The Eagles Fly Kid Ball at Armory Hall Cambridge
The third annual Cambridge Aerie No. 185 ball was held in Armory hall, Central square, Wednesday evening. About 400 Eagles and Eaglers attended a well arranged event with red, white and blue decorations and an eagle painting with the American flag. Music by Kearn's orchestra accompanied the pleasant proceedings from 8 to 9 o'clock.
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Cambridge Aerie
Armory Hall
Central Square
Aerie
Kearn
Ren
City Ball Notes and Political Reflections from 1904
A march sequence at a city ball is described with attendees led by ex Mayor John H. H. McNamee and Miss Edna E. Burke, followed by President William Stolba. The piece covers reception committee members, event organizers, and harsh critique of reform leaders including R Fulton Cutting and Seth Low, contrasting aristocratic roots with democratic civic ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. H. McNamee
Edna E. Burke
William Stolba
Reform
Cits
Mr. Cutting
Mr. Low
Coriolanus
Seth Low
Columbia
Board of Education
Low
Messrs
Parkhurst
Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Donahoe's Magazine
Dancing officials listed for Saunders theatre event
The article lists a long roster of officials led by Chief marshal William Stolba for a Saunders Theatre event, detailing assistant and floor directors, aids, and numerous others. It then discusses Mr Cutting and a Donahoe magazine piece on reform in New York, noting the roles of Parkhurst Low Potter Platt and others in the reform movement.
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William Stolba
Z. H. Diehl
John A. Kelleher
David F. Corcoran
D. J.yerien
Thomas H. Kneeland
Charles H. Murphy
Tra
A. Brackett
Aids
Max Keezer
Thomas J. Duffy
B. T. McNiell
Charles A. Barr
B. F. Fallon
TY. BE. Brassil
John J. Cunningham
Cutting
New York
Good Government League
Saunders’ Theatre
Young
The
Sentinel
Donahoe's
Herbert Young
Chamberlain
Reform
Rey
Charles Parkhurst
Seth Low
Fulton Cutting
Bishop Potter
Senator Platt
Episcopal
Reform Party
City Laborers Win 2 25 Day Pay Raise Vote
Council advances a minority report to raise city laborers wages from 2 to 2.25 per day. Downey leads in favor, with Democrats and several Nonpartisans backing the raise, while others delay or oppose. Absentees and tabling motions shape the narrow nine to four outcome in favor.
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Crohin
Finance
Coveney
Carstein
Davis
Blodgett
Stearns
Elmore
Meyers
Caswell
Walcott
Downey
Nelligan
Cronin
Joel
Harlowe
Monk
Giles
Thayer
Stevens
Wood and Stearns
Croning Kneeland
O'Neil
Dinan
Nogan
McSorley
Reardon
SINTEENTIS ANNUAL BALI N KENNEDY MUTUAL BENEFIT BALL
The sixteenth annual ball of the N. A. Kennedy mutual benefit association filled Cyprus hall on Wednesday evening. Floor director J. A. Welsh oversaw dancing with attendants T. Z. Laran J. J. Daisy M. McDonald William J. Kersey C. Beck D. KF Haley T. W. Broadbent J. H. Donavan T. J. Yates M. J. Collins J. D. Sullivan N. Mulen J. Chamberlain J. J. O'Brien B. Morash and George Murphy assisting. Committee leaders included W. D. Berkeley chairman M F. Quinn treasurer D. I. Downey secretary with J. H. Donovan M. McDonald W. J. Dalay T. W. Broadbent C. Beck I. J. Lavan.
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Cyprus Hall
N. A. Kennedy
J. A. Welsh
T. Z. Laran
J. J. Daisy
M. McDonald
William J. Kersey
C. Beck
James A. Welsh
J. H. Donovan
W. J. Dalay
T. W. Broadbent
Lavan
A Cambridge Sentinel Gossip on Non-partisan Machine
A satirical column critiques Cambridge politics and officials amid fights over spoils, board appointments, and budget caucuses. It mocks Alderman Coveney, Lake, and the non partisan clique, notes tensions over park board and police, and comments on a controversial telephone pole ordinance and a City Hall scene. The piece also lampoons the city’s honoraries and police etiquette rules.
