Eleanor Gordon to Appear at B F Keith's Theatre Next Week
Boston actress Eleanor Gordon headlines a New Year bill at B F Keith's Theatre with James Diamond Sibyl Brennan and Charlie Case among others. The program includes The Two Sams in Oh look at dat hat Great Alpine Troupe aerialists Jester and Sprague Mc Neece on roller skates plus Pathe Weekly news items.
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Eleanor Gordon
Boston
Comedienne
Charlie Case
Sam Lewis
Sam Cody
Two Sams
Harry B. Lester
Sprague
Gaiety Theatre Boston Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
The Gaiety Theatre in Boston marks five years since its dedication and opening on November 23, 1908. Under manager George R. Batchelder and assistant Ralph L. Ripley the burlesque house has advanced in production quality and spectacle, often matching high priced venues with standing room only crowds.
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Boston
The
Gaiety
George R. Batchelder
Ralph L. Ripley
Batchelder
Advertisers Find Prime Medium in Local Paper
The paper is hailed as the best advertising medium in the area, with strong reach and efficient cost for local campaigns. Businesses praise its targeting, steady readership, and visible impact on inquiries and sales.
Winthrop Post Office Hours and Box Collections
Winthrop post office hours for weekdays are 7 am to 9 pm with holidays 7 am to 10 am and closed Sundays. Special Delivery on Sundays. Carriers deliver weekdays from 1:30 am to 10:50 am and 2:60 pm with evening collections at 6.90 pm and 9 pm. Many street boxes are not collected at 9 pm. lists include Temple and Highland, Grover and CHM, and others. Saturday collections occur one-half hour earlier. D Belcher, Supt.
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Postal Savings Depository
Temple End
Highland Avenue
Grover and
CHM
Quincy and Cliff
Cottage Park Road
Johnson Avenue
Court Road
Lowell
Maple Street
Main
Pleasant Street
Hermon Stret
Hermon Opp
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee's Corner
Revere Corner
Cherry
Reverepposite Summit
Pleasant and
Sunnyside
Pleasant
Bartlett Road
Auline
Plt
Lincoln
Read
Town Hall
D. Belcher
Thanksgiving Mountain Farm Dance Turns Fatal
A Thanksgiving dance at a mountain farmhouse ends in gunfire after a lone fiddler who also calls cautions dancers. As the caller humorously misdirects the crowd during reels and promenades, a shooting breaks out. one line notes Bill Taylor seeks a doctor as chaos erupts and a bystander tends to a hysterical guest.
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Bill Taylor
Jim Henderson
Luke Williams
Tom Bebee
Cold storage plan hatched by Plymouth Rock hen
Robert Brown of Eastview reports a Plymouth Rock hen in his ice house producing eggs as a makeshift cold storage operation. He found 72 eggs hidden under the floor, believing the hen nests there daily. Brown touts the hen as a clever financier for neighbors to imitate.
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Robert Brown
Eastview
Brown
A Question of Caste in a Suburban Affair
Cleo Rivers and Carter Johns pursue a clandestine romance after meeting near their homes. Their high speed escapades in a touring car lead to secret meetings and tender declarations, until Cleo reveals she is Lorraine’s maid and Carter the chauffeur.
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Carter Johns
Cleo Rivers
Cleo
Johns
Carter
Lorraine
Skeleton found in Drumochter cairn near Dalwhinnie
Workmen uncover a well preserved human skeleton near the outer edge of a fifty foot cairn close to the Great North Road between Perth and Inverness. A central stone cist suggests Picto Scottish origin. The cairn may mark a halt of the Highland army in 1746 with Jacobite connections.
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Drumochter
Scotland
Dalwhinnie
Glasgow
Great North Road
Perth
Inverness
Sir John Cope
George Murray
The Dog's Mistake in a Cohoes Rally Quote
George West Salisbury compared Governor Sul zer to a cat during a Sulzer rally in Cohoes. Professor Salisbury cited a schoolboy essay casting Sulzer as the feline and Murphy as the canine with a humorous dog and cat scenario.
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George West Salisbury
Sulser
Cohoes
Governor Sulzer
Professor Salisbury
Sulzer
Murphy
Chicago Record-Herald
Hat Fashion Sparks Omnibus Turmoil in Pall Mall Note
A Pall Mall Gazette quote laments women wearing hats with long plumes causing discomfort on public transport. It contrasts irate passengers with fashion, noting frequent clashes over hatpins and nose ticklers and asks if men might rebel against such nuisances.
