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Winthrop Sun And Visitor

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1913

Page

3

Boston Weekday and Sunday Bus Schedule Detail

The notice lists daily departure times from Boston with varying intervals and specific end times. John A. Fenno, Superintendent, signs the schedule.

Boston Elevated Railway Time Table 1913 Schedule

Timetable for Orient Heights to Scollay Square and Gladstone Street to Scollay Square with morning and Sunday departures. Includes intervals, night service from Gladstone Street, and routes via tunnel. Special cars available by request. office contact at 101 Milk Street. January 27, 1913.

Orient -Heights Scollay Square Orient Heights Gladstone Street Court Street Milk Street

French Shepherd Inherits 7 Million Francs Mystery

From Sernhac France a shepherd learns of a grandfather's 37 000 000 francs fortune as he continues tending his flock while awaiting the cash. The tale traces Pierrette Bonnaud's family through marriage and dowries to this surprising heir.

Sernhac France America England Pierrette Bonnaud Lozere Marseilles Marius Bonnaud Foundling Marius Sarnhae

Young Julius Jones Courting through Verse for Pay

Julius Jones woos Susan Slade with a rhymed poem to win her favor. He laments poverty and poor salary while imagining riches. The poem, praising her hair and eyes, earns two guineas from a magazine for the hopeful writer.

Julius Jones Susan Slade Jones Hope

Sermon Echoes Lord Yelverton’s Lent Circuit Compliment

An Irish Assize sermon prompts a curiously reverent exchange. Lord Yelverton, chief baron of the exchequer, praises the preacher saying the sermon was like the peace of God it passed all understanding and like his mercy it would endure forever.

Lord Yelverton Exchequer Ireland Yelverton

Not the right man at the village wedding

A couple stood before the church congregation for a wedding ceremony when the groom confessed he was not the groom. The clergyman asked for the vows and the would be bridegroom admitted he was not the man to marry. The groom claimed the true partner was hiding in the back seats awaiting the moment to step forward.

Resemblance In Court Thrown By Horsing Sugar Trade Joke

Professor Barry amused Judge Ball with a humorous application for a man who traded horses and sugar sticks. The judge noted the odd combination of trades. The barrister joked that resemblance exists between horses and sugar sticks because the more you lick them the faster they go.

Professor Barry

Baden-Powell Confesses On Bankers Profit In War Speech

Sir Robert Baden-Powell described acting as a banker during the South African war converting croquet mallet chips into notes. He raised between £6,000 and £11,000 and kept the notes as momentous funds. Authorities only recently learned why he showed £6,000 to £7,000 surplus in his accounts.

Robert Baden-Powell

Professor’s collar dilemma echoes in bookstore meet

A distracted philosophy professor boasts of pleasant talk with Mrs Raymond at a bookstore. He worries about his missing collar after visiting the barber, then calls Mrs Raymond to explain forgetting it, only to learn she has not left the house today.

Blunders In Office Exposed In Stale Official Orders

London Tit-Bits recaps a string of bureaucratic missteps from the home office admiralty and Canada. It cites a jail rebuilding plan that left prisoners and staff puzzled, a frostbound fleet in Hull, and an immigration order that forgot October 31, prompting corrections by London authorities.

Home Office Glowcester London Whitehall Admiralty Mediterranean Hull Humber Government of Canada Canada England

Chicago Visitor Scalp Story Sparks City Shade

Mr. Parkington of Chicago meets a New York woman and they trade wry banter about Indians. She teases him about scalp danger, he replies Chicago scalping is a mere bagatelle after being skinned by New York Indians. The Judge notes the humorous exchange.

New York Chicago

Enterprising book agent meets wary buyer

In a brief exchange, a book agent offers a dictionary and is rejected by a man who hints he already has a college graduate spouse. The humor centers on a missed sales pitch and a clever retort.

Sheridan’s quick bargain ends with surprising ducks

While returning from a shoot with a string bag, Richard Brinsley Sheridan barters for a duck shot. He offers half a sovereign, pays, and fires into a pond flock, killing a dozen ducks. The farmer notes they weren’t his ducks, making the deal oddly one sided.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan Sheridan The Ladies’ Home Journal

Grounded Witness Says He Is Expert For Defense

In a courtroom exchange the judge questions a man about his knowledge of the case. The witness, Erastus Pinkley, confirms he is the defense expert witness and asserts he knows nothing about the facts, insisting he is not supposed to.

Yassuh Erastus Pinkley

Neighbors feud ends as hens trigger deadly poultry dispute

Two neighbors who kept hens quarreled over scratched potato rows. One sold his birds and the other killed and cooked hens, repeatedly, until a seventh neighbor struck the killer and the survivors were left with the promise to eat pheasants instead.

Children of Dunfermline Charged With Irreverence

In Dunfermline children face irreverence charges for eating bread on the school playground without saying grace. The item recalls Cromwell era practice of lengthy grace and cites an Ayrshire minister who once said grace in two sentences, only to be met with a contemptuous reply from a hostess.

Dunfermline Jacob Primmer Primmer Cromwell Bishop Burnet Ayrshire

Old-Fashioned English Squire Sir Tatton Sykes Death

The obituary recalls Sir Tatton Sykes a Yorkshire squire famed for eccentricities. He wore multiple waistcoats while riding and forbade tenants from using cottage front doors or gardens for flowers preferring cabbages. He spent on church building and restoration on his North Country estates.

Tatton Sykes London Mail

Alphabet Challenge Seeker Tops Desk with Cipher Quip

A playful exchange boasts a pangram claim and a shorter faked sentence. The dialogue contrasts two lines to test letter coverage, noting the first sentence allegedly contains all letters while the second misses several.

Photographer Replies to Binks for Photo Pleasure

The photographer urges a pleasant look as Mrs. Binks objects saying the photo is for her mother who would not recognise him if he smiled. The judge records the quip during the session.

Little Binks

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