Cleveland lawyer narrates a Milesian wielder story about digging a gas pipe trench to a private residence. He doubts the trench’s capacity by comparing dirt piles and jokes that he did not dig the ditch deep enough.
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Cleveland
A Growing Love and the Blisses’ Weight Battle
A Life magazine anecdote describes Mr and Mrs Bliss becoming plump after marriage. A mutual friend laments their lost grace, but a physician suggests their greater affection now makes up for the extra pounds.
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Bliss
Blisses
Miss Gunning’s Crooked Compliment at Windsor Coronation
A witty remark about a coronation earns praise for its emphasis blunders. Miss Gunning tells George II she would dearly love to witness a coronation. E Russell cites a working class admirer’s quip to Dr. Wellesley about gentility.
The Part That Never Changes
A husband and wife joke about the theater night, noting tearful moments and dry threats as they discuss the show and its impact in a London Tit Bits tone.
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London
The Difference Between Stubbornness and Strength of Purpose
A terse quotation discussion contrasts stubbornness with purposeful action and notes the risk of self harm when hammering nails. The source also warns against overzealous effort causing finger injury in a humorous aside.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
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