Local Listings Include Stores and Offices in Boston Area
A fragmented advertisement lists several shops and addresses in the Boston area. It mentions Gerere Leach Lyne Depot near Highland Station, Tman Ham opposite Beach Station, Rs' Centre Store at Jefferson and Winthrop Streets, Brown's Pharmacy in Wadsworth Block, Thayer near Ocean Spray Pharmacy, and Winthrop News Co. opposite Beach Station, with publication at 466 Shirley Street.
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Co F
Highland Station
Gerere Leach & Lyne
Boston
Tman & Ham
Beach Station
Rs’ Centre
Jefferson and
Winthrop
Brown's Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
I B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Ovesa Spray
Winthrop News Co
Beach
Office of
Publicaion
Bhirley Street
Winthrop Mail Hours and Post Office Services Listed
Public hours for stamps money orders registry and general delivery in Winthrop and Revere. Mails received dispatched and street box collection times noted with substation addresses and carrier delivery schedules. David Belcher Superintendent urges addressing mail with street and number.
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International Money Order Office
Revere
Crest Avenue
Shirley Street
Washington Ave
Cor. Bates
Cor
Winthrop
Pleasant St
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pauline
Court Road
Lincoln
Road
Centre R. R
Winthrop St
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Cherry
Opp
Summit
Crest Ave
Grover Ave
Shirley St
Mermaid Ave
Shirley R. R
Octain
Tewksbury
Crystal Cove
Wast Boston
David Belcher
Winthrop Fire Alarm Instructions and Street Locations
A long list of street names marks Winthrop fire alarm boxes and nearby landmarks. The notice details box sites from Shirley Street to Beach Station Tet No. 721 and provides standard operating steps for using the fire alarm boxes with timing notes for school signals and monthly tests.
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Winthrop St
Chester Ave
Town Hall
Kimball’s Factory
Quincy and
Cliff Aves
Purely Feminine Fitting Up Nursery Furnishings
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece emphasizes child oriented nursery design focusing on safe sturdy furniture low for stability and child-size tables and chairs. It favors rugs over carpets washable durable hand woven and Wilton or ingrain rugs and simple washable curtains to maintain hygiene and ambience. It urges avoiding clutter and transforming spaces into proper child friendly environments suited to a child’s world and needs.
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Baby
Scotland
Youth Lives in the Past Hayton Wis Boy Raised on Latin
Gustave Bauman of Hayton Wisconsin raised his foster son to shun modern life and speak Latin as a living language. At eighteen the youth mastered Latin by age ten, reads and writes it fluently, and has never ridden a train or used a telephone or interacted with the outside world.
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Hayton
Wis
Gustave Bauman
Rome
Ented
Bauman
Europe
Design Worth Copying in Nut-Brown Serge Costume
A smart costume in nut brown serge features a trim skirt ending in a deep band of military braid. The design emphasizes a narrow braid to match the military style and overall tailored look.
Coat Construction and Upcycling Materials
A detailed description outlines trimming a coat with waist-band edges, wide braid cuffs and collar, faced revers, and a straw hat with quill trim. Required materials include serge, braid, buttons, and silk lining. It also advises saving old shirts to interline cuffs neck bands and collars to avoid new fabric and improve starch retention.
Hatpins of Modest Design Reflect Plain Fashion
Conspicuous hatpins yield to plain effects as stylish women seek simplicity. One cent black or white pins remain common while ivory carved pins in plaque or diamond shapes, floral designs, or Chinese characters gain favor. Turtle shell tops in two tones with dark rims also appear, and Irish crochet motifs decorate white hats. Beadwork tops for home crafting offer matching pins and plans.
Gutenberg Bible Sells For Fifty Thousand In New York
The Gutenberg Bible from the Robert Hoe collection sold in New York City at auction to Henry E. Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington, for $50,000. Printed between 1450 and 1454, its value rests in beauty and rarity with thirty four known copies.
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New York
Robert Hoe
New York City
Henry E. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Beaded Jewelry Trends Highlight Gold Beads
Fashion notes praise gold bead trends urging revival of old strings. tarnish can be cleaned with soap or polish. New beads run large and uneven, with nine row collars and mixed plain and chased styles. Gold beads near skin are unflattering, best brightening dark gowns rather than decollete dresses.
Gutenberg Bible described as one of the finest copies sold
The Hoe auction notes a vellum Gutenberg Bible copy in exceptionally clean condition with red chapter headings and red First Book of Genesis print. It bears rare features including headings at Jerome and Genesis, illuminated initials, and a nearly flawless binding aside from two leaves.
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Hoe
Cleaning delicate waists with gasoline
To clean a waist of fine net or fashionable cheesecloth waists, fill a two quart fruit can with gasoline, place the waist inside, seal, and let stand overnight. In the morning shake gently, rinse if very soiled, hang to air out, then shake and press with a warm iron.
The Ferminine Wins In Fashion Debate
The article notes women returning to feminine house gowns amid discussions of trouser skirts. It suggests a possible prearranged leadership shift and ties feminine frocks to the jupe culotte trend in French fashion.
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Winthrop Fire Alarm
Siren Ave
Harbor View
Cottage St
Hillside
Farnbar
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Beach Road
Locust St
Crest
Grovers
Cliff
Floyd St
Temple
Highland
Revere St
George Turner
Sagamore
Almont
Cross
Bowdoin
Main
Banks
Hermon
Read and
Jerald
Marshall
Lowell and
Loring
Pleasant and
Court and
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock St
Sargent Sts
Sargent St
Johnson Ave
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park Hotel
Woodside Ave
Seymour St
Pleasant
Buchanan Sts
Buchanan and Bowdoin Sts
Washington and Elmwood
Thornton
Chicago Inter Ocean
Wisconsin
Henry Bauman
A Tal
Henr E. Huntington
What Is
Castoria
F. W. Devoe and
C. T. Reynolds Co
P. O
Main ST
Floyd & Tucker
Notary Public Justice OF the Peace
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
School Street
City Hall
Fort Hill
H. T. Whitman
Channing Howard
Whitman & Howard
Civil Engineers & Surveyors
Devonshire St
Winthrop and
Telephone
Charles F. Totten
the Day Light Shop
Shirleys Street
Winthrop Beach
R. J. Promises
Revere Street
Tol
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