Copy of paper sold at named local outlets
Copies of this paper, at 5 cents each, are on sale at A. T. Bagness opposite Highland Station Boston Revere Beach Lynn Depot Boston Winthrop Beach Co opposite Beach Station Rogers Centre Store Jefferson and Winthrop Streets Brown's Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre W B Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Ocean Spray Elizabeth Rippay variety store Opp Centre Station Also at the office of publication Lewis Block Washington Avenue
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A. T. Bagness
Highland Station
Boston
Revere Beach & Lynn Depot
Winthrop Beach & Co
Beach Station
Rogers’ Centre
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Brown's Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Centre
W. B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety
Opp
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Washington Avenue
Keith's Theatre Highlights Two Major Vaudeville Billings
The week at Keith's Theatre features two big productions. The Top O th World and the Kriss Kringle's Dream ballet headline a New York hit with a large company. The Van Dyck, a one act classic by Harrison Hunter, Cosm Gordon Keynes, and Eugene Fournier Perinque, follows as a foreign triumph with international presentation.
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Keith's
Collie Ballet
Kriss Krimgle
New York
Harrison Hunter
Cosmo Gordon Keynes
Eugene Fournier Perinque
van Dyck
London
Beerholm Tree
Arnold Calyn
Winthrop Post Office Letters for Week Ending May 1
List of letters remaining in the Winthrop post office for the week ending May 1. Names include Elmar, Harry Nunn, Johnson Miss Elizabeth, Jenne Miss Mary W. McPherson Miss Jennie Mathews G. M. Murray John J. Phinney Melbourne Seward Miss Lizzie M.
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Winthrop Post Office
Elmar
Harry Nunn Johnson
Elizabeth Jenne
Mary .W. McPherson
Jennie Mathews
G. M. Murray
John J. Phinney
Melbourne
Seward
Lizzie M
Real Estate Transfers in Winthrop Listings
A series of property transfers recorded in Winthrop shows Edith Lanecaster to Agnes M Lan casters on Nahant Avenue and Sewall Avenue relin quishments, Charles F Lancaster trustee to Agnes M Lancaster on Sewall Avenue, and multiple trustee transfers to Eugene P Wittier Shirley and Pontos streets. Other deeds list Margaret J Bailey Pebble Avenue, William D Putnam to Lydia M Paine Sea View Avenue, Ethel J Smith to Mary J Wright Woodside Avenue, and James J McCarthy to Benjamin F Badger Atlantic Street with nominal sums.
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Edith Lanecaster
Agnes M. Lan“Caster
Nahant Avenue
Charles F. Lancaster
Agnes MM. Lancaster
Sewall Avenue
John HH. Storer
Near
Q. Ne
Ethel J. Smith
Mary J. Wright
Woodside’ Avenue
James J. McCarthy
Benjamin — F. Badger
Atlantic Street
English Visitor Puzzles Baseball Language at Polo Grounds
A London guest at a New York Giants game laughs at the clash of terms like foul and fowl as the play unfolds. The host explains a foul is a baseball call, prompting the visitor to remark on the paradox in the sport's language. This quip appears in Harper's Weekly.
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London
New York
Polo Grounds
Harper's Weekly
Turks Favor Red Hair as Beauty Trait
In Turkey women embrace red hair as a beauty ideal and commonly dye their locks to achieve the shade. Reports note widespread adoption of red hair dye as a cultural fashion cue among Turkish women.
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Turkey
Jute: A Physician Says a Charge Ledgered Voter Fraud
A doctor narrates a case in a crowded city home where a child’s sudden illness prompts revelation. The mother laments punitive crime tied to fraudulent voter registrations and magistrate pressure. The magistrate later pays the medical bill after the child recovers.
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New York
Left pocket watch regulation sparks old lore debate
A collection of brief clippings notes quirky watch lore claims from a New York Sun anecdote about left pocket timekeeping, plus luxury hotel china details at Knickerbocker, Plaza, and Waldorf Astoria, and short humorous items from Good Housekeeping and Pearson's Weekly.
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Knickerbocker
New York
France
Plaza
Astor
Waldorf-Astoria
Local Woman Heads to Town After Husband’s Absence
An incident described in London Tatler recounts a loquacious woman riding in an electric car from Batterham the previous week. She admits surprise at her husband’s absence and explains she plans to go to town after hearing him tell an office boy he isn’t in.
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Henry Drummond
Drummond
Pearson’s Weekly
Nothing Special Library Exchange
In a quiet library a visitor, puzzled, asks for help while searching for his wife. A library assistant offers assistance but the visitor says he is only looking for his wife. The moment hints at a domestic or personal search within a public space.
