Winthrop Fire Alarm Call Sheet and Closures
The document records fire alarm boxes City of Winthrop including locations on Shirley Avenue Harbor View Avenue Cottage and Hillside avenues Crystal Cove Fava Ba avenues Shirley Street Hose House Tewksbury Street near Crest Avenue and other streets with box numbers and school hours. It lists alarm signals three rounds eight o clock eleven fifteen one thirty nine o'clock and procedures for ringing and directing fire crews. Central and Beach stations are noted with telephone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Shirley
Shirley Ave
Harbor View Avenue
Cottage
Crystal Cove
Fava
Shirley Street
Hose House
Tewksbury St
Crest Ave
Shirley St
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid
Grover’s
Crest Avenues
Cliff Avenues
Temple and
Highland
Revere Street
Geo. Tuner’s
Pleasant
Sargent Streets
Sargent Street
Johnson Av
Pleasant Street
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside
Seymour St
Buchanan Streets
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s
Winthrop Mail Hours and Street Box Collections
City postal office hours posted with daily schedules for money orders registrations and deliveries. Includes carrier times at 7.30 am 1.45 pm 4 pm and Sunday windows plus multiple street letter box routes and sub stations with stamp and money order services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Whithrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pleasant
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln
Reed Street
Centre R. BR
Winthrop Street
Ocean View
Winthrop
Main
Revere
Cherry
Revere Street
Summit
Highlands Station
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove’s Wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Sturgis
Cgatered
Anday
Daviv Batons
Boston Elevated Railway timetable and chartered car notice
The notice outlines streetcar schedules for routes via Square and Gladstone Street to Scottay Square with morning and midday intervals and night service. It notes special cars available for balls, theatre parties, or excursions and provides contact at the Supt. of Transportation office, 101 Milk Street. Dated May 2, 1908.
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Orient Mneights
Scollay Square
Orient Hercuts
Gladstone St
Scottay Square
Court St
Office of Supt. of Transportation
Milk Street
Boston Revere Beach Lynn R R Time Schedule 1908
Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad timetable effective February 9 1908 lists weekday and Sunday departures from Boston to Wood Island Harbor View Winthrop centers and beaches with extensive intervalized times and notes that departures are not guaranteed and the railroad is not responsible for delays. Names H L Hoyt G T A John A Fenno appear as officials.
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Boston
Wood Island
Harbor View
Winthrop
Highlands
Ingalls
P. m
A. m
Winthrop Beach
P. m. Cen Nas
Trigalls
House Work Heartbreak in Quiet Domestic Duty
An era's plea highlights thousands of American women who bear daily burdens at home. The article voices the need for help as women suffer pain and fatigue in silence while keeping families neat and clothed.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Prompts Praise
Mrs. Ellsworth of Mayville New York and Mrs. Boyd of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania report relief from female trouble after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims thirty years of use as a standard remedy for displacement inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and related symptoms.
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F. Ellsworth
Mayville
N. Y
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rain in Moving Pictures Causes Film Damage
Popular Mechanics explains rain on moving films as static electricity generated by continuous winding and rewinding at a foot per second. Dust and dirt scratch the film as it is pulled tight, blotting clearness and spoiling the life of the film.
Red haired Dane label sparks assault case in 1867 Cornish court
In Penzance 1867 a defendant called the complainant a red haired Dane, prompting an assault. The piece notes Cornish and Celtic prejudice against Danes or Norse, rooted along coasts and in England, reflecting enduring national character.
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Cornwall
Land's End
England
Penzance
Cornywall
J. Harris Stone
English Illustrated
Meat Versus Song Tenor Diet Claim
A famous tenor defends a meat light diet, arguing meat dulls singing. He cites birds and quotes the New York Press claiming carnivorous feeders croak while vegetarian birds sing better, noting England’s meat habit and Italy’s vegetarianism as contrasts to vocal quality.
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England
Italy
New York Press
Three Afghans Shot in West Australia Trial Acquittal
An 1890s Wide World Magazine excerpt notes water scarcity in Australia and recounts a case where three Afghan men were murdered near a selector's homestead. A jury later acquitted the shooter at trial, highlighting tensions over scarce water resources and colonial society.
