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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1939
Page
4
The island of Jeva in the East Indies is described as the most densely populated land mass in the world with 21 people per square mile.
President McNamara announces annual award list after election. Councillors Sullivan, Dee, Donovan, Tierney, and Sull ivans named across departments including Education, Bonds, City Engineering, Planning, Claims, Autos, Health, Industrial Development, Legislative Matters, Public Safety, Public Services, Roads and Bridges, and Wires and Lamps.
The Arctic fox stays snow white in the north year round. Farther south it changes with seasons and in the southern range remains dark year round, earning the name blue fox.
Welfare Commissioner Andy Dillon explores angles while an Ex Mayors Club forming stirs chatter. Harvard remains in Cambridge as editor Eliot Spalding basks in editor’s punch. City politics mix with temperamental depictions and plans from Tobin to Harrison as school and police roles loom.
A retrospective column recalls Speaker of the House grafton D Cushing and political shifts as Peter Tague becomes Boston Postmaster. Harvard Sq Business Men hear Munro discuss municipal charters. Fire Captain Newman dies in New Bedford. Dan Shea urged for alderman. Police Mutual Aid Ball draws crowds with officers listed. Gambling raid on Cambridge Street noted. Local Planning Board ideas under Mayor Barry and January grass fire on Rindge Avenue.
The Cambridge Community Federation outlines its partners including the Bureau Community Center Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and several social service groups. Officers listed are H. LeBaron Sampson president Francia J. Good vice president Melville Eastham vice president Walter F. Earle treasurer George A. Macomber secretary Rev. Angus Dun budget chair and Noyes Collis Collinson executive secretary. Office location is fourth floor at 18 Brattle Street.
Public auction to foreclose a mortgage on a parcel of land with buildings in Middlesex South District Massachusets. Description includes 12222 square feet, bounded by Magazine Street and Taylor land, with fixtures and liens noted. Sale at ten o'clock AM on February 8 1929 by Home Owners' Loan Corporation.
Middlesex probate records show the executrix of Raby Prescott’s will presenting an account for allowance. The Cambridge court set a date before ten in the forenoon on January 9, 1865, with witness John C. Leech confirming entries in the record.
City of Cambridge Mass notices a public hearing at City Hall on Monday January 30 1080 at 2 PM. The Board of License Commissioners will consider license for the sale and storage of fuel oil at 100 Sidney Avenue in total quantity not exceeding 10 000 gallons with restrictions in a punch tank.
Proposals must be received at City Hall Cambridge Room 1 by ten o clock on the deadline and opened publicly for water and supplies. Access to a form is at the Purchasing Agent’s office and sealed envelopes are required.
A Holding company affiliate of Harvard Trust Company, Boston area, filed a report under the Federal Reserve Act as of December 31, 1948. Old Colony Trust Associates of Howton Massachusetts controls Harvard Trust Company through majority stock ownership and related financial ties. The Peter Gray Corporation Cambridge Massachusetts reports ownership of 198 of 214 shares. No other borrowings or obligations are noted. Notary statements certify the affidavit by Robert Tonon, president and treasurer of Peter Gray Corporation, sworn January 12, 1939.
Public foreclosure auction announced for February 1930 on a Cambridge land parcel with buildings. Mortgage by Catherine Moran estate to Cambridge Trust Company, with $500 earnest payment and balance due within ten days after sale. probate records referenced in Middlesex.
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