His Love Like the Ocean
A playful exchange between Gerald and Geraldine appears in Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple banters over love and a joke about taking it with grains of salt, framed as a light domestic quip.
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Gerald
Geraldine
Philadelphia Inquirer
Paper Says Pins Bring Points at Exchange
A clipped slogan urges readers to use a paper to earn rewards at the Exchange. The note emphasizes the value of obtaining points through a simple, chipper promotion.
Tales From Fragments Across Aged Clippings
A collage of anecdotes and notes on old customs and humor. A schoolroom ruse about missing a holiday ends with shared deception. A colonial wartime quip questions value of a wagon. Medical superstition and physician fees warn against miscommunication. Secret Bachichi rites on Sese Island are described with burial and cannibal implications.
Acquaintance Reopens Past Feelings Then Fades
A woman recalls a ten to fifteen year friendship and admits thoughts of marriage. The man responds with quiet disappointment, wondering if he differed from others. In a separate vignette a bishop arrives to a closed hotel and a neighbor counsels him to knock like the devil, which the bishop cannot imitate.
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Episcopal Church
Hit Home. Tommy Paws Three Card Money
Mr Tucker calls the three card monte the most diabolical swindle, a gambling game with cards. The Chicago Tribune notes the sensational claim as a wider concern about gambling schemes.
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Tommy
Paw
Mr. Tucker
Chicago Tribune
Not Too Often They Say New England Spawns Few Marriages
A Philadelphia girl jokes about New England maidens and Boston girls, asking about marriage. The Boston Record counters by noting that Boston women marry less frequently, framing a regional stereotype dialogue.
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New England
Philadelphia
Boston
Boston Vs
Philadelphia Record
Spots Removed While You Sleep
A humorous note describes a wife removing spots from trousers during the night with quiet efficiency. The quirky exchange remains a playful domestic anecdote with no broader context or dates.
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Bill
Otidre
Restful Pause Fixes A Menzel Studio Sketch
German artist Adolf Menzel kept his model rigid on a studio scaffold for two hours while he finished a rural decoration. When the model asked for a break, Menzel urged him to resume the pose and declared the rest sufficient before returning to work. The tale ends with the model’s fate left to the reader.
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Adolf Menzel
Menzel
Scotland’s horse fame and James I’s racing legacy
The article credits Scotland with a long tradition of strong cavalry and horse breeding. It highlights King James I of Scotland as a pivotal figure, duplicating and improving racing in England by establishing regualr courses and codes that shaped modern turf laws.
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Scotland
Agricola
Grampians
Tacitus
Scothimd
England
James J
Island
James 1
London
Shaw’s Play You Never Can Tell Read by Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey recalls asking Bernard Shaw for permission to produce You Never Can Tell. Shaw read the work, praised it at times and condemned it as trash, and refused to let any line be altered in the last act. Hawtrey eventually canceled the production.
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Bernard Shaw
Charles Hawtrey
Shaw
Minneapolis Journal
Tongue Twisters And Vows In A Humbling Morning
A lighthearted fragment notes a couple in double harness seven months after marriage, questioning $5 spent at the wedding and minister’s fee. It then lists brief tongue twisters and Shakespearean lines praised for rapid diction, from the London Chronicle.
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John
Chicago News
Vendetta in Corsica Linked to Prolonged Rivalries
The Rev T Norgate at the Royal Geographical Society described vendetta origins in Corsica traced to a pig entering a neighbor’s field, noting it sparked lasting feuds claimed to have killed hundreds and pitting two families against each other for over 300 years. He argued such feuds show contempt for small thefts.
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Royal Geographical Society
T. Norgate
Corsica
London
Globe
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Winthrop
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Nary
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Jones
Detroit Free Press
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Stock Exchange
Melbourne Times
Synge
Uganda
National Magazine
London Chronicle
Willis
Harris
Collins
H.T
ITMAN
Channing Howard
Whitman & Howard
Devonshire St
Winthrop and
Revere
Telephone
Fort Hill
Gabler
Shoninger
Ludwig & CO
Winter & CO
Baus
Plano
Blake the Piano Man
Washington St
Oxford
McCarty & Co
Winnisimmet St. Chelsea
Chelsea
Winthrop Hardware Company
W.G. Grant
Magee’s Corner
Winthrop, Mass
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
Winthrop Delivery
Kilby Street
East Boston
Floyd & Tucker
R. J. Promises
Ocean View Street
Tungsten
Columbia, Square
Railroad St
Suburban Gas & Electric Company
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