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Newspaper

The Winthrop Review

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1925

Page

5

Interclub Bowling League Week Sixteen Summary

Interclub Bowling League reports sixth season standings for Week Fifteenth. Winthrop Yacht Club leads season 3 string totals at 662 with high week score 1662, Cottage Park Y C trails with 603. Individual top season marks include Macfarland W Y C 109 and other club players with 104 105 99. Sudden eight games show 539 531 552 1622. Forfeits noted: Odd Fellows vs W Y C and others.

Winthrop Cottage Park Y. C CID Macfarland Belcher Horrigan Ellis Cottage Park Odd Fellows Rodding Cecrnmenee Cassidy Wnvacnioname Jordan Geoeecenee Ward Macfarland Vue Uscia Gillis Clace ATI Nach Ene Marshall Meme Ne K. of C Monti O'Connell Sauntry Coe Masterson Devereux Marshall Soegepanereeranennsonees Webber Stewart Eseemeneenes Sonssnenenrne DRY Nes Nantes Teen Potels Ei Ee Melrose Parant ‘Sone i Seenees Kennard Johnson Pipe Ovsnen Colonial Aeeenaanmesnenanen Winthrop Yacht Slocomb Seeerensnsansarsmeenes Seeeemnenssnreesesseeeen

Cottage Park Triumphs Over Melrose in League Rolloffs

Cottage Park edged Melrose by three points while Winthrop Yacht fell to Colonial by three points. Day of Cottage Park led Winthrop bowlers with a 364 total.

Leagueeams Cottage Park Melrose Winthrop Yacht Colonial Day of Winthrop

Winthrop Triumphs Over Browne & Nichols In Track Meet

Winthrop High School defeated Browne & Nichols 38 to 30 in a surprise track meet win. Yack Knell won the 40 yard dash, Jackson took second in the 600 yard run, and Rock of Winthrop won the shot put with Emmons of B N N taking first in the 45 yard low hurdles.

Winthrop High School Browne & Nichols Winthrop Yack Knell Rock Spalding Emmons Freeman and Briggs Hodges Jackson

Athletic meet results from W H S and companions

The report lists winners and times from events including the 40 yard dash won by Knell of W H S and Rock of B N, the 45 yard low hurdles won by Barnes and N with Freeman of W H S second, the 300 yard run won by Emmons and N with Spalding second and Smith third, the 600 yard run won by Spalding of N and Jackson second, Emmons third with times, the 1000 yard run won by Hodges of N and Jackson second, Baskin third, a running high jump tie for first between Saunders and Briggs of W H S height 5 ft 1 1/2 in, Graves of B N third at 5 ft 4 in, and the 12 pound shotput won by Rock of W H S with Barnes second and Briggs third.

Knell Rock Barnes Freeman Briggs Emmons Spalding Smith Jackson Hodges Baskin Saunders Graves

Cottage Park Yacht Club Social Schedule

The entertainment committee lists events for the next three months including snacks on February 14 28 21 , smoker February 19 , dances February 21 and April 17 , Family Night March 5 with bridge bowling and dancing , Annual Dinner March 14 , Ladies Night April 2 , and snacks on April 11 and 25 with Neil O Hara as a potential speaker.

Cottage Park Yacht Club Neal O'Hara N. E. Willis Bill Elliott Jack Murray Entertainment Committee

Walla Walla Five Seek Semi Pro Games in Winthrop

In Winthrop the Walla Walla Five seek semi pro games with bookings handled by C E Irish of 56 Sargent Street. Fort Banks basketball team played at Peabody Tuesday night and lost 42 to 19.

Winthrop Walla Walla Fort Banks Peabody

Italian Dinner Offered by Ex Selectman Carr

Winthrop residents can enjoy a real Italian dinner prepared by Ex-Selectman J. Stewart Carr now at 8 Irvington Street near Copley Plaza. Call Back Bay 0752 to arrange deliveries or pickups from The New Frascati at 8 Irvington Street.

Winthrop J. Stewart Carr Mr. Carr Iryington St. Handy Copley Plaza Irvington St

Winthrop Suburban League Schedule 1925 Preview

Winthrop's 1925 Suburban Basketball League schedule lists games at Winchester Natick Framingham Watertown Wakefield Brockton and Chelsea with home contests noted. The list includes dates from February 10 to March 18 and reflects a winter season.

Suburban Basketball League Winthrop Winchester Natick Framingham Watertown Wakefield Brockton Chelsea

Iron Rast Drives Fish From River in Siberia

The Ob River in Siberia freezes yearly causing iron precipitation on the ice making the river toxic. Fish and wildlife suffer as rust coats the underside of the ice and people rely on melted snow for drinking. In spring the ice clears and migrating fish flood the river, drawing natives to harvest them.

