Boston Transit Timetables for Orient Heights to Scollay Square
Streetcar schedule details for Orient Heights and Scollay Square including tunnel routes via the Gladstone Street area. It lists departure times from 5 a.m. to night hours, varying intervals, Sunday services, night service, and special charter options. Published by M. C. Brush, Second Vice-President, April 17, 1915.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Minto
Gladstone St
Gladstone Street
Sullivan Square
Dudley Street
Atlantic Avenue
Forest Hills
Milk Street
M. C. Brush
Help Wanted and Real Estate Ads in Sun and Visitor
Classified snippet lists help wanted, situation wanted, apartments to let, furnished rooms, houses for sale and land for sale in the Sun and Visitor newspapers. Advertisers seek tenants, buyers, or staff with contact details and brief descriptions.
Spring-heeled invention from Kansas hints social delight
A Kansas man creates a spring in the heel to make wearers leap in social events. The device, camouflaged by a discreet heel cover, lifts wearers in wave-like motions inviting smiles and nostalgia for moonlit boat rides. Six young women at a social event bobbed like corks, drawing curious glances from men and old bachelors alike.
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Kansas
German Empire Flag Colors Across Kingdoms and States
The German flag would span many hues if all kingdoms and states were shown. Prussian roots appear in the black white and eagle, with a black white red canton for the North German Confederacy formed in 1867. State colors include Bavaria blue and white, Saxony white and green, Württemberg black and red, Mecklenburg-Strelitz red and yellow and blue, and others like Brunswick blue and yellow, Saxe Coburg Gotha green and white, and Waldeck red yellow and black.
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Bavaria
Hanover
Saxony
Wurttemberg
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Brunswick
Saxe-Coburg, Gotha
Schaumburg-Lippe
Waldeck
Pomerania
Baden
Hesse
Sweat of the Farmer’s Brow and Bread for Foreigners
The Philadelphia Ledger notes American farmers feed 100,000,000 foreigners by exporting about 1,500,000 bushels of wheat weekly to Europe. It argues farmers deserve sunlit grandstand seats and calls the export effort a record for foreign mission work.
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Atlantic
Philadelphia Ledger
English Pur chasing agent jokes about wartime beer ban
An English purchasing agent touring New York quips that Russia bans vodka France bans absinthe and England contemplates beer limits for the war. He notes England’s fondness for strong beer and recalls a Marble Arch tub thumper joke about beer saloons sinking and many would drown.
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Russia
France
England
New York
Marble Arch
Burleigh’s Long Life Earns Civil War Pension Tale
Senator Burleigh of Maine once tried to join the Civil War army but was rejected for a weak heart. He joked he would outlive the doctor, and decades later, as a congressman, he received a $50 monthly pension for his enduring service.
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Burleigh
Maine
Congress
Sharp Wits Turned Tables on Persecutors in Inn Tale
Moses Mendelssohn, abused yet quick to reply, faced cavaliers who fed him refuse morsels. He wept, recalling his mother’s warning that sweets lead to pig leavings. The quip ends with the remark that her prophecy has come true.
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Moses Mendelssohn
Moses
Rome fashion quip on stolas and togas
Mrs Styles notes that in ancient Rome a woman's character was seen by her dress. The toga worn by men and the stola by women prompts Mr Styles to joke that wives had multiple stolas to match their husbands’ single toga.
Arctic divorce case inflames domestic dispute tale
In the Arctic region a man seeking a divorce leaves home in anger and stays away for days. His wife, taking the hint, departs. The exchange questions how the wife can know if divorce is desired or if the husband merely fled to escape chores.
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Mr.Bacon
Arctic Region
If American Tourist Brother Went to America
A dialogue fragment shows a peasant recalling a brother who made money abroad and muses that if he had lived he would now be a gentleman, with a judge delivering a reflective line on social ascent.
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America
Entered in School Race Tommy Tries to Save Speed
A brief exchange shows Tommy explaining to his mother that he has a school race tomorrow and plans to conserve his speed to perform well. The dialogue centers on preparation and parental concern for a young athlete.
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Tommy
Light on His Feet as Gadson Tango Acknowledges Years
A witty exchange notes Mr Gadson's nimble dancing showing little sign of aging and links his gait to a light stride. The joke implies he avoids dwelling on age or guilt.
Hurrying a Girl in Cholly’s Candy Box Moment
A brief vignette shows a girl hurrying to notice Cholly as he calls. He always brings candy and worries he will start eating it if she keeps him waiting. The exchange centers on a playful hurried arrival and a shared treat pipeline.
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Cholly
Woman's Reason appears in humorous dialogue
A brief humor piece presents a witty exchange about gender perception. A woman is described as masculine by two speakers, who recall asking why she seemed so and being told by her that the reason is simply “Be cause.”
Prisoner’s Quip After Conviction Cites Past Lawyer Hire
A judge questions the defendant's first offense and the prisoner replies that he had hired a lawyer once before, highlighting a prior legal representative. The exchange captures a brief courtroom moment reflecting on prior legal counsel.
Cause of Delay at Theater Teasing Dialog
A rushed exchange between Mr and Mrs Gotham about hurrying to the theater. Mrs Gotham questions driving themselves while Mr Gotham admonishes the need for speed to avoid lateness. The scene captures domestic urgency and humor.
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Mr. Gotham
Mrs. Gotham
New Sterilizer uses ultraviolet rays to purify water
A European designed sterilizer using rock crystal to maximize ultra violet penetration sterilizes water by exposing it to sun like rays. Trials in Marseilles Rouen and in the Austrian and US military contexts show strong germ destruction including typhoid bacilli amebas. Applicable to public baths pools artificial ice and industrial water purification with low cost operation and growing potential for milk sterilization.
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Marseilles
Rouen
Morocco
United States Army
Philippines
Bothing Works
Caster Embodies New Idea In Furniture Wheel Mount
A newly invented caster mounting for furniture wheels centers on a pin in the leg and a wheel axle end moving in a flat inverted V groove. Popular Mechanics notes the design keeps the wheel aligned while rotating smoothly, offering an innovative mounting method.
Wheel caster slot mechanism for furniture movement
A slider design allows the wheel to move from one side to the other as furniture is widened. At rest the axle centers in the slot, keeping the caster directly under the furniture leg for stability. This arrangement enables easy motion without the holder needing reversal.
The Princess Islands as Exile Grounds Across Ages
The Princess Islands in the Sea of Marmora have long served as exile sites. Byzantine era saw Empress Irene confined at Prinkipo, the principal isle. During the Young Turk era officials labeled as guests of the isle were interned, and later the Marmora group held detainees left to starve amid reformer restraint.
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Princess Islands
Sea of
Marmora
Constantinople
Irene
Prinkipo
Yildiz
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