Winthrop Fire Alarm and School Signal Details
The document lists street names and intersections within Winthrop including Shirley Ave Shirley Street and Harbor View Avenue plus nearby roads and landmarks. It provides School Signal Box No. 22 operations with alarm codes three blows two blows and testing dates and contact numbers for Central and Beach stations.
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Pleasant and
Sargent
Sargent Street
Johnson
Pleasant
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside Ave
Seymour St
Buchanan
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours And Sub Stations Map
Office hours and service notes list daily opening times for registration and money orders, mail deliveries, street box pickups, and sub stations with locations on Winthrop streets and nearby avenues. The piece also includes fashion commentary on hat styles and jewelry, reflecting a mingled public notice and lifestyle section.
Dainty House Gown in Japanese Style Fashions
A feature on comfortable women’s wear highlights the kimono as the standout garment for leisure. The article describes attractive versions in large flowered crepes and silks with satin trim and neckbands, and notes a white satin ribbon waist tie.
Subtle bias touches elevate striped and plaid skirts
Commentary praises skirts with bias cut details showing the design in striped or plaid fabrics. Dark cloths avoid stark contrast, blending tones so the transition is nearly seamless. A noted example cites a green and blue stripe suit that appears green or blue depending on light.
Plum and tan striped gown with embroidered bands
A gown constructed from plum colored cloth with a narrow tan stripe features a skirt in segmented sections with varying stripes. The waist is cinched with a girdle and tie of plum and tan striped satin, plus embroidered bands across the shoulders and front in purple tan and gold. Cream lawn guinepe and undersleeves display light ecru satin rib bon trimmings.
To Save White Skirts Petticoats with Narrow Cotton Tape
A sewing tip suggests sewing a narrow white cotton tape on white petticoats to mimic skirt braid. When frayed it can be replaced easily, preventing the disposal of a petticoat that remains sound.
Humor of the Hour from a London bishop
In Washington Dr A F W Ingram the London bishop jokes about overdoing athletics. The tale contrasts his cordiality with that of a Birmingham political candidate Juggins who shakes two hands to keep a voter and his purse.
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A. F. W. Ingram
London
Washington
Mentary
Juggins
Birmingham
Farmer in Red Shirt Seeks Impossible Wife
A widow answers a matrimonial ad from a farmer who demands a superwoman wife. He lists tasks from milking sixteen cows to making apple butter and painting, then adds a lamp sign reading It is never too late to mend. The widow flees.
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Chicago News
Leap Year Proposal Delayed To Next Trousseau
Miss Elder proposed to Cholly during a leap year joke. He blamed the date on needing time for his trousseau and persuaded her to postpone the wedding until a later fatal day as reported by the Cleveland Leader.
Sportsmen trade quips about hare and fowl count
In a brief exchange a Mobilist asks about sport and is told of little, while the other answers with a playful tally: a rooster, three dogs, six fowls and two ducks.
Editor Narrows Poems Bowlegged Banter
A budding poet pleads for publication while a stern editor cites faulty feet as the flaw. The exchange highlights satirical humor over literary reception and the clash of artistic ambition with professional standards.
There's the Rub as a Controversialist Debate
An exchange features Knox as a controversialist unable to present facts while Friend-Well challenges the lack of figures. Philadelphia Press notes the clash, with a punning joke about coming to him, and a playful street-lamb reference. New York Life offers a metaphor about wings and upward movement.
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Knox
Philadelphia Press
St. Peter
New York
Willing to Do Likewise In Tenement Rent Dispute
Langford reminds tenant to leave the tenement in the same condition. tenant agrees. Harpers Weekly notes the prior occupant left three months’ rent owed.
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Langford
Harper’s Weekly
Poets Wish for History While Wife Seeks Comfort
A dialogue from the Chicago Record Herald shows a poet anticipating a place in history while his wife prefers a life of comfort. The exchange highlights differing lives and values within a domestic moment.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Getting Credit By Forcing It The Right Way
A St Louis Globe Democrat quote contrasts approaches to credit. It notes that in New York credit is earned by asking, while in St Louis the advised method is to present a front and let others grant it. The piece reflects opinion on social expectations around credit and status.
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St.Louis Globe- Democrat
Map out west wants a thousand lands gag
The Detroit Tribune quips about a reader Reducing dreams of empire to a joke about a traveler planning vast lands. The cartoonish line compares grand schemes to a centipede, highlighting humor over ambition.
