Boston Elevated Railway timetable to Orient Heights and Sullivan Square
1914 schedule lists times for Orient Heights to Scollay Square via tunnel with frequent early morning runs and late night service. Service runs between Sullivan Square and Dudley Street via tunnel Atlantic Avenue 5.24 a.m. to 12.20 night with Sunday hours and night extensions. Special cars available for balls theatre parties or excursions from 101 Milk Street Room 701.
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Help Wanted or Real Estate Ads in Sun and Visitor
Classified notice outlines opportunities to place help wanted, apartments to let, real estate for sale, or business sale advertisements in the Sun and Visitor publications. It signals availability of space for local listings and promotional insertions.
Pointed Paragraphs Reflection on Advice and Social Roles
A Chicago News excerpt parodies common sayings about manners and morals. It notes the unpredictable nature of life, women and suffrage era attitudes, and shifts of respectability from youth to adulthood through wry, observational lines.
Wise Words and Sayings Across Time
A compendium of quotations from Hugo Hall Balzac Ruskin Longfellow Howe Goethe Herbert Helen Hunt Jackson Reade and Confucius. The passages offer themes of patience virtue forgiveness and continual self improvement.
Here’s to Her Woman and love’s uneasy grammar
A passage on how women shape love and relationships. It notes that the grammar of life places woman as the subject and man as the object, with love as the verb. It cautions against calling a woman unworthy and reflects on how each maid varies in romantic interaction.
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What Troubled Jim Murphy
Washington hotel lobby tale relates a Gotham anecdote about Jim Murphy and a doctor diagnosing a smoker with tobacco heart. A friend jokes that if the doctor had smoked Murphy’s cigars he might call it cabbage heart, illustrating a humorous mislabeling of illness.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Distressing Symptom in Squire Tale
Dennis the valet asks a doctor if the old squire grows thinner. The doctor says the master was too fat and will be healthier. Dennis fears he won’t fit into the old clothes once the squire loses weight.
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Pinochle Game Frightens Crimson Gulch Pair
Bronco Bob questions a traveling salesman about pinochle in Crimson Gulch. The seller explains the card game and warns that many aces appearing in a deal could spook some locals into opening fire.
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Efficiency tests reshuffle office roles
A Louisville Courier-Journal quote describes a surprise outcome after an efficiency examination. The office boy wins the manager's job while the actual manager fails the test, illustrating odd results from the appraisal process.
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Valises or Feet Clash in Aisle Humor
A humorous exchange unfolds on a transit seat with a straphanger urging others to move items from the aisle. An indignant sitter clarifies the items are her feet, prompting a playful retort to stack a valise and feet.
Theft of Dress Goods Leads to Bonded Suspect
The victim confronts police about a stolen piece of dress goods. The desk sergeant reports the suspect has been placed under bonds to keep the peace.
Wordplay on common phrases and mishearings in English
A playful quiz notes how phrases like early bird, car ahead, man ahead, man afoot, and hundred heads of cabbage differ from literal counts and jokes about astronomical systems. It questions usage and suggests language quirks in everyday speech.
The Good Old Clothes Debate
In a brief exchange a woman protests wearing outdated attire while a man insists on it. He argues decorum and suggests she choose outfits from five years past. The dialogue showcases conflict over fashion norms and personal expression.
How Our Friends Are Lost
A professor greets an old friend after a lecture and recalls friendly talk. The exchange grows awkward as the professor senses distance and cannot parse the friend's responses. He leaves realizing he hates the man he once deeply valued.
Dangers of Power and Political Favors
A statesman recalls appointing a friend to a position and acknowledges its fragility. He notes that while the friend remains in power, many others who coveted the post may become his lifelong enemies, highlighting political risk and loyalty dynamics.
Dollar’s marked note prompts roadside remark
A man inspects a changed dollar he just received and comments that it was marked and in circulation a day before. His companion replies that a dollar doesn’t go far these days, per the judge.
Not Such a Simple Matter in Peace Talks
A dialogue features Mr. Dolan and Mr. Rafferty debating peace. Rafferty supports peace yet notes securing it requires tough negotiations and decisive leadership to determine who speaks and sets terms.
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Witty Exchange Sparks Silent Household Barbs
A complaining wife laments her husband lacks spirit while a neighbor quips about him seeking the peace prize. The exchange teases domestic dullness with light satire and a closing jab about prize envy.
Mind Games At Home Prompt Gladys To Change Careers
Quote filled dialogue shows Mr Comrox joking about sending Gladys Ann to cooking school to distract her from plane playing. He asks if the plane succeeded and notes they now aim to shift her to political economy to keep her thoughts away from cooking.
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Gladys Ann
Confused exchange over Henrietta speeches and laughter
Mr. Meekton remarks he doubts Henrietta will read more speeches. The other party asks why. He explains he applauded at her manuscript where it was labeled laughter and laughed where it said applause.
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Henrietta
Did Not Retire Politician Cites Sandbagging In Drop
A statesman, not currently in office, jokes he did not retire but fell into political unconsciousness after being sandbagged. He says the term retire implies voluntary rest.
Ticket Price Sparks Comment Among Women
A woman says she paid 17 dollars for a ticket to Chicago and complains that the fare was steep. Her companion calls the ticket "terribly" expensive and notes the ticket amount covered only about a yard and a quarter in length.
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Chicago
Northwest Nubbins On Men And Chickens In Fight Parable
A satirical column contrasts men and chickens noting men are tough alive while the underdog gains an edge with scalding water. It mentions a man who steals his own time as an incorrigible thief who will not return plunder even when caught in the act.
Doctor’s Witty Quip on Eating Speed and Tipping
The speaker recalls advice from a doctor to quit eating rapidly, admitting the habit is hard to conquer. He laughs that he has made it an absolute rule never to tip a waiter, turning the remark into a humorous moral.
Poets Seldom Practical In Search Of First Flowers
A brief aphorism contrasts poets with practicality as verses note poets chase the first wild flower and the first robin, risking overlooking practical tasks while pursuing nature and beauty.
Farmer Seeks Help as Josh Describes Auto Use
Farmer Corntessel asks if Josh can help on the farm and Josh says he has learned much about driving an automobile which would aid when he gets one.
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Farmer Corntessel
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