Boston Elevated Railway changes and winter schedule
Boston Elevated Railway Co announces route changes and service intervals from Orient Heights to Scollay Square via Tunnel with morning and night trains on weekdays and Sundays. Special cars may be chartered for balls theatres and excursions. information and rates available by telephone or at 101 Milk Street Room 701. C Sargi vice president.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Gladstone Street
Court Street
Superintendent of Transportation
Milk Street
SARG
Winthrop Mail Hours And Street Box Collections
August 8 1908 notice lists the Winthrop post office hours for the public sale of stamps general delivery money order and registry business with weekday and holiday times. It also gives mail dispatch and collection times including sub stations at Crest avenue Shirley street and 478 Shirley street and specifies street box collection times and carrier deliveries. David Belcher Superintendent requests patrons address mail with street and number to avoid delays.
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International Money Order Office
Mai
Reveren Ies
Crest Avenue
Shirley Street
Tocation
Washington Ave
Cor
Bates
Winthrop St
Pleasant St
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pauline
Court Road
Lincoln
Road St
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Revere
Cherry
Opp
Summit
Crest Ave
Grover Ave
Shirley St
Mermaid
Shirley R.R
Ocean
Tewkebury
Crystal Cove
Boston
David Belcher
Fire alarm box locations and procedure guide
A list of street locations for fire alarm boxes followed by instructions on using them. Directions describe when to pull a box, not to ring from distance, and to wait for firefighters. Notices note box maintenance days and the need for orderly, calm alarms.
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Shirley St
Strew Shirley St
Harbor View Ave
Hillside Ave
Ona
Pearl Shirley St
Mermaid Ave
Beach Road
Locust
Grovers
Crest
Clif
Floyd
J. Temple
Highland
Mear George Pyay
Revere
Winthrop St
Cme
Park Road
Ottage Park
Spaee Wes Gee
Thornton Park
Chester Ave
Haimball's Factory
Ie Tae
Tae
English physician reports malaria latent for thirteen years
An English physician records a malaria case that remained latent for 13 years, illustrating a prolonged incubation or dormant infection before active symptoms appeared. The note underscores unusual latency in malaria presentation.
PESSIMISTIC CAROL
A Washington Star poem fragment speaks of life’s difficulties and choices. The speaker warns that even careful planning leads to regret and that thrift can mirror the cost of the wished for substitute.
From a Cleveland Boy to a Global Benevolence Architect
The story traces John D. Rockefeller's rise from a sixty cent a day clerk in Cleveland to a philanthropic magnate. It highlights Ledger A, his early charitable discipline, and how his distribution ethic shaped Standard Oil’s global reach. Fully a million dollars weekly in foreign gold funds his international distribution plan.
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Standard
Palace
Rockefeller Franet International
Rockefeler Foundation
Cleveland
Rockefeller
United States
Europe
Rocketee
Old Spy Oak in the Bronx A Famous Revolutionary Tale
A large tree near Westchester Hobart and Morris Park avenues in the Bronx is known as the Old Spy Oak. It measures about five feet in diameter at a certain height and is famed for tradition that spies were hanged from it during the Revolutionary War.
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Westchester, Hobart
Morris Park Avenues
Bronx
Two Cuspidors Sought for Lodge Dinner Year
At a lodge meeting in a remote village an eager member urged the executive committee be empowered to hire two competent cuspidors to serve during the ensuing year. The humorous vote reflects the blend of etiquette and idle ambition in social clubs.
Retirement fund line sparks odd remark in Louisville brief
A short Courier-Journal item notes a quip about a retirement fund. The line says "this is our retirement fund" and adds a reply about "Johnny gets a nickel every night for going to bed." No other details are provided.
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Johnny
Loursville
Courier-Journal
Balloon ascension canceled winds give wind checks
A humorous exchange notes a balloon ascent that was canceled due to strong winds. The audience asked about losing money and learns officials issued wind checks instead. The Louisville Courier-Journal quote frames the odd refund remedy.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Public mood and rising prices rear in headlines
The Louisville Courier Journal notes public optimism in markets as investors cling to rising prices amid fear of declines. Analysts caution that crowds often misjudge cycles and cling to hope despite indicators.
Furious Exchange Over George Kiss
A brief quarrel erupts as a New York Telegram quote recalls George kissing an unnamed person last night. The exchange shows ongoing anger each time the kiss occurred.
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George
New York Telegram
The Deadly Parallel Enrages Dolly in Census Case
Madge asks what vexes Dolly as Marjorie reveals the fiancé who once courted Dolly is the census enumerator. A judge comments on the irony of love and numbers in a tense social scene.
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Madge
Dolly
Marjorie
CARES OF WEALTH
A humorous exchange shows a speaker unable to sleep wondering about selling his sheep at current prices. The Louisville Courier Journal caption hints at a practical preoccupation with wealth and opportunity.
