Cambridge City Whispers and Political Banter
A cheeky roundup lists local figures from Beacon Hill to Cambridge politics. Names include attorney Joe Gavin, Mayor Lynch, Ex-Mayor McNamee, and many city office holders, with notes on tax talks, school sessions, annexations, and upcoming developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gavin
Beacon Hill
Sol Haag
Middlesex County
Lynch
Cit
Robert E. Rogers
Rose Wood
Central Square
Ed Cohen
City Hospital
Donald E. Currier
Parker Coyle
Inman Square
Leahy
Atty
Stoughton Bell
Cambridge
Tom O'Hara
McNamee
Him Barrett
Canney
Belmont
Watertown
Boston
Honey Bee Cafe
Smiling George
Harvard Square
Packy Menton
Thomas H. Heaton
Broadway Maternity Hospital
Taxpayers’ Association
Eliot Spalding
City
Tim O'Hearn
Dick Hassell
Luce Victory Fund
Guthelm
Toronto
Herman
Mass. Avenue
Prospect Street
Mass
Central Sq
Greater Boston
City Hall
Cong
Rusell
Ceneral Sq
Memorial Stones and Barrs Cairns in Scotland's Ancient Landscape
Memorial stones mark events from early clan wars near Barras north of Carloway Scotland. Langass Bharp sits on a hill by the North Uist road with chambered cairns called bharps. Neolithic galleries and cavernous caves reveal dwelling sites and kitchen middens across the landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Barras
Carloway
Macaulay
Morrison
North Uist
Uist
Basket Makers and Weavers of Non-Leakable Vessels
A New York Times travel note describes Basket Makers as ancient Pueblo precursors in Mesa Verde Colorado. It notes their water tight baskets sandals possible early firing of pottery and subterranean circular houses with kiva like features. Pueblo people later inhabited and adapted these cliff homes building above ground with clustered rooms small doors and tomb like chambers. Grain storerooms and turkey coops are mentioned against canyon walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa Verde
National Park
Colorado
Seys
New York Times
Strikes and Conspiracy Charges in Early Labor History
In early labor history courts often charged strikes as conspiracy to seek wage increases beyond market norms, reflecting a pre organized labor era where legal limits on wages dictated by supply and demand were enforced.
Life Insurance Seen as Financial Bulwark for Future
The piece extols life insurance as durable during real storms, noting its role in funding policyholders and supporting national finances. It promotes Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co with offices in Boston and Ben H. Badenoch overseeing plans, urging readers to consult a representative to select suitable policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Page
England
Institution of Life Insurance
Life Insurances
Mead
Natron
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Federal Street
Boston
Ben H. Badenoch
Army War Maneuvers Signal Modernization In Middle West
U S Army stages a large scale field exercise across Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia as the Second Army trains for August maneuvers. The plan emphasizes mechanization aviation and mobility with 40 000 troops and a focus on rapid movement beyond the trench era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Eilbourne
Lake Michigan
Laboratory of
Army
United States Army
First Cavalry
Sixty-eighth Field Artillery
Nineteenth Field Artillery
Air Corps
Bruce Palmer
A. C. Sandeford
Field Artillery
C. D. Herron
Blue
Ilinois
Red
Tennessee
Virginia
Brown
Pennsylvania
Green
Mississippi River
Nashville
Pittsburgh
Battle Creek
GHQ
Discovery of Radium Attributed to Multiple Nationalities
A fragment notes radium discovery credited to a Polish woman in a French lab and ideas attributed to an Englishman and a New Zealander.
Fall Footwear Embraced In 1937 Style Movement
A survey by the Educational Research Bureau of Chiropodists finds nine in ten adults have some foot issue, most common in women. Many ailments arise from ill fitting shoes, with 68 percent of sufferers being women. Rosenberg's Branch Shoe Store at 538 Mass Ave, Cambridge offers carefully fitted shoes with quality materials and reasonable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Research Bureau of Chiropodists
Rosenberg'’s
Massavenue
Cambridge
Rosenberg
Franklin and the first bifocals in America
The New York Sun notes Benjamin Franklin sparked spectacle making in the 1780s by combining near and far lenses into one frame. It recalls his two pairs, the early bifocals with a straight line, and mentions Philadelphia shopkeeper Hannah Briental offering crystal spectacles and variety frames in 1753.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
New York Sun
Hannah Briental
Philadelphia
Second Street
Black Horse Alley
Davis
Pickerel and Leopard Frogs Compared in Habitat and Appearance
The pickerel frog and leopard frog share forms and habits. Leopard frogs are more numerous and spend more time on land, while pickerel frogs roam less and leap quickly. Both have long slender bodies, large eyes, smooth skin with lateral folds, and variable green brown or gray coloration.
Early Mail Delivery and the Franking System
The article traces how St Joseph Missouri served as a western mail limit before the Civil War and how mail forwarders beyond that point operated under a system of francs. It explains the frank as a rotating mark on envelopes used by carriers and later as a rubber stamp indicating service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Meaning of Word Coda in Music History
Explains that the term coda once referred to a concluding passage in a fugue and in some cases a short final section in musical works. Describes its evolution from indicating a tail or tailpiece to marking a concluding episode.
Rare antiques show folding knives and forks with rich ornament
The New York Sun notes intricate craftsmanship in antique cutlery with elaborately decorated handles. Italian influence led to the fork’s rise in England by mid seventeenth century as travelers carried personal sets, often folding, with materials ranging from brass and ivory to tortoiseshell and mother of pearl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York Sun
Arc de Triomphe: Napoleon's 1806 Monument to French Glory
The Arc de Triomphe began in 1806 under Napoleon and was completed three years later. It cost over nine million francs for a substructure 45 feet underground, with frieze figures over six feet tall. It endured damage during the fall of the Second Empire and the Commune, with about 90 shells daily for three weeks. Restoration followed and 273 steps grant reach to the summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Austerlitz
Cambridge to Install Brighter Street Lighting
City surveys by a General Electric lighting engineer lead to rearranged street lights in Cambridge. Fewer but higher power units will raise total illumination by 64 000 candlepower and reduce annual lighting costs. Drivers at intersections gain safer crossings, though some driveways may be less lit and foliage may obscure lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
General Electric Co
Electric Light Company
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U. S. Army
William C. Utley
AKAMS
Charles E. Kilbourne
Fort
Europe
Japan
Western Sewspaper Union
LNG
VI Corps
Brig. Sano
Brig
FLA. LN
Udueviece
Franklin
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