Boston Elevated Railway schedule notices and Winthrop mail hours
Public transit timetable details for Orient Heights to Scollay Square via tunnel with morning and night services and special charters. Winthrop mail hours, delivery times, street boxes, sub stations, and mail close/arrival times listed with supervisor David Belcher.
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Orient Heights
Scollay Square
Gladstone Street
Court Street
Office of Superintendent of Transportation
Milk Street
Bates Avenue
Washington Avenue
Winthrop Street
Pleasant Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Bartlett Road
Pauline — Street
Court Road
Lincoln Street
Reed Street
Centre R. R
Post
Ocean View
Cor 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_ wharf
Winthrop Beach
New York
Boston
Highlands
Sturgis
David Belcher
Boston Area Beach and Winthrop Rail Timetable 1908
This schedule lists the EB line times for Ocean Heights Beach Mont Crescent Beach Winthrop areas including stations at Winthrop Centre Winthrop Beach Winthrop Highlands and Ingalls and Battery routes. It notes frequent weekday and Sunday departures with caveats about potential delays and no guaranteed departure times.
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Winthrop Beach
Battery
Ingalls
Winthrop Highlands
Boston
Winthrop Centre
H. L. Hoyt
John A. Fenno
Winthrop Fire Alarm Instructions and Box Locations
A list details fire alarm box locations around Winthrop at Shirley Street Harbor View Avenue Cottage Street and other streets. It includes directions for giving an alarm and notes testing on the 1st and 16th of each month at 9 o clock a.m. Central and Beach stations contact numbers are provided.
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Winthrop Fire
Shirley St
Siren Ave
Harbor View
Cottage St
Hillside Ave
Crystal Cove
Farnbar
App. A. S. A
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis St
Ocean Ave
Pearl Ave
Mermaid Ave
Beach Road
Locust St
Crest
Grovers
Cliff
Floyd St
Temple and
Highland
Revere St
George Turner
Sagamore Ave
Almont and
Cross Sts
Winthrop St
Bowdoin
Ocean View
Sasare
Calla
Central Station
Beach Station
F. Woollcott
H.W. Roberts, Jr
The Old Time Lay Preacher
The article notes veteran lay preachers retain favorite sermons, often preaching them for decades. Many have only a small set of core sermons and rarely update them. One elder jokes his three sermons have circulated for thirty years, while others lament listeners forget.
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London Strand
An Old Time Quack Doctor’s Trick
The Washington correspondent reports a Boston Herald tale of a quack doctor who split one root into two waters. He claimed one glass cured chills the other fever, by scraping different parts of the same root to claim two distinct remedies. The mother questioned the setup, while the doctor explained the trick with a flourish.
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Washington
Boston Herald
Tin foil wrapped tobacco linked to General Scott
In a will contest over John Anderson's estate, testimony claims General Winfield Scott advised preserving tobacco by tin foil. Anderson, a Broadway cigar seller, allegedly devised tin foil wrapping to keep tobacco moist, boosting sales during the Mexican War and California gold rush and making him a millionaire.
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Winfield Scott
John Anderson
Anderson
Broadway
Felix McClosky
General Scott
California
Auctioneer David Floyd Announces Sale at Winthrop Centre
Boston based auctioneer David Floyd located at 34 School Street announces an upcoming sale at the Winthrop Centre. The notice invites bidders to participate and outlines key terms and timing.
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David Floyd
School St
Boston
Winthrop Centre
Magic in a Smile Brightens Hearts Everywhere
A reflective piece on the value of a baby's smile and cheerful human warmth. It argues smiles heal weary spirits, encourage hope, and uplift both known friends and strangers, stressing that even small acts of kindness have immense worth. The essay celebrates optimism and the sunlit horizon smiles can reveal.
Mortgagee's Sale Of Real Estate In Winthrop Mass
Foreclosure sale of a parcel in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts under a 1877 mortgage to East Boston Savings Bank. Auction set for November 9 1908 at 3 pm with parcel plan and bounds described, subject to railroad rights tax assessments and sewer location. Two hundred dollars to be paid at sale. further terms to be announced.
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William Winn
Winthrop
East Boston Savings Bank
Suffolk
County of
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
John Noble
Main Street
Thomas S. Tewksbury
Philip Tewksbury
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn
Shirt Sleeve Manners and Public Politeness
Lillian Bell argues that true manners begin at home and are shown in considerate actions between spouses. She contrasts "company manners" with neglected home comportment, noting one couple's courteous behavior versus the other's rough control. Politeness, she says, reflects breeding and leads to lasting good conduct.
