Winthrop Post Office Hours and Box Collections Noted
Winthrop post office hours span 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays with 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. holiday times and early dispatches for Revere. Mail collection times and sub stations listed with multiple street boxes and overflow details, noting Sunday closure and a fiscal instruction for Sunday delivery requests. David Belcher signs off.
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Crest Avenue
Shirley Street
Point Shirley
Washington
Bates
Washington Ave
Winthrop St
Pleasant St
Sunnyside
Bartlett Road
Pauline
Court Road
Lincoln
Road St
Centre R. R
Winthrop Bt
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Revere
Cor
Cherry
Summit
Crestave
Grover Ave
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Hirley St
Mermaid
Ava Ghirley St
Shirley R. R
Ghirley St
Ocean Ave
Tewksbury St
Crystal Cove Ave
East Boston
Nightly Opera Dilemma Sparks Stir Over Early Morning Singing
Nathan M. Levy writes in the New York Sun about a neighbor who serenades at dawn with arias like Pari siamo and Di Provenza while the author demands quiet for work and rest. He questions whether singers ever sleep as he begs for silence during breakfast and postprandial naps.
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Evening Star
Nathan M. Levy
New York Sun
Between the clashing of earth’s strife and the breath
Poem by Margaret B. Sangster urging love over malice and greed. It contrasts fleeting life with swift beauty and calls for gentleness in speech to spread hope. The verse envisions walking heavenward, toward kindness and concord.
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Earth
Heaven
Margaret B. Sangster
Fear and Anxiety Amid Disease Fears
A reflection on how fear of illness and death unsettles minds and causes lingering worry about the future, urging calm and steady thinking to avoid becoming unstable.
Witless Wisdom From A Bygone Era Of Jokes And Quips
A collection of puns and wry lines touching on social quirks politics sex and travel. The anonymous items poke fun at joyriders married life old age national pride and notable places from Massachusetts and Chicago to Paris and Oklahoma.
The Little Neighbor Inspires a Writer's Quiet Transformation
A famed writer, Duane, retreats to a bungalow and shuns neighbors until a drab colored woman next door moves with simple warmth. Her garden, music, and small acts of kindness awaken longing for beauty beyond luxury, changing his view of life and love.
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Duane
Tanner
Rob
Missouri man hatches grasshoppers for chicken feed
A Missouri resident breeds grasshoppers as poultry feed and warns that oversupply could outpace demand. The project highlights rural ingenuity and self sufficiency amid agricultural markets.
New York Officers Dump Weapons Seized in Arrests into Harbor
Authorities in New York disposed of a haul valued at about 10,000 dollars that included revolvers daggers blackjacks and other weapons seized during arrests.
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New York
England shifts view on women fighting in battle
In England the objection that women cannot fight is rapidly going out of use, though some old fashioned people still think they should not fight.
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England
Cuba Leads Record Tobacco Crop Boosts Havana Strain in Wisconsin
Cuba has the largest tobacco crop on record potentially easing Wisconsin's strain from producing so much Havana tobacco. The unexpected regional shift highlights supply dynamics for producers and markets relying on Havana leaf. The report notes the crop's size and its implications for processing and pricing.
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Cuba
Wisconsin
Surgery progress trims fatal operations to one in fifty
Statistics show that surgery has progressed to reduce fatal outcomes to roughly one in fifty. Yet the financial burden on patients remains as heavy as before, with costs continuing to strain pocketbooks.
Connecticut Woman Defiantly Demands Vote Before Marriage
A young Connecticut woman declares she will not marry until she wins the vote and she reveals she has faced multiple proposals while pursuing suffrage.
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Connecticut
Archduchess Invents Wax Candle Ahead of Modern Times
An Austrian archduchess unveils a new wax candle as she lags behind current trends. Meanwhile a pardoned killer who used an ax handle instead of the ax has sparked a troubling precedent, though another man also lies dead.
