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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
1
The board and mayor take oaths and the mayor delivers an inaugural outlining charter amendments extending office terms and shifting the fiscal year. Changes affect the school committee, veto power, and funding limits, with calls for careful legal interpretation and possible remedial legislation.
City Clerk Brandon nears 21 years with the Cambridge city government in a quiet, steady career praised by colleagues. In city politics, the board of aldermen presidency remains unsettled as Alderman Barry leads a caucus majority while James Dietrich and Downey withhold support. Mayor Wardwell celebrates his own milestones including a 20th wedding anniversary as Cambridge weighs election and governance questions.
The coming marriage of John Gannon and Alice Cumiskey is announced for January 23. Gannon, chief machinist at A. E. Burton & Co. brushes, and Cumiskey are the central couple in this social note. Also reported is the installation of North Cambridge Council 269 K of C officers led by District Deputy Joseph Simpson with remarks from several officers.
The 1907 city council held a social banquet at the Quincy House with speeches and singing. President Chas Lake received a watch charm while President Hunter was humorously chided. Mayor Wardwell entertained with vaudeville style talent and comic songs as the room enjoyed a high-spirited evening.
Employees of Houghton Mifflin Riverside Press Bindery Department held their annual New Year's dinner at Ye Park Inn Boston on Saturday evening January 4 1908. Chairman Arthur B Burns acted as toastmaster introducing the Ladies Wadette Orchestra and speakers Richard Welsh Dennis D OLeary Edward Greensstein Augustus Dillingham with songs and remarks.
Smiling all over because he has just purchased one of the houses we are offering for sale. We can find just the house to suit your particular needs in size and location, and we will if you will let us have your name and requirements. We have now for your consideration a number of choice properties for investment and occupation.
The Cambridge undertaker Joseph Ricker on Prospect Street offers an up to date establishment with a spacious post mortem chamber and mortuary chapel, claiming the largest and most modern plant in the area.
Ex councilman James F. Black stopped his wagon after finding two five year old children crying in the cold. He searched the neighborhood for fifteen minutes to identify them and brought them to Station 2 for safekeeping until their parents could claim them.
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