Boston to Orient Heights Beach Schedule 1908
Timetable effective November 12 1908 lists Weekday and Sunday train times from Boston to Orient Heights Beach Mont Crescent Beach Winthrop Lynn and stations in Winthrop. Includes frequent departures from early morning to after midnight with explicit intervals and notes baggage not carried 5 P M to 6 35 P M. H L Hoyt G T A and John A Fenno Superintendent initials.
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Boston
Orient Heights
Beachmont
Ingalls
H. L. Hoyt
John A. Fenno
Boston Elevated Railways Schedules Orient Heights to Scollay Square
Notice from the Boston Elevated Railway Company published August 8, 1908. Schedules show Orient Heights to Scollay Square via Tunnel with morning and night service intervals, including special cars for events. The office at 101 Milk Street Room 701 offers rates routes and connections by phone and in person.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Gladstone Treet
Gladstone Street
Court Street
Office of Superintendent of Transportation
Milk Street
Winthrop Post Office Hours Noted
Winthrop post office hours show operations from 7 am to 8 pm daily with Sunday hours 9 15 to 10 15 am. Money order window operates daily 8 am to 6 pm.
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Ad i
Winthrop Fire Alarm Locations and Instructions
Long list of fire alarm box locations in Winthrop followed by school signals and detailed directions for giving alarms. Includes box procedure, timing of tests, Sunday rule, and contact numbers. Names: F. W. F. Woollcott and H. W. Roberts Jr. appear as officials.
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Shirley St
Siren Ave
Harbor View
Cottage St
Hillside Ave
Crystal Cove
Farnbar
App
S. A
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid Ave
Beach Road
Locust St
Grovers
Crest
Cliff
Floyd St. Temple
Highland
Revere St
George Turner
Sagamore
Almonth
Cross Sts
Winthrop St
Bowdoin
Ocean View
Main
Banks
Hermon
Lincoln_ Sts
Marshall Sts
Pleasant
Lincoln Sts
Court
Loring
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock
Sargent Sts
Sargent St
Johnson Ave
Cottage Park
Stage Park Road
Woodside Ave
Seymour St
Eo Pleasant
Buchanan Sts
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Ave
Thornton Park
Chester Ave
Town Hall
Kimball’s
Central Station
Beach Station
F. W. F. Woollcott
H. W. Roberts, Jr
Postal Schedule and Sub-Station Locations
Daily registration and collection times listed for mail, with multiple carrier pickups and Sunday holiday variations. It outlines street letter box times, specific street crosswalks, sub stations for stamps and money orders, and mail close and arrival times. David Belcher, Supt.
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Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline Street
Court Road
Lincoln Street
Reed Street
Centre R. R
Ocean View
Main Street
Revere Street
Cherry
Summit
Highlands Station
Crest Avenue
Cor Green
Ocean Spray
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley R. R
Cottage Street
Hillside Avenue
Shirley Street
Gove
Boston
Highlands
Sturgis
David Belcher
The Brainy Snob and the Art Class Lady
Samuel Crothers notes that a cultured woman may overvalue Botticelli and opera while undervaluing others. The essay argues intellectual snobbery stems from fixed standards learned in art circles, leading to unjust judgments of people based on narrow taste.
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Samuel McChord Crothers
Atlantic Monthly
Botticelli
Dancing girl figures adorn table decorations from Sevres
French artists Pierre Carrier-Belleuse and Gregoire Calvet spent three years designing a dozen biscuit de Sevres dancing girl statuettes. Each captures a ballet premiere moment with poised skirts and graceful motion, ideal as table centerpieces or souvenirs for guests.
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M. Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
M. Gregoire Calvet
Biscuit de Sevres
Sevres
Preserving Lingerie Waists With Net Darning
The piece advises prolonging lacey lingerie waists by sewing strips of net on the underside of inserted lace as soon as wear appears. Even torn areas can be darned invisibly, and open patterns can gain improved appearance with the net.
Dress standards urged for respectable appearance
The guidance stresses neat hair with pins or nets, clean face and skin care, immaculate neckwear, a clean shirt waist, and intact gloves. It warns against showing soiled skirts and shredded fabrics, concluding with a caution about not fearing the Lot’s wife punishment.
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Lot
Sun Cooking by Sunlight Rules from 1687 Discovery
The article describes sun stoves using a spherical mirror and perfector to focus sunlight for boiling and roasting. Baron Tchernhausen began sun cooking in 1687, with eggs baked in 1688. California tests show fast boiling and roasting, though meat can taste odd without a yellow glass plate between meat and mirror.
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Baron Tchernhausen
John Herschel
Buffton
California
Cincinnati Enquirer
Obsolete Laws Survive In Queen Elizabeth And James I Statutes
A legal journal notes England’s statutes remain in force unless repealed. It cites a 4 acre house building rule from Elizabethan times, a ban on ale prices from James I, and a rule forcing Catholics to sell horses at five pounds, suggesting modern consequences for brewers and builders.
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England
James I
London Graphic
Practical Joke in Manchester Drapers’ Shop Scene
A wag staged a playful ruse beside a draper’s shop in Manchester. A closed coach with a sleeping driver was left, the joker bowing from the doorway as the coachman woke to a vacant carriage. The coachman’s puzzled reaction followed the mysterious return home.
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Manchester
Wag
Brougham
London
Early mourning paper origins and Italian influence in fashion
The piece traces the oldest black edged mourning notes dated January 5, 1683, and notes literary and diplomatic references from Addison, Allan Ramsay, and Horace Walpole. It cites Florence usage, the Italian narrow black border, and suggests an English adoption sparked by Italian elegance, not direct import.
