Winthrop Fire Alarm Box and School Closures Notice
The article lists fire alarm boxes and cross streets in Winthrop including Shirley Avenue Harbor View Avenue and Ocean Avenue with many local intersections. It notes School Signal Box No. 22 and three ring routines with times 8:00 11:15 and 12:45 and instructions to stand at the box until the department arrives. Central and Beach station contact numbers are provided.
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Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s Factory
Mons
Voloska
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours and station details
Office hours extend 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily with Sunday variations. Money orders, registration, and deliveries listed. street letter boxes collected nightly. Sub Stations at Crest avenue, Shirley street, and other local points. Mail close and arrive times detailed for daily, Sunday, and holiday schedules. Davi Butourn, Supt.
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Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed Street
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Main
Revere Street
Cherry
App
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove
Highlands Station
Sturgis
Giant Impersonation Party Trick For Friendly Merriment
A playful suggestion for a social prank where one friend rides another’s shoulders under a cloak to form a comical giant. The helper, with a cork mustache and high hat, acts as showman while the duo delivers a lively exchange. Concludes with a note to avoid hurting feelings or prolonging the gag.
Why cigar smoke shows blue at the cigar end
A Chicago News note explains that smoke from a cigar is blue at the end due to fine particles reflecting blue light, while mouth smoke appears white because it carries coarser particles that reflect all light waves. The piece likens this to the sky’s blue tint from fine upper-air particles.
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Chicago News
Jack Horner and the Wells Manor Deed Story
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls a traditional tale linking Jack Horner to a royal bribe within a pie of twelve manors. The pie’s crust hid the deed to Wells manor, claiming the king granted it to Horner who boasted of his plunder.
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Jack Horner
Glastonbury
Henry VIII
Jack
Wells
All In an Hour from a Child's Misrule
A buoyant tale where Ted delays starting tasks until time slips away. Dick boasts of time to study and run errands while he mocks the hour. The boys fritter minutes by blocking boots, grooming hair, and delivering chores, ending with a few stray minutes left.
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Ted
Father
Brother Bob
Paris style dinner card racks charm table settings
A Dutch article discusses a novel Parisian dinner card rack for informal luncheons and dinners. The tiny wire tripod stand holds name cards with a floral cluster, allowing customization with roses or ferns and optional fresh flowers, costing little and enhancing table decor.
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Paris
Household Helps from a Past Era
Practical tips cover dish protection with felt mats, rice pudding with eggs, durable paste with alum and clove oil, camphor in oil lamps, curtain washing with borax, homemade soap flakes, glycerin for ink and grease on fabrics, and a linseed oil turpentine mix to revive dull walls.
Raw beef and eggs described as healthful sustenance
The article prescribes consuming raw beef by grinding round steak into a paste seasoned with salt for bread or crackers. It claims raw eggs aid blood production and suggests methods to ingest them, recommending up to eight eggs daily for recuperation.
Her Humble Uses and Witty Verse on a Modern Wife
A Detroit Free Press verse vignette describes a learned wife versed in Greek Latin German and the classics who can discuss heroes Rome fashions and dates at speed yet relies on her weary husband to fasten her hat. The piece balances wit and domestic life with period voice.
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Rome
Detroit Free Press
A New Trade Opening for a Woman with Delicate Craft
A penniless widow finds a livelihood without traditional training by cleaning and preserving fine lace and fragile artworks then managing private collections for twelve years. The tale highlights talents suited to careful, artistic hands and suggests similar, delicate paths for others.
Leather book covers trend in magazines and books
A Useful Trifle notes leather and suede covers gaining popularity among readers for magazines and books in recent seasons. The piece remarks on the soft dressed varieties familiar to readers and their growing appeal.
Alligator bead purses and Spain’s Queen at Home
The article describes a new envelope bag with interior pockets for travelers and an alligator hand bag featuring an alligator bead and claws on the front. It also notes Queen Victoria and the young queen of Spain, detailing royal routines and etiquette at the Spanish court as described in Harper’s Bazar.
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Spain
Alfonso
Victoria
Harper’s Bazar
Barding Poultry as Alternative to Basting Techniques
Some cooks skip butter and water and bard the meat. They fasten a large thin piece of salt pork over the breast to keep poultry moist and flavorful during roasting.
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office Anecdotes
A Lincoln anecdote recalls his remark to Seward upon entering the war department telegraph office. Lincoln jokes about using the phrase by jings and explains his mother's teaching before apologizing to operators. Seward recalls Lincoln helping a colored woman in the street crossing to avoid a collision.
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Lincoln
War Department
Bates
Seward
Jings
Keyside confusion on the dockside at night
A midnight Park row erupts as a sailor and a policeman discuss the term keyside or quayside. A curious bystander, misdirected by accents, suggests the docks while the officer and bystanders joke about a locksmith and a possible arrest.
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New York Press
Dinner anecdotes of a robber tale told at home
A Philadelphia Bulletin item humorously contrasts a newspaper account of a highwayman terrorizing suburbs with a family scene. The father acts out the thief’s behavior, joking that hold ups stop people in various home moments, pointing to the absurdity of crime in daily life.
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Mother
Father
Willie
Papa
Philadelphia Bulletin
Witty Compositor Quips Over Editor Copy
In a lively aside a new compositor mocks the editor’s copy with a Belshazzar comparison. A life insurance examiner asks Pat about his father’s death and Pat replies he does not know but doubts it was serious.
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Horace Greeley
Belshazzar
Life Insurance Examiner
Pat
Local papers gain edge in new legal notice law
The new law prioritizes local newspapers for publishing official notices. It expands the use of community papers to ensure notices reach residents nationwide.
Boston Elevated Railway schedule notice 1908
Notice from the Boston Elevated Railway Company detailing timetable changes and special car availability. It lists route adjustments between Orient Heights, Scolla Square, and Gladstone Street, with morning and night intervals, Sunday timings, and contact for rates and connections.
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Orient Heights
Scolla Square
Gladstone St
Court St
Peson
Milk Street
Regan
Train Timetable for Boston and Winthrop Lines 1908
This time table details weekday and Sunday departure times from Boston to Wood Island Harview and Winthrop areas with frequent intervals through the day. It lists routes via Highlands Ingalls and other corridors, noting dispatch times and disclaimers of schedule accuracy and liability.
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Winthrop Fire
ALARA
Point Shirley
Shirley Ave
Harbor View Avenue
Crystal Cove
Faun Ba
Hose House
Tewksbury St
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid Av
Grover’s
Crest Avenues
Cliff
Temple and
Highland
Geo Tower
Sagamore Av
Almont Streets
Revere
Bowdoin
Emerson Sts
Hermon
Lincoln Streets
Main and
Marshall Sts
Pleasant
Waldemar. Ave
Wheelock Street
Pleasant and
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside Av
Seymour St
Buchanan Streets
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Winthrop
Davi Butourn
Philadelphia Ledger
New England
Connecticut Valley Historical Society
Ryefield
He Meant
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston
Revere Beagh & Lynn
R. A
Wood Island
Har View
Winthrot
Winthrop Centre
A. m
Ingalls
Winthrop Beach
Beach
H. L. Hoyt
G. T A. John & Fenno
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