Winthrop Fire Alarm District and School Signals
Listing of Winthrop streets and landmarks served by the Fire Alarm District with box numbers and station details. Includes schoolhouse and factory references, bell signals, alarm procedures, and testing dates for boxes 1st and 15th monthly at 9 o'clock. Central and Beach stations with telephone numbers.
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Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s Factory
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours and Sub Stations Listed
Post office hours run daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. with Sunday and holiday variations. Money order and registration windows operate daily. Mail collections occur at multiple times, with street boxes emptied at 9:30 p.m. Sub stations 95 Crest Avenue, 144 Shirley Street, and 56 Shirley Street sell stamps and handle money orders. David Becousn, 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
Ocean View
Main
Revere Street
Cherry
Summit
Highlands
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Crest Avefiue
Highlands Station
Shirley Street
Sturgis
David Becousn
Boston Elevated Railway schedule notice 1908
The Boston Elevated Railway issues a schedule notice listing train intervals from 5.23 a.m. to 12.02 p.m. and night service from Gladstone Street to Scottay Square, with special cars available for events. It notes routes from Cour Street and mentions rates and routes information at Milk Street Room 701.
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Orient
Scollay Square
Orient Hercuts
Gladstone St
Scottay Square
Cour St
Seronae
Office of Supt. of Transportation
Toi Milk Street
Boston Revere Beach Lynn R R Time Schedule 1908
Time table listing weekday and Sunday departures for Boston to Wood Island Harbor View Winthrop Highlands Ingalls Winthrop Beach and other stations with detailed minute-by-minute schedules and notes that departures are not guaranteed. Officials Hoyt Fenno and GTA John A. Fennos sign off.
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Boston-for- Wood Island
Harbor View
Winthrop
Highlands
Ingalls
Winthrop Centre
A. m
Winthrop Beach
Via‘ Ingalls
P. M.highlands
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A reader testimonial describes severe female troubles and an operation followed by worse health. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring perfect health after months of illness. The notice promotes the remedy for backache bearing down pains and other uterine symptoms.
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Peive
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Amenities of Oysters and a Pepper Tale
A bemused note on oyster lore from Thackeray to Longfellow and Lowell. The piece links quirky remarks about oysters and pepper with Cambridge literary circles and a humorous memory of a pepper box near an oyster plate.
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Thackeray
William Dean Howells
Longfellow
Cambridge
James
Russell Lowell
Lowell
Grandma’s Heaven Question Confuses Young Ethel
A five year old child, Ethel, discusses heaven with her grandmother who promises eternal reward for good behavior. Ethel doubts the afterlife, fearing she could not exit heaven to visit her grandmother, prompting a gentle, humorous exchange from a Woman’s Home Companion piece.
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Ethel
Grandma
The Lady Maccabee Badge Spotlights a Tragic Misread
A loafer scouting for luck pockets a glittering badge on a sidewalk before colliding with a moving freight train and passing out. The yardmaster’s assistant Doyle searches the victim and confirms identity solely by the badge on his coat, revealing a Lady Maccabee affiliation.
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Patrick Doyle
Doyle
Patrick
Lady Maccabee
Noah and Genoa tale in Wolff recollections
In Rambling Recollections Sir Henry Drummond Wolff recounts Bulwer Lytton's quip about a dove carried from the 614 World and Columbus from Genoa. Sir Edward notes the contrast with a pun linking Noah and Genoa.
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Henry Drummond Wolff
Bulwer Lytton
Colombe
Columbus
Sir Edward
Genoa
Woman who nominated Taft for president recalled in Cincinnati tale
A Cincinnati educator Miss Louisa Horsley taught William H Taft as a twelve year old at Mount Auburn School thirty eight years ago and later became a longtime teacher. The piece recounts her role as his early mentor and her wish to see him reach the presidency. A second portion offers home tips on parenting and hair care from period columns and a recipe guidance.
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Taft
William H. Taft
United States
Cincinnati
Louisa D. Horsley
William H Taft
Color Vision Gaps Highlighted By Physician Speaker
A physician cites a study noting women slightly outperform men in color perception. He discusses the tintometer, explaining some men cannot distinguish green from blue and rarely cannot distinguish red from yellow. He suggests tobacco smoke may dull sight in men, while non smokers show sharper vision.
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Thut
Gossip as social talent in marriage and daily talk
The quote argues that being a good gossip and pleasant talker about common friends and daily trifles is more essential in long marriages than eloquent speech. Stevenson notes that lively conversation by the fire often matters more than hosting a distinguished foreigner for dinner.
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R. L. Stevenson
Earthenware Bowls Promote Better Kitchen Hygiene
The article urges households to keep four good stock of earthenware bowls of various sizes. It argues earthenware is cleaner than tin or metal for leftovers, resists acids, and cleans more easily without imparting taste. It also cautions servants against storing best china in the refrigerator.
