Post Office Mail Hours and Box Collections Detailed
The post office operates weekdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and holidays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., closed Sundays save for Special Delivery. Carrier deliveries occur at 7:20 a.m., 10:50 a.m., and 2:50 p.m., with 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. collections on weekdays. Several street boxes are not collected at 9 p.m. See list of blocked boxes and numerous other boxes collected at 9 p.m. on weekdays. D Belcher, Supt.
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Postal Savings Depository
Temple
Highland Avenue
Grover and Cliff
Quincy and Cliff
Cottage Park Road
Johnson Avenue
Court Road
Lowell
Maple Street
Main
Pleasant Street
Hermon Street
Hermon
Opp
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee's Corner
Revere
Cherry
Summit
Brown
Pleasant
Pauline Pleasant
Court Toad
Lincoln
Read
Town Hall
D. Belcher
Fear the Evil Eye Belief in the Eye as a Magical Source
The article discusses the endured belief that sight emits rays from the eye and can harm others through the evil eye. It explains how fear and illness arise from suggestion and how white magic and amulets counteract this effect. Those who reject the belief see no need for amulets and their use declines.
Simple home tests for pure water quality
A New York Sun excerpt advises two easy checks for drinking water when away from home. One tests clarity with sugar. the other uses permanganate of potash to gauge safety by color, noting heat and time constraints.
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New York Sun
The 250 Pound Gritting Pressure Warns Dentists
A dentist warns that teeth endure about 250 pounds per square inch when people grit them at games or rent days. He recalls a patient who cracked a porcelain tooth in sleep and accused the dentist of installing a fake tooth, not believing the pressure could damage it.
Electric letter lamps for indoor signs up to four inches high
Lamps shaped as alphabet letters are used for indoor signs. Each lamp is a tube with a white enamel back, containing carbon filaments varying by letter but calibrated for the same current. Each lamp sits in its own socket and slides into a trough frame to form words on the 110 volt street circuit.
Battle of the Aisne described as incomparable in scale
The text asserts the Battle of the Aisne in northern France surpasses all known battles in duration force and losses, noting its immense scale that dwarfs other engagements.
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The
Aisne
France
Progress Notes From Varied Fields Across The World
A collage of facts reports housing for 19 311 people in 18 California labor camps, Erie Railway honoring a meritorious engineer with his name on a locomotive, albatross bone used as mouthpieces, Queens land farmers feeding horses on banana stalks, and 19 million tons of carbon burnt yearly in cities. Also noted are Oregon Trunk line workers climbing a 300 foot rope ladder daily, US National Museum mineral technology exhibits, theater hidden orchestras, shipboard direction and engine indicators, new cooking utensil patents using downward drafts to vent odors.
A Humorous Look at Life and Marriage in Wartime
A satirical piece notes daily life needs gasoline bread and eggs and mocks marital tension and divorce costs. It humorously contrasts American wit with European war talk and laments speechifying warriors. It cites a Cincinnati Enquirer quotation about hot air shells.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
New Wrinkles in Inventions From Around the World
A lamp with a candle as light that can be strapped to an arm is introduced. A Pennsylvanian patents metal lined vessels to heat liquids as poured. A Detroit inventor touts a machine to form steel tubing and weld seams. Sheffield plans to film crystalline changes during metal pulling. German lithographers electroplate paper with varnish first to prevent bath absorption. A California inventor proposes a breast plate to stop a hen from sitting. An electrical device is developed to disinfect water for hotels and factories using standard lighting current.
Lots of Little Ones
The fragment hints at reflections on cleanliness utility skepticism and education revealing limits of knowledge. It reads as aphoristic musings rather than a complete news item. No named individuals or organizations are identifiable in readable text.
The Black Brunswickers and Their Deaths Head Hussars
Frederick William Duke of Brunswick joined the anti Napoleonic cause after his father’s burial rights were denied. He formed 2000 cavalrymen, clad in black with a death head emblem, creating the feared Black Brunswickers who raided French detachments across Saxony Hesse and Hanover. They hardened into a brigade by 1814 and fought at Paris during the Hundred Days. The duke died in battle at Quatre Bras. The unit’s fame helped found a lasting Prussian tradition with royal officers among its ranks.
