Recount Finishes. Daly Leads McNamee By 69 Votes
After a late tally at city hall the recount shows Judge Daly ahead of Mayor McNamee by 69 votes with only minor changes in the assessor race. Several protests volleyed by both parties delay final certification as aldermen may shift vote tallies and unresolved ballot issues loom.
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Ward 11
City Hall
Judge Daly
McNamee
Daly Wis
Otee Abryor Moe Ince
Jeremiah F. Donovan
Barry
Flynn
KE. A. Cutting
Cutting
Allen
N. P
Anderson
Barnard
Fry
Blodgett
Carstein
N. Ps. Coveney
N. P. Davis
Ni RA
Harrington
Lake
H. Rt. Bailey
Daly
S Vates
Board of Aldermen
Board of Registrars of Voters
Fourth Annual University City laundry workers ball draws 400
The fourth annual ball of the University City laundry employees was held at Prospect hall on Friday evening with about 400 attendees. Guests included Mayor John H. H. and Representative James I. Aylward, along with Aldermen Barrett and Harrington. Numerous social attendees named among the guests list.
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University City Laundry
Prospect Hall
John HH
St. McNamee
James I’. Aylward
James T. Barrett
Stephen H. Harrington
Mary Cohen
Gertrude Conor
Marie Cushman
Annie Hayes
Julia Leary
Catharine Sullivan
Katharine Montgomery
Anna Connors
Theresa Reardon
Hattie Reardon
Katharine Reardon
Bella Chestnut
Tattie Barnes
Katharine Daley
Jennie McCollum
Elizabeth Doherty
Maud Mlyer
Ella Daly
Bella Hart
Ella Doherty
Ella Corcoran
Alice Kenney
Abbie Lynch
Cassie Stewart
Gertrude Stewart
Julia Shea
Charlotte Cane
Helen Thompson
Catharine 4
Lson
Adeline Farley
Eva Curry
Margaret Malone
Ellen McGowan
Sarah Reid
Agnes Coleman
Sarah Glidden
Minnie
William Ponlon
Frank Rason
John Fay
David Leahy
John Leahy
Edward Connell
Stanley ‘Fowne
Harry Connell
Harry Colby
William Norris
Thomas Jones
Richard Conway
Frank Dorman
Thomas Riley
Arthur Fay
Edward Murphy
William Newman
Charles Thompson
Rank McCarthy
Edward Noonun
Midnight and Christmas Day Services at St. Peter's Church
St Peter's Cambridge announces Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services with a midnight Eucharist and multiple Holy Communions and morning services. A children's Christmas festival is planned for Sunday December 27 at 3 p.m. with a sermon by Rev. Charles I Barter about Looking Backward. Mr and Mrs William Tanhy welcome a baby boy.
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St. Stephens
Holy Innocents
Women’s Missionary Society
St. Peter's
Cambridge
Charles I. Barter
Margaret Coburn
Children's Theatre
Isabel Winward
William Tanhy
Rindge Avenue
North
Leah
Cambridge Trade Association Hearing on Merchant Marine Revival
The Cambridge Citizens Trade Association met with about 100 members to hear Col. Albert Clarke discuss the American Merchant Marine and seek public support for legislation to revive national shipping. Debate covered tariffs subsidies and foreign trade, with a resolution favoring improved Anglo American ties advancing to Congress despite opposition from Alderman Barrett.
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Cambridge Citizens Trade Association
Col
Albert Clark
Home Market Lab
Col. Clarke
Congress
High Seas
Hopewell
Cambridge
A. J. Daly
New Hampshire
Merchant Marine
South America
Orient
Ile
Great Lakes
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Boards of Trade
Home Market Club
John Hopewell
W. A. Hunnewell
Cambridge Citizens’ Trade Association
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Hunnewell
James
Barrett
Herman Bird
Weise
Alderman Barrett
Cambridge Aerie to Host February Ball
Cambridge Aerie No. 185 Ff. 0.1 plans a ball in early February with a committee guiding arrangements. The note laments limited public assembly spaces and hints at a future hall for larger events. The Sentinel promotes subscriptions and notes the John Boyle O'Reilly branch No. 415 will hold its third annual ball January 16 with McInnes orchestra.
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Cambridge Aerie No
Maior Hall
Cambridge
John Boyle O'Reilly
Morestera’ Benefit Society
Prospect Hall
McInnes Orchestra
Gossip from Cambridge's Democratic Circles 1908
A Cambridge reader writes a gossip column noting local political dynamics in 1908. Mentions Mayor McNamee, Michael J. Shea, Belmore, McDonald, Donovan, Coveney, H. R. Bailey, and Alderman Barnard. Describes a kindergarten Christmas tree event at Willow Street, funded by Edmund A. Whitman. Reflects on Higginson's eightieth birthday tribute and council proceedings including Downey and Shea.
