Boston Revere Beach Lynn R R Schedules In Effect November 12 1908
Timetables show weekday and Sunday train departures from Boston to Orient Heights Beachmont Crescent Beach West Lynn Lynn and all Winthrop stations with frequent intervals through the day and late night service. Returns from Winthrop centers via Battery and Ingalls with multiple daily departures to Boston.
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Orient Heights
Beachmont
Crescent Beach West Lynn Lynn
Boston
Winthrop Centre
Battery
Ingalls
A.M
Winthrop Mail Hours and Street Box Collections
Timetabled postal hours for Winthrop and Revere offices include general delivery stamps money orders and registry operations from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and shortened Sunday hours. Mails dispatch and receive times, substation locations, street box collection times, and carrier delivery schedules are listed with precise intervals and routes.
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International Money Order Office
Revere
Boston Elevated Railway timetable notice
Orient Heights to Scollay Square service starts 5.23 a.m. with intervals of 4 7 and 8 minutes up to 12.02 a.m. Sunday runs 6.21 and intervals of 15 10 and 6 minutes to 12.00 night. Gladstone Street to Scollay Square tunnel begins 6.40 a.m. with 7 8 and 5 minute intervals to midnight. Night service from Gladstone Street includes 2.21 12.36 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 a.m. Leaves Court Street 12.45 1.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 a.m. Omitted Monday morning Starts 12.30 Monday morning. Special cars may be chartered for balls theatre parties or excursions by application to Superintendent of Transportation 101 Milk Street Room 701. Information on rates routes connections by telephone. C. B. Sergeant Vice-President.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Gladstone Street
Court Street
Office of Superintendent of Transportation
Milk Street
Winthrop Fire Alarm Signals and School Schedule
A 1908 fire alarm bulletin lists telephone numbers for Central and Beach stations and details alarm procedures. It includes a map of street boxes with locations from Shirley Street to Cottage Park and numerous cross streets. The notice also provides a school schedule with two sessions and dismissal times and names F W Woollcott as Chief and A F Coggins as Supt of Fire Alarms.
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Central Station
Beach Station
F. W. F. Woollcott
H. W. Roberts, Jr
H. N. Bangs
Board of Fire Engineers
A. F. Coggins
Canary Polka Copyright Notice From 1909
The Cundy Bet Tenney Company of Boston files a renewal copyright for the musical composition Canary polka. The notice, dated March 9, 1909, records authorial claim and renewal terms for a fourteen year period from May 1, 1908.
Doe Family Named John and Jane In Town
A city salesman recounts meeting John Doe and his sister Jane, noting the oddity of the names and joking about the coincidence. He recalls the introduction, the denial of the joke, and hints at other Does in town, while pondering parental choices.
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Doe
John
John Doe
Jane
New York Press
Moorish Horsemastership Praised by London Spectator
A London Spectator excerpt extols Moorish horsemanship noting a Moor always rides, never walks, and praises endurance. It contrasts Moorish ponies with fatigued cavalry methods in South Africa, describing long nights outdoors, minimal grooming, and heavily padded saddles as measures of resilience.
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South Africa
London Spectator
Seamen’s Return Ticket Accepted After Sailor Claim
A sailor meets a booking clerk in Hull over a Seamen's Return ticket to Birmingham. The clerk doubts the claim, but the passenger asserts his status with nautical threats until the passenger superintendent intervenes and approves the sale. The exchange highlights lax verification and strict wording in seamen’s travel concessions.
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Birmingham
Hull
London
Seeing and Thinking in Different Mental Images
The London Post notes that people imagine objects differently when thinking of them. Some picture the word Italy, others its outline, and some even envision a full landscape with towns. Psychologists are classifying these internal aids or images used in thought.
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Italy
London Post
Pluck Them and Pigeon Dealer Debate
Lord Justice Mathew recalls a trial where a money lender sues a youth. The lender protests being called merely a money lender, claiming a broader role as a dealer in n erbirds. The judge calmly confirms the gist with a quiet question about pigeons.
Lost Chord Misheard In Music Shop Exchange
A visitor asks for a copy of the piece titled Stolen Rope. The shopkeeper replies he does not know it and the customer hums the tune. The assistant corrects and identifies the melody as The Lost Chord.
Halstead Meets Sherman for Latest Front News
Murat Halstead, famed war correspondent, visits General William T. Sherman at headquarters seeking the latest front news. Sherman, recognizing Ewing’s letter, directs him to Cincinnati-bound train leaving at 2 o'clock after a brief greeting and assured hospitality.
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Murat Halstead
War Times
William T. Sherman
Cincinnati
General Sherman
Sherman
Halstead
Japanese Delicacies in Feudal Taste for Flowery Kingdom Citizens
The Berlin Prometheus notes unusual foods among distant provinces with scarce fish and meat. Snakes and lizards appear as delicacies, grasshoppers are eaten dry with salad dressing, and a ground bee larva is served with honey or made into porridge. Chrysanthemum features as salad candy and stew.
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Berlin
Prometheus
Right hand seats favored on streetcars say experts
The Philadelphia Record quotes an observant streetcar conductor who notes right hand seats fill first. He suggests habit from right handed travelers and safety in the right side, with the writer adding that sitting in the middle on the right is likely safer in collisions and less exposed to objects from passing vehicles.
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Philadelphia Record
Baldheads Parade Varied Shapes Until Curtain Rise
A theatergoer notes great variety in baldheads from elliptical and circular to elongated egg shapes and even heads with almost square outlines. He says without baldheads the theater would be boring before the curtain. New York Press quote.
