Directions for giving an alarm and fire box details
The notice lists fire alarm routes and box locations including Floyd street to Winthrop streets and Winthrop Centre R R Station. It instructs how to respond to a fire by going to the nearest box, opening the door, pulling the hook, and waiting for firemen. Two blows means all clear. three blows signals a second alarm. Beach Station 72-W and Central Station 72-R are given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodside Av
Seymour St
Winthrop Centre
R. R. Station
Buchanan and Pleasant Sts
Washington Av
Thornton Pkc
Washington and Elmwood
River Rd
Bates Av
Winthrop St
Chester
Bowdoin and
Buchanan Sts
Town Hall
Metcalf Sq
Jefferson and
Fremont
Quincy and
Cliff
Sewall and
Grovers
Pleasant St
Main St
Beach Station
Central Station
Winthrop Schools Alert Schedule Details
The notice outlines fire alarm signaling times for Winthrop schools in Box 22. If no school for all, bells ring at 7 30 A M with street lights on for three minutes. If no school for grades only, bells ring at 8 15 A M with lights on for three minutes. A single session for grades uses 11 15 A M bells only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Winthrop Hearing Set on Gasoline License Request
Notice that Simon Phrlich seeks a license to store gasoline in five tanks at a community garage to be built at 241 243 Shirley Street Winthrop Mass A public hearing before the Board of Selectmen will be held April 13 1925 at 8 30 p m in Town Hall to allow objections CHARLES A Hagman Clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Mass
Simon Phrlich
Shirley Street
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Public hearing set on gasoline license in Winthrop
Winthrop Massachusetts March 23 1925 the town plans a public hearing before the Board of Selectmen to consider a license for N Frank to keep and store gasoline in tanks of three cars in an added three car garage at Lot 54 Almont Street along with his existing two car garages. The meeting is at Town Hall on Monday evening April 13 1925 at nine o clock p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Mass
N. Frank
Almont Street
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Prophesied Famine and Drought Stir Local Talk
In a fragment from the St. Saul Pioneer Press, Parkins, tireless in warnings of calamities, predicts famine and speaks of rivers drying up. Friends, growing weary, discuss the grim forecast and whether to warn others about looming shortages.
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Parkins
St. Saul Pioneer Press
Musical Bar And Measures In Ancient Music Theory
The text explains that the vertical bar in musical scores marks measures of equal duration, not mere division. It contrasts musica mensurata with musica choralis, where notes share the same length, highlighting how barlines define measure boundaries.
Simple Glass Window to Save Electricity
An idea from Popular Science Monthly suggests cutting a small hole in the kitchen floor under the sink and inserting thin glass as a reminder to turn off lights. The device acts as a visual cue to prevent forgotten electricity use and reduce bills.
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Popular Science Monthly
Edible Muskrats In Eastern Markets Sold As Marsh Rabbits
The flesh of the muskrat is valued differently but sold widely in markets of the East and Middle West. In retail shops they call them marsh rabbits and compare their flavor to wild duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Middle West
Land Court Notice for Cambridge Resident Land Claim
Citizens of Winthrop and surrounding towns are notified of a petition by Harry Lubin of Cambridge to register title to a parcel in Winthrop. The plan shows boundaries along Revere Street Upland Road and nearby parcels formerly held by William J. Humphreys and Edwin I. Purrington. Court in Boston fixes April 20 1925 for appearances. failure to appear will result in the petition being confessed and the title granted by default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Edwin C. Jenney
Boston
Joaquim C. Silveira
William J. Humphreys
Cambridge
Eva I. Hadley
Sam Rosenthal
Somerville
Edwin I. Purrington
Wakefield
Bertha C. Parker
Malden
Middlesex
Harry Lubin
Revere Street
Upland Road
Charles Thornton Davis
Charles A, Southworth
Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Winthrop Massachusetts
Public auction to foreclose a 1923 mortgage on lots described on Shirley Street Winthrop. Sale April 14, 1925 at 10 30 AM with $300 cash down, balance in ten days at Edwin D Sib ley Boston office. Subject to prior mortgages and current taxes. Mary L. Timmins, holder of said mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Lilleback
Samuel J. Avonson
Jacob Groman
Henry Baron
Sumner Realty Trust
Suffolk
Shirley
Winthrop
Shirley Street
H. T. Whitman
C. E
George A. Frost
Jennie Martin
Edwin D. Sibley
State Street
Boston
Mary Ll. Timmins
Town Topics Notes From The Community
Mrs. and st. and he visit to rela Robertson of 27 Marshall randson have gone on a s in New Jersey. Augustus B. Wish bought the Hermo Strobeck house, who has resea Me. John Moore of our local railr SC happy, now that his wife has returned home with a 914 pound boy from the Community Hospital. Mrs. Waldo of 176 Woodside av. was taken to the Community Hospital by Patrolmen Turner and Donovan in the Police Ambulance early last Sunday morning.
