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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1907
Page
3
A brief guidance on diet advises green salads with French dressing and oranges to clear the complexion and aid digestion. It recommends gradual orange intake, starting with juice before breakfast, avoiding the tough underskin, and suggests multiple daily portions to sustain energy for office workers.
A young woman admires two older relatives who prioritized their children’s education and achieved it through self denial and hardship. They had a purpose and never lost sight of it. The writer notes that this purpose fuels respect and suggests others may find motivation in their example.
A historical explanation describes boiling as water heated in a kettle producing air and steam bubbles. It notes simmering at 185 degrees and full boil at 212 degrees, where steam escapes and temperature caps at this point. Boiling away wastes fuel and can damage food from violent agitation.
An old method uses rubbing beef tallow on welt stitches to repel rain but fat traces remain. Castor oil applied with a small stiff bristle brush proves better and minimal amount is needed. The brush from a bottle of glue works well.
A Pennsylvania clergyman, unable to read the hymn aloud, apologizes that his eyes are missing. The choir, mistaking his line for the hymn, sings two lines to the common meter while the minister protests that only his glasses are missing.
At the bedside of the infer William Travers four doctors debated the best way to produce a perspiration. Overhearing the discussion Travers whispered to send in their bills, that will do it.
The verse compares the night to a thousand eyes and the day to one. It reflects on how the mind and heart perceive, and how a life’s light fades when love ends, attributed to Francis William Bourdillon.
The philosopher Carneades argues princes train in riding while tutors pamper them. He notes those who duel in games yield to defeat. A horse, he says, does not know whether the rider is prince or peasant and will throw a rider who cannot control him.
Ex congressman John H Wise once of Virginia and now in New York is described as a close Roosevelt friend. In Washington two years ago he visited the White House and was told by the president that posterity would place him near Washington. Wise added that it remains uncertain whether that honor would go with George or Booker T. Washington.
Thompson and Rogers, wandering home, mistook a house. Thompson asked to see Mr Rogers’s residence. A lady replied it belonged to Mr Rogers. Thompson then apologized and asked Mrs Rogers to help Rogers find his own house so Thompson could find his home.
R L Stevenson argues that public taste is a mongrel product shaped by dogmatism and laments Shakespeare as bombastic obscure and wearisome unless found through an honest man without literary bias.
A Pennsylvania doctor treated an Irish woman after typhoid fever and monitored her with a thermometer under the tongue. Returning from a errand, he was urged by her son to recheck her status. The patient quipped the jigger under her tongue did more good than all the rest of his remedies.
The famed soprano Malibran entertains a boy named Tam who asks for a chance to sing at her concert to raise money for his ill mother. She questions the child about his song and words, expresses willingness to help, and invites him to perform if he can balance care for his mother.
A boy Pierre helps his mother by attending a concert with a ticket gifted by Mme Malibran. She sings a moving melody and later reveals she secured £300 offered by a London publisher for the song. Pierre shares profits with his mother, and years later he comforts Malibran in her final hours.
A disheveled woman entered a public dispensary with a torn bleeding arm. The surgeon prepared to bind the wound when asked about the bite. The patient explained it was another kid, not a dog, causing the injury.
A famous English tragic actress, midway through a New York debut, sobbed and beat her bosom behind the wings in an unusual display. After a sympathetic inquiry she signaled for solitude and declared she was working up her feelings for the last scene, prompting others to leave.
A brief reflection quotes George Eliot insisting she is proof against failure. She argues the only real fear is failing to cleave to the clearly seen purpose guiding a person. The passage emphasizes perseverance and steadfast resolve over defeatist doubt.
A New England spinster dies in Carlabad Massachusetts and the nephew sees a military general in her casket. The generals heirs order a proper funeral with full military honors including six brass bands and saluting guns.
The Duke of Wellington recounts a lordly correspondence where a lady asked for subscriptions to a church and listed his name for £200. He replied that he too supported a church and had put her down for £200, concluding that no money need pass between them.
A quotation likens a book to a fish with the head tail fins backbone removed leaving a small piece of meat behind as a metaphor.
Lord Eames travels north and rests at Dunkeld. Early next day he asks a stranger for guidance to the ferry and meets Tol Grant who jokes of keeping the honor in the butcher trade. Lord Kames notes the possibility of meeting again in the future.
The scene shows Napoleon with his son on his knee. The emperor lightly slaps the child on each cheek as the physician asks about the discipline. Napoleon replies that the moment calls for a firm hand as the king of Rome endures the light punishment.
The event drew a large list of attendees including Dr. and Mrs. John Dewire Assessor Timothy W. Good James F. Aylward and many others. Whist prizes were awarded to Walter Doherty Fran S Dardis Miss Anna Dolan and Charles McCue.
Cambridge's up-to-date shoe store HAM MOND'S at 653 Massachusetts avenue Central square reports high demand for tans and browns. Large shipments arrive and prices range from 21.50 to 3.50 per pair, with satisfaction guaranteed.
Walter Messinger petitions for a license to sell intoxicating liquors for Mead, Malt, and Colonial purposes at 15 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge in a first floor room adjoining the street. The order comes from the Board of Aldermen with city clerk Edward J. Brandon on file.
Albert W. Kidder seeks a license for Sixth Chiss at Harvard Street in Cambridge for medicinal and mechanical uses with a storefront on Cambridge Street described as room on the first floor and rear stock. Leonard Tip Trelarid petitions for sale of intoxicating liquors at MaDbeipeet on Cambridge Street, with terms of storage and access noted and awaiting City Clerk action.
Lucius L. Gillett applies for license number 408 for a medicinal mechanical and chemical business at 408 Cambridge Street with stock stored behind the store and in the basement. Edward J. Brandon, City Clerk, records the filing.
City records show on April 1 1907 John H Fitzgerald Jr files for a license to sell intoxicating liquors for medicinal mechanics and chemical uses at No 60 Malmn Street Cambridge. The stock will be stored in a rear room with a specific storage and handling arrangement on order of the Board of Aldermen. Edward J Brandon City Clerk authenticates the notice.
Fraser W Dickinson applies for a liquor license under the Board of Aldermen order for premises at 119 Hampshire Street. Stock to be stored in the rear row and adjacent basement concert setup is noted, with city clerk Edward J Brandoox filing the notice.
Gilbert Chipman at 260 Pearl Street requires rear-room storage with basement connection as ordered by the Board of Aldermen. Edward J. Brandon, City Clerk, issues the directive.
Property description citing premises continued to the street and stock connect therewith in tenancy to order of the Board of Aldermen.
Horace Bartlett petitions for a license for the property at Sixth No 1338 Massachusetts Avenue. The room on the first floor features a tonnette and basement space with a store. Edward J Brandoff, City Clerk.
City notices list Albert E. Lynch at 425 Cambridge Street seeking a license for medicinal and chemical purposes and James K. McMinn seeking a Sixth Class license for intoxicating liquor at 272 Broadway. The filings reference premises near 2000 Massachusetts Avenue and a room setup linked to a storeroom in a rear area.
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