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Gunner
Detroit Tribune
Eggs Beyond Boiled and Scrambled Revealed
The article explores varied egg preparations beyond common methods, offering practical, quick options for busy hosts. It details scrambled eggs with butter milk and paprika, and a southern tomato sauce to accompany fried eggs, including steps, proportions, and flavor notes. It emphasizes simple, attainable techniques for unexpected guests.
The Lost Art of Calling and Courteous Visits
A nostalgic essay argues for regular afternoon calls and hosting etiquette. It stresses that invitations with food are a hostess honor, urges consistent visiting days, and suggests using fixed dates plus occasional tea invites to maintain friendships.
Royal dress tastes from empress to queen concisely shared
Worth of Paris describes how the Russian empress de-emphasizes dress yet wears a coronation robe of silver and pearls. He notes her look like a northern goddess in a simple white velvet gown with a jeweled white dove veil, and mentions Carmen Sylva, Queen Helena, Wilhelmina, and the dowager queen of Spain favoring distinct fabrics and styles.
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Worth
Paris
Harper’s Bazar
Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Helena
Italy
Wilhelmina
Holland
Spain
Use of Good Soap for Skin Care
The article advises careful soap choice for facial skin. It warns against over drying or over moisturizing soaps and stresses rinsing well after washing. It notes city dirt and country dust can harm skin if not properly removed, urging prudent cleansing practices.
Breakfast Ham Morn Recipe With Cream Sauce
A housekeeper provides a breakfast dish using six hard boiled eggs with yolks pressed, chopped whites, cream sauce thickened with butter and flour, buttered bread crumbs, chopped cold ham, and lemon and onion juice seasonings. Layer in a pudding dish and bake until brown to serve six to eight.
Household Hints From Frugal Times
A collection of practical tips on thrift and domestic care. Read about protecting velveteen piles while stitching, avoiding fabric stretch, cleaning clothes wringers with coal oil, keeping gas mantles bright, shredding fresh coconuts, odor absorption with citrus peels, grinding tea leaves for efficiency, hanging citrus to prolong freshness, and boning bodices for a better fit.
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Arata
Boston Elevated Railway transit schedule and special car notice
Subjec t to change without notice Orient Heights to Sco lay Square tunnel service times 5 23 5 37 am and intervals of 4 7 and 8 minutes to 12 02 pm Sunday 6 23 and intervals 15 10 and 6 minutes to 12 02 night From Gladstone St to Scottay Square Tunnel 5 35 am and every 7 8 and 5 min to 12 00 night Sunday 6 21 and every 15 10 and 6 min to 12 00 pm Night service from Gladstone St 6 21 12 36 1 30 2 30 3 30 4 30 Leaves Court St 12 45 1 00 2 00 3 00 4 00 5 00 am Omitted Monday morning Starts at 12 28 Monday morning Special cars may be chartered for balls theatre parties or excursions to any point on the system on application in person or by letter at the office of Supt of Transportation 101 Milk Street Room 701 Information regarding rates routes and connections with other roads cheerfully given by telephone Feb 1 1908
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Owent Hercuts
Gladstone St
Scottay Square
Gladstone St. Alz
Office of Supt. of Transportation
Milk Street
Boston Revere Beach Lynn R R Time Table Notice
Train timetable details for Boston, Revere Beach, Lynn R R with departure times to Wood Island Harbor View Winthrop Highlands and other stations. Includes Sunday and via Highlands Ingalls routes and notices that times are not guaranteed and the company is not responsible for delays. Signed by H L Hoyt and A Fenno.
Mindful help saves effort says Baltimore American
A Baltimore American quote urges readers to consider what they can do for others and how thoughtful help reduces daily work and trouble in life.
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Baltimore American
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Winthrop
Point Shirley
Shirley Ave
Harbor View Avenue
Crystal Cove
Faun Bar
Shirley Street
Hose House
Tewksbury St
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid
Crest Avenues
Grover’s Temple
Revere
Geo. Turner’s
Lincoln Streets
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock Street
Daly
Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Pleasants Street
Bartlett Road
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed Street
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Main
Revere Street
Cherry
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Gove’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
Boston
Highlands Station
Sturgis
M. Sun
Davi Batoure
Millinery Hunt
Humor OF the Hour
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn R. R
Wood Island
Harbor View
Winthrop Centre
A. m
Ingalls
Ito
Ma HighLands
Kell
P. m. Highlands
Compar
H. L. Hoyt
A. John
A. Fenno
Winthrop Sun & Visitor
Bears
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