Winthrop Fire Alarm Box Listings and Procedures
Fire alarm locations listed for Winthrop including streets and landmarks. School signal times note three rounds at 8:00 am 11:15 am 12:45 pm with two blows to indicate all clear and three blows for a second alarm. Boxes tested on 1st and 15th monthly at 9 o clock. Sunday dates move to the following day. Central and Beach stations contact numbers provided.
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Winthrop St
Chester
Town Hall
Pauline Street
Kimball’s Factory
Central Station
Tel
Beach Station
Winthrop Mail Hours and Postal Services List
Public notice lists Winthrop post office hours from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 9.15 to 10.15 a.m. Sundays, with money order and registration windows, carrier delivery times, street box pickups, and sub stations for stamps money orders and registrations. It details mail close and arrival times, Sunday and holiday variations, and names postal official Davro Betones as superintendent.
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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. R
Post Office
Ocean View
Main
Revere Street
Cherry
Summit
Highlands Station
Crest Avenue
Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove
Boston Elevated Railways May 2 1908 timetable notice
Boston Elevated Railway Company publishes service intervals for Orient Heights to South Square and Orient Heights to Court Street, with Sunday schedules and night service. Special cars may be chartered for balls and excursions. inquiries to Supt. of Transportation, 101 Milk Street Room 701. May 2 1908. C. S. Grant, Vice-President.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Orient Heicuts
Gladstone St
Scortay Square
Court St
Office of Supt. of Transportation
Milk Street
Boston Revere Beach Lynn R R Schedule February 9 1908
Time table for the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad shows weekday and Sunday departures to Wood Island Harbor View Winthrop areas with numerous intervals and via Highlands Ingalls pathways. Final notes state trains may depart but times are not guaranteed and the company bears no responsibility for delays.
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Winthrop Beach
Highlands
Ingalls
A. m
P. m. Highlands
P.m
Winthrop
P. m
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
Sufferers report avoidance of surgery as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is credited with restoring health in women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and pain. Notices cite Gardiner Maine and Chicago testimonials claiming operation was deemed unnecessary after treatment.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Andeas E. Pinkham
Alvina Sete
Cleybourne Avenue
Chicago
Sly Old Commodore
A New York Central official recalls Commodore Vanderbilt as a canny leader who faced a difficult board. He could predict their rejection of risky schemes yet used their stubbornness to influence outcomes. He warned visitors that his directors were obstinate and hard to manage.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
New York Central
Visiting Card Scam Reaches London Aristocrat Circle
The Philadelphia Ledger reports Ephraim Newrich, a dust contractor who made a fortune in the East End, sought social entry by using forged visiting cards. Harold De Vere’s card from Iona House Portsmouth Square precedes a servant delivering a second card reading Ephraim Newrich Own 23 Houses London B, signaling a confidence game.
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Newrich
London
Harold de Vere
Iona House
Portsmouth Square
de Vere
Ephraim Newrich
Philadelphia Ledger
Kissed Queen Katherine's Remains Revealed at Abbey
Pepys noted in 1669 that he held the upper part of Katherine of France’s body in his hands and kissed her mouth at Henry VII’s chapel, a notable sideshow for visitors to the abbey per P. P.'s London Weekly.
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Katherine of
France
Pepys
P. P
London Weekly
A Little Matter Among Friends
Two boys quarrel in a bantam fight scene while a smaller lad sobs and asks why they fought. The voiced reply insists the reason is none of the onlooker’s business, then claims both boys share the same friend. The quotation is attributed to the New York Globe.
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New York Globe
Apples For Health Reminder About Unneeded Doctor Visits
A correspondent asks how to handle a doctor who makes more visits than necessary. The response cites the old saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away and notes the apple should be well aimed.
Boy trades merit card for a punch in school tale
A humorous anecdote from the Hebrew Standard shows Johnny obtaining a merit card for Good Behavior by offering to punch classmate Harry Jones if refused. The mother is surprised by the exchange and Johnny explains the casual deal.
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Johnny
Harry Jones
Graveyard keeper profits from selling old bones for industry
In a Bohemian town near Prague the cemetery caretaker excavated older graves and sold bones to manufacturers who paid more for human than animal bones. He had earned money this way for years before detection and suspension from his post.
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Bohemian
Prague
Actress Olga Nethersole plans wage-earner health program
The English actress Olga Nethersole urges redirecting government funds from prisons and hospitals to universal health and family support, citing Germany’s tax-funded medical care. She argues illness and crime would decline as health improves and stresses the harms of money worries on longevity.
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Olga Nethersole
Miss Nethersole
Germany
How to Pack Furs Away For Safe Summer Storage
The article guides proper fur storage with emphasis on precious furs needing cold storage or guarantees. It recommends camphor or turpentine for less costly pieces, wrapping in tissue, and avoiding camphor with sable and chinchilla. Cedar chests with tight lids and sturdy locks are praised for summer protection.
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Sable
Chinchilla
A Hint For Hemstitching Becomes Popular Decoration
A useful hint for hemstitching work explains that handkerchiefs tray cloths and drawn thread work benefit from careful technique. The note emphasizes how hemstitching has grown in popularity as a decoration and offers practical guidance to workers.
G Delmonico Pudding Recipe
A milk base recipe. Heat milk, whisk yolks sugar and cornstarch, add to hot milk and thicken. Bake briefly, then top with canned fruit layer. Whip egg whites with sugar and spread to color until golden.
Delineator contributor shares family custard dessert
A Delineator contributor describes a delicate baked custard in individual cups. Each uses one egg yolk a teaspoon of sugar nutmeg grated, five tablespoons of sweet milk mixed then baked in hot water until firm. Cool then top with meringue and a small amount of orange marmalade.
Glass oven doors become popular with city housewives
Up to date housewives seek ovens with glass doors. In big cities women of moderate means value the feature, arguing it eases monitoring while baking. Plate glass, though costly, is praised for the convenience it provides in cooking.
Cleaning Brass With Pumice Soap And Ammonia
Pumice soap and ammonia cure tarnished brass by moistening a cloth with ammonia rubbing briskly then applying to the article for immediate satisfactory results. Also notes on mildew removal using soap and chalk and sun-drying, plus a tip about heating bread knives slightly for even slicing.
The Blue Monday Trial and Its Grim Toll
The piece describes Monday as a dreaded force that taints Sunday, bringing a slow slide from relaxation to obligation. Readers feel the mood shift from weekend ease to Monday’s irritants, with the sense of being trapped between days and facing an inevitable, burdensome start to the week.
Window Pulley Line Safeguard for Worker Safety
A historical safety tip describes mounting a window pulley line to prevent a woman from falling while operating a pulley. The setup uses four screw eyes, a 2 inch casing, and a cotton clothesline threaded through an eyelet and thimble, forming a diagonal, taut anchor that opens easily and provides a strong fall restraint.
Renovating Straw Hats With Simple Home Methods
Advice on restoring straw hats from last season. Clean split straw with oxalic acid solution and water, scrub with a stiff brush, rinse minimally, and dry in sun with a sulfur precipitate for even whitening. Colored straws rub with velvet dipped in gasoline. black chip use alcohol. some use shoe polish or watercolors.
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Usl
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Johnson Av
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park House
Woodside Av
Seymour Bt
Buchanan Streets
Washington and Elmwood
Washington Av
Thornton Park
Davro Betones
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Sesge Grant
Boston, Revere Beach
Lynn R. R
Boston
Wood Island
Harbor View
Winthrop Centre
H. L. Hoyt
G. T
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Caer
Cid
Sly Old Commodore
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