Embroidered Lamp Shade Described in Cotton Moire
A new lamp shade is crafted from cotton moire in deep cream with pastel blue green yellow pink and violet embroidery. The shade features scalloped green edges and a central design of dots and vines in the same colors.
A Little Known Remedy for Sensitive Feet
Women with sensitive feet who stand long hours suffer from hard spots on the soles. Wrapping the feet with adhesive plaster, smoothly applied, creates moisture that softens the callouses until they disappear.
When the Oven Is Too Hot
A housekeeper notes methods to tame an overheated oven by placing a half inch layer of sand on the bottom, adding a shallow water pan to cool quickly, and suggests other tips for stain removal with turpentine or benzine. It also touches on hair fashion and a comic jab about press agents and book titles.
Humor of the Hour on Marriage and Names
A humorous exchange notes a colored servant Ji letta Price who married George Ledbetter and kept her maiden name. The piece jokes divorces as cheaper and safer, with the servant explaining the name choice as a trial of their new experiment. A separate gag mentions a broker and a clerk sending love signals via wireless telegraphy to a neighboring typist.
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Cook
Jiletta Price
George
Juletta
Price
Ledbetter
Gonter
Lippincott’s
Detroit Tribune
Jeer at Genius Cartoon Dialogue Exchange
A cartoonish dialogue fragment features Higgins and a storekeeper from Watson's Corners debating cabbage prices. The storekeeper explains five cents per head, Higgins questions what “the head” refers to, and the exchange ends with a rustic exclamation about adopting modern methods.
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Higgins
Ezra
Watson’s Corners
Hody
Walter
Puck
Ab’s Recovery Prompted By Parson Snowball Remark
Parson Snowball announces Ab has fully recovered from a cold last week. He adds there is no need for the congregation to place any coughing lozenges in the contribution box this dawn.
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Parson
Snowball
Detroit Tribune
Garlicks Suffer Knee Health Threat Amid Medical Diagnosis
Mrs Lapsling reports the Garlick family is well aside from Mr Garlick who has a severe knee problem. Doctors warn the bone may be at risk, raising serious health concerns for him.
First Call Sparks Boundaries in Gailey Contact
Tess recalls telling Mr. Gailey last evening that kissing or hugging would not be tolerated while noting Jess heard he had been calling recently. The Philadelphia Press quotes Tess and Jess describing early contact in a social exchange.
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Tess
The Talented Daughter
A humorous caption from a Woman's Home Companion piece notes a father praising his daughter as a poet, while a dog Fido questions if she writes poetry and the daughter spends time cultivating the news.
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Fido
Forcing His Chances. Card scandal unsettles Shadiboy
A Washington Star quips that Shadiboy faces trouble again over a gambling episode. The paper notes the irony that he played only when he could avoid losing while admitting the risk of losing, highlighting the incident as a notable card scandal.
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Shadiboy
Washington Star
Nibsleys Delay Arrival In Car Visit
A brief Houston Post snippet notes the Nibsleys arrive by automobile and complain of the time required to start after deciding to go, illustrating a light domestic moment about travel frictions.
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Nibsleys
Houston Post
Hammock Break Spoils Proposal Moment
A fragment from Lippincott's Magazine describes a girl facing a cruel coincidence when the hammock breaks exactly as she has proposed to a promising suitor. The humorous or ironic line reflects social expectations and disrupted courtship in a Victorian motif.
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Gladys
Alice
Lippincott
Cause For Jealousy
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes envy sparked by the boss installing a new talking machine. The cartoonish exchange highlights workplace rivalry and novelty at the bar scene.
Young Officer Heads Balloon Expedition Sparks Wife’s Worry
In a lighthearted Baltimore American note a young signal service officer undertakes an experimental balloon trip while his wife frets about his airborne venture.
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Signal Service
Baltimore American
Umbrella humor note from Chicago News columns
A playful Chicago News snippet jokes about tall women and big hats, remarking on meeting one during a shower and walking home under her hat as a humorous aside about fashion and weather.
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Stubb
Penn
Chicago News
Honest Admission Provokes Laugh at Tenant Inquiry
A Tatler quip notes a prospective renter asking if water reaches the top floor and the agent answering Yes, every time it rains, highlighting a humorous housing detail.
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Tatler
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Winthrop Fibre
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 Avenues
Temple and
Highland
Highland Aves
Geo Juner
Sagamore
Cross
Almont Streets
Revere
Bowdoin
Main and
Emerson Sts
Hermon
Lincoln Streets
Marshall Sts
Pleasant
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock Street
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan Streets
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Boston Elevated Railway
C. 8 Servrant
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn R. R
Boston
Via’ Ingalls
H. L. Hoyt
G. T A
John A. Fenno
A. Gregory
Lawrence §J
Denver
Col
Noah
Hilda Richmond
Bright
Miss Louisa D, Horsley
Humor OF the Hour
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