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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1941
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Raymond J McDonald wed Sunday at St Pauls Church. The bride formerly Helen Jenkins of 19 Baldwin Street was attended by her sister Marion as maid of honor. Francis Sweeney of Somerville served as best man. A reception followed at the Jenkins home. They will reside at 29 Baldwin Street.
Mr and Mrs John Leary of 26 Greenough Ave announce the engagement of their daughter Marion to William Thayer of 65 Antrim St Thayer is a Northeastern University graduate now in the Boston insurance business No date yet set but a summer wedding is anticipated
Mon and Tue present Over the Moon with Merle Oberon and The Crooked Road. Wed shows My Son My Son with Carroll Hayward Aherne and Jeepers Creepers. Fri and Sat feature The Young People with Temple Oakie and Yester day's Heroes with Rogers Sterling.
Betsy Ross, famed maker of the first United States flag, lost two husbands during the Revolutionary era. John Ross died in a powder explosion, while Thomas Ashbourne perished in an English prison.
The Metropolitan Theatre opens New Year with Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland film Santa Fe Trail about pre Civil War days. Flynn plays Jeb Stuart and Ronald Reagan appears as General George Custer with Raymond Massey as John Brown. Olivia de Havilland portrays Kit Carson. A Night At Earl Carrolls stars Ben Murray Lillian Cornell Rose Hobart and J Carroll Naish with Cobina and Brenda.
The government may appropriate a license to use an invention if it serves vital public interest and is necessary for government operations. Compensation is provided under statutory provisions. Mr and Mrs Alfred Stevenson visit New York and stay at the Vanderbilt Hotel.
A note on historical word values shows dozen could be 12 or 13 while score meant 20 or 21 and hundred ranged from 100 to 124 or 13 percent. Collier's Weekly discusses variable old numerals.
The Cambridge Electric Light Company holds its annual Christmas party for employees and their families with a large turnout. Committees led by Floyd D. Campbell organize concerts, gifts, and refreshments at the YWCA, as Ruth Creed and Miss Porter coordinate entertainment and distribution of presents to 163 children and 86 mothers.
The island of Java in the East Indies is cited as the most densely populated land mass per square mile. This designation highlights its high population concentration relative to area.
The world's smallest animal Pleuromonas jaculans measures under three thousandths of an inch in length and inhabits ditches and pools.
Libby's at 99 Mass Ave Central Sq offers a wide range of spirits with courteous service. If a desired item is out of stock they promise prompt sourcing and reliable customer care. Eli 7926 is the call for satisfactory service and delivery.
A fragment notes that knitting emerged around 1400, followed by William Lee of Nottingham developing a knitting machine about two centuries later. He allegedly knitted stockings for Queen Elizabeth I, but the queen reportedly found them coarse and sought improvements, leading to silk stockings with a new machine.
Richard H. Mulcahy 70 of 12 Rindge Ave died Friday evening at Cambridge City Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral from Nelligan funeral home followed by a solemn High Mass at St. John's Church. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. He leaves a brother Patrick with the Postal Service.
The article explains the compass needle aligning with Earth as a giant magnet. It notes the North magnetic pole near the geographic North and the South magnetic pole near the South. It mentions a theory that Earth's magnetism arises from daily surface heating causing electrical currents.
A historical note compares early 1900s expectations with modern trends, stating that sea toe jances of attending college rose from about one in 33 to roughly one in six.
Excavations at Campo Marzio reveal numerous plaques bearing likenesses of Emperor Vespasian and other military figures, prompting plans to restore the ancient Roman encampment grounds. The finds are described as significant for understanding early Roman military and urban space.
The century saw gold valued at about 170 million dollars vanish in shipwrecks. Many sunken vessels carried vast treasure, with recoveries varying by location and depth as explorers pursued lost riches.
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