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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
4
A list of social club dances with dates from April to May including Laurel Club and Blue Ribbon events. The note adds that most printing is by J Frank Facey at 36 Prospect Street, Cambridge.
Gossip centers on Bleiler and Dinan care for the subways with ex Mayor Daly leading the pro stops plan. The writer questions Daly influence on Mayor and local politics, noting Warren Ivers’ political setbacks and future prospects in Cambridge.
Community event calendar lists gatherings by Columbiag on April 23 Dandelion P C on May 3 Princess Girls May date Bratth Outing Club May 13 Institute B B C May 16 Mystics May 17 plus a note AHERN FOR MORTGAGES.
Citizens accuse Mayor of jostling candidates for registrar of voters and appointing George W Turnbull while Felix McBride faces cross rumors. The tax chief role reportedly offers $1250 yearly with an office desk in the City Treasurer’s department. Endorsements were pursued by rivals who feel deceived and foresee future opportunities.
The notice invites relatives and friends to spend their vacation in Cambridge during Old Home Week time, highlighting a community gathering with local heritage events and family-friendly activities.
Five minute walk from Inman square lots priced at 25 and 30 cents per foot with money advanced to build. Contact John Elston at 227 Intitn square Cambridge. Refer to W A Bullard president of the Harvard Trust Company.
In a Cambridge Sentinel letter, an author denies personally being retained by Boston and Maine or others to push four subway stations beyond Harvard Square. He asserts he acted to aid Cambridge residents with practical station placement, funded by no rewards, and cites information from the City Engineer.
Augustine J. Daly asserts support for a four station subway plan from Kendall Square to Central Square with intermediate stops to serve 5 000 residents near Kendall Central and Harvard Squares. He seeks widening of De Wolf and Bow streets linking River Parkway to Quincy Square and notes funded support from Francis Appleton and George Dorr to defray widening costs. March 26 1907 Cambridge letter to editor. AHERN the Auctioneer.
A local business owner complains of filthy mud clogging gutters in front of his Elm and Cambridge street store. He urges the paper to push a citywide clean streets campaign, contrasting his orderly storefront with the surrounding untidiness.
Major General William A. Bancroft outlines modern duties of public service corporations to communities. He credits improved public understanding and wiser management for the decade’s progress, urging responsible conduct by leaders based on 22 years of public and business experience.
The passage discusses community involvement and reasonable, just requirements, conscience differences as progress, and a preference in America for improving current relations over adopting undemocratic schemes discredited in monarchial Europe.
Preparations are complete for the Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association annual ball to be held next Monday evening. The 22nd anniversary celebration will feature mayoral and city officials in the grand march as decorators finalize a scene of splendor.
The fourth annual ball of Division 52 A O H took place Monday night at Institute hall East Cambridge. John H Trodden served as floor marshal with Thomas W Coughlin as assistant and William Stanger as floor director. Reception committee included Thomas Toomey and Dr Fitzsimmons among others. guests included presidents J F Donnelly Thomas Herlihy Timothy OConnell and other division and county officers.
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