Chicago Man Seeks Divorce Over Hair Shampoo Incident
A Chicago man seeks a divorce after his wife was shampooed by a male friend. He does not object to her other friends but views the shampooing as rubbing it in, citing marital strain from the incident.
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Duane
Chicago
Supreme Court case over ten tons of storage eggs
A litigation over ten tons of storage warehouse eggs has reached the supreme court. Observers expect a ruling soon with potential implications for New York consumption by April 1918.
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Supreme Court
Woman Proposes and Pays in Philadelphia Scene
A Philadelphia woman not only proposed but also paid the car fare, bought the license, and gave the parson his due, offering encouragement to women readers with a bold, practical example.
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Philadelphia
Bone graft story from a St. Louis man
A St. Louis man receives a bone graft from his wife to repair a leg bone. The humorous remark notes that a piece of her mind had already been grafted onto his memory.
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St. Louis
Poets of Crime Reflect On Guilt And Circumstance
A critical reflection on criminals who publish verse, detailing how figures like Soleilland, Anastay, Vidal, Willon, Lacenaire and others frame their deeds as consequences of circumstance. It cites Hesse on criminals plagiarizing poetry and presents a translated prison verse about cursed vileness and a claimed past virtue.
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Soleilland
Anastay
Vidal
Maitre Hesse
Lacenaire
France Expands Airship Fleet Amid War Readiness
The French government plans to spend 5 million dollars this year and 6 hundred thousand next year on its airship fleet. It will build five dirigibles annually, with escadrilles of eight machines. On March 1 there were 13 escadrilles totaling 104 avions, aiming to double soon. Each escadrille includes seven pilots and a full non commissioned staff, plus a large corps of corporals and sappers and other support personnel.
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Avions
Escadrille
Cockatoo Kept As Outdoor Companion In Fashionable Park
A London lady was seen strolling in a West End park with a cockatoo perched on her arm. The bird, untethered, flew freely if needed, and a local bird fancier called it a unique instance of an outdoor companion for a cockatoo.
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London
West End
Weighing the News: Oddities and Opinions From Then
A digest of scattered items notes baseball umpiring sparks and shifting seasons in sports while jokes about elopements law, education, and dances spark a tone of playful commentary. It mentions a Philadelphia officer retiring rich, a Massachusetts woman leaving a fortune to a horse, cats with cork tails, and new gadgets for rapid steak broiling.
Captain Scott Stays Near South Pole for Another Year
Captain Scott vows to remain in the vicinity of the South Pole for another year. The women believe so, while some men question when he will finally return home.
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Capt
Scott
South Pole
Westerner Weds After Car Collision At Local Intersection
A young westerner drove his motor car into another vehicle and married the female occupant. The incident prompts authorities to reiterate that motoring is a dangerous sport.
Edison movie invention brings cinema home
Edison announces a device making moving pictures viewable at home leaving home life as the only major thing yet unavailable. The remark frames early home entertainment aims and the novelty of film at private amid growing consumer tech.
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Edison
Straw clock finished in Strassburg by cobbler
In Strassburg, a cobbler completes after fifteen years a clock made entirely of straw. The piece is deemed scarcely more significant than a straw vote. A Turkish soldier is reported killed in bombardments of forts on the Dardanelles by Italian warships. The event is dismissed as minor compared with a boxing show’s preliminary.
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Strassburg
Germany
Dardanelles
Cincinnati Women Seek 9 PM Curfew for Men
Women clubs in Cincinnati push a curfew law requiring all men to be home by nine. A swift masculine protest forms against what they call feminization of the law.
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Cincinnati
New York Driver Extortion Protest Reaches Ambassador
The Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States successfully protests extortion against a New York automobile driver, asserting sovereign rights in a nation famed for liberty from tyranny.
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United States
New York
Infant brain fragment transplanted to adult
A portion of an infant's brain has been transplanted into an adult's skull. If the graft retains infantile instincts, the adult possessor may experience surprising and embarrassing moments in life.
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