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Addison
Allan Ramsay
Mann
Italy
Horace Walpole
Florence
London
Lion hunter saves photographer with dramatic pursuit
A New Yorker famed for hunting in Uganda was photographed beside a freshly killed lion. The photographer slept. a massive lion burst from the jungle chasing the photographer’s chief who shouted to open the door. The scene captured a tense moment as the lion bounded toward them.
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Uganda
George
Washington Star
Spoiling a Tragedy Subtle Romance Ends in Faint Hope
A desperate suitor threatens suicide if rejected. The maid proposes a dramatic yet dangerous plan to borrow her father’s pistol for a romantic gesture. The moment falters as the man fades, leaving the scene unresolved.
Head of the House: A Wife's Central Role Highlighted
Clara Morris argues in Housekeeper that the husband is a mere courtesy title, while the wife and mother constitutes the home’s entire life. Domestic happiness centers on the wife, whose presence guides daily life and fulfillment.
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Clara Morris
Dialogic Exchange Reflects Mirthful Holiday Wit
A sealed exchange features Erastus Pinkley asking if mistletoe was hung last Christmas and Miss Miami Brown claiming she will not advertise ordinary courtesies, showing playful pride in social norms.
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Erastus Pinkley
Suspicious Widow and Suitor Dialog Gag
A Pittsburgh Press humor item features a widow asking if her suitor loves her and the suitor replying yes, amid a joke about keeping his job. The widow feigns worry and the line ends with a German proverb about excess.
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Pittsburg Press
Beggar in a Basket Reveals Mexican Basket Customs
In Outing Magazine Eleanor Hope Johnson notes baskets used for gamecocks worn as sombrero cages and patio cages by peasants, while cockfighting remains widespread. The piece also recounts a man carrying his great grandmother in a large basket for charity in the streets.
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Mexico
Providence
Eleanor Hope Johnson
Outing Magazine
Dreamlike senses and independence in sleep
Helen Keller writes in Century about sensory impressions in dreams including smell taste and vision. She notes independence from physical touch and guides, feeling light and flight as her soul gains winged sandals among happy beings beyond bodily sense.
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Helen Keller
The Cheerful Undertaker in a New Zealand Arrival
Clara Butt recalls a humorous incident in a small New Zealand town where the local undertaker acted as footman at the station. Dressed in black with a white tie he whistled cheerful tunes while guiding guests into the carriage, lightening morbid impressions with a playful welcome.
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New Zealand
Clara Butt
Musical Home Journal
Cashing Up and Poker Bets with a Son-In-Law
In a Washington Star exchange, Mr. Comrox recalls playing poker with his son-in-law once. He says it was unsatisfactory and asks if his son-in-law won. He responds no, he lost, leading to a check for 80 to settle the debt.
Slander inquiry over temperance lecture note
A court exchange records a Woman’s Christian Temperance Union member challenging a notice for a lecture on “The Demon Rum.” The editor confirms the lecturer appeared full of her subject, prompting a slander accusation and judge’s intervention.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Motorist Chance Near-Disaster Warns Local Driver
A puzzled driver laments a car that won’t move as Rustic warns that just yesterday a motorist nearly collided here due to a failure to stop. The tale frames a near miss as a cautionary note on vehicle control in the area.
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Rustic
Nerve of that impecunious suitor shocks Miss Caustique
Miss Caustique condemns the proposal as absolute recklessness while recalling the man’s impecunious state. The Milwaukee News records the sharp exchange about an engagement offer and the bold audacity involved.
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Milwaukee News
Poem Praises a Great Man’s Life and Death
A brief exchange notes a poet Longhair composing about a renowned figure after his death. The dialogue highlights consideration in not writing during the man’s life, referencing Boston Globe commentary on the poet Jasper and the subject’s legacy.
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Jasper
Longhair
Boston Globe
Sailors Strike Quick Paint Claim On Atlantic Liner
On a mid Atlantic voyage sailors with brushes paint a liner while a crewman jokes about sat on fresh white paint. A splash leads to a hurried fix with benzine and a promised tip, as one sailor shares the coins earned from the mishap.
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Bill
The Children's Friend on a Denver Train
A Boston lawyer Mr C notices a tired mother with four children on a Pullman car. He entertains the children with a nursery rhyme as a small foot appears from behind the curtain and a quiet voice halts the incident. He withdraws to the smoker car until Denver arrival.
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Mr. C
Boston
Denver
Pullman
Earl
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Lesson
A teacher asks the meaning of anthracite and bituminous coal. Willie explains anthracite is hard coal and bituminous is soft coal. He then offers a sentence showing a child’s plea for groceries using both words and a stern reaction from her father.
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Willie
Atlanta Constitution
The Smart Schoolboy Joke From The Morning Paper
A gifted child at breakfast explains to his father that school is fine except for the teacher with star teeth. The child says the star teeth come out at night, causing the father to burst with interest at the odd remark in the Edinburgh Dispatch.
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Purzlec
Edinburgh Dispatch
Waterproof Coats of Grass In Tropical Mexico
In tropical Mexican regions heavy rains are common part of the year making raincoats essential. Ordinary rubber coats overheat in summer, so native grass raincoats are woven tightly to block rain. Some designs include hoods to shield head and body.
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Tropics
Mexico
One Was Enough
A brief humorous exchange about a misheard word ends with a playful misinterpretation. A child asks why the parent did not wear a pa, prompting a pun about a pair of skates and a coachman’s remark. The local humor captures everyday family banter and wordplay.
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Bill
Forger Biffkins Now in Front Row Cell
Chicago News recalls Homer Spector recounting a young man named Biffkins who promised to forge a path to prominence. The man is now serving time in a penitentiary following his forger’s career.
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Biffkins
Homer
Chicago News
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Sergeant
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Dreams
Spector
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