Old Settler Nelson Mayo Dies in Medford
Nelson Mayo, among the oldest French settlers in the city, died Monday night in Medford. Born 1818, he came to Cambridge in 1850 and worked in brick burning until retiring in 1870 before moving to Medford. Funeral held Wednesday at his Riverside Avenue home with interment at Malden’s Holy Cross cemetery. Four grandsons served as pallbearers, including J. Quinnette of this city, and many relatives attended.
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Medford
Nelson Mayo
Cambridge
Ile
Ife
Riverside Avenue
Ivoly Cross Cemetery
Malden
J. Quinnette
Postponement of smoke talk by A. O. H. Division 72
The committee postponed its smoke talk planned for Thursday to a later date to allow formal action and wider scope. Tickets for February 11 will be usable on the new date. I G McDermott of Cambridge street is seriously ill with pneumonia.
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Committee On
Alderman Lake
Cambridge Coach Company
Mike Shea
Mike
Division 72
I. G. McDermott
Cambridge Street
Police Chief Addresses Muster Speaks on Duty and Discipline
Acting Chief Pullen spoke to the Central square armory contingent after Mayor Daly, outlining expectations for duty, fairness in assignments, and discipline. He urged neat appearance, quiet conduct at courts, proper salutes, and avoidance of politics or favoritism, with emphasis on obedience and decorum.
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Daly
Pullen
Good Government Club
Speaker Cutting
Sentinel
Alderman Lake
Mentenanta
Capt. Pullen
Police Department
Central Square
Ife
Tie
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Eagles
Doolin
Alfred Christensen
James W. O'Toole
W. L. Fallon
William Cahill
Joseph Lacrosse
John Murden
John J. Cognan
Henry M. King
William Kirwin
Joseph F. Tevlin
William HW. Long
Frank McGrath
Willam Ht. Keaney
William J. Dougherty
Henry J.leyton
John A. Ederbert
James H. Keaney
J. H. H. McNamee
P. K. Kelleher
John KE. Dyer
George H. McIntire
Charles P. Feeley
S. H. Harrington
Edward McKinny
A. J. Osborn
George McKee
William P. Nickerson
Ira A. Brackett
C. W. Murphy
Thomas O'Hara
Edward Q Grant
L. J. Fallon
John J. Roach
A. J. Duffy
Joseph Cleary
J. Leo McDonald
B. T. McNeil
B. I. Fallon
P. H. Diehl
Edward H. Dickerman
William G. Thompson
D. J. Kelliher
J. J. Gately
D. K. Dinsmore
J. H. H. McNamer
A. McLean
John J. Horgan
D. J. Kelleher
BE. J. Malony
J. B. Murphy
Thomas Dickson
M. J. Toohey
D. B. Shea
W.J. McCoy, Jr
John D. Shea
Eugene Dube
Charles E. McCarthy
James J. Busby
M. J. Morrissey
John Irving
James A. Kelley
J. B. Diehl
William G.thompson
J. Joseph Corcoran
Edward Gaudet
D. J. White
Joseph EB. Burke
John J. Murphy
John J. Hawkes
R. Fulton Cutting
McNamee
Viluor
Sinteentis
Bali
Tammany
Mat
Quay
Pennsylvania
Park Board
Board of Health
Hampshire Street
Ash Department
Sheridan
Shea
Finance Committee
Alderman Coveney
Harlow
Smithers
Davia
Lynch
City Hall
Committee On Streets
Committee On Highways
Brookline
Chestnut Pole
Telephone Company
Flora de Fuma
Touraine
Boston
Smarner
Dallinger
G. Howland
Firev
Colomial Club
East Cambridge
Daly Club
Archie Howe
Alderman Blodgett
Powers
Cambridge Emmons
Old Settler
Cile Pullen
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