Fire alarm box locations and procedures in Winthrop
The list shows numerous fire alarm box locations around Winthrop including Shirley street corners, Main Street intersections, Tremont Avenue, and Beach and Central stations. It also outlines alarm procedures: approach the closest box, open the door, place the hook, and relay to firefighters. two strokes trigger a full alarm and three strokes trigger a second alarm. use 1-33 calls for department members. Beach Station and Central Station phone numbers are provided.
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Beach
Central Station
Election Sermons in Old South Church History
The Old South Church in Boston hosts annual election sermons dating from 1712, continuing with few interruptions through 1872, reflecting a colonial to antebellum tradition in a historic meeting place.
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Old South Church
Boston
Odd African tree grows in shallow Lake Chad waters
A strange ambush tree thrives in Lake Chad’s shallow basin where water covers up to 10 000 square miles. It reaches 25 feet in two years with a one foot trunk diameter. Its dried wood is extremely light, about two fifths the density of cork.
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Lake
Chad
Africa
Athletic Elephant Tale Spurs Captain Long Retort
A London daily reports a Munchausen tale about fish climbing trees provoking Captain Long to respond. He recalls hunting elephants in Africa as one herd member fled into a lake, a palm tree used as a vaulting pole and the elephant leaped away in a sequence of high jumps.
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Longchalk
London
Africa
Hidalgo’s Hats Weigh Heavy and Costly
The silver-mounted hats worn by hidalgos in Mexico City are very heavy often reaching 25 pounds. They are protected from rain and dirt by allcloth coverings. Ornate with silver some hats may cost up to 300 dollars.
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Hidalgo
Mexico City
Milk Buttons: Casein Used for Buttons Today
Milk buttons made from compressed casein dried milk are increasingly used for button production. The material, unknown a quarter century ago, yields some very beautiful buttons and reflects a shift in manufacturing materials.
Understanding Thirst From Salt and Sugar Intake
A health note explains that drinking water relieves thirst caused by excess salt or sugar. The body slows mucous secretions when dehydrated, and water helps dilute and remove the surplus salts and sugars from the system.
Ibex Reported by Hunters in Alaska Region
Hunters report sighting what they identify as ibex in the Nootak river region of Alaska. The vast wild area already hosts sheep and mountain goats, but the party claims this is the true ibex.
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Nootak River
Alaska
No Perfect Synonyms in English Usage
A concise note on how English lacks exact synonyms. It explains that words with nearly identical meanings are often used interchangeably, though tiny nuances remain. The piece emphasizes careful word choice in writing.
Portraits Demand Solo Placement for Full Emphasis
A guide notes that a beloved portrait painting or tapestry deserves solitary display. It should hang alone at center of a wall, with no other picture nearby to ensure full emphasis on its importance.
Old Nick’s Copper Nickel and Nickel’s German origins
The ore called Old Nick’s Copper by miners yielded no copper despite its copper look. Nickel was first obtained in Germany about 1751.
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Germany
Cushioning fix extends rubber wear in heels
A half inch layer of crushed tissue paper placed into shoe heels cushions the hard heel and reduces rubber wear. This simple repair suggests longer lasting rubbers by absorbing impact and spreading pressure.
Golden wedding hosts age defy guests in England
At the golden wedding celebration in England the bride's 93 year old mother assisted her 70 year old daughter and her 72 year old son-in-law to entertain the large gathering of guests.
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England
Protracted Shower Slum Child
An odd fragment from the Boston Transcript notes a playful line about a child named Emmerly Ann and a looming wet spell tied to a humorous garden-apple exchange.
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Togister
Oller
Boston Transcript
Solomon Not the Author of Ecclesiastes
Scholars agree Solomon did not author Ecclesiastes. The language shows a later style, suggesting the book is likely a compilation by multiple writers.
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Solomon
Life in Its Reality Quotes from Emerson
The excerpt presents a philosophy that life is practical over theory, praising sturdy, well mixed people who enjoy reality without question. It emphasizes experiential wisdom over intellectual critique and urges broad, unafraid engagement with daily life.
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Emerson
Beauty's varied charm beyond the heart's desire
The quote notes that many forms of beauty please the eye but fail to captivate the affections, distinguishing superficial attractiveness from deeper emotional appeal. It attributes the idea to Cervantes and reflects on how not all beauty triggers love.
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Cervantes
Idea of Investment Trusts Traced to Belgium and Switzerland
The concept of investment trusts originated in Belgium and Switzerland before being adopted by England and Scotland. Early practices in continental Europe laid the groundwork for later financial innovation in the British Isles.
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Belgium
Switzerland
England
Scotland
Cotton manufacturers urged to export 80 percent
British cotton firms are pressed to ship at least eighty percent of output abroad due to limited domestic demand. The directive aims to balance production with overseas sales amid market constraints.
Interpretation Civilization as a Business of Doing
A Duluth Herald snippet critiques the idea that civilization is simply a private enterprise of routine toothpick work and self interest, presenting a view on collective effort versus individual labor within society.
