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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1936
Page
2
An article extols modern laundries as a solution to wash day misery. It highlights the Monk's Laundry at 284 Norfolk Street with its water purification system, ready-to-wear care, and prompt service. It asks readers why sending laundry out is more economical and directs readers to page 77 for details and prices.
Misa Ethel Porter of Cambridge Electric Light Co. leaves for Brennan Maine to visit Mrs Annie Helser. Miss Alice Reed plans a three week automobile trip visiting Cape Cod the White Mountains and Quebec. Miss Cora MacKenzie enjoys a two week vacation at Moorehead Lake Maine. Miss Pauline Smith spends summer at Rye Beach New Hampshire. Miss Nina Littlefield takes two weeks at her summer home in Portland Harbor.
A curious account traces tips to inns and coffeehouses where choxes or boxes collected coins for waiters. Prompts such as to insure promptness appeared on boxes, while early usage links tip to the verb to give. By 1755 writers note they have laid out every farthing in tips to servants.
A fragment notes how the appendix is filled with a mass of punctuation marks and a call to the Yesdler to arrange them in the book. The eccentric of New guts punctuation mark theme appears as a playful aside.
The text notes that most men will hear agreeable advice but few welcome advice that challenges them unless they seek to advance their own aims. It frames ambition as a filter for accepting guidance.
Monday and Tuesday features Everybody's Old Man with Rochelle Hudson and Irving Cobb followed by Petticoat Fever starring Myrna Loy and Robert Montgomery. Wednesday and Thursday showcase Tough Guy with Jackie Cooper and Jean Hersholt and The Ex Mrs Bradford with Jean Arthur and William Powell. Friday and Saturday present Florida Special with Sally Eilers and Jack Oakie and Three On the Trail starring William Boyd.
A gem expert explains color drives diamond value. Red tinted stones top the market, followed by greenish hues, while size or cut are less influential.
After twenty years of agitation Port Chester New York seeks inspection of its war memorial titled The Slob for artistic merit amid a debate over glorifying the soldier versus showing him as a fighting man Sculptor Karl Pavanglava is identified in the discussion Local factions clash on the memorial’s interpretation and presentation of the veteran image and the public response remains heated.
Atty J Joseph Foley plans a lively fall debate with Editor Mahoney at the Central Square Business Men's Assn Fuller rarely visits Mayor Lynch followed by quips about Dan Kendall Square printer Albert N Murray backs State Auditor candidate Russell Abner Wood who faulted local industry for not voting in Cambridge Pearl and Brookline streets to become one way in a needed arterial upgrade Salli Hoffman Rosenberg Branch Shoe Store views a parade while Treasurer Bill Shea rises as a potential Isaac Walton figure after a whopper loss fears.
Campaign managers convene at Fresh Pond Golf Course as North Cambridge backs a mayoral candidate John. Public Health Committee supports a Central Square station while City Council hopefuls include Atty Stoughton Bell John Corcoran Jeremiah Downey Eliot Spalding Dennis Dana Cabot Callahan and Prof Robert Rogers. Local liquor dealers’ secretary John L Wells connected to Wells Beach Maine. School Board member Jimmy Fitzgerald plans another elective run after his term, pursuing public office per spirit of law.
A reflection on love as a teacher that can withdraw people from error reform character and lead them toward self denial. It emphasizes love guiding individuals from hardship to moral improvement through steady influence.
A reader noting the Speaker praises a man for his appearance and teeth while hearing a loud public address. The remark reflects local reactions to oratory during a period of public discourse.
A Cambridge dentist Dr. Gorsey urges regular six month visits to prevent pyorrhea and costly repairs. He promotes modern equipment, budget plans, and reasonable prices with exams and estimates available at 6789 Maas Avenue Central Square. Call KTR 2480 for an appointment.
The text hints at a forthcoming hotel project in Inman Square featuring a large hall intended to host events. It notes figures linked to local life and politics, including a fish dealer and a wrestler with ties to law enforcement, while referencing aspirations for state senate positions and salaries.
A quirky City snapshot notes councilors and officials in Cambridge with sniffs of satire. The piece jokes about safety island painting and no parking signs amid City Hall chatter. It mentions Editor Mahoney, a Library Trustees meeting, and a speculative El bus plan. It also teases a political bid by Rodney W. Long and hints at local café politics with Hymie Pill and Morris Finkel in Central Square.
Miss D. A. Quinn of 30 Carver Street sailed from Baltimore on the 8th aboard the Chatham of the Merchants and Miners Line en route home via Baospee. She had never visited Washington.
Chief Gutheim suggests using dynamite on the Concord avenue dump while the plan to develop a home colony proceeds. School Committeeman Doc Cassidy possesses reading material not yet cleared for publication.
J Frank Facey, noted printer and amateur athletic official, plans a vacation amid a charged political atmosphere reflecting his lifelong ruling passion for public life and sport administration.