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Mrs. & St
Rela Robertson
Marshall Randson
New Jersey
Augustus B. Wish
Hermo Strobeck
Resea
John Moore
Waldo
Woodside Av
Turner and
Donovan
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Albion R Campbell
Sews
Mng
Tel
Ocean
Lincoln St
Mikes Barber Shop
Main Street
W. W. Barker
Beal St
Max Silverman
Winthrop Trust Company Savings Dept. Bank
Winthrop Trust Company
Harry W. Aiken
Ham’s
Locust St
Ham
Morris Avarbock, Prop
Bowdoin St
Winthrop, Mass
Winthrop Trust Co. Savings Dept
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
A. E. Whittemore
Treas
Winthrop Savings Bank
Preston B. Churchill
Pleasant St. Tel
WQMAN
Writwc. J
Trens
R. L
J. B. Tewksbury
Thorn- A
B. Churchill
Thorne Au
Ingalls
Woodside
Joseph Bernhardt
Powder House Blvd
West Somerville
Geo. Wales
Woman’s Exchange
M. Frances McGunigle
Highland Avenue
Winthrop Highlands
Douglas Hardware & Paint Store
Winthrop Center
Harolde Baumeister
Woodside Agen
Urar
Davy
Joseph J. Pimentel
Locust Street
Belegrade Ave
Roslindale
C. H. Prescott
Tewksbury Street
Walter T White
Undertaker
Woodside Ave. Res
Court Road
Frank S. Story
Optometrist
Blake Building
Temple Place
Beach
Stephen Lavoie
Winthrop Fire Alarm
Triton Av
Triton Pathway
Shirley St
Tafts
Harbor View
Terrace
Cottage St
Hillside
Crystal Cove
Farnbar Ave
Beacon Sts
Tewksbury St
Shore Drive
Sturgis
Cutler
Dolphin
Seafoam
Mermaid
Beach Rd
Crest
Floyd St. Temple and
Highland
Revere St
Dean
Sagamore
Almont and
Cross
Revere
Bowdoin
Ocean View
Main
Banks
Hermon
Lincoln
Read and Jerald
Marshall
Pleasant
Lincoln Sts
Court and
Loring Rds
Circuit Rd
Lowell and
Loring
Waldemar Av
Wheelock
Pleasant and
Sargent
Somerset Av
Prescott St
Sargent St
Johnson Av
Cottage Park Rd
Cottage Park Hotel
Orlando Av
Winthrop S. Holzwasser
Eliot ST
Care
American Tire Co
Sp&k
Carlyle
FORD
Winthrop Motor Sales
Ford Sales and Service
Woodside Ave
ATER
Charles A. Hagman
John Briggs
Avoca
N. Y
Winthrop Service Inc
J. BE. Travers
Humphreys
Kellogg’s
Dr. Lancaster
Joan Wentworth
Victor Rousseau
THE
Winthrop Review
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Land Court
Frank’s
Beauty
Jefferson Street
Florence I. Foote
Marcel
Tewksbury
Fremont Street
Prop
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