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Lillian Bell
Fields
Weber
Things Worth Knowing for Household Maintenance
Practical tips on reusing scraps, organizing kitchen utensils, and cleaning methods. Includes note that velvet scraps can be reused, alcohol and whiting polish silver and mirrors, olive oil removes tar from fabric, washing with white soap afterward, and turpentine in water pipes to deter water bugs.
Philanthropic Misers and Miserly Heiresses Across France
A New York Tribune excerpt recounts cases of extreme frugality shaping philanthropy. It cites a Paris figure who donated 500 dollars while living in squalor behind Notre Dame and a Marseille miser who bequeathed 250000 francs to fund a cheap water supply, citing plague fears from 1720.
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Pasteur Institute
Paris
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
New York Tribune
Ensign Flugge Freed After Mouse Damages Tunic Case
London reports a German officialism clash over a damage claim by Ensign Flugge for a mouse gnawing a hole in his tunic. Initially punished for misplacing gear, a higher authority ruled the tunic was in a knapsack during the incident, overturning the punishment. The final decision condemns the earlier ruling but not Flugge's exact sentiments.
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London
Flugge
Ensign Flugge
Arab Mare and Taming in Bedouin Life
A London Graphic excerpt describes the Bedouin approach to horses and mares. The colt is treated as family, gaining familiarity with the world so no breaking is needed. The Bedouin rides a camel to chase travelers, is not bloodthirsty, and prefers peaceful property transfers.
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London Graphic
Frenchman praises American beaches over Europe in New York
A Parisian visitor in New York extols American bathing beaches and criticizes European shores. He notes European seas are polluted with sewage and recounts a scene in Nice where litter and grime float in the harbor. He recalls a joke about where visitors wash after swimming in America.
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New York
America
Europe
Nice
Mediterranean
How We Fall Asleep by a French Scientist
A French scientist, M. Cabanis, reports that the body falls asleep in stages. Leg and arm muscles lose power first, followed by the muscles that support the head, then the eyes, taste, smell, hearing, and finally touch.
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M. Cabanis
Making Practice of a Town Bard and Host
Fragmentary dialogue sketches a town physician and a visiting stranger discuss poetry and identity. The piece cites Chicago News and Cassell's Saturday Journal on hospitality bridging racial tensions, and includes a stylized exchange about Eve and Adam with a humorous twist.
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Chicago News
Cassell
Saturday Journal
Burlap wall coverings and stencil decor aging in textiles
Decorators now recognize burlap as artistic and durable wall covering available in new grades and colors. It suits dining rooms and window curtains, with stencil patterns drawn, cut, and aligned using a simple board and nails method to avoid running paint.
Mary Garden Coiffure Angles Thais Influence In Evening Hair
The article describes Mary Garden inspired coiffure for evening wear. It outlines how to create a light waved front with center part and puffed sides, forming a Psyche knot or alternative bun, coil, or figure eight. It notes irregular soft outlines are essential for artistic effect and suggests Grecian style elements for backing.
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Mary Garden
Health and Beauty Tips for Women’s Wellness
The article advises steady posture during activity and walking with purpose, notes individuality in hairdressing choices, warns against conflicting scents in soaps and powders, and promotes tense or warm baths to refresh tired nerves. It suggests using one fragrance approach and keeping baths moderate to avoid overstimulation.
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Felther
Odo
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
C. 8
Winthrop Mail
A.m
Boston, Revere Beach
Jeane Boston
Beachmont Crescent Beach
Bath House
West Lynn
Main
Aba
Hermon
Lincoln Sta. Main
Marshall Sts
Pleasant
Lincoln Sts
Court
Loring
Waldemar Ave
Wheelock St
Sargent Sts
Sargent St
Johnson Ave
Pleasant St
Cottage Park Road
Cottage Park Hotel
Woodside Ave
Seymour St
Buchanan Sts
Washington and
Elmwood
Washington Ave
Thornton
Winthrop ‘St and
Chester Ave
Kimball's
Charles E. Lamb
Probate ‘Cour
al Gach
Eve
Adam
London Tatler
Mary Garden Coiffure
Health and Beauty
Wom
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