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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
8
The piece argues wage workers should unite to improve conditions and resist capitalist self interest. It criticizes non-union workers and praises the union movement as essential to justice, urging education and collective effort to advance wages and rights.
The city medical inspector Dr Norris holds both state and local posts with combined pay and questions arise over double compensation. The editors argue his dual role is improper and urge the Board of Health to act, noting the need for thorough local health oversight and focused service.
Rhoda Jamison and a Westward bound miner-turned-tourist strike up a shy companionship on a Washington visit. A shared loneliness prompts a heartfelt exchange and a promise to reunite, ending with a four leaf clover and a hopeful wish as the train departs.
A copy of the first volume of Gibbon's Roman history in Charles James Fox's library drew bidders at the sale of his furniture. The fly leaf notes the author presented it to Fox, who reportedly said ministers must fall before salvation for the country. The anecdote did not dampen bids as the lot sold for 3 guineas, a sizable price for the era.
An anecdote from a remote mining camp recalls a traveling band and its wife and baby. A concert unfolds in a saloon but the infant's cry interrupts the performance. A tall Irishman rises and demands stop the music to allow the baby to cry. The moment captures camp life and communal values amid rugged work.
A humorous exchange recalls a shipmate asking what a hymn is and Bill explains a hanth em would be a chant built from repetition and a shipboard slanguted chorus. The tale ends with a cheer of Amen.
Poem by Lucy Larcom praising tree planting as a hopeful, enduring act. It speaks of planting for future generations, the growth of roots and branches, and the blessings bestowed by acts of planting beyond the planter’s life. The verse emphasizes life, heaven, and earth aiding the effort.
Humorous vignettes from Lincoln era and earlier tales. A father checks on a baby in a home play while a clergyman encounter prompts a sheep leg joke. Other anecdotes feature David Harum style wit and a minister’s plan to guide a boy toward industry and virtue.
A Maine man named Bisloe greets a visitor cordially in a dining room after passing him at tables. General Henderson notes Blaine's memory, while a head waiter recalls Blaine asking for the guest's name, leading to a playful exchange about memory. A Western village child jokes about the moon in a jokey religious quip.
A portrait of Senator Call famed in Florida for touring the state in ragged attire. He visits cabins, kisses children, asks for a snack, and asks farmwives to mend his patched trousers, a recurring scheme repeated in county after county.
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