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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
5
The notes laud Bart Sullivan as a popular capable instructor and an all round athlete. John Haverty and Dave O’Connor receive playful cautions about nicknames. Aquinas hall is praised as the city’s finest venue for amateur drama with a rumored, promising company forming soon.
The Boston terminus for the Cambridge subway faces a choice between Scollay Square and Park Street. A hearing by the railroad commission will decide, with Aldermen Dow Henderson and Blanchard forming a committee to advocate for Park Street. The panel will include Mayor Thurston and City Solicitor Percy, with discretion left to the committee.
A stitched-together rundown covers ostrich trade in Sudan, Chinese and British imperial topics, a 1565 London clock in Maine, Dreadnought naval history, and curious patents for furniture adaptions. It notes tax, art thefts, and the Cordons Bleus origin with Fallieres, ending with a tale of a Rubens discovery in Antwerp.
Eskimo communities brace for winter with seasonal migration of reindeer and walrus. They rank hunters from strongest to weakest, distributing scarce food so the strongest sustain the weak, a harsh but necessary practice to prevent total starvation.
A London Telegraph note describes a meerschaum pipe carved from a single block to depict Columbus landing. Valued at £8000, it stands as one of the world’s most remarkable carvings with twenty four four inch figures. The master carver is dead and duplica tion is unlikely as demand wanes.
The article notes recurring mouth ulcers are painful. It mentions alum as a traditional remedy applied to the yellow center, but calls it bitter. A physician prescribes a saturated solution of potassium chlorate to be applied every two hours, explaining saturated solution as maximum solubility in water.
Norman English law deprived lepers of suing or inheriting. They could enjoy usufruct of property they possessed upon being deemed leprous, but lost all rights of disposition over it.
A playful exchange in Syracuse features Miss Praise-Miss Bright remarking that her father earned distinction on the bench while Miss Spite-Yes notes he was a shoemaker. The light banter highlights local social wit.
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