Boston Elevated Railways Time Table from Orient Heights to Scollay Square
Schedule details for Orient Heights to Scollay Square and Orient Heights Gladstone Street to Scollay Square tunnels. Lists specific departure times, intervals, Sunday timings, night service, and special car charter available. Provides office contact at 101 Milk Street Room 701 for rates routes and connections.
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Orient Heights
Gladstone Street
Scollay Square Tunnel
Court Street
Office of Superintendent of Transportation
Milk Street
Have you a room to let Adver tise in the Sun and Visitor
An invitation to advertise rooms for rent appears in the Sun and Visitor urging readers to place a notice for available rooms. The plea emphasizes quick responses and wide exposure in the local paper.
Swat the Fly Appeal Urges Early Action
The Washington board of health issues an appeal urging early effort to combat flies. The appeal notes one female fly appearing as late as April 10 could, by September, be ancestor to 7,600,000 descendants across nine generations, a burden on even a hospitable household.
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Washington Board of Health
French deputies debate race color in West India seats
The French chamber of deputies discusses two black members from West Indian possessions. One, Legitimus, is full-blooded. the newer arrival Gratien Candace is lighter. Candace objects to seating him at the extreme right or left to avoid a “mourning” look.
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French Chamber of Deputies
West India
Monsieur Legitimus
Monsieur Gratien Candace
Candace
Legitimus
Man's Overlooked Opportunities and The Littleness of Lives
Poetic reflection quoting Phil lips Brooks on human potential and spiritual purpose. The fragment contrasts everyday limits with the grandeur of being a child of God and the dignity of man and child.
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God
Phillips
Brooks
Boston Revere Beach Lynn Railroad Schedule
The schedule shows weekday departures from Boston at 12.35 1.20 2.35 3.50 6.05 5.35 5.60 6.05 6.20 6.35 a m with frequent intervals to 8.35 am and 4.35 pm and later runs to 11.35 pm and 12.05 midnight. Sundays list 1.20 2.35 3.50 5.05 6.05 7.05 8.05 11.35 am and 12.05 midnight with 15 minute spacing to 11.35 am. John A. Fenno, Supt.
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Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Boston
John A. Fenno
Fresh Air Prank Brightens Quiet Household
Aunt Nan orchestrates a playful April fool in Bamberger's home by opening every window to flood the house with cold air while the family plans to dramatize the scene for his reaction. The scheme ends with Bamberger calling to cancel dinner as a New York man arrives.
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Bamberger
Nan
Kenneth
Nannie
George
Daddy
Aunt Nan
Nant
New York
Pa Daily News
King George the rarest parrot demands high bids
A wealthy New Yorker owns King George a highly valued African gray parrot. He has refused three offers of 5000 dollars each for Polly. The bird is trained to sing, recite poetry, imitate animals and speak in clear phrases. It can spell simple words and always imitates an animal after naming it.
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King George
Polly
Africa
Why the sun dew leaves react to touch and rain
Andrew Wilson notes in the Illustrated London News that sun dew distinguishes contact from rain, enabling rapid fly capture while ignoring moisture. He compares Mimosa sensitivity to movement and touches, discusses carriages, ether effects, and suggests revising ideas of plant nervousness to explain daisies opening and closing petals.
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Andrew Wilson
Illustrated London News
Lumber Carried on Burro Back From Mexican Mountains
The forests lie in high mountain regions of Mexico with hardwood timber including mahogany. Few railroads reach these tracts, so burros are used to haul rough timbers down steep trails. Thousands of railroad crossties were transported on burro backs aiding modern line construction.
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Mexico
Tropics
Snakes and Wild Animals Fatalities in India and Burma
Last year India recorded 32 478 deaths from snake bites and 2 400 from wild animals. In Burmah during 1910 wild animals caused 1 273 deaths and snakes 80. Cattle losses in India reached 93 074 from wild animals and 10 900 from snakes. Burma cattle deaths: 7 851 wild animals and 6 588 by snakes. Tigers and leopards were the deadliest, with elephants bears wolves and hyenas also causing fatalities. Government rewards totaling 47 725 were paid for destruction of 91 104 snakes and 19 282 wild animals in India.