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New York Press
Remarkable Race and Honest Natives of the Lapps
The Lapps crave stimulating drinks with heavy coffee and punch consumption. Bromso streets see many intoxicated natives when reindeer flesh profits rise. Yet robbery and crime are nearly unknown, and their innate honesty is described as extraordinary by Wide World Magazine.
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Lapps
Bromso
Wide World Magazine
Trunk labels clash with shipper mishap to Shanghai
A reader recounts labeling trunks China and expecting careful handling. The shipment reportedly went astray and never arrived in Shanghai, leaving the trunks missing.
Arcadian March Bet in Renewal for Existence
The notice lists a candy bet of a musical composition titled Arcadian March with D. W. Reeves. The renewal spans fourteen years from April 2, 1909, under U.S. law, as published on the ninth day of March, 1909. It emphasizes continuous advertising in the paper.
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Library of Congress
Candy Betteney Company
Boston
Mass
D. W. Reeves
United States
Office of the Register of Copyrights
Washington, D. C
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of Congress
Thorvald Solberg
Register of Copyrights
Drawer Mischief and a Questionable Fortune
A humorous note from the Atchison Globe describes a girl stirring her top bureau drawer until she finds what she seeks or concludes it is not there. A Cleveland Leader exchange questions a rich uncle’s fate and how he lost his wealth, with a punchy remark about his likely death.
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Atchison Globe
Burglars Reported After Quiet House Noise
A woman fears burglars after hearing noises downstairs while her companion dismisses the concern, claiming there is no intruder. The exchange hints at tension and a potential break in during a quiet moment at home.
Hicks Story in Court Sparks Laughter and Acquittal
In 1847 Hicks faced legal action by Sir Samuel Spry over alleged abuse of office to influence voters. Hicks asked to illustrate his defense with a story about a boy and a donkey. The tale amused the court when Spry protested being called a jackass, and Hicks was acquitted of the charge.
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Hicks
Dawe
Samuel Spry
Bodmin
Billy
Cornhill Magazine
Lesson From Folly Behind Great Wars
A London Tit-Bits anecdote notes how minor insults can ignite large wars. It recalls William the Conqueror’s death story after a French jibe about his weight and a remark by Philip of France, illustrating how a single provocation can lead to slaughter and long campaigns.
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William the Conqueror
France
Mantes
Willisem
Philip of
William
London
The Jungle Polk Insight in Africa by Ko HL Milligan
In Africa a pupil calls white people pink and white and says he would not recognize Milligan in his own country. The author notes Africans speak plainly and dispute color hierarchy with blunt candor.
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Afria
Ko HL
Milligan
Africa
Mil Gen
Bojedh
Nhr
Bilingual Youth Skips English Accent in Speech
The subject, raised in Spanish dominant countries, speaks Spanish flawlessly with no English accent. He appears Spanish to listeners unaware of American parentage. While speaking English he sits quietly, but when switching to Spanish his hands and arms move with every word, showing a swift, dramatic gesture change.
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New York
Language Origins in Shins Words and Terms
A curious note on etymology traces shins words to classical roots. It cites mill as a fight vulgarism from Greek hamilla meaning a coming battle and Uncle as pawnbroker from Latin uneus a hook for pledged items. It links beak to the rostrum platform used in Roman justice.
Rich bachelor seeks woman to clean house in Argonaut
A wealthy bachelor sighs over his tangled life and asks for a suitable woman to come to his home and straighten out his affairs. He inquires about finding an “alleloodied” woman to clean house, as reported by the Argonaut.
Aristocratic Fowls And Suburbanite Exchange
A Town Topics snippet discusses animal social customs with humor. A gardener is described as hardworking. The suburbanite friend notes the specialty is not work but seeming to be. The passage playfully ponders goose descendants and Rome.
Oil of Bergamot Source Tied to Calabria Coasts
The world's supply of oil of bergamot comes from a small area of Calabria in southern Italy along the Strait of Messina, where bergamot orchards concentrate.
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Bergamot
Calabria
Italy
Strait of Messina
Length of Sermons in Past Centuries Cited in Gazette
The West Aninster Grizette cites Thomas Hooker preferring three hours as a fair sermon length, while Dean Lefroy once deemed ten minutes sufficient. Crav er’s sermons are described as short as a small book, and Calvin, Knox, Bunyan rarely rejoiced. A Bilbury rector reportedly never sat for less than two hours, with congregants lingering beyond the text before departing.
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Dean Lefroy
Thomas Hooker
Moore
Criaver
Baxter
Knox
Bunyan
Calvin
George Herbert
Bilbury
Gloucestershire
Black magic method in Ceylon targets rival through ritual
Ceylon National Review reports a Cingilese pecusian practice with 4440 methods of harming others. A listed transition warns: on Sunday at dawn, after meals, dress red, carry a ginger root inscribed with the rival’s name, recite 108 times, and break it to kill the rival within nine peyas, with six more deaths in seven months.
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Ceylon
Yama Devi
Ceylon National Review
A Gale by Another Name in Harbor Tale
A deep sea skipper reported his ship beaten by a gale misdescribed as force 102. The term hails from the Beaufort wind scale created by Admiral Beaufort. The bewildering usage echoes in talk of a German film titled windstarke 10, 11, noted by the New York Sun.
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Beaufort
New York Sun
Digging For Money The Honest Workman
An amusing local note describes a man digging for money in a trench. A curious passerby asks what he seeks and the worker answers he expects to strike money on Saturday. The exchange captures a humorous frontier mood.
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S. W
H. W
Do You Take Periodicals and Pledges
A London Telegraph quip notes a tramp who says he found work for two family members but none would take it. A pew clergyman asks about periodicals and a woman replies her husband subscribes while she refuses to pledge.
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London Telegraph
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