Boston Elevated Railway timetable Orient Heights to Scollay Square
Timetable details for Orient Heights to Scollay Square via tunnel with start times 5.23 am and 5.40 am, regular and special intervals throughout the day, night services from Gladstone street and Court street, and notes on general service such as special cars for events. Information available from the Superintendent of Transportation, 101 Milk street, Room 701, with rates and connections. August 8 1908. C. Sergeant, Vice-President.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Gladstone Street
Court Street
Winthrop Post Office Hours and Mail Routes
City post office hours extend daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. with Sunday windows and holiday variations. Mail collection times include 7:30 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 4 p.m., and later in the evening. street boxes deliver to New York next day. Sub-stations and stamp sales locations listed with schedules. 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’s
New York
Boston
Crest Avenue
Highlands
Sturgis
Seasonal Train Schedule to Boston Suburbs and Beach Points
Timetables show weekday and weekend trains from Boston to Orient Heights Beachmont Crescent Beach Bath House West Lynn Lynn and all stations in Winthrop with 1.20 to 12.05 midnight intervals. Return services from Boston via Highlands Ingalls and Highlands routes listed with numerous daily departures and variants.
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Orient Heights
Beachmont Crescent Beach
Bath House
West Lynn
Highlands
Ingalls
Train timetable for Boston from Winthrop Centre and Ingalls
This timetable lists numerous departure times for trains from Winthrop Centre and Ingalls via Highlands and Ingalls routes with morning and evening columns. It notes that times are not guaranteed and the company bears no delay responsibility, signed by H L Hoyt and John A Fenno as superintendent and general agent.
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Highlands
Ingalls
Winthrop Fire Alarm Box Locations and Procedures
A list of fire alarm boxes on Shirley Street and nearby avenues, with directions for using alarms. Includes specific cross streets and areas such as Harbor View, Cottage Park, and Crystal Cove. Also details testing schedule, contact numbers, and who holds chief and assistants positions.
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Shirley St
Siren Ave
Harbor View
Cottage St
Hillside Ave
Crystal Cove
Farnbar
Jockeys Tricks and Gambling in Racing
A New Orleans Times-Democrat quote outlines two racing tricks: legitimate tactics for success and illegitimate ones such as causing a rival to swerve or pulling a horse. It warns that illegitimate methods bring suspicion and ruin a jockey’s career, while legitimate tricks are learned through experience.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
We Work Too Hard Lady Headfort Comments On Marriages
Headfort on tour in New York said she approved of international marriages. She argued Englishmen work too little and American men too much, producing a happy mean. An English friend recalled a funeral of a hard worker, contrasting Mr Ritch, a multimillionaire, with a healthy husband boasting a hundred dollars in his wallet.
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Mr. Ritch
Ritch
Talismans of Malta Link to St Paul Legend
In Malta small stones shaped like eyes tongues and other serpent parts are worn as talismans. Locals believe they ward off snake bites and poisons, linking the stones to the St Paul shipwreck tale. They are found in St. Pauls cave and worn as jewelry or dissolved in wine for effects.
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Malta
St. Paul
Apostle
St. Paul's Cave
Eskimo Puppy Training for Trail Work
Eskimo dog training begins before one month old with tethered puppies pulling at tents. By fifteen months Malamutes join regular mail service, typically living three to four years. Leaders vie for control, discipline includes potential layoff as a deterrent, and dogs eat once daily after long runs. The Malamute’s scent and instinct are noted, with blizzards proving trails hard to both followers and leaders.
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Philadelphia
Dead Fly Settles Stevenson Note Date Mystery
A Chicago News item recounts how a dead fly found between Stevenson notes indicated the author wrote them during his Samoa years. An entomologist identified the fly as Polynesian, resolving whether the notes were written before or after Stevenson’s Samoa period. The anecdote highlights how science can aid literary questions.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Samoa
Chicago News
White and Black Color Debate in Prism Theory
The text explains white as the absence of color in prisms yet called a color by scientists. It cites dictionary definitions such as the color of pure snow and a natural color of bodies. It also notes black as the destitution of colors, yet described as the darkest color.
Industrious Swedish Princesses Teach Duty to Girls
A reading describes how Swedish royal children grow up with duties. The royal family believes in usefulness over idle play and the princesses help with tasks such as washing their dolls clothes.
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Sweden
End of Year Quiz Sparks Roosevelt Name Confusion
In a Syra school closing exercise a student correctly answered the head of government as Mr Roosevelt. A follow up asked for the official title, and the student replied Teddy, prompting a brief, humorous exchange about presidential names.
