Winthrop Fire Alarm Boxes Location and Procedures
A historical notice lists fire alarm box locations around Winthrop including Shirley Avenue Harbor View Cottage and Hillside avenues and Grover’s Crest areas. It details box numbers test dates, alarm signals, and contact numbers for Central and Beach stations with instructions for proceeding to the fire and counting alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Shirley
Shirley Ave
Harbor View Avenue
Crystal Cove
Faun Bar
Monsa
Yuvioska
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours and Station Details
City postal offices in Winthrop operate daily with extended morning and evening hours for offices and money orders. Delivery and collection times are listed, with multiple street letter box pickup times and dependencies for connections to New York and Boston services. Substations for stamps, money orders, and mail registration are named with locations and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Main
Revere Street
Cherry
App
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. B
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Highlands Station
Sturgis. International
Davin
Tax Delinquents List for Center Shirley and Nearby Streets
Collector publishes a list of property parcels with owners and tax amounts for 1906. Entries include land areas on Center Shirley Cliff Nahant and Ocean View streets, with owners such as Michiel Cassidy Florence Chaney John Eddy Daniel Farr Peter Healy Mary Maddocks Mary Masters John McCormick George Monahan Otis Neale Harriet Rooks Charles Saunders Annie Trainor Fannie White George Wood Norah Kelley James Peterson Catherine Rowe Miriam Smith George Tolton Anon Whitehead Annette Wood and others, and tax totals ranging from 3.54 to 122.13 dollars. The notice closes with Harold C. Bartlett as Tax Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norah Kelley
Center Street
Suffolk
James W. Peterson
Ocean View Street
Catherine B. Rowe
Mermaid Avenue
Miriam J. Smith
Shirley Street
Nurse versus minister tale in London Answers
A London Answers piece recounts a nurse's claim about nursing relatives till they died, a physician's caution, and a cash-lending joke about “Dollar No. 2.” The aside hints at humor amid a moral tale about nursing abilities and memory.
Escalating Friction Sparks Franco Austrian War Drift
In a courtly quarrel Voltaire flouts Mme de Pompadour before Frederick II. insults lead to renewed Franco Austrian actions against Prussia. Madame's scheming brings Elizabeth of Russia into play and a costly conflict follows with hundreds of thousands said to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick I
Prussia
Voltaire
Mme. de Pompadour
St. Madame
Louis XV
Austria
Madame
Elizabeth
Russia
Frederick
London
He Came Back at Her
A New York charity official condemns mendicants as humbugs while recalling a farmer’s wife who refused shelter to a tramp. He notes the man slept in a meadow behind the barn and asked to be called at 4 o’clock to catch the cattle train to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italian Diet and Its Role in Disease Response
Observations from the London Lancet discuss how Italian dietary habits high in farinaceous and leguminous foods may influence disease resilience. The passage notes limited heart and muscle nourishment during advanced pneumonia stages due to dietary composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lancet
Young Japanese Prince Nicknamed on Incognito Travel
A dialog recalls a young Japanese prince traveling incognito and wandering about geography, with one friend noting Manchuria as a possible location, reflecting interest in distant places. The exchange highlights curiosity about distant realms and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Rains’ Direction in Geography Exam Question
The answer notes that most rainfall comes straight down while some rains move sideways, illustrating wind influence on precipitation. It reflects a student’s response to a geography prompt about rain direction and distribution.
A Safety Match
A fragment quip shows Mr Henpecked asking about a safety match and a punchy reply about a baldheaded man marrying an arm wife, reflecting a humorous exchange in a domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Comic Quip on People Walking Over a Carpet
A humorous line notes a man who is walked over as if a carpet, with playful quip about dust and being shook off. The joke contrasts a person with a carpet's fate, finishing with a punchy dismissal of the notion.
Mad dog sighting spurs alarm across town
A girl reports seeing a mad dog with urgent fear as residents react to the warning. She insists the animal was furious and dangerous, highlighting public concern in the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Notable Satire Figures in a Chicago Tribune List
A quirky Tribune list names classic literary and stage figures such as Rip Van Winkle Socrates Petruchio Agameumon Joseph Gargery and Beadle Bumble. The note invites further additions sent in with strict confidentiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip. van Winkle
Socrates
Petruchio
Agameumon
Joseph Gargery
Solomon
Mr Caudle
Mr. H. Peck
Beadle Bumble
Chicago Tribune
Wall Street Banter Sparks Trading Dispute
In a lively exchange, Cholly Lilley and Miss Knox debate luck and gallantry while a broker praises nerve and a money lender recalls a dramatic note renewal. The tale touches pride, finance, and a cheeky financial metaphor.
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Yaas
Cholly Lilley
Miss Knox
Wall Street
Lenox
French Applicant Seeks Passport to Visit Switzerland
A Frenchman applied for a local passport to visit Switzerland. The official, not part of any geographic society, struggled with the place name and, avoiding confession of his difficulty, asked if he should visit another town instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingsehen
Switzerland
Geographical’ Society
Couple Advises On Colds In Comedic Exchange
Mrs Becky laments a worsening cold and losing her voice. Mr Becky replies with a hurried, humorous warning not to do anything about it. The exchange reads like a light domestic vignette from a period page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky
Mr Becky
Lydia Pinkham's Remedy Praised by Kansas Woman
Mrs. T. C. Willadsen of Manning Iowa writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of suffering female complaints. She followed Mrs. Pinkham's advice and regained health, urging other women to try it. The notice promotes the 30 year old standard remedy for female ills and invites sick women to write for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydis E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pingham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winthrop
Hose House
Tewksbury St
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid
Grover’s
Crest Avenues
Cliff
Temple
Highland
Geo. Tuner
Pleasant
Lincoln Streets
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock Street
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan Streets
Washington and Elmwood
Aves
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s
County of
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William E. Cassidy
Frances A. Colby
William K. Young
Shean M. Crandall
Samuel G. Irwin
Charles 5. Davis
Edward Douglas
Putnam Street
Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company
Fred Hays
Somerget Avenue
James J. Hedrington
Main’street
D. B. Hoar
William H. Dunbar
Harry H. Matthews
Levi J. Wood
River Road
Annie B. Kelley
Elmwood
Michael J. Kelley
William H. Beeching
Michiel F. J. Cassidy
Willard Welsby
Florence
A. Chaney
Cliff Avenue
John F. Eddy
Nahant Avenue
Daniel T. Farr
Pre Healy
Peter Healy
Beal Street
Main Street
James Maguire
Mary A. Maddocks
Souerly
Park Avenue
Libro
Mary C. Masters
Farm Bar Avenue
John McCormick
Real Street
Libro Ang
George F. Monahan
Coral Avenue
Otis S. Neale
Harriet A. Rooks
Cottage Avenue
Charles W. Saunders
Summit Avenue
Annie Trainor
Edward J. Wardwell
John B. Whelan
Irwin Street
Fannie F. White
Shirley
George H. Wood
Woodside Park
Robert A. Sproule
Harold C. Bartlett
George M. Tolton
Almont Street
Anon C. Whitehead
Annette C. Wood
Ocean Avenue
London Answers
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Puck
The
Alternative
Lydia B. Pinkham
Winthrop Sun & Vitor
Bor
NEW England Telephone
and. Telegraph Company
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