Winthrop Fire Alarm Box Locations and Procedures
A dated list details fire alarm boxes across Winthrop with street intersections and landmarks. It specifies box numbers 22 and 123 near Pauline street schoolhouse, ring patterns of two, three blows, and the rule to stand and direct the department on arrival. It notes testing dates on the 1st and 15th of each month at 8 o clock a.m. if a Sunday, moved to the following day. Central and Beach stations provide contact numbers.
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Pleasant
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Pleasant Street
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s
Central Station
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours and collection schedules
The Winthrop post office opens 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily with Sunday hours 9 to 10 a.m. Money order and registration windows run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Deliveries occur at 7.30 a.m., 1.45 p.m., and 4.20 p.m. Daily collections at 7.30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 4.20 p.m., and 6 p.m. Sunday times differ. Evening box pickups listed. mail close and arrival times shown. David Belcher, Supt.
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Magee
Pleasant
Main Streets
David Belcheer
Boston Elevated Railway Time Table 1906
Boston Elevated Railway announces daily service hours and routes for Sacon Lay Square via tunnel and North Ferry, with frequent intervals and night hours. Special charter cars available for balls and excursions. contact Superintendent of Transportation at 101 Milk Street Room 701 for rates, routes, and connections. December 15, 1906. Vice-President.
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Caner
Orient Hebcuts
Office of Supt. of Transportation
Milk Street
Memorandum book hints of youth and old names in prose
A brief reminiscence from Atlantic about a young poet and famed names from the past. An anecdote at Union station shows courtesy with an umbrella exchange. The piece also notes Washington Irving's origin of the phrase the almighty dollar and the evolution of the term from the thaler.
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Washington Irving
Joachimsthal
London Chronicle
Naples Cafe Death Sparks Curiosity Over Metempsychosis
A wealthy young man Lean dro Improza in Naples after a cafe visit wrote notes and letters then shot himself in the breast. One letter explains his desire to study metempsychosis by dying and seeking rebirth as a game animal, ending with ADDIO, to the curious public.
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Leandro Improza
Naples
Addio
No One Is Free From Flaws Says Schopenhauer
The quote argues that even the greatest minds have limits in knowledge and that all humans contain some evil. It notes that even the noblest character can reveal depravity in isolated traits, revealing kinship with the flawed human race and its cruelty.
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Schopenhauer
I am the show Rubinstein declares on tour
While touring the United States on a concert circuit, the great Russian pianist Rubinstein found Barnum's circus on the same route. A guard asked if he belonged to the show. He answered with a fierce growl that he is the show himself.
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Rubinstein
United States
Barnum
Old maid reformers praised as essential workers
A Cosmopolitan writer extols the value of old maids noting they do more for humanity and individuals than anyone else. The piece claims God sends old maids into the world to do the work others neglect.
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Cosmopolitan
Quote on purposeful work and fulfillment by Emerson
An excerpt reflecting on the ideal of finding happiness through a chosen pursuit. It frames work as the crowning fortune of life, suggesting fulfillment comes from engagement in meaningful craft, whether creating baskets broadswords canals statues or songs.
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Emerson
World population noted has 109 women per 100 men
A Chicago News item quotes a teacher questioning William about being whipped. It also states a demographic figure that the world’s population averages 109 women for every 100 men.
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William
Eply
Chicago News
Father’s latchkey jingles and family roles
A poem about a father's return home at six with playful disguises of robber, sailor, soldier and knight. The children valourize him yet admit he is often tired, preferring the simple, loving truth of father at the door. Included is a Bangor Irish speech excerpt about honesty and a Dublin reader's anecdote.
Making Charcoal from Wood in Rural Pits
The Chicago News explains a charcoal method where uniform sticks are stacked in round heaps with a central chimney. Air is restricted to carbonize wood, not burn it, preserving carbon as charred sticks. Large heaps take weeks, then cool and spread to finish.
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Chicago News
To Pierce a Coin With a Needle
A needle can pierce a nickel by threading it through cork for support then striking the coin with a hammer. The cork keeps the needle straight and the hard steel forces engraving through the metal, a trick explained as a Magical Experiments tip.
Fairy Boat Disappoints Child Aboard Ferry
Dorothy aged three expected a fairy boat on a long trip but scans the ferry for fairies with disappointment. Her mother explains the voyage is on a ferry, not a magical vessel, leaving the child puzzled by the lack of fairies.
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Dorothy
Reading the Face and Eye Cues of Character
The text links eye color to traits such as deceit in green eyes and cold malice in restless eyes, while blue eyes hint at coquetry and brown eyes suggest kindness. It also notes mouth size and chin shapes as indicators of conversational power, fanciness, jealousy, and steadfast affection.