Siberia Arctic Ocean

All Men of Unusual Strength Are Samsons

The article discusses the biblical Samson as a judge bound by a Nazarite vow for 20 years and endowed with exceptional strength. It cites the London carpenter Thomas Topham, nicknamed “the British Samson,” who reportedly lifted three hogsheads of water weighing 1836 pounds in 1741, with his life ending in 1753 amid domestic strife.

Sampson Samson London Thomas Topham Bathfields Topham

Eggs in a Photographer’s Window Bring Quick Wit

Seymour Hicks notes Herman Finck and Page admiring Elliott & Fry's window display showing a basket of fresh eggs. Page asks why eggs, and Finck quips a hen may have gone in for a sitting. The exchange showcases light humor in a London scene.

Herman Finck Baker Street Page Elliott & Fry's Finch Seymour Hicks

Princess de Conti Portraits Spark Court Intrigue and Laughter

The piece notes Princess de Conti daughter of Louis XIV and Louise de La Valliere married to Louis Armand de Bourbon whose brother became king of Poland. It recalls smallpox deaths and her famed wit and beauty. A Moroccan king admired her portrait sending an ambassador. a Lima viceroy was inspired, and one image once lost in India was found and venerated as a goddess image.

Louis XIV Louise de la Valliere Louis Armand de Bourbon Poland Louis Armand Muley Ismael Morocco Lima India Manas Chicago Journal

Poisonous Lobelia Species Linked to Fatal Ingestions

The article notes Lobelia inflata a common wild plant used medicinally for laryngitis and spasmodic asthma but dangerous in overdoses. It mentions the drug lobelia derived from this species linked to fatalities and used in murder trials, and reports that Lobelia cardinals are poisonous.

Nature Magazine

Golf Club Mansion Tour Sparks Grim Joke

A visitor touring a former country manor turned golf clubhouse eyes the mounted hunting trophies on the walls. He jokes about whether the stag caribou and moose were killed with golf balls, causing a mix of astonishment and amusement among the members.

Sylvan Park

Hagman Missing From Post With Ear Abscess

Charles A. Hagman clerk to the selectmen has been absent since Jan 28 due to an ear abscess. He has been ill but expects to return by Monday night. Town Counsel Leon C. Guptill filled the position at the board meeting last Monday and was praised for his work.

Charles A. Hagman Selectmen Hagman Leon C. Guptill

Winthrop officers seek March election amid filings and talk

Nomination papers have been filed for Town Collector Nelson Water Commissioner Jennings Assessor Freeman Town Clerk Dodge and Moderator Davison. A late contest could arise as a Citizens League worker filed 25 papers. Water Commissioner seat already sees a contest with Fred W. Fisher aiming for the board.

Nelson Jennings Freeman Dodge Davison Citizens’ League Fred W. Fisher

Board of Registrars report listing officials

The notice lists Albert B. Dunham as chairman and Geo. H Harris Edward F Sullivan and Bessie L Dodge as clerk with a date of January 27, 1925 in Winthrop.

Board of Registrars of Voters Albert B. Dunham Geo. H Harris Edward F. Sullivan Bessie L. Dodge Winthrop

Political Calendar Nomination Papers Due for Town Officers

Nomination papers for town officers must be filed at the Town Clerk’s office for the Board of Registrars to check by Friday February 13 1925 at 5 o’clock They will file them with the Town Clerk on February 19 According to law 124 names of voters must be on the papers and changes in voting lists mean about 150 names are typical.

Board of Registrars

Parish House Mortgage Drive Seeks 350 More

St. John's Parish House debt stands at 2500 and a anonymous donor offers 250 if the remaining 2250 is raised by mid February 16. Contributions toward the 350 needed must be sent to Leslie E Griffin at 187 Bartlett rd Winthrop.

St. John’s Episcopal Church Leslie E. Griffin St. John’s Parish, Inc Bartlett Rd Winthrop

Quote from Boling broke on human accidents guiding forward

A pithy line about moving bravely through life. It asserts that people follow the course of events even when guided by misfortune and unknown shores. The speaker emphasizes resilience and courage in the face of fate.

Boling

All Begins in Wonder

A thoughtful line notes wonder as the origin of philosophy and the cycle from ignorance to adoration, framing wonder as both start and end of inquiry. It underscores wonder as the driver of curiosity and the reverence that follows understanding.

London Miss Weds with Thirteen Attendees

A London bride marked her October 13 wedding with a dozen plus one guests. The ceremony took place in a house numbered 18 and the reception followed at Mansfield Greet, all amid the number thirteen traditions.

London Mansfield Greet

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