Boston Elevated Railway Schedule Notice
Public timetable notice from the Boston Elevated Railway Company listing routes Orient Heights to Scollay Square and Orient Heights via tunnel with start times and intervals through the night. Sunday and Monday adjustments, special charter cars, and contact details for the Superintendent of Transportation at 101 Milk Street Room 701. Dated August 8, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Gladstone Street
Court Street
Office of Superintendent of Transportation
Milk Street
Winthrop Fire Alarm Directives and Street Alerts
Long list of street pairings and locations for fire alarm boxes in Winthrop. Includes instructions for using alarms, test dates on the 1st and 15th, and contact details for Central and Beach stations. Names Chief Woollcott and officers along with the 1908 fire officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Luluwing
Central Station
Beach Station
F.W. F.woollcott
J. W. Roberts, Jr
H.N. Bangs
Board of Fire Engineers
A. F. Coggins
Winthrop Mail Hours and Post Office Services
The Winthrop Post Office and sub stations list hours for sales stamps money orders and registry and general delivery. Mail dispatch times from weekdays to holidays and Sundays are provided along with street box collection times and carrier delivery slots. Superintendent David Belcher urges patrons to include street and number on mail to avoid delays.
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International Money Order Office
Revere
Crest Avenue
Shirley Street
Washington Ave
Bates
Winthrop
Pleasant
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pleasant St
Pauline Pleasant St
Court Road
Lincoln Road
Lincoln Centre
R. R
Winthrop St
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Cherry Revere
Summit
Crest Ave
David Belcher
Mortgagee's Sale of a Personal Estate in Winthrop
Public auction to foreclose a mortgage held by Alden A. Mills on a Winthrop house owned by Roscoe G. Jonson. Sale on June 26 1909 at 8 30 in the afternoon, payment of 100 cash required, with redemption void after sixty days following record of the notice. Solicitor J Whitman Bailey of Boston oversees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe G. Jonpson
Winthrop
Suffolk
Alden A. Mills
Johnson
Winthrop Shore Land Company
Suffolk County
J. Whitman Bailey
State Street
Boston
The Deane Winthrop House Opens to Public Weekdays
The oldest house in Old Boston is open to visitors every weekday from 2 to 5 pm. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
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Old Boston
Ocean Spray Station
A Strange Case of Heredity and Hidden Heir
A narrator recounts growing up with Irish guardian Patrick Coulter who hid a web of control and mistreatment. At eighteen the speaker discovers a missing inheritance and a family swindle, revealing a father’s shadowy papers and Coulter’s manipulation.
Bread and Cake Making With Simple Tested Recipes
Practical directions for cream biscuits pancake tea cakes and yeast rolls with step by step measurements. Includes Jounnycake Hapover Rolls Wheat Muffins Allegheny Tea Cake Rusk and Sweet Bread methods and instructions for mixing rising and baking.
HouseholdHints On Cooking Cleaning And Maintenance
Practical tips on food and home care. Lemon water for potatoes prevents churn mud beet juice for color sherbets and gentle ice cream flavoring arrowroot thickens milk ice cream beet juice colors sherbets carpet cleaning with salt and corn meal magnesia for rug spots naphtha soap for colored rugs and knife sharpening via butcher services.
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Shack
The woman who everyone likes stands up for all
A compassionate, broad minded woman is praised for tolerating others and seeing the best in people. She supports friends and even enemies with kindness, pities blame, and avoids envy or meanness. Her optimistic philosophy treats life clearly and practically.
Cretonrie Slips For Frocks
Cretonne slips or bags protect frocks from dust while hanging in the closet. One slips can be made from two straight widths of cretonne in a gay pattern joined to form a flap for a clothes hanger hook. A bag with a drawn tape prevents mussing, while an envelope style provides light weight and avoids puckering at the top.
Honest Flattery at a Cleveland Campaign Stop
During a south tour soon after their marriage Mr. Cleveland was escorted by two citizens who praised Mrs. Cleveland, joking that flattery could be fulsome. The president remarked he could not keep her in water, while the woman warned of flattery. The quip hinges on Frances Folsom Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Coulter
Mr. Coutter
George Bissell
Mr. Coulter
Coulter
A Queer Chinese Notion About Eyes and Magic
The article discusses beliefs among Chinese about foreigners using Chinese eyes in metallurgy and medicine. It references a 1870 work claiming eyes removed from a funeral and sealed with plaster could yield silver when combined with Chinese lead. The passage notes such tales persist despite widespread ignorance.