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Napoleon I
Frederick William
Duke of
Brunswick
Hussars
Quatre Bras
Napoleon
Bohemia
Princess of Wales
Germany
Prussia
Bavaria
Saxony
France
Bonaparte
St. Helena
von Stein
Scharnhorst
Hesse
Hanover
Berneck
Junot
Zittau
Halberstadt
Duchy of Brunswick
Leipzig
Wagram
England
Duke of Brunswick
Paris
Plete
Candy Prices to Rise as Candy Makers Warn Pause in Supplies
Leading confectioners warn candy prices will rise due to possible suspension of candy manufacture. Nuts glace fruits and cane sugar import cuts from foreign countries disrupt supplies. Walnuts from France almonds from France Italy and Spain glace fruits from France. High grade sugar price also climbing. Northwestern Christian Advocate.
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France
Italy
Spain
Unclear excerpt hints at aviator admirer and brief calls
Fragmented dialogue suggests a narrator referencing an admirer who is an aviator and makes very short calls. A question follows about why the admirer’s visits are brief, but the passage is incomplete and readings are uncertain.
From the Pencil's Point Insightful quips on manners and fate
A collection of social commentary and wry sayings on women vanity and virtue. The piece contrasts old time prudence with modern behavior, noting how gossip, manners, rumors, and stereotypes shape everyday life. It uses humorous and pointed lines about popularity, courage, and propriety in society.
Idle Opinions on Dress and Domestic Truths
The piece notes enduring pride in appearance with the silk hat and Prince Albert coat while describing townsfolk who rarely offer heartfelt compliments. It observes couples pretending in public and the paradox of kindness without money, and notes some newlyweds pledge to tell the truth for up to six months.
Just Thoughts on Barber Mugs and Marital Wit
Aphorisms on appearances and gender roles. Beliefs about marriage, luck, power, and the mischief of the pen. Witty maxims touch on riches, justice, and hoping against hope.
Fortune Teller Warning and Mockery in 19th Century Clippings
The page quotes sensational lines from the New York Globe about a fortune teller predicting danger from a dark man, followed by a Boston Transcript jab about a husband. It then shifts to an advertisement for a deafness cure by Hall’s Pills, claiming a cure and offering money for incurable cases.
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New York Globe
Mortgagee sale of Winthrop real estate foreclosures
Public auctions will settle multiple mortgages on properties in Winthrop Massachusetts. Henry G Harris and others defaulted. Wolf Greenberg and others as mortgagees seek foreclosure with bids due December 21 and December 9 1914. Each parcel, described by plan and lot numbers, carries existing liens and taxes. three hundred dollars must be paid at sale with balance within ten days.
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Henry G. Harris
Winthrop
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wolf Greenberg
Boston
Suffolk County Registry District
Said
Wiatheon
C. B. Hamphree
River Fond
Suffolk County
Ea Roston Savings Bank
Land Court Registry of Deeds
Suffolk Registry of Deeds
TOL' Greenberg
Hewitt & Williama
Tremont Street
Mass
Henry G Harris
McNeil
Suffolk County Registry District Office
The
Land Court
Nehiie
Whitman
Howard
Land Registry Office
Rameer Bayneda
Alan
VOVET
Hewitt & Williams
Massachusetts
C. RB. Humphrey
Letion
Innow
Helen Royal
River Road
Oston
GLEAMS on Courtship and Fashion in Reflective Verse
The piece muses on love, drinking, and spiritual pursuits with wry wit. It notes that courtship exposes a man’s desires beyond his opportunities and that age should not bar adopting the latest fashion or wrinkle.
Ingenue’s Inquiries on feminism and experience
A reflective inquiry questions whether feminism is a mindset or a nervous condition and whether experience is worth its cost. It ponders why ventures are often compromised by its misfits and what that says about ambition and society.
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Sun & Visitor
Probate
the Sun & Visitor If
Pers
California
Erie Railroad
Queensland
Oregon
Division of Mineral Technology
United States National Museum
Detroit
Sheffield
Death’s. Head Hussars
Credi
Jawn Dee Rockefeller
Hee
Xa Tippe
Socrates
Boston Transcript
Hall
MORTG
Was Alsof Real Estate
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