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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1940
Page
4
Confederate general Jubal Early attacked Fort Stevens on upper Georgia avenue on July 12 1854 triggering gunfire. Recent excavations reveal plaques with likenesses of Emperor Vespasiano and other military figures during the ancient encampment restoration efforts.
Pete Klein and staff at Lakeview Garage offer winter tune ups for cars in Wards 9 and 10. Located at the foot of Lakeview Ave near Fresh Pond, the shop promises expert diagnostics and repairs to prevent frost damage. Call Eli 9813 for advice and service on any car.
Collier's Weekly notes that historic counting terms were imprecise. A dozen could mean 12 or 13, a score 20 or 21, a hundred 100 to 153, and a thousand 1,000 or 1,200, reflecting variability in old usage.
The Jefferson Club of Cambridge praises the City Council for backing beano as a charitable activity. Daniel F. O'Brien notes beano's legality and calls out past bans on Penny Beano while detailing nominal admission and charitable intent. The piece ends by promoting Hennessy’s candies at 492 Mass. Ave.
The article explains that the earth functions as a giant magnet with a North magnetic pole near the geographic North and a South magnetic pole near the South. It notes the north seeking pole of the compass is attracted, and mentions a theory that daily surface heating drives electrical currents generating the magnetism.
Commonwealth of Marsache Bets probate court Middlesex notifies interested parties that Albert Wolfe or a suitable appointee may be named administrator of Theodora Wilson's estate. Objections must be filed in Cambridge by ten o'clock in the forenoon on January 6, 1940. Judge John C. Legrat presiding. Register Loring P. Jordan dated December 1, 23, Tan 4.
Court records reveal Frances W Wilson is declared insane and a guardian appointment is sought for her in Massachusetts with M Good Wolfe of West Hartford proposed as guardian. notice to object by a return date in December.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court reports the Middlesex court has allowed the first through fourth accounts of Elisabeth Emerson Mansontate trust. Interested parties must file written appearances by 11 am on January 7, 19 51, with John Leggat as judge and Loring P. Jordan as register.
The text traces early knitting origins to 1400 and cites Rev. William Lee of Nottingham who in the 18th century developed a machine. Lee allegedly knitted stockings for Queen Elizabeth I, initially coarse, then improved to a silk stocking pair.
The Midway Islands were discovered on July 5, 1859 by Capt. N C Brooks of the Gambier who claimed them for the United States Captain Reynolds on the U S Lackawanna formally took possession on August 28, 1887.
A Soviet balloonist suspended on a bench and carried by a balloon flew 375 miles for seven hours and forty minutes. Report from Moscow says his speed ranged between 50 and 55 miles an hour at times.
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