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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1925
Page
8
The Elks Midnight Show opened at 11:30 PM and ran for three hours with all professional vaudeville acts. Every number was encored, drawing a full house and proving the midnight performance on the holiday date highly popular with local citizens.
The July Fourth record notes several alarms that proved unnecessary at Beach and Box 6. A grass fire near Pleasant and Marists damaged a boat. A pedestrian fell from a fence near Point Shirley barn, injuring a hip. Ambulance calls followed for May Smith and Marie Touhey. Danny Honan sustained a burn, and a diamond ring valued at $600 was stolen from under a mattress on Hutchinson Street.
Roy Davy of Jefferson street underwent a double hernia operation at Community Hospital last Wednesday. Officer John McDonald welcomed a birth last Wednesday. Howard A. Reynolds of the Park section was bitten by a dog owned on Orlando Avenue earlier this week. Edward T. Shaw of 539 South Street Pittsfield visited 105 Groves Avenue, while a thief stole his Chandler car earlier this week.
Cards arrive from Richard R. Flynn mailed from Queenstown Inc on June 28 with Ellamae on the trip. A brisk fire was started Wednesday evening at 9 25 in a power boat near the foot of Beacon Street in Shirley, Box 15 involved.
Thomas H Welch chief inspector of the weighing department for the U S Customs Service in Charlestown died last Tuesday at his home 90 Circuit road after an illness since spring He was born in East Boston 64 years ago and worked in the customs service about 30 years He led the Charlestown weighing department for 15 years A past Grand Knight of Winthrop Council 162 Knights of Columbus and charter member of Winthrop Elks Lodge 1078 He lived in Winthrop 25 years and survived by wife Elizabeth L and son Albert F Funeral held Friday July 10 at St John the Evangelist Church with mass at 9 30 and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
The F. E. Whitman Lumber Co at the Winthrop Bridge has bought the coal company property and expanded its yard for larger lumber purchases. Whitman acquired part of the land in May 1924 and soon took possession of the adjacent area to widen operations. Call Ocean 0552 or 2203 to place orders.
Daniel J. Honan, president of the Holy Name Society at St. John the Evangelist Church, announces the society will receive Holy Communion in a body at the 7 o'clock Mass next Sunday July 12 which marks the monthly Communion Sunday.
La Belle Rosa Mrs Wm G Harber Sr drew crowds at the carnival with fortune telling, promising glimpses of fate for attendees. Her dramatic setup attracted curious visitors seeking guidance amid festive booths and games.
The article lists six major races with total populations. Mongolian leads at 656 million, Caucasian 645 million, followed by Negro 190 million, Semitic 81 million, Malayan 52 million, and Indian 22 million.
A Pacific island wedding custom on one of the New Hebrides groups reportedly involves breaking the bride’s two middle incisors with a rock. The act is described as a rite within the ceremony, reflecting local traditions and beliefs.
Classified ad for a Sunday sale at the Tacoma Sunday Ledger offering Universal steel top six hole range evil gas water heater and other furniture. Sale scheduled Sunday from 9 a m to 7 p m with items to be auctioned.
Rio Bravo was the original name given by Sixteenth century Spanish explorers to the Rio Grande and remains in use among Mexican inhabitants.
The article explains a rural practice in some English counties where a man who has abused his wife faces neighbors dumping sacks of chaff outside his door. The act, called chaffing, signals that a thrashing has occurred. The custom is noted as a possible origin for the term chaffing.
Expert engineers design a high grade burner that delivers maximal heat from oil with automatic upstairs regulated control. It burns clean with no carbon soot or smoke and is fully guaranteed for one year. Three years of operation in Metropolitan Boston prove efficiency and reliability. Mail or call South Boston 3289 for a home installation review with no obligation. Circulars on request. Carlson Bros Tool and Machine Co. 15 B Street South Boston Mass.
People on the grounds supported a charity effort with many attending and her services in high demand, and she turned over a substantial sum to the committee for the Legion Boys' fund.
The London fogs are less severe due to rising electricity use replacing soft coal. Dry fog forms from condensation of water vapor on countless airborne coal smoke particles.
A household tip suggests wrapping an elastic band around the bell of an alarm clock. Wider bands reduce sound, allowing enough volume to wake the user while keeping others asleep. The method provides adjustable noise for individual wake times.
Daniele da Volterra, an Italian painter, earned the nickname the breeches maker for adding draperies to figures in Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel Vatican Rome by order of Paul IV.
Carpet laying tip advises aligning carpet pile to brush toward the door. Proper direction eases sweeping and reduces future trouble.
An intelligent young gray African parrot is described as capable of acquiring a vocabulary of 100 words or more. The article notes the bird can associate words with objects and actions, occasionally using them with surprising accuracy and effect.
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