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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1905
Page
1
The piece recalls political figures and boxing anecdotes from older city politics led by Edward Anderson and Dennie Crowley. It pausingly honors Father Scully for his selfless parish leadership and the fight for no license, noting his influence and lasting memorial in the community.
A Cambridge reader urges honoring Father Scully with a statue in a city square rather than a cheap drinking fountain. He cites Scully as a model priest and citizen and urges house-to-house collections and inter-church appeals to fund a defiant memorial. The letter alongside reports of the Rindge Manual Training School’s 1906 dance at Newtowne Hall note 300 attendees and social highlights.
The Cambridge political scene centers on John F. O'Brien a veteran Democrat urged to head the municipal ticket this fall. Born 1852 he has long served on the water board cemetery commission and state committee and helped elect James A. Fox. The event featured local speakers and musical numbers.
The Douglas club of North Cambridge held the second smoke talk in two months with 260 to 300 guests in its large quarters. President Mahoney urged membership and distributing sign-up blanks. Councilman O Neil aided by giving out cigars while Johnny Nedean took timekeeping duties for several scheduled bouts.
A circulated petition in Cambridge splits the partisan camp over transit. Backers led by G Howland Cox favor a four track subway from Cambridge Bridge to Harvard Square, while opponents led by Hollis Alley reject an elevated line and seek to preserve city control under current law.
President William A. Bancroft of the Boston Elevated Railway spoke to Cambridge council 74 on lapses of local transportation in the United States and Europe. He used Berlin as a case study, comparing civic spirit and streetcar practices with American needs and previewed new East Boston tunnel cars, receiving thanks from the council.
The Imperial Club met Friday evening at Miss Agnes Gormley’s residence 60 Willow Street for a brief business session and social time. Four newcomers Ma Sheehan Maurice Lawless C Edwin OBrien and James Barrows were favored for membership. The crowd enjoyed duets by Doherty and Barrows and humorous stunts as the curfew rang.
The Weeks Scott hearing concluded with the mayor delivering findings to the Cambridge board of aldermen. The specifications found guilty concern conduct at the July 15 petition hearing and the refusal to postpone a July 27 meeting, while other charges about language in front of employees were not upheld.
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