Winthrop Fire Alarm Box Directory and School Schedule
Fire alarm box locations listed around Winthrop and nearby streets followed by a school signals note for Kimball's Factory School. Directions describe how to give an alarm at a fire and the box testing schedule with dates and times. Fire department officials and station contact details are included.
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Kimball's Factory
Waal
Central Station
Beach_ Station
F. W. F. Woollcott
H.W. Roberts, Jr
H. N. Bangs
Board of Fire Engineers
A. F. Coggins
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Time Schedule 1908
Timetable shows weekday weekend train departures from Boston to Orient Heights Beachmont Crescent Beach and nearby stations, with multiple daily intervals. It lists Winthrop Centre and Winthrop Highlands departures via Highlands and Ingalls, noting non guaranteed departure times and disclaimers. Signed by H L Hoyt and John A. Fenno.
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Boston
Orient Heights
Beachmont
Crescent Beach
Bath House
West Lynn Lynn
Winthrop
Winthrop Centre
Highlands
Ingalls
Winthrop Beach
Teele
H. L. Hoyt
John A. Fenno
Winthrop Mail Hours and Service Details
Office hours run daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., with money orders and registration windows operating similarly. Carriers deliver at 7.30 a.m., 1.45 p.m., and 4 p.m., while collections occur at 7.30, 11, 1.30, 4.20, and 6 p.m. daily. Street letter boxes are emptied at 9.30 p.m. and several sub-stations handle stamps, money orders, and registrations.
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Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Main
Revere
Cherry
Revere Street
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Féam_avenue
Shirley R.R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Highlands Station
Sturgis
David Bexcare
Boston Elevated Railway schedules change notice
Notice from the Boston Elevated Railway Company detailing alterations to service times from Gladstone Street to Secoray Square Tunnel and Court Street with specific morning and night intervals. Special cars may be chartered for balls theaters or excursions. information on rates routes and connections available by phone or at the Supt. office 101 Milk Street Room 701. May 2 1908. O. B. Sreexant Vice President.
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Orient Meights
Scollay Squire
Pannel
Out Herents
Gladstone St
Seotray Square
Court Sr
Milk Street
Woman's World Mme du Gast and Her Diplomatic Mission
Mme Camille du Gast, a Paris social figure and explorer, was commissioned by the French agriculture department to report on Morocco’s resources. She traveled to Tangier, met sultans and pretenders, and says her gender aided access, with Mulai Hafid and Mulai Mohammed as figures in her assessments while Valiente is described as brute and uneducated.
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Grandes Dames
Mme
Camille du Gast
Paris
Morocco
Department of Agriculture
Abdul Aziz
Mme. du Gast
Mediterranean
Tangier
Madrid
Raghis
Mulai Hafid
Mulai Mohammed
Valiente
Rub In for Nail Care and Hangnail Prevention
Instructions advise weekly skin paste on hands and gloves for moisture and protection. Daily cleansing with almond meal and warm water, brushing, then rub in paste. trim tips carefully to avoid thick flesh and hangnails. Use olive oil to soften nails, vase line to harden, and avoid digging with sharp tools.
Peroxide Skin Care Regimen with Hand Whitening Notes
The article warns hydrogen peroxide whitens skin but dries postural oils if overused. It advises careful use at home, cleansing the stained areas with soap and a brush, then softening grime, rinsing, and drying. It suggests lem juice, oxalic acid as last resort, and finishing with vaseline, pumice, olive oil soak, and cold cream.
Delicate scalloped embroidery on small handkerchiefs
Readers learn to sew dainty scalloped edges on handkerchiefs using sheer linen ten inches square or nine inch squares from yard wide fabric. A spool guides the scallop, fine darning cotton pads the edge, and initials in block or Japanese script enhance the refined look with subtle color options.
Care of Dishcloths in Domestic Routine
A careful housekeeper solves dishcloth woes by soaking used cloths in a bowl of water and washing soda, then drying overnight. She ensures ample towels remain clean so no towel is reused in a day and the kitchen stays orderly.
Modern kitchen utensils replace old three prong forks
The article argues that old steel forks and wooden knives are obsolete. German silver utensils are cheaper, non rusting, and more satisfactory. It notes steel utensils rust and calls that unsatisfactory while praising steel vegetable knives for hard cooking tasks.
