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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1925
Page
7
Professor Draper at the University of New York produced the first photographic portrait from life in 1839, marking a landmark in photographic history.
Douglas Gleason and George Thomas spent days aboard Thomas’s sail boat visiting Plymouth and Provincetown. They departed on a fishing vessel last Monday for the banks and are now noted as seasoned seafarers.
Benjamin Zakon Harris Rosenthal and the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn R R petition to place land around Centre Station in the Business Zone. A public hearing is set by the Winthrop Planning Board for September 3 1925 at 8 30 PM in the Selectmen's Room Town Hall. Howard A Gilson secretary announces notice.
Jeanette Stanley and others petition to place Lots 75 and 76 at the junction of Revere and Shirley Streets in the Business Zone. A public hearing will be held by the Planning Board at the Selectmen's Room Town Hall on Thursday evening September 3 1925 at 8 o clock for interested parties.
Lillian W. McNeil petitions to move Lot 9 on Winthrop Street and Lot 12 on Main Street into the Business Zone. A public hearing by the Planning Board will be held at Town Hall Selectmen's Room on Thursday evening September 3 1925 at 8 15 o clock. Howard A. Gilson announces the notice.
Directions for giving an alarm appear alongside a street index listing many roads and avenues in Winthrop. It instructs to use the nearest box, open the door, pull the hook once, and wait for firemen. It notes two blows for all out and three blows for a second alarm with station contacts Beach and Central.
A historical notice outlines several potential school closures in Winthrop Box 22 with fire alarm signals. If all schools close the 7:30 A M lights will flash for three minutes, and if only grades close Box 22 rings at 7:15 A M with three minutes of street lights. A single session for grades would use fire alarm bells at 11:15 A M.
Frank Hennessey from New York is spending his vacation with his parents on Pleasant Street. The visit marks a welcome return to Winthrop.
Mrs Helen G Cammall returns from Edgartown Martha’s Vineyard while Wm B Clark spends weekends at Danville New Hampshire and John Kelley plans a 28 day Bermuda trip as crew on a fruiter. Hill Hennessey vacations on his launch Prin cruising along the coast and will reach home next Sunday.
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