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Donnybrook
Pall Mall Gazette
Value of a minstrel life set at 1055 in New York
A New York supreme court jury fixed the value of an interlocutor in a minstrel show at 1055.42 dollars after a railroad death. The article notes the annual interest of about 50 dollars and ponders how much value public entertainers carry and what price railroads should pay for a life.
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Supreme Court
New York State
Peterborough Free of Drunken Street Sightings
The Peterborough dean states that in five years in the city he has never seen a drunken person in the streets, suggesting Peterborough is free from the usual cathedral city reproach. The piece contrasts with Winchester, once mocked by Lord Tennyson for debauchery in cathedral towns.
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Peterborough
England
Winchester
Lord Tennyson
A Good Lesson Says A Hard-Hitting Fighter
A terse exchange reflects a courtyard cautionary line about seeking trouble. The quote contrasts a man seeking trouble with his encounter, noting the impact of a formidable opponent and the memory of the confrontation.
News and ads accepted at Winthrop drugstores
The Sun and Visitor announces it maintains an agency at Wrown's Drug Store Winthrop Centre and the Highland Drug Store Winthrop Highlands for news items small ads and payments. Bills may be paid there and subscriptions received.
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THE
SUN and Visitor
Wrown's
Winthrop Centre
Winthrop Highlands
Weren't you angry when he kissed you
Maud asks if her sister was furious after a kiss and the sister recalls she made him apologize six times. The exchange reveals tension and a sharp tone in a domestic scene.
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Maud
Prices Echoed in Private Patient Doctor Exchange
In a clinical anecdote a doctor notes the electric treatment benefits a patient system while the patient jokes about feeling overcharged. The exchange suggests a light tension over cost in a therapeutic setting.
Robbery at West Side Meat Market Reported
A West Side meat market reports a burglary with cash register losses and a stolen side of bacon, as the senior partner laments the missing cash and the judge notes the audacious theft.
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West Side Meat Market
Tools for the Boy and the dignity of labor
Modern education emphasizes manual training teaching hands and brains. Tools signal civilization as people grow enlightened their tools multiply and skill increases. Hand made items gain value and teach self reliance and achievement. Give the child a kit of tools.
Surprised London Doctor Asked To Set Diaphragm Bet
A well known London physician is rung at three in the morning to attend a patient who hosts a late supper party. He discovers guests betting on anatomy and not only locates the diaphragm but other parts, and is paid handsomely on the spot.
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London
Winthrop Ad Warns Against Overuse of Adler-i-ka
Local druggist cautions Winthrop readers to take only one dose of Adler-i ka, a bowel cleanser advertised as a treatment for stomach and bowel trouble. The message promotes the remedy as a quick fix for sour stomach, gas, and constipation and claims it became famous for curing appendicitis.
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Winthrop
Dole
K. C. Brown
Adv
The Old Time Apprentice in New England History
The article discusses limited slavery in England and colonies, noting apprenticeships for white and Indian children in seventeenth and eighteenth century New England. Apprentices became family members, sharing meals and church, with work that was hard but not exhausting, relying on hand tools well into the nineteenth century.
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England
New England
National Magazine
Probate Court Probate Notice William F Warren Estate
Suffolk probate court cites heirs and interested parties in the estate of William F Warren late of Winthrop for a January 8 1914 hearing on Bald deceaseds will and executrix H Warren seeks letters testamentary without bond. Public notice to run weekly for three weeks in the Boston Sun and Visitor with copies mailed to known heirs seven days before court.
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William F. Warren
Winthrop
Baria H. Warren
Boston
Suffolk
Sun and Visitor
Robert Grant
Esquire
Arthur W. Doqlan
Ear
Nuf Sed. Helter Skelter on New York Burroughs Named
Humorous quip questions the city with a judge noting two New York burroughs are named after cocktails.
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New York
Skelter
Afteer
Judge
Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Winthrop Massachusetts
Public auction to foreclose a mortgage on Francelia A Bogue's property in Winthrop Suffolk County. Property described from Waldemar Avenue with 55 foot frontage, 100 foot depth, plan dated 1896. Sale set for Friday January 9 1914 at 2 PM with $200 down and balance in three days. John Turner mortgagee with attorney William Hirsch, 737 Old South Building Boston.
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Francelia
Winthrop
Suffolk
Massachusetts
Waldemar Avenue
H. T. Whitman
Wilde
Savings Bank
John Turner
William Hirsh
Old South Building
Boston
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Probate
Freeman’s Hardware & Variety
R. J. Promise
Bowdoin Street
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