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Willow Street
Miss Ryan
Edmund A. Whitman
Cambridge Election Day Anecdotes Reflect Local Political Forces
Voters and officials in Cambridge recount Election Day events with humor and tension. Stories include a chief grandfathering a repeat offender, Rev. J Henry Duckery’s mood after losses, and a nurse mother at the polls dropping a pencil. Rumors swirl about mayoral and board presidency arrangements as party tensions surface.
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Ambridge
Sill
Cambridge political tempers flare over mayoral hopes
The letter discusses postmarks and personal knowledge of John McNamee, argues newspapers misled voters, questions Cambridge’s non partisan status on December 15, and notes many men expect Daly to become mayor, urging readers to forgive enemies and stop knocking.
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Cambridge
Mr. Daly
Sullivan and O'Brien Fight in Cambridge Boxing Bout
The Cambridge audience watched John Sullivan and Jack O'Brien clash in fifteen rounds. O'Brien, heavier and more experienced, won the decision but Sullivan earned the crowd’s praise for his pluck and sportsmanship.
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Cambridge
Boston
Philadelphia
John
Harvard Square
O’brien
Sullivan
O'Brien
Sulivan
Cambridgeport Gymnasium game sets scoring record
W McCarthy of the Cambridgeport Gymnasim team broke Segrue of St John’s Institute’s record with 18 goals in the Co BR 8th Levitrement game at Cambridgeport Gym Wednesday evening. The final was Cambridgeport 0 Co BR 8, Cambridge Latin 4.
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W. McCarthy
Cambridgeport Gymnasim
Segrue
St. John's Literary Institute
Co. BR
Cambridgeport
Paelum Wedneway
The Wenamee Machine triumphs in Cambridge school race
In Cambridge 1903 politics clash over Dr. Fitzsimons who, though defeated numerically for the school committee, is called the moral conqueror by supporters. Letters from backers praise his fair work on the library and evening school, while opponents blame a “McNamee machine” for defeat and vow to keep schools out of party politics.
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McNamee
Central Square
City Wall
Cambridge Gas Company
Philip M. Witzsimons
Ife
William Taggard Piper
Carolyn (Hase
Col
T. W. Sigginson
John Graham Brooks
J. B. Malley
John R. Fairbairn
Fitzsimons
Dr. Fitzsimons
Piper
Chase
T. Wentworth Iuggenson
Oxford Street
Cambridge
Ellen FL Adams
Political Equality League
Cambridge youths win in Globe and Traveler contests
The Boston Globe and Traveler contests crown Cambridge boys and girls among winners. Terese Tegan placed third and Misa Kling fourteenth for girls. James McCormack third, Hanifen eleventh, White thirteenth, Cunninghaw fourteenth among boys. John Walcott won a traveler guess and an automobile prize. his father is Dr. Walcott and he attends Harvard Grammar.
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Boston Globe and Traveler
Mambridge
Globe
Massachusetts
Terese Tegan
Misa Bessie Kling
James Joseph McCormack
Hanrry Hanifen
George A. White
James Cunninghaw
Traveler
Canbridge
John G. Walcott
Broadway
J. C. Walcott
Harvard
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Mass
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Common Council
Mr Ily Messenger
Belmore
McDonald
Donovan
Coveney
H. R. Bailey
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Jeremiah F. Downey
Clark
Jerry
Shea
Cunningham
J. Frank Vacey
J. Henry Duckery
Mr. Duckery
Louis I. Baldwin
Hark
Shaw
Gen.Champlin
Champlin
Fred
K W. ‘McDonald
Register of Voters
Vetera
McNamee Haa
Man
John McNamee
Oliver West
Annie Elizabeth West
A. G. West
Charles KR. Oliver
O. H. Wallace
Broadway Baptist Church
Nathan W. Hawkes
Bestman
Mabel E. West
Isabelle A. Marks
Chelsea
Pauline Stockton
Edgar A. West
Francis M. Carcoran
Miss Wertham, Adams
New York
Washington
Massachusetts Avenue
Carden Street
Charles JL. Mix
Arlington
Mr. Mix
Cambridge Hospital
Concord Avenue
Katherine
Rehill
Carney Hospital
Cam“soe
Issips
Norv's Convent
Cambridge Street
Vequiem
St. Paul's Church
William Cook
Kassombe Tee
Boston Drawbridge
Masaschusetta General Hospital
Wenamee
Buckingham Street
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