Winthrop Fire Alarm Box Locations and Procedures
Fire alarm signals list numerous box locations in Winthrop including Shirley Avenue Harbor View Avenue and Crest Avenue with directions for ringing and responding. It details box numbers times for testing and alarm procedures and notes stations Central Beach with contact numbers and schoolhouse and factory references.
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Point Shirley
Shirley Ave
Harbor View Avenue
Cottage
Crystal Cove
Faun Bar
Shirley Street
Hoge House
Tewksbury St
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid
Grover’s
Crest
Grove’s
Cliff
Revere Street
Av Cross
Almont Streets
Revere
Winthrop St
Bowdoin
Ocean View
Main
Emerson Sts
Hermon
Lincoln Streets
Marshall Sts
Winthrop Mail Hours for City Services and Mails
City post office hours listed with open times for offices money orders and registrations. Deliveries collections and street box pickup times noted along with numerous sub stations and street corner mail routes and mail cutoffs for daily and holiday service.
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Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed Street
Lincoln Centre
R. R
Ocean
New York
Boston
Crest Avenue
Highlands Station
Shirley Street
Sturgis
Woman and Fashion A Study In Tan and Flat Toques
A practical tan cashmere house gown features bands of to paz velvet and Irish crochet sleeves with burnt ivory tones. The skirt is a five gored model with a flare, while the box plaited jumper uses fabric buttons for individuality. Flat toques, revived in fashion, are close fitting with velvet or fur borders and feather trims.
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Alexandra
Economical Evening Frock With Burned Ivory Lace
A fashion sketch describes lace waists in burned ivory and white tones, with light fabrics and net embroidery. It notes color contrasts with cerise, gold trimmings, and pale blue gowns featuring a wide girdle, drooping sleeve caps, and ribbon knots. Estimated material costs are listed for mull and trim.
Empire Styles Shape New Coat Lines in decorative fashion notes
The piece notes lingering empire influence in coats with shortened waist backs while square stole lines rise as dominant. Ecclesiastical inspired garments appear, their breadth softened by braids and cords arranged in varied patterns. Wide braids highlight outlines, narrower braids create curly details.
The Cunning Actor and the Silent Confinement Trick
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph report recalls a noted dipsomaniac who hid intoxication in confinement. The actor asked a street man to buy brandy and a clay pipe, then poured into a pipe bowl through a keyhole and drank, eluding watchful guards and leaving his manager to find him drunk.
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Gresham James
Pittsburg
All the Widows Along Main Street Need Washing Badly
A humorous editor's column misprints a comment about Main Street windows for readers. On a hot day the line shifts to widows, provoking a chorus of indignant townspeople and a quick admission from the editor. The anecdote comes from Everybody's.
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Main Street
Mother's Footwear Ruse Exposed in Missouri Tale
A Kansas City professional recalls his childhood move from Indiana to Johnson county Missouri and a mother’s plan to hide his barefoot first day by tying a cloth to his foot. The deception failed when a snickering peer revealed the rag had slipped off.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Indiana
Johnson County
Holden
Kansas City Star
Speechless Cartoonist Draws Langham Street Sketch
A famous caricaturist at a dance could not speak as friends guided him to a cab. He produced a pencil and a paper, drawing a clear sketch of a church steeple in Langham Place. The cabman recognized Langham Street and drove off amid laughter.
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Langham Place
Langham Street
The Stage Doorkeeper Tradition in Theater
Charles Belmont Davis notes in Outing Magazine that actors universally greet the stage doorkeeper with "Good evening" on entry and "Good night" on exit, a tradition he recalls across many theaters and hours, from Shakespearean stars to chorus girls, with few refusals to respond.
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Charles Belmont Davis
Outing Magazine
Hidden Sorrow in a Silent Moment
A sympathetic observer notes a woman seated with a silent, masklike expression while her companion orders for both. The other woman claims boredom suggests the husband present, revealing social tension. An Italian proverb on industry concludes the piece.
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New York Press
Winthrop Real Estate Boom in 1907 Reported
The 1907 annual report by Inspector of Buildings William A Lampoon shows 205 permits issued for new work additions or alterations up to 122 at the Centre Highlands and Beach. Dwellings for 137 families, 86 new. Mortgage totals and deeds up 77 and 101 respectively from 1906. The Winthrop Cooperative Bank gathered deposits over 30 000 to fuel local mortgages.
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Inspector of Buildings
William A. Lampoon
Highlands
Winthrop
Floyd and
Tucker
Point Shirley
Railroad Company
Paines and Storers Adda
Taft-Clark
Green
Suffolk
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
Trains Schedule For Winthrop and Surrounding Stations
A timetable lists departures from Winthrop Centre Winthrop Beach Highlands and nearby stops with varied hourly intervals and specific times. It notes that arrival and departure times are not guaranteed and delays are not the company’s responsibility.
Between Friends Delicate Piano Moment Dialog
A brief vignette shows Nan remarking on a piano needing tuning and Fan reacting with a playful exchange about Ona’s singing in a Chicago scene. The fragment hints at a social pair's humor and domestic rhythm.
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Chicago
Boston Elevated Railway timetable notice 1907
A 1907 notice from the Boston Elevated Railway Company lists seasonal and daily schedule changes for routes to Scottie Square and Orient Heights via tunnels. It notes morning and night trains, special cars on request, and rates for balls and excursions with contact at 101 Milk Street Room 701.
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NortIh
ScoLtia Square
Gladstone St
Scottay Square
Court St
Community notices of fundraisers and entertainments
Local societies lodges churches and charities plan events in coming months to aid treasuries and causes. The Winthrop Sun and Visitor offers to print suitable reports but may charge for preliminary notices with admission tickets based on space used. Rates are low but matter of business for all parties involved.
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Treasuries
Winthrop Sun
Visitorire
Readers urged to send items to The Winthrop Sun Visiter
The newspaper invites readers to submit notices and messages from subscribers and asks sign their name when sending material for printing to the paper.
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Winthrop Sun and
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Pleasant
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock Street
Pleasant and
Sargent
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan Street
Washington and Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Chester
Town Hall
Kimball’s Factory
Ionth
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Pere
Baltimore American
Winthrop Real Estate
Goyces
Mtges
Daly
West Point
Bucker
Leslie
London
Benedict
Baltimore
Geo
Read
Banker Centre
Pauline Buchanan
Ee Bowdoin
River Road
Winthrop Ornton
Eahornton Park
Girdlestone
Belcher Sargent Waldemar
Pico Vine
Atlantic Pleasant Willow
Maple Cottage
Johnson Court
Lowell Loring
Wood Island
Harbor View
Winthrop Centre
Winthrop. Beach
Winthrop Beach
H. L. Hoyt
G.T. A. John
Benno
Saporiatea Laat
Boston Elevated Railway Company
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