The Florida Cafe at 1390 Cambridge Street Inman Square invites locals and visitors to enjoy a quality lunch with sparkling beer ale or wine. Managed by John and Joe, the cafe promises a competent, welcoming atmosphere next to the fire house.
Signed by Dodgers official Jack Kelly, Fordham backfield star last year joins Brooklyn Dodgers football squad after captaincy at Fordham.
Java experiences about 222 storms yearly on average 2233 storms per year as the text outlines a pattern of frequent thunder activity and storm occurrences across seasons. The language appears garbled but repeatedly mentions storms and annual counts.
The M. M. Co A notes forty boys in the Summer Program visited Revere for a beach swim and beach adapted games under Don Matheson. Archery high scores on August 25 went to Charles Herlihy John Richards John Herlihy William Richards Henry Keating William McKinnon Henry McCormick Frederick Stuart Clarence Hannafin and George Guild. John Richards beat Charles Sullivan to win a recent boys checker tournament. Non swimmers in the program decline as 23 have learned to swim under Glenn C. Perduyn. three completed the beginners’ swimming test Charles Sullivan Gilman Brewer George Kelley. The association again partners with Cambridge Neighborhood House to provide outdoor playground movies. a movie night was held Wednesday.
Hearings before the License Board were postponed for a week causing a short session. An investigation into lodging house licenses at 82 Windsor Street in 1933-34 involved Mary Corrigan now running two houses at 45 Prospect Street. The Polish American Citizens Club seeks a liquor license for quarters in the old East Cambridge Car Barns. Councillor Jimmy Mahoney sought the delay. Josephine Rosky, owner of a Pearl Street lunch room, was warned not to use the side door without permission amid complaints of entry by that door.
The Dead Sea lies 1200 feet below sea level with a depth of 1300 feet in a vast rift. It receives 8.8 million cubic meters of water daily from the Jordan and Judean hills but loses all by evaporation during eight rainless months. It holds vast salts including muriate of potash, estimated at over two billion tons.
The first New York City mile stones were set in 1769 from Wall and Nassau along Bowery Road to Kingsbridge. A second series in 1801 ran to Middle Road, and a third in 1822 along Bowery and Third Avenue at the present City Hall. All stones measured sixty six by four by six inches.
The text compares honey bees and bumble bees plus wasps, explaining honey bees die after stinging as their barbed stinger tears from their body while bumble bees and wasps can sting repeatedly without self harm, likening the latter to a machine gun.
The Colpitts Touring Co of Boston offers unrestricted travel planning across steamship lines railways and airways with no service charge. Manager Clarence C Colpitts provides free illustrated booklets and customized tours to suit budgets and schedules at Capitol 3633 for more information.
The Mansfield Academy of Beauty Culture in Boston promotes cosmetology as a winning profession. It offers modern training at moderate tuition, with abundant facilities and strong job prospects after graduation. Fall courses are enrolling. call DEV 8032 for details.
Opening today for four days the Central Square Theatre presents San Francisco starring Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald and supported by Spencer Tracy Jack Holt Ted Healy and Jessie Ralph. The program also offers Absolute Quiet with Lionel Atwill Irene Hervey Ann Loring Raymond Walburn Stuart Erwin Louis Hayward Wallace Ford Bernedene Hayes. The last half program features Song and Dante Man starring Paul Kelly Claire Trevor and Michael Whelan with back stage romance. The companion feature The Crime of Doctor Forbes stars Gloria Stuart and Robert Kent in a poignant drama with real smash.
Rowland C. Sheldon, Camden native and Harvard and West Point alumnus, spearheaded the National Crime Prevention Institute based in New York. He served as commandant of Montclair academy 1900 through 1911 and held senior roles with the Big Brother movement and its sister branch in New York.
The Metropolitan Theatre opens Friday with film Yours For the Asking starring George Raft Dolores Costello Barrymore Ida Lupine Edgar Kennedy Lynn Overman Skeets Gallagher Reginald Owen and a Major Bowes All Star Amateur Revue on stage led by Ted Mack. The program features The Three Youman Brothers Fritzi Robbing The Swing String Five Homer Lasher Sid Raymond Lightning Three Frances White and the Three Virginia Hams among others.
The aurora borealis and aurora australis arise from electrons from the sun colliding with atmospheric gases like krypton and nitrogen. Earth’s magnetism and sunspot frequency are also believed connected, with auroras aligning to the magnetic needle during magnetic storms.
In the British Museum a prized collection of Greek art and sculpture was saved from destruction by Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin who led diplomatic efforts in Constantinople at the start of the 19th century. The pieces were transported to England and placed in the British Museum bearing his name the Elgin Marbles.
A noted sunfish grows from a pinhead to a one ton adult, illustrating dramatic oceanic development from tiny larva to massive creature.
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