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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1938
Page
8
Fragmentary probate notice from Middlesex County court dated 1858 calling attention to an estate matter. Mentions return day and witnesses including John C. Jurdge, with instruction to appear before ten o'clock.
The text records a probate court notice in Middlesex County Massachusetts. It references a petition and potential name change to Joseph Richard Wotlek and sets a deadline to file objections before ten o'clock in the forenoon on a specified day in December.
A court notice in Middlesex County Cambridge lists a petition by Charles Perriella referenced as a misdeed case. The document directs interested parties to submit written objections by ten o clock in the forenoon on the specified date, with Judge John C. presiding and Lorin P. Jordan as Register.
The Merchants National Bank of Boston files a petition in Massachusetts Probate Court claiming tenancy and proceeds. Heirs or objectors must file written objections in Cambridge before ten in the forenoon on the return day, with witnesses named and dated notices recorded.
The probate court records the estate of Theodora Sedgwick late of Camp and deceased. The ward court considers the allowance of claims and procedures regarding the will and distribution of assets for Suen Norton during Sedgwick’s lifetime and after death.
The text notes a lack of systematic paper reporting until the nineteenth century Sogiebung era, indicating an uneven development of press practices and information dissemination in early modern media.
The piece notes a cordial welcome for Little Miss 1939 in city events at venues including Crystal Rathsheller opposite the Gas Co office on Mass. Avenue and parties hosted by the Elks Blue and Gold Club and Club Lafayette. At the Lafayette Buddy Hotin and his Jitterbugs will perform while Jim Gearin sings, with Hill Reynolds and Bunny McSorley mixing drinks.
In Middlesex probate court the administrator of Catherine O Donnell late of Cambridge has filed a first account for allowance. Interested parties must appear in Cambridge by ten o clock in the forenoon on January twenty, eighteen thirty, before Judge and the register.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex district to all persons interested in the estate of Elizabeth M Casey intestate deceased petition filed seeks appointment of Pro Pia Spain of Belmont as administrator with bond in probate court Cambridge. intends to appear by ten o'clock in the forenoon on January twentieth 1838 and comply with all requirements of law. dated December twenty ninth 1837. MIORING F JORDAN Register
City of Cambridge ordinance details appear with partial OCR errors. It notes passage by the City Council and officials including President McNamara Mayor Lyons and City Clerk Burke, dated December 21, 1934, and signed by city leadership.
Mayor Lyons declares a sweeping probe found 800 welfare cases with fraud or nonexistence. He cites improper payments, addresses that are vacant or uninhabited, and workers ineligible families. He vows a citywide reorganization, stricter eligibility, and outside aid controls while defending aid for the truly needy.
Jos Gordon of Gordon Tire Service at 118 Broadway Cambridge has earned wide confidence for safe service tires. The business offers a large stock of used tires and invites calls to Tro. 5661 to set in motion purchases.
A herd of elephants devastates banana plantations in Africa, trampling what they do not eat. They rub against telegraph poles, destroying lines as the elephants repeatedly topple successive posts along the line.
Geologists dispute U S cave ages calling them exaggerated. Experts challenge the stalactite ring theory and contend some caves formed since the Ice Age.
The text recalls 1894 Wisconsin smoke disrupting Great Lakes shipping from Phillips and Hinckley fires. It notes 1865 Silverton Oregon ashes covering about 1,000,000 acres and settlers reading by firelight. It cites 1910 as a record year with extensive burns in Washington and Oregon and winds driving flames, with smoke seen at sea and widespread moisture in rain or snow globally.
A former School Committee member rumored to seek a political comeback in 1939 surfaces as the present Park Recreation Commissioner hints at renewed public service.
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