Winthrop Advertisement Listing Paper Sellers
Copies of this paper, priced at 5 cents, are on sale at multiple Winthrop area locations including A T Rangness opposite Highland Station Boston Revere Beach Lynn Depot Boston Winthrop Beach News Co opposite Beach Station J H Totman News Agency Jefferson and Winthrop Streets Brown's Pharmacy Wadsworth Block Centre W B Thayer Ocean Spray Pharmacy Ocean Spray Elizabeth Rippay variety store opposite Centre Station and at the publication office Lewis Block Washington Ave.
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A. T. Rangness
Highland Station
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Depot
Boston
J. H. Totman
Jefferson and
Winthrop Streets
Brown's Pharmacy
Wadsworth Block
Centre
W. B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety Store
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Washington Ave
Telephone Growth Through The New England System This Fall
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. formed twenty five years ago now operates over 600 exchanges with 600000 miles of wire and 400 million conversations annually. Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts connect about 200000 telephones, employing over 8500 people as the plant evolves from grounded lines to metallic circuits and underground cables.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Tts
New England Co
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Keith's Next Week Shows Vaudeville Extravaganza Lineup
Comedy anchors the program with Jesse Lasky’s A Night on a House Boat and Captain George Auger’s tall act. Ernest Rommel, Jack the Giant Killer, six American dancers, Hooked by Crook, Netta Vesta, Keeley Brothers, Banks and Newton, Musical Craigs, Meek International Trio, Samsonia athletes, and new Kinetograph pictures complete the bill.
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Keith’s
Jesse Lasky
George Auger
Ernest Rommel
Jack
Homer B.mason
Marguerite Keeler
Meek International Trio
Samsonia
Circus man demands camel ads over sky in poster
A circus promoter objected to a poster showing too much sky. He told the lithographer to include camels and advertise the show, not the heavens, insisting only the show be promoted. The remark reflects his practical stance on advertising space.
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Liverpool Mercury
The Watch Admonitions and Beggar Laws of History
The piece recalls Mr. Pyne’s defiant stand during a 1887 arrest warrant at Lisfarney Castle with water-filled trenches and a battlement window, plus an engraved warning on his watch. It then outlines Henry VIII’s severe beggar laws, detailing punishments from whipping to ear-slitting and death for repeat offenses, and notes these laws persisted sixty years before Elizabethan reconsideration.
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Mr. Lucy
Pyne
West Waterford
Lisfarney Castle
England
Henry VIII
Edward
Mary
Elizabeth
Tailored tale of a yellow diamond's unlikely whitening
A lapidary prepares to split a tadpole shaped yellow diamond and jokes the cut will frighten it into turning white, boosting value. After the blow the stone becomes pure white, the taint in the yellow color vanishing, a process the cutter says happens fairly often.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Epigrams and Jokes from Various Sources
A collage of maxims and humorous lines attributed to Chief Joseph and others. The notes mix sayings about honesty and appearance with quips about food and social manners, reflecting a dated miscellany of proverbs and anecdotes from several newspapers.
Language barriers at a London chemist shop
Henri, visiting London with no English, needs a toothbrush. He finds a French speaking notice but staff speak only English. The clever proprietor reads the situation and uses a megaphone to relay the message that the French assistant is out for lunch, so Henri must wait.
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Henri
London
Narwhal Tusk and Beavers Inhabit Distant Realms
The narwhal uses its hollow spiraled tusk as a weapon and to breathe through ice. Narwhals reach about fifteen feet and tusks six to ten feet. Beavers perform diverse trades in a colony, from civil engineering to mining, each member handling a specific task.
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Arctic
Rosenberg
Denmark
Canaries
Beavers
Profound Emotional Sense and Animal Attack Excerpts
Excerpted passages compare the sense of touch with sight from Helen Keller and quote reports on a lion attacking a man, detailing the perceived pain and shock during the incident. Included are reflections on resilience and the sensory power of touch versus sight. The texts originate from Century and London Spectator summaries.
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Helen Keller
Yearlong separations in Central American marriages draw from James customs
The article notes a Central American custom where newlyweds refrain from living together for a year to visit relatives across the country. It claims ninety nine of a hundred such marriages succeed. It also recounts a Dublin pantomime outing by a suburban couple and a quip about a shopkeeper in Chicago.
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Central America
The Fireside Diplomat Dialogue Exchange
A brief humorous dialogue features a quarrel about shoes and domestic irritants. Mrs Marryat frets over small annoyances while her husband dismisses the complaint with a witty retort about bread, waters, and risk aboard a vessel. Simplicissimus and Philadelphia Press are cited in the frame.
Plant classification dispute ends with council verdict
A gardener questions whether a specimen belongs to the fir or butus family but is told it does not. The matter is referred to the county council for a determination. The exchange ends with the council taking responsibility.
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Tondon Glgbe
Queens ruled nations but Pennsylvania had a woman governor
A historical excerpt notes that Hannah Penn governed Pennsylvania as executrix after William Penn's death in 1718. It claims she effectively ruled through deputies during her children's minority, framing her as the colony's de facto governor.
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Pennsylvania
United States
William Penn
Hannah
Watson
Lion and Unicorn Emblems Bond English and Scottish History
The passage explains that the lion and unicorn symbolize the long standing enmity between England and Scotland, as noted in Spenser's Faerie Queene. Since 1603 the royal arms feature the English lion and the Scottish unicorn to show St George and St Andrew finally reconciled.
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Spenser
England
Scotland
St. Andrew
Office Whistle Sparks Bosses Patience
A playful exchange in a New York Press item shows Frederic the office boy insisting he is only whistling while the boss objects. The scene contrasts office routine with a curt reprimand for idle sound.
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Frederic
New_ York Press
Raven Hair, Feathers, and a Peruvian Mine
A fragmentary note compares raven hair to birds and mocks an orator’s gift while mentioning a Peru quicksilver mine 490 feet deep with streets squares and a chapel for worship. The dialogue mimics tongue in cheek quips from Liverpool Mercury and Washington Star.
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Liverpool Mercury
Peru
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Winthrop
Sun and Visitor
Winthrop Beach News Co
Keith’s Theatre
Castori
Bignataré
Joseph
Nez Perces
New York
New York Press
Springfield Journal
Goodley
Washington
Star
Philadelphia Ledger
Will
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Summer St
OY Nynes
Childres
Oates
Arperted Gmedy
Ieach Deerli
Bears
Swordsmen of the Sea
Major Inverarity
Livingstone
Major Swaine
London Spectator
Dublin
Scott
Chicago Tribune
Alfred Tewksbury & Co
Herrick’s
Educato
Golden Rule
Beacon Falls
Wadsworth
Winthrop Centre
Gabler
Shoninger Ludwig & CO
Winter & CO
Blake the Piano Man
Washington St
Oxford
Lion and Unicorn
Sayama
Japan
Washington Star
Chas. F. Totten
Winthrop Beach
Frank P. Anthony
North Centre Street
Sargent St., Winthrop
Winthrop Hardware Company
W. G. Grant
Magee’s Corner
Winthrop, Mass
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