Lecture on cruelty to animals at town hall
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a town hall gathering tonight featuring Uncle Jabez Wanter. The discussion centers on animal cruelty with public attendance expected and opinions split on the speaker’s position.
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Jabez
Louisville
Courier- Journal
Taste in Art
Mr Sirius Barker recalls sitting far back in galleries to watch plays while Johnny Frontrow says that is as close as he wants to get to a Shakespeare show. Washington Star quotes the exchange about theater tastes.
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Sirius Barker
William Shakespeare
Johnny Frontrow
Washington Star
Pianist Names and National Identity Debate
A Louisville Courier dialogue notes a pianist must have a name that fits a country, with one speaker arguing against adopting a foreign sounding name while another suggests fitting a throat disease as a name, illustrating tensions over ethnic or national identity in artistry.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Dexterity Improves as Woman Tests Buttoning Skills
In a Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt, a speaker notes improved dexterity with shirtwaists. She quips that she can button more fully now and suggests she could do even more if needed, reflecting a personal milestone in daily tasks.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Gatarrh Cure and Mercury Health Warning
An old advertisement warns against ointments containing mercury that harm the senses and derange the system when absorbed through mucous surfaces. It touts a remedy from a Toledo company marketed as a catarrh cure, claimed to be taken internally and produced in Gilent Chaney. Testimonials and price per bottle are promised.
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Eney, & Co
Toledo
The English Sparrow Drives Out a Hermit
A bird tale recounts how an old hermit shelters a traveler in a cottage then is forced from his home by loud neighbors. The visitor, an English Sparrow, declares on arrival he will stay and build nests nearby. The scene ends with the hermit ousted and the sparrow remaining.
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Erson
When Pa Kicked Over the Traces
A fragmented family scene shows Pa, Ma, and Arvylla facing drought and change as Pa contemplates defying family norms to keep a puppy. The tale hints at a shift from old farm life to town life, with Rover and a litter of fox terrier puppies shaping the emotional drama.
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Arvylla
Arvylly
Sallie Brown
Sallie Perkins
Rover
Mr. Perkins
Fatty
Spotty
Bas
Equal to the Emergency in a Puck satire
In a Puck magazine excerpt, a ramshackle Black speaker named Gabe Hil sondigger confronts a bank cashier with boastful, comically overt praise for a white colonel. The scene lampoons racial prejudice and white complicity in a prankish, dialect filled dialogue.
Pa and Spotty Bring Comfort to Suffering Farmer
In a Boston Post tale ailing Pa resists food, longs for outdoors, and weakens until Ma and Arvylla care for him. A dog Spotty appears at the bed, lifting spirits as Pa recalls happier days and forgives past neglect.
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Arvylia
Arvylla
Spotty
Rascal
Boston Post
Magnets Cut Explosions in Flour Mills
A large malting concern installed electro magnets over grain lines to remove iron particles before milling. The system cleans 800 to 1000 bushels per hour and prevents sparks from metal in grain, eliminating explosions since.
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Cientific American
Taking His Name in Vain Quotes a Princeton Tiger
A fragment quotes a Princeton Tiger joke about rapid marriage and divorce captioned with a wry remark about taking a name in vain attributed to a humorous line.
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Princeton Tiger
Federal payroll in Washington shows 28,947 workers
The census figure lists 28,947 federal employees in Washington, D C as of July 1 last. The annual payroll for these workers averages nearly 110 dollars per person.
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Washington, D. C
Indian Mosaic of Castes
North American Review describes India as a complex society with over 40 tribes or nationalities, 180 languages, nine religions, and about 2400 castes. It notes land-based livelihoods for three-fourths and wide cultural diversity under distant rulers guiding one-fifth of humanity.
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North American Review
Me Gotta Da Good Job In The Short and Simple Annals
A clipped snippet from Everybody's Magazine features Pietro speaking in dialect about work and pay. He jokes about earning forty dollars a month plus meals, or thirty dollars if the boss eats with him, as he plays organ and selects from Santa Lucia.
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Pietro
Santa Lucia
Everybody’s Magazine
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Boston Elevated Railway
Winthrop
Fletcher
TASTE
Flexible ‘Arme
Bienes
BYL
Tiare
Griney
Gertrude G. Blaisdell
Tom P. Morgan
Pusson
White
Hilsondigger
Yassah
Nassah
Gabe Hilsondigger
Desso
Haffer-Dollah
Puck
Lak Sennan
Allen
W. J. Walker
Camden
N. J
Munyon
Munyon's’ Homoeopathic Home Remedy CO
53D
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Post
Populer Phg
Postum Cereal Co
Lad
Battles Creek
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