Needing Iron in Everyday Vitality
A fragment notes that fatigue, weakness, night sweats, and lack of zest can stem from iron deficiency or low blood iron. It mentions a tonic containing iron or hypophosphites as a remedy, suggesting a common historical medical claim.
Palatable water gruel recipe with nutmeg garnish
The passage describes a simple water gruel for sickness made by mixing flour with water, adding salt, and boiling until smooth. It notes a preference for a light gruel and suggests finishing with a grating of nutmeg for flavor.
Utilized the Tunefulness in Rural Choir Rehearsals
A village rector’s daughter rehearses the choir boys and jokes with a string of rural wit. She asks Jerry if he learned the new hymn, and he replies he has spent the week skeering crows from the veld with it. The piece blends rural humor with light social observations.
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Jerry
Keep Nerves Sharp by Hard Work and Fast Action
The passage urges redirecting nervous tension into hard productive labor. When faced with suspense, disappointment, or sorrow, avoid lingering in worry and quickly engage in strenuous tasks. Do household chores, then tackle big, immediate projects to distract the mind and lessen anxious feelings.
Escoffier Egg Recipes Featured From Le Guide Culinaire
The article surveys 168 egg preparations by Auguste Escoffier, highlighting several examples: Eggs d Aumale with tomato puree and lamb kidney. Spanish Eggs with fried tomato halves and onions. Eggs Magda with herbs mustard and gruyere on toast. Eggs Savoyard with potatoes and cheese. Eggs a la Diable cooked in hot butter with vinegar.
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Auguste Escoffier
Marshal MacMahon
Napoleon III
le Guide Culinaire
Madeira
Cleaning Tan Leather and Gloves for Fresh Look
The article explains keeping tan leather clean is hard at home and tips to rub a damp rag over surfaces to remove dirt and restore color on gloves. It also advises cleaning yellow shoes with turpentine on a woolen rag, then drying and brushing to look like new.
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Mike
Do You Earn Fair Pay for Uncongenial Work
A reflective piece urges workers to assess whether they truly do their best and earn fair salaries. It warns that underpaying conditions and shirking duties defraud employers and damage the bargain between worker and company.
Etiquette Points on Women Greetings and Handshakes
A woman's reception of a man during introductions shapes the impression she makes. If the man is a stranger, she stays seated and does not offer a handshake unless he extends first, while the man may or may not initiate. If she knows of him, greetings become more personal and may include phrases of familiarity.
Delights of Stupidity and the Cost of Knowledge
A humorous meditation on courage and ignorance, arguing knowledge often dulls bravery. It recalls Napoleon, the British army at Waterloo, and the dangers of overprepared imagination. The piece compares education's imagination to fear while joking that ignorance might have kept paradise intact.
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Psaterloo
Jimmy
Garden of Eden
Household Hints From An Old Column
Practical tips for home care including flat wide saucepans to save heat, using tea grounds around fern roots to encourage growth, cinnamon with canned pears to improve flavor, brightening a dark basement stair, dry cleaning cloth with fuller’s earth and turpentine, and satin cleaning with soapsuds kerosene and careful pressing.
How George Eliot Wrote Novels
The article recalls George Eliot as highly particular about surroundings while writing. It notes strict control of dress and study order, and claims she seldom wrote more than sixty sentences a day. After finishing a piece she suffered exhaustion until a trip to Italy or France restored her.
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George Eliot
George Elie
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winthrop Fire Alarm
CIM
Hoyu Ou
Temple
Highland
Revere St
George Turner
Sagamore Ave
Almont
Cross Sts
Winthrop St
Bowdoin
Banks
Hermon
Marshall
Pleasant
Court
Loring
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock
Sargent
Sargent St
Johnson Ave
Pleasant St
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park Hotel
Woodside Ave
Seymour St
Buchanan Sts
Washington and Elmwood
Washington Ave
Thornton Purt
Shirley St
Siren
Shirly St
Harbor View
Cottage St
Hillside Ave
Crystal Cove
Farnbar
Chester Ave
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Rk. B
P.M
Winthrop Highlands
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Sreexant
Vigg
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