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The street work played hob with business at the apothecary

Old apothecary in Boston

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Think aerodrome ( every time I do, i think of Santarpio's and Jeveli's ).............

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Not sure what they were, but they appear to have been popular around 1905-1910: http://www.shorpy.com/node/16485

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According to this:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/college%20ice

…it's a New England regionalism for a sundae. Maybe because the ice cream gets all fancied up the way a person does when they go to college?

Anyway, Imma try asking for one during an ice cream run next summer!

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So says, Sundae Best: A History of Soda Fountains By Anne Cooper Funderburg

http://books.google.com/books?id=Wr_yPYvkNWwC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=%22col...

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Have you folks at Boston City Archives collected the plain text full Stenographic Record of the Public Meetings of Boston City Council?

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... Thumbs Down

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So, are you asking Adam if he is planning on posting the stenographic record of the City Council meetings?

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Boston City Council Steno Services. Any hints, tips, pointers about how to improve the interpolation?... , the restoration?... of a public record of the remarks City Councilors at Public Meetings of Boston City Council
http://bostoncitycouncilstenoservices.blogspot.com

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Maybe I'm the only one wondering this, but WTF are you continually blabbering about?

Please stop using UH to further your own nonsense agenda.

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At least it's not ill-natured and mean-spirited. ;~}

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1. Attend or watch the hearings
2. Note what everyone says

Presto, you have all of the remarks of the City Councilors at Public Meetings of Boston City Council. You're welcome.

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Budgeted for with public funds it's a public record of interest to hard of hearing folks, tinnitis ringing in the ears, deaf, ESL English as a Second Language folks, concussion recovery, stroke recovery folks, folks with cognitive difficulty, dyslexic, attention deficit, elderly, folks in city neighborhoods far afield of City Hall, Hyde Park folks, Mattapan folks, Orient Heights folks, folks with difficulty to tolerate the hard aggravating public seats of the Council Chamber, folks sidelined for lack of access to the plain text full Stenographic Record of the Public Meetings of Boston City Council.

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After all these years of researching this, you didn't know? I barely care and I tracked this down.

Don't worry, the next time you troll a post like this, I'll give you more.

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Please cite it...

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1 Maverick Square, 1902

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http://books.google.com/books?id=b6XtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=wood...

(The directory misspells the street as Summer.)

The building still stands.

http://goo.gl/maps/DY6V8

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Per the The Era Druggists' Directory from 1921: Woodbury Co Drug Store was at 201 Summer St East Boston

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201 SUMNER ST MAVERICK SQUARE
ACROSS FROM THE TRAIN STATION
THEY ARE LIKELY DIGGING THE TUNNEL IN THIS PICTURE

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Thanks for playing folks! ! This photo shows the East Boston Tunnel being dug at 201 Sumner Street on June 27, 1922.

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