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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
2
A botany professor in Inantows city praised flowers and their ties to humans, ending with the line The Lord that abides me made a daisy. An audience member quipped You bet le did, delaying the professor as the joke was unraveled. The verse by Paul H. Hayne on love and equality follows.
A Scotch minister and his servant, returning from a wedding, discuss their inebriated state. The minister asks if he is walking straight and the servant, through foggy perception, wonders who accompanies him. It reads as a humorous rustic vignette from a period source.
An old farmer skeptical of long distance talk uses a neighbor’s phone to call his wife Jane. A summer lightning bolt zaps the wire as he shouts hello Jane, knocking him down but proving the concept. He vows not to try again.
An automobilist driving through the country kills a dog during an abrupt crossing. He offers money to the man walking ahead and asks if 85 will fix it. The man names 35 as the fix and pockets the payment as the car leaves. The man then wonders whose dog it was.
Mrs G Black of Gardiner Oregon spoke on cultivating bravery and unselfishness through kindness. A boy plans to grow up with a church repair fund anecdote shows generosity wavering and a parishioner inflates a pledge after a plaster incident.
A summer visit in New York featured a “cold tea” at the Americus clubhouse in Greenwich Connecticut with gracious company including New York Governor John T Hoff man. A guest spoke privately to the governor during the gathering.
The piece recounts President Lincoln sending a letter to Governor Buckingham of Connecticut thanking for troop quotas. Governor Hoffman had not received such a letter from Lincoln for New York and discussed it with Lincoln at the executive mansion. Lincoln’s playful remark about Mrs Lincoln’s tea occasions the exchange.
A mother gently rebukes her son after he swears by explaining God is with him at all times and even knows his thoughts. On an errand downtown a dog trails him and he quips that it is bad enough to have God following him everywhere let alone a dog.
A tall Yankee rides into a Confederate camp to trade a horse for tobacco during a temporary ceasefire. Confederate soldiers tease, offer $10,000 for the horse, but the Yankee resists, stating he has just paid that amount to have it carried.
The article recalls O Rorke a former Rochester hodcarrier promoted to West Point who led his men at Round Top and was honored by friends with a gold watch. It notes his marriage to Bridget and his death at Gettysburg while his regiment battled near the muzzles of its guns.
The professor returns to town with his academy set for reopening. Rumors linked Mr. Thompson to a large stage school, but he will stay in his native city where he has run a 15 year show business career. He reports a successful Connecticut Valley season and will hold private classes with Monday evening dances after Labor Day.
Central Theatre undergoes extensive alterations by proprietor Alexander to improve service with new seats and higher seating capacity and an upgraded interior for patrons.
The theatre will postpone the dramatic stock company return and continue standard operas this fall and winter with the current company. Additional Tuesday matinees begin September 2 and subscription seats for the operatic season are being accepted.
The late Sir Henry Irving praised Keith's Theatre as the best constructed in America when visiting Afr Keith. Locals in Greater Boston know Keith's versatility and trust in daily shows from 1 to 3 with ongoing performances until 10 30 p m ensuring families enjoy afternoon theatre for children and adults alike.
Boston's Majestic Theatre announces the final performances of the "Green Bird" engagement next week. The season 1907 08 will open on Labor Day with the venue billed as Boston's most beautiful dramatic temple following a highly successful previous season.
Boston theatergoers will hear Miss Clara Lane in the title role of Flotun opera Martha next week at Castle Square Theatre. The work remains one of the most popular operas in musical history.
The excerpt notes intense heat across the British Isles with a quip that only a Dahomey warrior party in bright attire seemed comfortable. It references Mr. Tudor and a cratered thermometer moment as the heat turns people restless and children’s presence caution is advised.
The Majestic Theatre in Boston aims to maintain its high standard of excellence as its opening production Asc in ating Flora, a major New York success, heads a promising season. Cambridge’s dramatic fans are expected to flock, making this season well attended.
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