April Fool's Wisdom Winthrop Mail Hours Notice
Post office hours and services listed for Winthrop and Revere including money orders registry and general delivery. Weekday and holiday times, stamp sub stations, street box collections, and Sunday delivery options described with multiple locations and schedules. Signed by David Belcher. dated September 1912.
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Crest Avenue
Shirley Street
Point Shirley
Shirley. Street
Washington Ave
Bates Washington Ave
Winthrop St
Pleasant St
Sunnyside Pleasant St
Bartlett Road
Pleasant At
Pauline
Count Road
Pleasant
Lincoln
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Osean View
Magee's Corner
Cor
Cherry
Summit
Crest Ave
Grover Ave
Shirley St
Birley St
Mermaid
Hirley St
Shirley RR
Ocean Ave
Tewksbury St
Bhirley St
Crystal Cove
East Boston
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Uncle and Nephew Choose Love Over Duty in Office
In a private office scene John Benton senior guides his nephew John Jr toward a desk job. Missteps with Edith Billings spark a prank that backfires. After a late-night apology John confesses love, faces the elder Benton, and quits the office to marry Edith with the uncle's blessing.
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John Benton
John
Young John
Mr. Benton
Edith Billings
Edith
Courage and conviction in heroic living
A meditation on strength and courage to live by personal truth despite love and approval. The speaker contrasts life aligned with inner belief against familial pressure and social ease, asking what courage means when truth challenges inherited views. The poem reflects on isolation, risk, and the pain of choosing authenticity.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Love and longing in Galsworthy referenced in Scribner's Maga
Excerpt discusses love’s stealthy, tormenting pull and the desire for freedom from love. It contrasts fleeting happiness with pain, describing wandering, loneliness, and a desolate emotional wilderness. The passage cites Galsworthy in Scribner's Magazine.
Bold Bridge Strategy by McLaysburgh Wilson
A poem recounts strategic thinking in bridge with a cautious scout foreseeing events. The speaker contrasts three approaches, including crossing a bridge before reading it, bold die casting, and burning bridges behind. The piece blends caution and risk in a verse on decision making.
Money Making Dogs in Leisure and Work
The article notes dogs as profitable companions. Dogs trained to retrieve golf balls earned over 300 balls in a summer for one owner. A London suburb terrier retrieved lost balls to fund charity. In Paris a bookmaker used a dog to visit clients, earning about $600 yearly. A well trained retriever can be worth at least $100 annually for recovering game.
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London
Paris
Unclear dialogue snippet on fashion and a “modified baby”
A brief quoted scene contrasts feelings about a child and fashion, noting pride and a judgment that ordinary children are unfashionable. The dialogue hints at an idea of a modified baby without further detail.
Delicate Sandwiches and Sweets From Our Kitchen Pantry
A historical recipe listing includes various sandwich ideas and treats. It details Cheese Sandwiches, Sardine Sandwiches, Corona Sandwiches, English Celery Sandwiches, Cheese and Almond Sandwiches, Fairy Punch, Lemonade, Indians, and Sweet Sandwiches with steps, ingredients, and preparation tips.
Caleb's Ailment in a Rural Nutty Romance
Caleb Henderson, a hired man, proposes to widow Clymer after a bull messenger and quarrels over a city flirtation. The two marry after Caleb endures staged lunacy to win her approval, amid jealous plots, farm mischief, and comic misadventure.
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Caleb Henderson
Widow Clymer
Caleb
Cupid
Jolly
Josh
Harmless Bleach Guidelines for Laundry Use
The article advises against using artificial bleach except when truly needed to avoid fiber damage. It notes chlorine bleach can cause holes if overused but may yield satisfactory results when used sparingly. A method is given: dissolve two pounds of chloride of lime in cold water overnight, drain, dissolve one pound washing soda in hot water, mix, add cold water, soak overnight, rinse twice, and then blue.
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John
Edith Billings
Mr. Benton
John Benton
Uncle John
Miss Billings
Benton
Edith
Caleb
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Caleb Henderson
Clymer
Aleb
Baked Meat Pie From Pantry Guide
This recipe directs cutting meat into two inch squares and simmering with water onion salt and white pepper then adding potatoes and finishing with flour parsley. It suggests lining a dish with crust placing meat and potatoes, topping with gravy, and baking until brown.
Fluffy Rice Method Praised By New York Evening Post
A reported method to achieve fluffy rice is shared who washes the grain through several waters then uses a colander to rinse with cold faucet water. Rice is added gradually to rapidly boiling water and cooked about fifteen minutes before baking uncovered to evaporate all water.
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New York Evening Post
Cutting Cookies the Quick Modern Way
Recipe advice from Pictorial Review describes shaping dough into a long roll then slicing inch thick segments. Place slices two inches apart on a pan and flatten, as bake heat settles into uniform round cookies with no leftover dough.
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Pictorial Review
Titanic Musicians Honored as Disaster Heroes
The piece places the Titanic musicians among disaster heroes, noting how they played a requiem as lifeboats heard the music over the water. It compares their sacrifice to Carlyle’s tale of the Girondists singing the Marseillaise at the scaffold, with voices fading one by one.
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Carlyle
Remarkable Accident in Avignon Bull Fight
A bull leaped the barrier during a lively Avignon fight and tore free, racing along the seats. Spectators toppled as the enraged bull looped its tail hairs around a man's thumb, snapping it off at the joint. The town crowds the injured man as the incident becomes legend.
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Avignon
Paris
Chicago News
When Jigsworth Speaks He Expects Obedience
A brief quip shows Jigsworth scolding his son with a stern face and the boy replying with a wry counterpoint about the unexpected always happening. The exchange hints at humor through contrasts in expectation and surprise.
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Jigsworth
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