When Did You Oil Your Watch Last
The piece notes many people neglect watch lubrication while other tools are oiled regularly. Experts say a watch should be cleaned and oiled every eighteen months. Watches can run for years, yet many neglect proper servicing and still keep time.
Blond Indians in Mexico Rumored Swedish Bloodline
The Maya of the Sierra Madre in Sonora reportedly show fair skin blue eyes and light hair. Folklore holds their ancestors came over the salt water long ago, with a tradition linking them to a Swedish shipwreck pre Columbus era.
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Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Sonora
Mexican
New World
Frog of Peculiar Habits in South American Forests
A South American frog dwells in virgin forests and nests in hollow tree stumps high in the canopy. It lines the stump with resin from nearby trees to form a rainfall basin where it lays eggs that hatch into tadpoles. The method of resin collection and welding of the lining remains a mystery.
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South America
Something of That Kind
A conversation between a serious man and a young man about time and mortality turns playful as the youth suggests each tick of the clock brings payday nearer. The exchange blends weighty reflection with light humor in a small moment.
Chicken diet riddle on a plantation ends with humor
An elderly white haired man on a plantation visits a doctor who prescribes chicken and staying out of damp night air. The man replies with a humorous question about how to stay indoors yet still get his chickens.
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Darky
Dhe
His Rising Day
A village gossip recalls a man who only rose after stumbling upon dynamite and never realized his true fit in the rising business. The Atlanta Constitution quote reflects the humor and irony of social judgments about ambition and success.
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Atlanta Constitution
Health Recipe and Punchline on Health and Resources
A man asks the poet Long about health and receives: Joy temperance and repose slam the door on the doctor's nose. The note claims England and Australia exceed Cuba in natural resources as islands.
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Long
England
Australia
Islands
Cuba
Qualities of the Oyster Joke from a San Francisco Story
A San Franciscan tells a joke about oysters opening their shells while taken from the sea. To prevent the juice from spilling, a tub of water is kept nearby and the oyster is plunged when it begins to open. The oyster learns to keep its mouth shut.
Different Names For Waves In Coastal English Vernacular
The passage lists regional terms for waves around Great Britain. Peterhead uses Norrawa carpenters for large crashing breakers, Lincolnshire and southwestern coasts call long rollers, East Anglia uses slog for heavy surf and home for marked swell, Suffolk fishermen note windless nasty homes, bark for surf, feather white seas, spoon drift for foam, and the sea described as feather white with spoon drift.
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Great Britain
Peterhead
Norway
Lincolnshire
Atlantic
Long Hair a Mark of Honor Across Ancient Nations
The article notes long hair as a mark of rank in France and amongPersians Parthians Greeks Gauls and Franks. It contrasts long hair with short hair signifying subjection thralls and cites Caesar forcing Gauls to cut hair. It also mentions Goths Franks and criminals as examples of cultural hair meanings.
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France
Denver
Origin of the Expression Fudge Revealed in Historical Note
The Pittsburgh Post recalls that the word Fudge traces to Charles II era and a sea captain named Fudge famed for tall tales. The anecdote illustrates the term’s use in calling out false exploits, while a brief dialogue about pills adds a mundane, unrelated conversational fragment.
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Charles II
Fudge
Pittsburg Post
Johnny
A Watter of Business in The Winthrop Sun
Local societies churches and groups plan entertainments over the coming months to support their causes and reserves. The Winthrop Sun and Visitor will print suitable reports if notified or tickets are received but will charge for preliminary announcements without admission fees based on space used.
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Winthrop Sun
Ruskin Letter to Admirer on Book Prices
A Great Bee Railway Journal note recounts a Ruskin reply to a stranger over book costs. The letter from 84 Woodstock Road Oxford dated 4 November promises a publisher gift in apology and questions why Shakespeare and the Bible are valued cheaply.
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Ruskin
Great Bee Railway Journal
Woodstock Road
Oxford
Carlyle
J. Ruskin
A Curious Superstition Among the Sene ca Indians
A brief note describes a practice where a maiden dies and a captive bird is freed toward her grave. The bird, loaded with affectionate messages, is released in hope it will carry the tokens to the spirit land and deliver them to the loved one.
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Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaidso
Grover
Revere Street
Sagamore Av Cross
Almont Streets
Revere
Bowdoin
Ocean View
Winthrop
Boston: Elevated Railway Company
Union Station
Fifth Avenue
Kansas City
Father
Mrs. O'Grady
Phelim
O'Grady
London
Joe Drows
New York
Castoria
Bears
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41St Street
Broadway
Robert P. Murphy
College Inn
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