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China
Europe
Sailor defends rubber chewing to ease gun recoil
A sailor explains his habit of chewing rubber from a stationery display to relieve gun recoil. The druggist mocks the practice while the sailor cites Manila Bay and a “gun headache” as justification for steady chewing.
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Isoias
John L
Manila Bay
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Rich Man Defends Washington Statue Belief
A wealthy New York resident declines subscriptions for a Washington statue saying he keeps Washington in his heart. He notes the Father of His Country is in a tight place if such a statue is questioned. The piece then traces origins of monarch titles from Hebrew resch to rex, rey, rei.
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New York City
Washington
Gyning
Resch
Reix
Rex
Rey
Rei
Konig
Koning
Time's Changes. Ashore and at Sea in a Woven Tale
A London News snippet shows a captain receiving a new mid and a boy remarking the family’s old sea story is altered since the captain’s day. The exchange hints at shifts in nautical life and generational perspectives aboard ship.
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London News
Hicks Story Sparks Court Laughter Acquits Raconteur
In 1847 Hicks first made county waves as a Willy raconteur. Sir Samuel Spry challenged Hicks in Bochin after a poll influence claim. Hicks told a story of a lad kicked by a jackass which enraged Spry. The court laughed. Hicks was acquitted of the charge.
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Hicks
Uabe
Samuel Spry
Bochin
Lis
Cornhill Magazine
Great Wars From Trifles and The Conqueror’s Death
The piece argues that small incidents spark great wars, noting William the Conqueror’s death ride through a horse mishap while burning Mantes. It recalls a French jibe that likened him to veal on casters, provoking him to wage war against Philip of France and causing massive bloodshed.
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William the Conqueror
France
Mantes
William
Philip of
Willian
London
Bilingual Speaker Uses Gestures With Spanish Fluency
A man raised in Spanish dominant countries speaks flawless Spanish with no English accent. He is so bilingual that his gestures only appear when he emphasizes points in Spanish, while English conversations are done with mouth movements alone. The transition between languages is abrupt, making his Spanish gestures a notable change.
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Tie
New York Sun
Slang Origins Draw Links to Classical Roots
A discussion notes that many slang terms originate in antiquity. It cites mill from Greek hamilla meaning combat, uncle for pawnbroker from Latin uneus, and beak from the rostrum platform associated with Roman justice, illustrating classical influence on modern slang.
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Hamilla
Rich bachelor seeks woman to straighten out life and home
A wealthy bachelor laments his tangled affairs and asks for a capable woman to manage his house. He asks the woman he speaks with if she knows of any good, able bodied woman to clean his home and improve his life.
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Argonaut
A Sure Scheme About Late Hours
A young wife vows to learn when her husband returns by night. She fails to stay awake despite efforts, while the husband stays quiet to avoid disturbance. The old wife suggests no drug is needed and to sprinkle the floor with jacks.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Winthrop Fire Alarm
Shirley St
Siren Ave
Harbor View
Cottage St
Hillside
Crystal Cove
Faunbar
U. 5
Tewksbury St
Shore
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid Ave
Beach
Locust St
Crest
Grovers
Cliff
Rivyn Oe
Temple
Highland
Revere St
George Turner
Sagamore Ave
Almont
Cross Sts
Bowdoin
Main
Banks
Hermon
Lincoln
Marshall
Court
Loring
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock
Sargent
Sargent St
Johnson Ave
Cottage Park
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park Hotel
Woodside Ave
Seymour St
Buchanan Sts
Washington and
Elmwood
Thornton Dale
Taib Winthrop
Chester Ave
Town Hall
Kimball's. Factory
Robert P. Murphy
HOTEL
Albany
41St Street
Broadway
New York
College Inn
Maly
McCall
United States
Canada
McCall’s Magazine
ARKS
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Washington, D.C
T. DE Witt Bowman
American Press AsSoation
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