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Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1904

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Cambridge Police Commission Bill Sparks Factional Blame Game

A Cambridge political clash centers on a proposed police commission bill. Senator William J. Rounds pushes Senate Bill 138 copied from Fall River to create a three member board appointed by the Governor with five year terms and hefty salaries. The measure faces opposition from Dallinger Champlin and others over governance, salaries, and the shift of power from mayor and aldermen to a governor appointed panel.

Police Commission Cambridge Dallinger Champlin Alderman Lake Senator Rounds Senate Rounds Citizens’ Trade Fall River Police Commission Fall River Committee On Cities Townsend Fall River Board Cambridge Board Lowell House of Representatives Board of Police City of Ed WM. J. Rounds Republcan William J. Rounds Commonwealth Cambridge Police Force Board of Aldermen Police Civil Service Commissioners of The Reserve Police Force Dallinger, Rounds & Co Jim Livingston

Scotch union hall event at Roughan Hall Charlestown

Clan Lindsey Stewart and McDougal hold a major gathering in Roughan Hall Charlestown on Thursday evening. The committee has hired The Tollmand Concert Company with Agnes Hyde Ella Cunningham and George Sykes to perform and Wilkinson’s Hyde Park orchestra to provide music. Chief Joseph Monaghan chairs the arranging committee.

Union Hall of Lindsey, Stewart and McDougal Roughan Hall Charlestown Agnes Hyde Madame Barutio Ella Cunningham George Sykes Wilkinson Hyde Park Joseph MonAhan Clan Lindsey

Lady Foresters Dance at Fifth Branch Hall

The fifth annual Hall of Branch Fan ny Parnell No 392 I N F was held in Cypress hall on Wednesday evening with about 400 attendees. The event featured a grand march led by Miss Jeanette A Quigley and M L Quigley, an orchestra behind potted plants, and a floor run by Miss Quigley assisted by Miss Norr Grimmons plus a large list of ladies and gentlemen including Miss Ida La Mont and Mr Thomas McDermott.

Fanny Parnell Cypress Hall Jeanette A. Quigley Norr Grimmons Sarah Garton Mary Connell Mary Doyle Annie Fowler Mary O'Conner Annie Donahue Della Kenney Annie Hannon Margaret Dwyer Margaret Lane Miss Quigley M. L. Quigley Howard Montgomery Ida la Mont Amelia la Mont Nellie la Mont Helen Shea Annie Randall Idizzle Delahanty Annie Yates Mary Tooney Daisy Carton Bellest George Rosa Beck Annie McCarthy Annie Greeley Josie Delahanty Thomas McDermott Annie Barry Margaret Whalen Mary Welch Lottie Granill Lottie Mower Susie Eagan Annie Marr William la Mont Annie Malone Ella Roper Agnes Flanagan Grace Quigley Margaret Moore Mary Randall Minnie Dinan Alle Powers Gertrude Conway Katie Nugent Annie Marshall Stacey Keating Celia Raples Margaret O'Brien Bessie Murphy Bella Hart Margaret Barrett Lizzie Ward Katharine Ward Margaret Roach Margaret Coughlan Mary Monahan Margaret Finn Mary Feeney Martha Wilson Mary Boyle Mary Walsh Edward Toner James Butler Joseph McCreigh Daniel Sheehan Maurice Quigley Michael Quigley John Conley John McElroy Edward Looney William Emerson Richard Conway John Dolan John Murphy William Lynch John Flavan James Dunn Neil O'Donnell Patrick Mullen Thomas Yates Thomas Dwyer Thomas Tulley Frank Condy Frank Lynch Charles Martello William Webster Hugh Conners Andrew O'Neill John O'Brien James Neilon John Keenan Wright Eamundson

Burglars Caught After Break In at McCloskey & Harty Store

Frank W Thompson age 24 of Somerville and Edward Aldrich, homeless, were arrested by Patrolman Robinson on Sunday night for breaking and entering the McCloskey and Harty store at Prospect and Cambridge streets. Thompson detained in the rear, Aldrich found with items in a rear window. Each held on 500 dollars bail for March grand jury in Lowell. A dance by Company A, 8th Regiment, is set for Thursday night at Newtowne club hall on Feb 18.

Frank W. Thompson Skehan Street Somerville Edward Aldrich Robinson Division 2 McCloskey & Harty Prospect Cambridge Streets Cambridge Street Thompson Iie Aldrich Lowell Olney 8Th Regiment Newtowne Club

Gossipy Cambridge politics detail a machine bid

A Cambridge Sentinel gossip column alleges Mayor Daly protects Doctor Weeks for a board spot while plotting to resign for a Superior Court seat. It discusses civil service changes, the police commission, subway funding, and the thwarted Non-partisan machine, noting endorsements, rival aldermen, and a looming January city hall clash.

Middlesex A A Elects Officers For Coming Year

The Middlesex A A held its annual meeting electing Robert Law as president for a third term with James P. Kneeland as vice-president Edward Langley financial secretary Wright Emerson recording secretary William McShea treasurer and Thomas McDonough manager of athletics. Directors chosen were George Ulich Maurice Quigley Arthur McGinty John Sumner and Michael Quigley. The group plans a baseball team likely to defend its city championship and Law notes the club has grown from 25 to over 100 members with rowing ambitions for the summer.

