Winthrop Fire Alarm Boxes Listed Across Town
A long list documents fire alarm boxes at multiple streets including Shirley Street Harbor View Cottage Park and more. The notice explains alarm procedures with steps to pull a box and directs citizens to report to central and beach stations. It cites testing dates and names of fire officials.
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Shirley St
Sire Ave
Harbor
View Ave
Cottage St
Hillside Ave
Crystal Cove
Faunbar
App
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid Ave
Beach Road
Locust St
Crest
Grovers
Cliff
Central Station
Beach Station
F. W. F. Woollcott
A. W. Roberts, Jr
H. N. Bangs
Board of Fire Engineers
A. F. Coggins
Boston Transit Schedule For Orient Heights And Winthrop
Timetable effective May 28 1908 for Boston Revere Beach Lynn shows weekday weekend and Sunday departures from Boston to Orient Heights Beachmont Crescent Beach Bath House West Lynn Lynn and Winthrop stations with frequent trains to 11 25 PM and late midnight times. Returns from Winthrop Centre Winthrop Highlands and Ingalls through Highlands with extensive morning through night listings. Disclaimers note trains may not depart exactly as listed and no liability for delays. Signed H L Hoyt G T A John a Fenno Superintendent.
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Boston
Orient Heights
Beachmont Crescent Beach
Bath House
West Lynn
Lynn
Winthrop
Winthrop Centre
Highlands
Ingalls
Winthrop Beach
Winthrop Highlands
ST Sale Ably
H. L. Hoyt
G. T .A. John-A. Fenno
Winthrop Mail Hours and Sub Stations Schedule
City postal services list hours for offices and counters in Winthrop including lobby open times, delivery and collection times, street letter box pickups, and sub stations for stamps and money orders. It names multiple street corners and transit points plus holiday and Sunday schedules. Superintendent David Beccuse oversees operations.
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Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline Street
Court ‘Road
Lincoln
Reed
Centre R.R
Ocean View
Winthrop
Main
Revere
Cherry
Revere Street
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Highlands Station
Cor. Sturgis
David Beccuse
Boston Elevated Railways announces schedule changes and special cars
The Boston Elevated Railway Company issues notice of timetable changes for routes to Scotway Square Tunnel and Gladstone Street, with morning and night intervals listed. Special cars may be chartered for balls or theater parties on application to the Superintendent of Transportation. May 1908.
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Orient » Neights
Scollay Square
Orient Herouts
Gladstone St
Scotway Square
Leaves'Court
Ilk
Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Winthrop Mass
Foreclosure sale of a parcel in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts under a 1877 mortgage to East Boston Savings Bank. Sale set for July 15 1908 at 3 PM with two hundred dollars cash down. Property borders Main Street and the channel and is subject to railroad rights and Metropolitan sewer location and unpaid taxes. Solicitors Colt and Newell of Boston handle the sale.
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William Winn
Winthrop
East Boston Savings Bank
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
John Noble
Main Street
Thomas S. “Tewksbury
Philip Tewksbury
Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn
Metropolitan
Albert J. Lord
Boston
Colt & Newell
State Street
Solicitors
Foreclosure Sale of Winthrop Mortgage Property in Suffolk
By power of sale in a 1907 mortgage Burt E. Gove to Sylvanus G. Morse will auction a Winthrop parcel on July 13 1908 at 3 PM. The lot 18 on the Thomas F. Reddy plan, 2508 square feet, is bounded by Reddy street Bamford seventeen and nineteen. Sale requires 500 cash with balance in ten days.
Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Boston and Winthrop
S. R. Knights & Co auctioneers advertise a foreclosure sale of George F. Monahan and Mary F. Monahan’s interests. Parcels include 216 and 218 Friend Street Boston and a 5,000 square foot lot at Winthrop Coral Avenue. Sales set for July 21 1908 in Boston and July 17 1908 in Winthrop with cash deposits and balance due within ten days. Harvard Brewing Company mortgagee.