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India
Burmah
Burham
All India
Expensive Conversation With Parrot At Distance
A southern woman visiting the north used a long distance call to talk with her feathered pet. Polly, the parrot, answered the mistress through a servant holding the receiver. The costly connection ran to $30.
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Veige
One of Nature's Freaks Ducks and Fowl Hybrid
A farmer near Mill Hall London England owns a cross between a duck and a fowl. The creature has a duck like bill body and legs with webbed feet. It swims easily and quacks. A hen lays greenish eggs tasting like a duck egg.
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Mill Hall
London
England
Pennsylvania
Questioning the many New York churches
A letter to the editor of the New York Press complains about unidentified churches. The writer asks for clear denominational signs, service times, and the pastor’s name, noting the lack of visible information about church leadership and functions.
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New York
New York Press
Bulls and advisors clash in speculative prudence
A quip notes that advising bold action ignores the bull’s possible counterplay. The saying contrasts decisive rhetoric with the unpredictable reactions of the situation, highlighting caution in leadership.
Quotations on Women Reprinted from Various Authors
A compiled fragment presents multiple old quotes about women from Ouida Hardy Rabela is Barrie Thackeray, Thackeray, Reade and Taine. The selections discuss influence on youth, marriage, love, and female nature with generalizations and humor.
Winthrop Fire Alarm Directives and Box Locations
A historical notice lists fire alarm boxes across Winthrop streets and landmarks including Triton Ave Beacons, Shirley St intersections, Grovers Aves, Main Banks Sts, and Winthrop Center R R Station. It provides alarm procedures from box signals to two and three blows, plus testing dates and contact numbers.
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Triton Ave
Triton
Shirley St
Tafts
Harbor View
Terrace
Cottage St
Hillside
Crystal Cove
Farnbar
Beacon St
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis
Shirley
Cutler
Dolphin Ave
Seafoam
Mermaid Ave
Beach
Read and Jerald
Main
Marshall Sts
Pleasant
Lincoln
Court
Winthrop Centre R. R
Buchanan and Pleasant Sts
Washington Ave
Thornton Park
Washington and Elmwood
River Road
Bates Ave
Winthrop St
Chester Ave
Bowdoin and
Buchanan Sts
Kimball's Factory
Quincy and
Cliff Aves
Central Station
Tel
Mortgagee's Sale of Burlingame Lot in Winthrop
Mortgagee Orville P. Williams will auction on June 20 1912 at 4 pm the Burlingame deeded parcel lot 49 Aspinwall Lincoln plan end of Book 2125 Suffolk Deeds. Property includes buildings in Winthrop bounded by lots 48 35 36 50 and Court Road with record restrictions and a mortgage to Essex Savings Bank plus unpaid taxes. $200 cash deposit required.
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Margaret A. Flaherty
Winthrop
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Edgar Power
Circuit Road
Loring Road
Martell
New Loring Road
Edgar F. Power
Bartlett
Court Park
Brown
Erbert “E. Messenger
Saugus
County of Essex
Mareh Sth
Suffolk Registry of Deeds
Edgar PF
Benjamin
Palmer and
Newton
Middlesex
Commonwealth
The
Chase and Sanborn's Employees Mutial Savings Association
Middlesex South District
Edgate
Massachusetts
Annie
Trainor
Oland
Shirley Street
Harold CC Bartlett
Estelle H. Burlingame
Orville P. Willams
Aspinwall and
Lincoln
Elsen Savings Bank
Aale
Orville P. Williams
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Scollay Square
Potters Garage & Stable CO
Shirley Park
Crenney
Waterbury Company
VC Ee Cui Cate
Eae Electric
Iri Franklin St
Massi
Sun
Thomas Hardy
Francois Rabelais
J M. Barrie
William Makepeace Thackeray
Charles Reade
Haliburton
Hippolyte A. Taine
Winthrop Fire Alarm
Beach Station
Teoree TL
Atty
Leslie A. Spinney
Nellie
Blanchard Spinney
Benton
Winthrop Sun
Robert—Grint
Arthur W. Dolan
Wenthrop
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