Boston Elevated Railway timetable Orient Heights to Scollay Square
Time table for Orient Heights to Scollay Square via tunnel and Orient Heights Gladstone Street to Scollay Square. Includes morning and Sunday schedules with intervals ranging from 3 to 15 minutes and night service from Gladstone Street. Special cars may be chartered. information at 101 Milk Street Room 701.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Gladstone Street
Court Street
Superintendent of Transportation
Milk” Street
Have You a Room to Let Sun and Visitor Ad
Classified notice requests room to rent and advertises space for letting in The Sun and Visitor. Includes inquiry for available lodging and contact details.
Land Sales at Short Beach and Point Shirley
Eliott and Whittier report steady demand for ocean front land at Short Beach and Point Shirley Winthrop. Sold Lot 610 at corner of Brewster and Bay View avenues 4075 sq ft to Miss Anna Soule Medford 412 Shirley street 3456 sq ft to Nellie F Klagge Winthrop 584 Shirley street 3627 sq ft to Frank Stonestreet Hyde Park 413 Shirley street 3446 sq ft to Nellie Klagge Winthrop.
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Winthrop
Elliott & Whittier
Ocean Front
Forgetful Farmer Buries Treasure in Earthen Jar
An East Coast farmer failed to trust banks and hid $1200 in an earthen jar on his land. He forgot the spot and now frets, digging around the overgrown farm, hoping to recover the fortune. The field has become weedy and rutted as he searches.
Peculiar Perching Place on St Marys Clock
Hundreds of Bridgewater residents watched starlings cluster on the clock face of St Marys church. The birds perched on the hands and dial recesses, likely misled by fog and drawn to the bright illumination. In old days such an event might be seen as a portent of disaster.
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Bridgewater
England
St. Mary’s Church
Sweeping Economy Holes Scavenger Broom For Renewal
A curious detail in a illustration shows a hole in a scavenger broom. The text explains the hole serves a purpose: when fibers wear, the head is turned and the handle moved to the opposite side, effectively renewing the broom.
Anti seasickness chair claims on English inventor
A chair designed to prevent sea sickness rests on pivots rather than legs so it stays steady on a rolling ship. After many trials the inventor claims it is more effective than the Medina’s anti seasickness beds used on the recent naval tour to India.
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India
Basutoland Women Wear Brass Marriage Collars
In Basutoland married women wear large brass collars as a status mark. The collars are slit at the back to allow removal, serving as an insignia of their rank within the community.
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Basutoland
Two Headed Calf Born at Belper Farm England
A calf born on February 12 at Mr. W. F. Broadholme’s Belper farm in Derbyshire has two heads and two noses but otherwise normal anatomy. The Esquimaux as Inventors exhibit at the Affili ated Colleges in San Francisco showcases oil heaters, cook stoves, water tight boats, waterproof clothing, spears and harpoons, highlighting Arctic ingenuity and ancient links to Asia and Europe.
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W. F. Broadholme
Belper
Derbyshire
England
Esquimaux
Francisco
Esquimau
Asia
Europe
Why Father Sang So Loud
A humorous tale about a father singing loudly in church to spare his wife from hearing her sawing wood at home. The son recalls the scene, and the old man explains his purpose as an act of mercy to his sleeping wife. The anecdote hinges on family constraints and shared humor.
The Dignity of the Law
A lawyer cross examining asks the witness about jail indictments arrests and other crimes. The witness denies each charge and the lawyer concedes the point, noting the witness is evading questions and then excuses him.
Knocker’s Poem Rejected by Editors Friends
A poetic note reveals that Knocker wrote a Spring themed piece but editors who received it declined to publish. The item underscores a casual stance toward submission and the relationship between writer and local editors.
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Knocker
Streetcar Conductor Questions Country Man on Pickpocket
A country man recalls seeing a pickpocket and explains he did not intervene, citing a sign that warned of pickpockets and his belief he could not act. The exchange reflects neighborhood caution and street etiquette in a local tale.
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Waal
Reuben
Gosh
Not Made to Order Quip Sparks Laugh in Exchange
A humorous exchange unfolds as a lady asks for references and a speaker replies with mock self deprecation. The man jokes that his references, like his photographs, do not do him justice, eliciting amused response.
Too Literal and Scads-Blinks in a Domestic Dinner Date
A judge notes a couple with a quirky dynamic and a dinner mishap in a humorous social remark. The husband is portrayed as a favored, loyal companion while the wife is praised yet playful about her hospitality.