Middlesex A. A Robert Law James P. Kneeland Edward Langley Wright Emerson William McShea Thomas McDonough George Ulich Maurice Quigley Arthur McGinty John Sumner Michael Quigley Law Old Middlesex Bradford Crescent Kneeland Langley

Sleighing Party and Benevolence Bequests At Cambridge

A Cambridge sleighing party at Mrs Nellie Lyons home on Washington Street featured piano solos recitations and songs with many attendees. James A Woolson’s will disbursed numerous charitable bequests to churches lodges libraries and colleges in Cambridge and beyond with Boston’s Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company named executor.

Nellie Lyons Washington Street Waltham Nellie Gleason Carrie Bertsch Charles Johnson John Lyons Theresa Smith Mamie Cousick Edward Gleason Thomas Dillon Margaret Conway Imothy Murphy Annie Johnson Wm. J. Lorgan Thos. J. Dillon Julia Courick Alice Mayturn Lizzie Smith Mamie Courick Emma Deehan Thomas Gleason Frank Denney Timothy Murphy Richard Corbett Chester Greenfield Walter Cosgrove Joseph Denney James A. Woolson East Cambridge Harvard Street Methodist Episcopal Church Cambridge Gilbert Slaven Mizpah Lodge of Masons Amicable Lodge of Masons Ladies’ Benevolent Society F. Brigham & Gregory Company Boston Cambridge Hospital Cambridge Homes For Cambridge Public Library Radcliffe College Preachers’ Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church New England Conference Church Extension Society Boston University Wesleyan Academy of Wilbraham Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association East and Christian Union of Cambridge Cambridge Social Union Avon Nome Hopkinton Public Library New Zingland Methodist Historical Society Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn N. Y Home For Colored Women Hancock Street The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company

Red Jacket Veteran Firemen’s Hall Dance Held in Cypress Hall

The eleventh annual hall of the Red Jacket Veteran Firemen’s Association took place last evening in Cypress hall with over 700 attendees. The hall featured a large oil fire scene painting and a banner hanging above the stage. a full report will appear in next week’s paper.

Red Jacket Veteran Firemen’s Association Cypress Hall Red Tacket Association

Tenth Anniversary of St John’s Catholic Total Abstinence Society

St John's Catholic Total Abstinence Society marks its tenth anniversary on Tuesday evening February 16 in its Dudley street rooms North Cambridge. The group began February 1864 as an offshoot of St Peter's T A S and held initial meetings in Unity Hall with officers John Moynahan president and Jeremiah McCarthy recording secretary. The society met on the first and third Mondays in Unity Hall for two years.

St. John’s Catholic

Temperance Society Marks Ten Years On Dudley Street

In February 1806 the organization secured its present quarters on Dudley street and over ten years has promoted temperance in St. John's parish. The group, once 50 members strong, now thrives with officers led by president Daniel J. Morissey and including Robert Welch as vice president and John Horan as treasurer. The club offers evenings 7 to 10 30 and Sundays 10 to 10 80, featuring a library, gym equipment, and piano, plus a Ladies Auxiliary and a juvenile boys society. An anniversary reunion will feature a concert, dancing, and banquet.

Dudley Street St. John’s Parish Ward Eleven John Moynahan John J. O James W. Connors Robert Welch

Good Government League Meeting in Sanders Theatre

The Good Government League of Cambridge will hold its annual meeting on Monday evening February 8 at 8 o clock in Sanders Theatre Harvard University has lent the venue. Program includes remarks by C W Eliot Edmund Reardon R H Dana and R Fulton Cutting with Cutting speaking. Admission by ticket until 7 55 front seats reserved for editors and press passes for reporters only.

Good Government League of Cambridge Sanders Theatre League Harvard University C. W. Eliot Edmund Reardon Cambridge

Middlesex Legislators Dine at Revere House Boston

Middlesex County lawmakers met at the Revere House in Boston on Wednesday night, with nearly all county representatives and senators from both parties in attendance. Representative Hayes of Lowell served as chair, and speakers included Representatives Aylward and Googins of the city.

Middlesex County Revere House Boston Hayes Lowell Aylward and Googins

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the Police Commission Republican Party Sach City Ball Lady Foresters Sentinel Weeks Board of Wealth Daly Ifils Superior Court Coveney Alderman Blodgett Ward Seven John D. Mulroney Cunningham Weatherbee Callahan Shea Lane Henry Fielding Street Department McNamee City Hall Sheridan Batlie Tlom Modest Mttle Geo. W. Bunton Colonial Club Archie Howe Jerry Donovan Board of Health William R. Davis Witchburg O'Neill Carstein Downey Ffteen Walden Street Bridge Harlow Clise Corporation Charlie Lake Daly Club Clukas Sleighing Party Charity St. John’s T.A.S Thomas P. O'Neil Rindgefield City Yard North
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