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Duluth Herald
Town of Winthrop Hears Centre Street Extension Plan
The Winthrop Board of Selectmen proposes to lay out locate and grade Centre Street from Winthrop Street to Bowdoin Street as a town way. A public hearing is set for February 2 1925 at nine o clock p m in the Town Hall to take land for the project.
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Winthrop
Mass
Board of Selectmen
Centre Street
Winthrop Street
Bowdoin Street
Town Hall
Gasoline license hearing slated for 20 Putnam Street
Winthrop Massachusetts January 19 1925 notice of public hearing on petition by John J McMurray to add an underground 2000 gallon gasoline tank at 20 Putnam Street with objection period and time set for February 9 1925 8 p m in the Selectmen's room Town Hall. Mrs Alice N Clarkson aged 82 mother of three famous baseball players dies in Dorchester home Tuesday.
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Winthrop
Mass
John J. McMurray
Putnam Street
Selectmen’s Room
Town Hall
Charles A. Hagman
Board of Selectmen
Alice N. Clarkson
Wave Way Av
Dorchester
Mortgagee's Sale of Winthrop Property on Lincoln Street
Public auction scheduled for February 2, 1925, at 4 pm. Island owner Isreal Wine and Rebecca Wine mortgage breach under a 1924 deed recorded in Suffolk Deeds. Property at 146 Lincoln Street Winthrop, Suffolk County, containing 24 740 square feet, bounded by Walden Street and rail land. $1,000 cash due from the buyer.
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Isreal Wine
Rebecca Wine
Suffolk
Winthrop
Suffolk County
Lincoln Street
Said Street
Walden Street
Boston
Holland Is Not Progressive A Nation With Few Luxuries
The piece notes Holland as a civilized yet austere country with scarce bathrooms and cars, where owning a telephone remains a rare mark of distinction and modernity.
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Holland
End Seem Far Off There Is No Man Decrepit
Quotation notes Montaigne that no man is truly decrepit with Methuselah before him, as he believes he has two decades more life in his body. The line reflects a paradox of aging and optimism about longevity.
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Methuselah
Montaigne
Post Office Schedules and Delivery Times in Winthrop 52
The Winthrop Mass post office details hours from 7 a m to 7 p m on weekdays, early closures on Saturdays, and Sunday times. It lists carrier trips, street letter box collections, dispatches from Boston, and note on winter weather affecting schedules. R M Baker P M and D Belcher Supt sign off.
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Winthrop
R. M. Baker
P. M
D. Belcher
Joke on the Progeny
A New Haven Register item notes that some ancestors would be surprised to learn they are the chief source of their descendants pride highlighting family lineage with a humorous twist.
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New Haven Register
Imaginary Little Egypt Nation Narrated by Pilgrim Chiefs
The passage portrays an imaginary country named Little Egypt created by traveling groups who entered Europe in the fifteenth century. It claims these gipsy hordes pretended to be pilgrims to Rome and had leaders posing as royalty to elevate status.
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Egypt
Europe
Rome
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Beal St
Max Silverman
East Boston
Winthrop Trust Company Savings Dept. Bank
Winthrop Trust Company
Harry W. Aiken
Ham
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
A. E. Whittemore
Treas
Court Road
Locust St
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Washington St
Chaumont
Younger
Centre Station
Davenport
Atlantic St
Call Ocean
Review
Winthrop ‘Taxi Service
Woodside Avenue
Center Station
Mrs. Winstow’s Syrup
Ka Ocean
Amo
Winthrop Fire Alarm
Triton
Triton Pathway
Shirley St
Tafts
Harbor View
Terrace
Cottage St
Hillside
Crystal Cove
Farnbar Ave
Shirley
Beacon
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis
Cutler
Dolphin
Seafoam
Mermaid
Beach Rd
Grovers
Crest
Grovers and
Cliff
Floyd St. Temple
Highland
Revere St
Dean
Sagamore
Almont
Cross
Revere
Bowdoin
Ocean View
Main
Banks
Hermon
Lincoln
Read and Jerald
Marshall
Pleasant
Court
Loring
Circuit Rd
Lowell and
Orlando
Woodside
Seymour St
Winthrop Centre R. R
Buchanan and Pleasant Sts
Washington Av
Thornton
Washington and Elmwood
River Rd
Bates Ay
Winthrop St
Chester
Bowdoin and Buchanan Sts
Metcalf St
Corner of
Jefferson and
Fremont
Quincy and
Sewall and
Pleasant St
Main St
Davy
Joseph J. Pimentel
Locust Street
Eman
UES Amee
Mrs
Walborg Peterson
Massace
Lincoln Aera Winthrop, Mass
Ocean 1
Belegrade Ave
Roslindale
C. H. Prescott
Ocean Avenue
Walter T White
Undertaker
Woodside Ave. Res
Nick
Aan
Kellogg’s
John Tonry
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N. Downs & Son
Frank’s
Beauty
Jefferson Street
Florence I. Foote
Marcel
Tewksbury
Fremont Street
J. B. Tewksbury
Prop
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