Word: alarms
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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GLOBE THEATRE.- Harry Lacey in "The Still Alarm...
...alarm was rung in from box 61 night before last for a fire in a large three-story wooden buiding on Mill street, just off Holyoke st. The building is occupied by five shops-the ground floor by a shell-builder and a rod-maker, the second floor by a carpenter, and the third by another carpenter and a slater. The building was valued at about $2,500 and was an utter loss. All except one lost a large part of their stock, in fact little was saved except a few shells and a large part of the slater...
...rate, but the speed of the cars can be regulated by letting the clamp grasp the cable more or less loosely as the occasion may require. In the winter the snow is removed by a plough attached to the cable. In case any break occurs in the cable an alarm is sounded by electricity and the engines are stopped. The cars make so little noise while in motion that a bell is placed on the axle of the car to warn teams and pedestrians. The cars can be stopped as easily and as quickly as horsecars. In crossing a railroad...
...announcement that a new daily is to be started here does not alarm us in the least, for we think we can hold our own. But if the CRIMSON should be "run out of circulation," as the Advocate evidently desires, then we shall be content to admit the superiority of our rival and to take a back seat. Lack of space forbids further discussion; but we assure our friends that we shall continue to do everything in our power to improve the paper, and we wish our would-be rivals every success...
...ally." We have discovered, however, in our limited experience, that community, and antagonism of interests are diametrically opposed, and that while the former may have a tendency to keep an "ally" faithful, rivalry is sure to be the result of the latter. There is no good cause for alarm, however, for we are confident that at the proper time the "old ally" will return to its allegiance. - Yale Courant...