Winthrop Fire Alarm Box Locations and Procedures
Fire alarm box list for Winthrop area with street crossings and landmarks. Details include box numbers 22 and 123, ringing signals 8:00 am 11:15 am 12:45 pm, and instructions to stand at the box for directions. Central Station and Beach Station telephone numbers provided.
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Pleasant
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Pleasant Street
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours and Services Summary
Winthrop post office hours run 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily with Sunday 9.15 to 10.15 a.m. Money order, registration windows open daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Deliveries at 7.30 a.m. 1.45 p.m. 4.20 p.m. Collections set for 7.30 a.m. 11 a.m. 1.30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Daily. Street boxes collected at 9.30 p.m. with numerous locations listed. Mails close times and station sub-areas detailed. Superintendent: Jav io Baccuze.
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Sandays
Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed Street
Centre
Ocean View
Winthrop
Main
Revere
Cherry
Revere Street
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Highlands Station
Sturgis
Javio Baccuze
Woman Runs Large Rat and Mouse Farm in Granby
Miss Abbie Lathrop of Granby Massachusetts operates a sizable rodent enterprise with over 2000 rodents including mice and rats plus 200 guinea pigs and ferrets. She supplies mice to medical colleges for experiments while previously selling pets to bird stores and fanciers. Dreams and their gender differences are noted with reference to a Vienna study showing higher dream frequency in women.
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Abbie Lathrop
Granby
Mass
Miss Lathrop
Vienna
Cocktails for Appetites and a Study of Dreaming
A discussion of avoidant drinks during meals notes herbs and cocktails used to stimulate appetite without overpowering it. It lists West Point and Mint Cocktails, Cranberry with Lemon Cups, and Grapefruit Cocktail, followed by a section on why humans dream and how psychologists study dreaming phenomena.
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Germany
West Point
Daniel Webster's Favorite Pickle Recipe
Historical pickle recipe instructions detailing ingredients and steps to ferment green tomatoes cucumbers onions cabbage with a vinegar sugar brine and spice mix. Includes optional red tomatoes or canned equivalents and a final mustard oil curry blend, attributed to descendants of Virginia families.
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Daniel Webster
Virginia
Imported Fanciful Fan Delights Demitoilet Style
A dainty imported fan draws attention with painted wood sticks and coarse black brussels net displaying life size birds. Exquisite swallows parrots love birds and birds of paradise appear in brilliant colors on red or green sticks, creating a charming airy effect.
Styles in belts and manners for daily wear in fashion
The article discusses wearing best manners consistently and avoiding separate wardrobes for company. It then surveys belt styles, urging coordination with outfits, cautioning against mismatches like pompadour ribbon with cloth skirts, and recommending versatile leather belts for daywear and morning dresses.
Pat's Witty Refusal to Die During Pneumonia Attack
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recounts Pat's sharp humor during illness. His wife warns him doctors say he is near death, but Pat dodges the blunt truth and insists he will recover, claiming doctors always offer hopeful news to delay despair.
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Pat
Philadelphia
Bibles Reveal Ages as Family Records Surprise Customers
A secondhand book dealer notes three prominent families possess old Bibles containing birth records. A curious customer asks if they are heirlooms. the dealer explains the Bibles reveal ages, especially of women. He warns how moving and prosperity make such records risky if misused.
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New York Post
Coincidence in a Polish church tale from Czenstochowa
A pilgrim complains of a stolen purse at a church in Czenstochowa. Lacking money, he plans to steal from others. He then steals back his own purse from a man in the crowd, finding the exact amount he had left. He rushes to tell the priest while the thief escapes.
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Czenstochowa
Warsaw
Cor
Pall Mall Gazette
Origins of common dance names traced from European terms
Harpers Weekly explains how quadrille stems from a French term meaning a little square and country dance from contredanse. Polka comes from Bohemian pulka meaning half, waltz from German waltzen, reel is obvious, and jig derives from French gigue.
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Harper’s Weekly
Farmer Reveals Lantern Inside Cow Tale
A rustic barber of tales claims a cow swallowed a lit lantern. He recounted feeding the cow by lantern then finding the lantern still burning in the animal's stomach when slaughtered, a story told to a circle of local butchers and an old farmer who offered the most fantastic confession.
Department store shoe exchange over cracked patent leather
A man requests an exchange for shoes bought last month noting cracked patent leather. Clerk notes the shoes are old stock and the patent may have expired. The exchange discussion centers on quality and stock status.
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Harper’s Weekly
Hen Lays in Coal Yard as Notice Prompts Pathetic Cluck
A humorous exchange shows a father and son discussing a stubborn hen in the coal yard. The hen continues to lay eggs, humorously tied to a mock notice that reads Now is the time to lay in your coal. from a Philadelphia Inquirer style quip.
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Joe
Philadelphia Inquirer
Not an Outing. Hyver Been in Siberia?
A fragment from a dialog shows a character asking Hyver about time spent in Siberia. The text hints at a casual exchange, likely part of a larger comic or narrative. No clear event, date, or outcome is provided.
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Hyver
Siberia
Menace of Laughter Quip Sparks Wife Debate
In a humorous exchange from a Cincinnati Enquirer snippet, Mr Hogg asserts women have forgotten how to laugh while Mrs Hogg retorts he means married women. The brief exchange highlights social perceptions of marriage and humor in the era.
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Mr. Hogg
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed Nationwide
No other medicine for women's illnesses matches Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in endorsements or cures. For over 30 years it has treated female complaints including inflammation, ulcers, spinal weakness, backache, indigestion, nervousness, and fatigue, with claims of safe harmony with the female system.
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Lydia BE
Pinkham
Boston Revere Beach Lynn RR Weekday Timetable Fragment
This time table lists train departures from Boston to Winthrop and Highland stations with numerous erratic times and notes that departure times are not guaranteed. It includes Harbor View Winthrop Centre Winthrop Beach Highlands and Sunday schedules with multiple minute past and hourly intervals and ends with signatures H L Hoyt G T A and John J Fenno Superintendent.
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Winthrop Centre
Winthrop Beach
Highlands
H. L. Hoyt
John J. Fenno
Alcohol misuse warned as relief in crisis says Canadian Magazine
The Canadian Magazine argues alcohol serves no real purpose in easing worry and its use always leads to abuse, worsened by personal crises. The Washington Star notes a woman who insists on having the last word at an auction.
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Washington Star
Boston Elevated Railway Company Schedule Notice
Orient residents to Scollay Square via tunnel with morning and night services listed. Special cars may be chartered for balls theatre parties or excursions. Information on rates routes and connections provided by telephone. December 7 1907.
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Orient
Gladstone St
Court St
Supr O Transportation
Mill Street
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Temple and Highland Aves
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Sagamore
Almont Streets
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Kid
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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