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Roosevelt
Teddy
Breton Lancons: Tide-Led Fish from Sand on Breton Coast
At low tide in midsummer Breton coast boys and men dig trenches in the sand to uncover lancons. The fish, about the size of sardines, leap free then bury themselves if not seized quickly. Smaller lancons become mackerel bait while larger ones become fried dishes. Night tides yield lancons up to a foot long under lantern light.
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Breton
Liverpool Post Observes Cut Heads Split By Night
The Liverpool Post notes hos pital ERs see more male injuries on Saturdays when wages and pawnshop debts rise, while Mondays bring “ladies night” with wives using husbands money to drink and fight. Often the answer to who did it is another lady from the same house.
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Liverpool Post
Married Paupers and Divorce
An aphoristic note from the Philadelphia Bulletin describes how married paupers prefer separate living in almshouses. Men and women stay in their wards while many older couples insist on further separation, joking that nagging and snoring drive them apart.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
A Great Financier and His Hidden Debt Plan
An evicted East End man with a valise drops a bulky manuscript. Bystanders discover the paper contains an elaborate scheme for refunding the national debt of the British empire.
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London
Vagrant Appeals Fine In Chicago Tribune Quote
A man named Tufford Kouatt faces a $30 fine plus costs for vagrancy. He protests that his property is worth only two bits and calls the fine confiscation, promising an appeal to federal courts.
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Tufford Kouatt
Chicago Tribune
The Negro and the Watermelon
A man buys a watermelon for 60 cents and sells it for 60 cents. The buyer resells back to the seller for 40 cents, who then sells again for 60 cents. The sequence yields a total profit of 20 cents for the Negro.
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New York World
Sniggsley Reputation Tied to Quiet Spiritual Wisdom
A brief Chicago Record Herald quotation recalls Sniggsley’s reputation for wisdom, noting his wife’s chatty nature prevents him from revealing his ignorance. The exchange frames a humorous dynamic about intellect and communication.
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Sniggsley
Chicago Record-Herald
Onida Quote: Life Without Liberty and Joy
A fragmented quotation attributes life without liberty as joyless and suggests life’s greatness lies in sacrifice. The lines mention freedom, joy, and sacrifice with a cryptic tone. No dates or places are provided.
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Onida
American luthier Gemunder imitates Stradivarius at Paris expo
George Gemunder of New York created an imitation violin shown at the Eiffel Tower expo. Experts labeled the instrument a genuine Stradivarius, and Gemunder claimed to have built it anew. The committee doubted his claim and denounced him as an impostor.
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Teo
George Gemunder
New York
Ole Bull
Remeny
W2 Helm
Gemunders
Twiddling thumbs impossible for apes in old observation
The article notes that gorillas and chimpanzees resemble humans but cannot twiddle their thumbs. It describes a short thumb in gorillas, limited movement, and no separate flexor muscle, so thumbs stay aligned with fingers and cannot circle objects.
Fickleness In Penmanship and Signature Variability
A downtown paying teller cites public surprise at signatures that vary week to week. Nervousness and instability of character behind the handwriting are blamed, though experts later detect distinctive traits that help confirm identity amid recurring signatory changes.
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New York Globe
How Men and Women Face Death in Adversity
A medical professional contrasts reactions to a death sentence. He notes high type men fight, seek consultations, and pursue specialist care, while women tend to await fate. He observes men trust in personal strength, yet women often accept drastic operation with calm acceptance, highlighting gender differences in medical choices.
Not to be opened a baby's thirtieth birthday note
A famous authoress, troubled by unknown correspondents, receives a thick heavily sealed envelope marked Not to be opened a baby's thirtieth birthday. A letter claims the writer named the author’s bath after her and asks for views. The mother frets over the secret inside the envelope.
Lines by a Sick Poet
Writer William Watson drafts a fragment about ill appetite in London dining rooms. The lines describe strange sauce and meat, pondering what and why he eats while longing for the porridge of youth.
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William Watson
London
Masquerader Claims Fought A Battle In London Skete
A cryptic line from London Skete echoes a masquerade figure who pretends to represent another, asking if appearance matches identity. The speaker recalls public disbelief until truth revealed, questioning whether his looks fit the role.
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Nor
London
Going Some Was His Auto Going Very Fast
A playful quotation from the Houston Post notes a speeding car remark where a bulldog on the seat is compared to a dachshund, prompting humorous visual imagery about the vehicle’s pace.
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Houston Post
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Woodside Ave
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Elmwood
Washington Ave
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Chester Ave
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H. W. Roberts, Jr
H. N. Bangs
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