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Scads
Blinks
Stacks
Helen of Troy and Stranger in vaudeville contract
A dialogue excerpt from Yale Record features Helen of Troy and a Stranger negotiating a thirty week vaudeville contract at two thousand drachmas per night. The pair discuss launching ships and burning towers as part of a stylized performance pitch.
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Gaby
Ilion
Helen of Troy
Yale Record
A Mortal Blow in a Rum Mage Sale Gaffe
A mother speaks of a wife’s distress after a rum mage sale ends with a hat sold for thirty five cents. A music teacher notes the daughter improves yet needs careful attention at scales. The father is blamed for the family’s finances tied to groceries.
Escaped steers ram through street as police pursue
Witnesses describe a herd of escaped steers rushing a line of policemen. The onlookers speculate the animals were gamboling not attacking and that tossing a copper may have been part of the mischief. The exchange ends with a quip about prison and walls.
Going Further Ripeness in Times Cited as Rotten
A pointed critique notes a problem described as ripe for the times, with the speaker asserting the issue is actually rotten. The remark frames a debate over current policy or social trends and challenges readers to reconsider accepted narratives.
ADDLED ADAGES AND WRY SAYINGS OFTEN MISLEAD
A compilation of humorous and cynical maxims on duty love wealth honesty and temptation. The lines mock everyday morals suggesting that rhetoric and appearances often mislead and caution against gullibility and overconfidence in human behavior.
Hatpin Tragedy Kills Woman in Paris Tram Mishap
A young woman died in Paris near the Alma bridge when a hatpin she dislodged during alighting from a tramcar pierced her scalp. The death was instantaneous and attributed to the hatpin accident.
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Paris
Alma“Bridge
Winthrop Fire Alarm Boxes and Alarm Procedures
A detailed list names fire alarm boxes by location in Winthrop including Triton Ave Crystal Cove Shirley St and many crossings. The notice explains how to give alarms using the box system with two or three blows and outlines testing dates and station contact numbers Central 72 8 Beach 72 1.
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Triton Ave
Triton
Shirley St
Tafts
Harbor View
Terrace
Cottage St
Hillside Ave
Crystal Cove
Farnbar
Beacon St
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis
Shirley
Cutler
Dolphin Ave
Seafoam
Shirley, St
Mermaid Ave
Beach Road
Central Station
Beach Station
Mortgagee Foreclosure Sale of Woodside Ave Lot Winthrop MA
Public auction to foreclose a 1911 mortgage on Lot 48 Woodside Avenue Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts containing 5068 square feet. Assignee Samuel Berkowitz presents the sale. John W Scribner mortgage prior. Bid cash 200 dollars at sale. auctioneer Robert F Miller Tremont Building Boston. je22 3t
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Samuel Gilman
Haben Gilman
Boston
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Rachel Coe
Ocean Spray
Winthrop
Pearl Avenue
Shirley’ Street
Beetanine
Winthrop-Beach
Whitman and
Beck
Howev
Rebecca Gilman
Rachel Bon
William B. Terry
Peter Hughes
Raymond M.dams
Woodside Avenue
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mass
George F. Tewksbury
Whitman & Breck
Woodside Park
John W. Scribner
Samuel Berkowitz
Robert F. Miller
Tremont Building
Executrix Appointed for Spinney Estate at Winthrop
Nellie Blanchard Spinney named executrix of Leslie A. Spinney estate in Suffolk County Massachusetts. Bond posted as required. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay to executrix at 2 Pleasant Street Winthrop on or before June 20 1912.
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Leslie A. Spinney
Winthrop
Suffolk
Nellie -Blanchard Spinney
Executrix
Pleasant Street
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
A. m
Point Shirley Land
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
John A. Fenno
Potter’s Garage and Stableco
Shirley Park
Ckenney& Waterbury Company
Nate Ee Ce Tereau
St. Bosto
Farmer
Thy
Pelf
Winthrop Fire
Floyd St
Temple
Highland
Revere St
Dean Ave
Sagamore
Almont and
Cross Sts
Revere
Bowdoin
Ocean View
Main
Banks
Hermon and
Lincoln
Read
Jerald
Marshall Sts
Pleasant
Loring
Lowell and Loring
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock St
Orlando Ave
Woodside Ave
Seymour St
Winthrop Centre R. R
Buchanan and Pleasant Sts
Washington Ave
Thornton Park
Washington and Elmwood
River Road
Bates 'Ave
Winthrop St
Chester Ave
Bowdoin and
Buchanan Sts
Town Hall
Kimball’s Factory
Quincy and
Cliff
McCall’s Magazine
And
McCall Patterns
McCall's
McCall
W. 37Th St
New York City
Probate
the Sun & Visitor If
Pers
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