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S. R. Knights & Co
Tremont Street
Boston
Cambridge
Winthrop
Foreclosure Sale Notice for Winthrop Property 1908
By power of sale from Fred Hayes to John R. Neal dated October 24, 1892 and recorded in Suffolk, the property in Winthrop Massachusetts will be sold at public auction on Monday July 13 1908 at 3:00 PM. The parcel comprises parts of lots 84 and 386 on Whitnan Breck plan, bounded by Somerset avenue Johnson avenue and lot 22 as described. sale subject to unpaid taxes and assessments. Frank M. Perry 554 Old South Building Boston agent. $300 cash due at sale. balance in ten days at Perry's office. John R. Neal mortgage holder. Boston June 16 1908.
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George F. Monahan
Mary F. Monahan
Harvard Brewing Company
Suffolk
Friend Street
Boston
Annie -Cutler
Robinson
Gilman Place
Mary F. Brown
Baker, Et al
Hannah M. (Walcott) Butterfield
Georgianna V. Robinson
Elisha Woodward
Winthrop
Whitman
Breck
Coral Avenue
Charles A. Kidder
East Boston
W. By Holloway
Rogers Dow
State Street
Fred Hayes
John R. Neal
County of
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Whitnan & Breck
Somerset Avenue
Johnson Avenue
Frank M. Perry
Old South Building
An Easy Rainstorm Experiment Demonstrated
A simple at home experiment uses a glass jar with 92 percent alcohol heated in a water bath to create vapor. The vapor condenses on a cool saucer, forming clouds and producing fine droplets that precipitate back into the liquid for about thirty minutes.
The Bryans In A Barn A Prairie Home Story
Seven years after planning they moved to Fairview and built a home on five then ten and fifteen acres. In spring 1901 the barn was finished and the family moved in for the summer as the house rose. The Bryans became welcomed neighbors. W. J. Hood the new citizen greeted by a warm house warming. Mr Bryan’s grand piano and pianola drew the locals into shared music and hymn requests, marking the family as a familiar part of the rural community.
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Bryans
Fairview
Jake
Bryan
W. J
Uncle Jake
Farmers’ Club
Mr. Bryan
The Long Life of the Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell, cast in 1752 and recast in Philadelphia after a 1753 crack, rang for Independence Day in 1776, was hidden from the British in 1777, and later cracked again in 1835 during Chief Justice Marshall’s death. It remains in Independence Hall as a national relic with a history of cracks and endeavours to restore its tone.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Chicago News
London
Pennsylvania Assembly
Statehouse
Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
John Marshall
Hide the Thimble Game for Children
A simple timeless children's game where one child hides a thimble in a convenient place while others wait outside. Hiders receive warm or cold hints as seekers approach the hiding spot. The finder becomes the next hider and the game continues with renewed enthusiasm.
What Becomes of Pins and Lost Pin Myths
A historical note ponders the fate of 90 million pins made daily worldwide. It asks where they go as they do not wear out or dissolve yet disappear. It estimates U S pin losses at about $5,000 daily in the United States.
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United States
Tag Day Tale Ends In Fitting Fashion
A woman arrives at church in a new ready made suit but misses the tag day moment. An usher friend stops her, uses a pocketknife to remove the tag from the back of her neck, and quotes the price and other details, leaving her both shocked and amused by the event.
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Bee
Health and Beauty Advice for Defective Sight and Skin
An early 20th century column offers tips for improving appearance and digestion. It prescribes a home remedy using muria ammonia tannic acid glycerin and rosewater to shrink a fleshy nose, plus vigorous body rubbing and arousal of circulation. It stresses ample sleep seven hours plus two recovery hours and a light bedroom to ease nerves and ward off nightmares.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winthrop Fire Alarm
Main and
Marsuall Ov. Pleasant
Lincoln Sts
Court and
Loring Roads
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock St
Pleasant
Sargent Sts
Sargent St
Johnson Ave
Pleasant St
Cottage Park
Ruan Cottage Park Road
Rark
Woodside Ave
Seymour St. Pleasant
Buchanan Sts
Washington and Elmwood
Washington Ave
Thornton
Winthrop St
Chester Ave
Town Hall
Kimball's Factory
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn R. B
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Burt E. Gove
Sylvanus G. Morse
A. D
Thomas F. Reddy
Mass
Reddy Street
Bamford
Tremont Building
Roadway
Jia Stori
Scientific Fiberican
MUN In & Co
the Bryans
Odd
Fair Maid
Health and Beauty
Emcee
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