Winthrop Fire Alarm Instructions and Box Signals
A historical notice lists fire alarm boxes in Winthrop including Point Shirley Shirley Ave Harbor View Ave Cottage and Hillside avenues and several streets. It explains ringing patterns two signals three blows and tests on the first and fifteenth of each month with Central and Beach stations contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Shirley
Shirley Ave
Harbor View Avenue
Crystal Cove
Faun Bar
Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s Factory
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Boston Elevated Railway timetable notice 1908
Orient Heights to Squalley Square via tunnel and Court Street routes with morning and night intervals listed. Special cars may be chartered for balls theatre parties or excursions. application to Supt of Transportation at 101 Milk Street Room 701. May 2 1908.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Orient Herauts
Gladstone St
Scoutay Square
Canvel
Nadatone St
Court St
Milk — Street
Winthrop Mail Hours and Station Details
Office hours 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily Sundays 9.15 to 10.15 a.m. Money order window 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Registration 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Deliveries at 30 a.m., 1.45 and 4 p.m. Collections 7.30, 11 a.m., 1.30, 4.20 and 6 p.m. daily Sundays 2.30 and 6 p.m. Boxes collected 9.30 p.m. daily. Substations at Crest Crest avenue Highlands, Shirley streets, and more. Mail to New York next morning. Stamps and money orders sold at sub stations 95, 144, 56. International money orders handled. Registered closes 10.45 a.m., 1.45 p.m., 7.45 p.m. Daily arrivals schedule listed. Superintendent David Boutouen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed Street
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Main
Revere Street
Cherry
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Highlands Station
Sturgis
David Butouen
Boston Revere Beach Lynn R R schedule 1905
Railway timetable for Boston to Orient Heights Beachmont Crescent Beach Bath House West Lynn Lynn and all Winthrop stations. Lists weekday Saturday Sunday departures with frequent intervals and end times, noting trains from Winthrop Centre Highlands and Winthrop Beach via Highlands Ingalls routes, and disclaimer of delays. Superintendent John A. Fenno signs.
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Crescent Beach
Bath House
West Lynn
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A historical ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as uniquely effective for female ailments. It cites testimonials from women across communities and claims the product helps avoid surgical operations by restoring feminine health using roots and herbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Oyster Dilemma at Dinner Prompts Little Girl’s Question
In a loaded dinner scene at the Baileys a hostess tells her daughter Helen there will be enough broth but not oysters. Helen finds an oyster mixed with broth on Mrs. Young’s plate and, unsure of the rules, asks aloud if Mrs. Young should have the oyster too.
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Baileys
Helen
Mrs. Young
Christian Register
Countess Hertford's Bell and a Fateful Duel
Edward Seymour earl of Hertford wed a young widow once betrothed to Sir George Rodney. Rodney, in Amesbury awaiting their arrival, wrote a dying ode with his blood. On meeting the bridal party he drew his sword and killed himself. The countess gave Amesbury church a bell inscribed Be strong in faythe prayes God well Frances Countess Hertford's bell.
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Countess Hertford
Edward Seymour
Earl of Hertford
Elizabeth
Sir George Rodney
Lord Hertford
Amesbury
Lady Hertford
Sir George
Frances
Woman's World on Japanese Consul's Wife Insights on Marriage
The wife of Japanese consul general Kokikochi Midzuno, newly arrived in New York, discusses marriage customs in Japan versus America. She urges American women to seek stability and wisdom in arranged matches, noting Japanese wives’ long contentment with their husbands.
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Kokikochi Midzuno
Barnard
Central Park West
New York City
Japan
The Invalid's Bedroom Fragment
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a residence with an occupant who has endured a long tedious course of illness or hardship. The text references phantasies of a wall and a sick brain, but details are incomplete and unclear.
Spinach And Onions Prominent For Health And Vitality
Specialists tout spinach as highly valuable for medicine and strength due to its salts and emollient laxative virtues. Spinach plus egg yolk boost digestibility. Onions serve as a strong nervine and aid coughs, colds, and influenza. Balzac story recalls a burglar discovering the author awake, laughing at his failed search.
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Bunge
Time Saving Device for Dress Shields
A quick method for changing dress shields uses dress snaps on both ends of shields and corresponding halves on the corset cover. Snapping shields on is as fast as fastening a glove, with secure fit and no rust or tear compared to pins. Use one size for all shields to fit any corset cover and reduce future changes to about the time of replacing a handkerchief.
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Iit
Scented ribbon bows debut as Paris nightwear accessory
Paris designers unveil scented ribbon bows to be worn at night. Between two ribbon layers lies perfumed wadding, with hair loosely tied to release fragrance and a sachet powder held by high wired lace stock. The stock features a velvet rim and chiffon interlining surrounding the perfume dust.
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Paris
Craving for Sympathy in Wives
The piece notes that nervous wives seek sympathy and self pity, though little warrants sorrow. It observes husbands and friends may offer support in joys and sorrows, but sympathy in excess weakens character and, by analogy, compares it to the softening effects of heated rooms and feather beds.
An Excellent Hair Wash and Kitchen Tips
An early hair wash recipe uses one ounce borax and camphor dissolved in a pint of boiling water then cooled. It claims to strengthen hair and preserve color. Cake tips advise flouring fruit and layering dough to prevent sinking. avoid soda on gilded china and use soap instead.
A DAINTY WORKBAG PATTERN DETAILS
A detailed sewing pattern describes making a compact workbag from flowered silk ribbon a yard wide two yards of narrow ribbon and four octagonal cardboard pieces four inches across. It covers cutting assembling sewing into a bag with pockets pincushion and small accessories including a needle case pin loop and optional reel quantities.
Olive Sandwiches and Varieties for Teas
A culinary note describes olives as versatile for modern cooks. Olive sandwiches combine thin bread, butter, grated celery, and walnut meats with a pressed olive on top. Russian style uses chopped olives moistened with mayonnaise. Various stuffed olives illustrate playful serving ideas and fillings.
Emerson Dinner Table Remark Reveals Class Bias
At Emerson's dinner table a remark about a known woman described as a lion hunter led Mrs Emerson to call her a snob. He objected, saying the word snob is harsh, and his wife asked how he would define the lady. He replied she is a person with great sympathy for success.
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Emerson
Fighting Bob's Wife The Naval Hero's Gentle Wife
Mrs Robly D Evans wife of the admiral is described as a soft voiced southern woman with snow white hair and a calm childlike face. The piece notes her dovelike temperament and sunny disposition as the lasting charm it leaves on her appearance and bearing.
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Bob
Robly D. Evans
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Tewksbury St
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid Av
Grover’s
Crest Avenues
Cliff
Temple and
Highland
Geo. Turner’s
Sagamore Av Cross
Almont Streets
Revere
Bowdoin
Ste- Main
Emerson Sts
Hermon
Lincoln Streets
Marshall Sts
Pleasant
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock Street
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Pleasant Streets
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan Streets
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Av
Thorntop Park
Boston Elevated Railway
Winthrop
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn R. R
Beachmont
de Peel
Winthrop Centre
M. A Vin Ingalls
Ingalls
Pen Winthrop Highlands
Ted
Hich
Hoyt
GTA
John ‘A. Fenno
Colunis
NME
Midzuno
Mme. Midzuno
Balzac and the Thief
Balzac
Pere Goriot
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