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Australia
Wide World Magazine
His Great Fault
A would be author says he has rented a country house with a large plot needing a gardener. Crittick humorously replies that he never could handle a plot, reflecting the tale’s light exchange in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Crittick
Catholic Standard and Times
Woman of Society Katherine Elkins and Her Daring Hunts
Katherine Elkins, soon to wed the Duke of Abruzzi, stands out in Washington society as an unconventional rider. She rides at night with braids down her back, hunts at Virginia clubs, shows horses in New York and Boston, and keeps a trophy-filled den. A dog incident at an art store and comments from Henry Gassaway Davis highlight her wealth and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Elkins
Abruzi
Washington
the Plains
Miss Elkins
Little Club
Virginia
Chevy Chase
New York
Boston
Elkins
Henry Gassaway Davis
Stephen
Dukes
Katherine
Nan
Riviera Cigarette Fashion Captures Paris Vogue Note
Paris Vogue correspondent notes the Riviera smoking trend among the stylish rich. Women and men, in hotels and cafes, light tiny Russian cigarettes with poised gestures while lingering over tea and dinner. A dark browed guest in embroidered white and ermine velvet scarf savors a cigarette as smoke encircles her. Bonci warns young singers against excessive study.
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Paris
Riviera
The Paris maid of all work in bourgeois France
The article cites Mme Marcotte in the London Daily Mail describing the "bonne a tout faire" as the best man in France today. It notes she is the common indoor servant in Paris bourgeois households and often handles cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing, sewing, child care, and errands.
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Paris
May
Mme. Marcotte
London Daily Mail
France
Automatic Duster Proposed for Home Use
The writer argues for a simple wheeled dusting device that would raise and lower an arm to dust items at different heights. Such a dusting machine would collect dust in a box, mirroring the carpet sweeper’s cleaning action and offering a sanitary boon to housewives and housemaids. The piece suggests this invention could come soon.
Delicious seasonal sauce with strawberry cottage pudding
A seasonal sauce features fresh strawberries stirred with sugar and butter, then mashed fruit folded in. The light cottage pudding recipe uses butter sugar milk flour egg baking powder and salt baked in a shallow pan and served hot.
Properly Fill a Hot Water Bag and Bank Leadership Change
Do not fill a hot water bag more than half full and press out excess air before capping. Use varying bag sizes for comfort when applied to eyes or forehead. Mrs. Jennie P Miller leads a Nebraska state bank after her husband’s death, moving from president to chief officer as promoted by the board.
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Jennie P. Miller
Nebraska
Luncheon Notice on Luxor Tomb Attracts Travelers
A humorous note posted outside a Luxor royal sepulcher proclaims the tomb is reserved for luncheons. The piece notes travelers in Egypt admire quirky signs and mentions a European woman whose hair changes color with the weather.
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Egypt
Luxor
Nile
The Exclusive Sex and the Sisterhood of Women
A Chicago minister criticizes female exclusiveness in society arguing it narrows women and stifles hospitality. He cites social cliques at Smiths Crossroads and mocks the obsession with prestige over genuine friendship urging openness and courage to invite diverse guests.
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W. A. Bartlett
Chicago
Chicago Divine
Brotherhood of Man
Smith's Crossroads
Mrs. O'Brien
de Gasoline
My Linen Closet A Clever Housewife Invention For Linen
A Good Housekeeping feature describes a solid wood linen chest thirty five inches high and forty six inches wide. It has two compartments with drop doors, sliding shelves with finger grooves, a spring latch on the upper door and a lock on the lower. The design allows easy viewing and secure storage of fine linens, with a flat top serving as a table.
Unbleached Muslin in Cottage Decor
Unbleached muslin is described as a mellow creamy fabric ideal for artistic decoration. Its uneven weave evokes silk, suited for summer cottage hangings and coordinating cretenne bands with pink and yellow rose wallpaper to create a charming room.
Tea Cozies and Quaint Terra Cotta Heads on Wire Frames
An art shop in a big city showcases old maid tea cozies made from lamp shade like wire frames. The frame forms a skirt with padded beruffed organdie, topped by a terra cotta headed figure with a kindly spinster look. The piece is a clever novelty and has become a popular consolation prize at bridge parties.
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Winthrop Fire
ALARA
Sagamore
Cross
Almont Streets
Bowdoin
Emerson Sts
Herthon
Lincoln Streets
Marshall Sts
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock Street
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn R. R
H. L. Hoyt
G. T
John A. Fenno
Bonci
Signor Bonci
Mr. Subbubs
Europe
Sisterhood of Women
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