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Newspaper

Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1904

Page

4

City Aldermen Debate Snow Removal and Field Stone Purchase

The Cambridge board of aldermen met for a regular session with all members present. They referred a mayoral request for 15 000 to aid the street department and a 200 for bridges to finance, and approved field stone purchases of 6000 for street work. Debates focused on staffing, snow removal, and whether the street department head spends adequate time in the field.

Board of Aldermen Wees Committee On Finance Old Home Week Association Tracy Charles Emerson William EK. Keys Lottie A. Tovell Hedvig Nilson George Robb Heyman S. Robinson James Tompkins William H. Carter Common Victualles Committee On Inman Square Barry Barnard Patrick Trallesey Maurice Keough Sewer Department John P. Travers Mark J. Folsom Tom W. Follin Pine Street Coolidge Cambridge Cemetery Fogarty Peabody School John E. Shaunnesy Laura “A. Gay Menges Manford C. Dexter Harry Segal John Murphy Charles L. French John Murphy & Co Willow Athletic Club Cambridge Electric Light Co Erie Street Meyers Joel Cronin Boston Elevated Railway Downey Ward 4 Ife

Common Council Advances Transit Talks and Budget Debate

The council, led by President Stearns, discussed a three member delegation to confer with Boston Elevated Railway about a Central Square to Harvard Square line. An allotment of 1200 for summer band concerts was approved to a finance committee. The budget got first reading but stalled on adoption with Downey opposing. Building plans failed to meet fire escape standards and were filed. Dinan proposed placing public building sidewalks under city charge.

Stearns Nelligan Dinan Board of Aldermen Boston Prospect Street Stephens Finance Committee Downey Common Council

Notoriety Purveyor Engaged for Pleasant Occasion

The article notes John J. Kelcher will serve as purveyor of notoriety for the event, signaling an expectedly pleasant gathering and a successful affair.

John J. Kelcher EE John J. Kelliher

Minstrel Show Opens With Whalen Lead and Featured Talent

Geoffrey Lionel Whalen will head the minstrel numbers with a host of entertainers for the evening. The program includes interludes by Keet and Coughlin illustrated songs and motion pictures, with a Willow Comedy Company farce and a long list of performers and end men. Committees on music and entertainment are also named.

Willow Athletic Club Odd Fellow Cambridge Washington Geoffrey Lionel Whalen Whalen Bud Holliday Bert Merandus Jack Foy Mat Sullivan Nicholas Faucon Keet Coughlin John Foy Halliday and Riley Sullivan and Henderson Whole Willow Comedy Company

The Professor's Finish Extravaganza by Whalen Company

A secretive Whalen company presents a double quartette led by Masters McCrehan OConnell OConor Fitzgerald and Misses OConnell OConnor McCarthy Kelliher Varney with Noble Kelliher as soloist. The finale features a spectacular marching extravaganza by the full company.

Whalen William McCrehan Henry O'Connell Gerald Martin O’connor James Fitzgerald Mary O'Connell Mary O'Connor Catherine McCarthy Lottie Kelliher Amanda Varney Noble Kelliher Solofat

Legacy revocation shifts vast Cambridge fortune to widow

Otis Fischer Black and Alice Black are disinherited by a third codicil to the will filed for probate this week. The widow Mrs Harriet White Fischer inherits more than 1 million dollars, while initial bequests to relatives are reversed and altered through multiple codicils, revealing romance and complexity in the late financier’s will.

Otis Fischer Black Avon Street Cambridge Alice Black W. Clark Fischer New York Harriet White Fischer White Wischer Miss White Martha Kischer Elizabeth Gage Providence Otis Macher Black Mr. Fischer Gage Mr. Black Harvar Sentinel

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