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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
22
Catalog listing multiple corsets and shoes with prices and brief descriptions. Items include summer net and batiste corsets in various hip lengths and steels, strong cotton tape girdles, ferris waist pieces, coutil corsets, net corsets, and misss oxford styles. Many items labeled before stock taking with reduced prices and odd sizes.
Dr J Leo Laflamme a dentist at 12 Boylston Street Harvard lists hours through midnight with morning afternoon and evening slots. The notice provides contact hours 2 to 5 and 7 to unspecified times, indicating broad daily availability.
The Central Theatre will close during July and August for extensive alterations by proprietor Alexander. It will reopen on Labor Day with plans for vaudeville acts alongside moving pictures and high class productions, aiming to offer one of the finest theatres in the area for Cambridge patrons.
Miss Lawrence and her company of comedians attract big crowds at the Park with petite concerts between acts by the augmented orchestra. Ice service pleases the ladies. Next week the comedy drama As a Man Sows will be produced with matinees on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Miss Lawrence will have a leading part.
Salt water levers anticipate a pleasure voyage to Bass Point Nahant aboard the steamers Gen Lincoln and Gov Andrews under new management. Departures are from Otis wharf No 405 Atlantic avenue near Rowe's wharf with regular trips planned.
On the Nahant and Bass Point route departures occur at 9.50, 11 30 a m, 12 30, 2 20, 3 50, 5 10, 6 15 and 8 00 p m. The voyage is described as charming with harbor views and a high standard of comfort. Boats are first class, crewed by expert seamen, with an emphasis on safety and a pleasant easing of monotony for patrons. A Nahant day via this steamer route is depicted as an ideal summer outing.
The article advertises Wonderland at Revere Beach as a premier New England amusement destination with attractions including Fighting the Flames, exotic animals, rides on chutes and a velvet coaster, a Japanese village, and a fortune telling show. It touts a vast, varied program and calls it unmatched by any other park in America.
The article invites visitors to enjoy a free welcome period for children with parents and a ten cent charge for the flaming spectacle Fighting the Flames. Teel's military band performs for two weeks while 20 000 lamps enhance the park's famed display. The venue tallies an immense crowd from last season and aims to surpass records.
The King Philip trips captained by Capt Ed Dixon sail daily from Commercial Wharf at 10 AM. Fishermen seek the season’s biggest catch for a $150 gold prize, with lines bait and chowder included. Non-fishermen can enjoy the sail for $1 round trip, a top recreation outing from Boston.
Boston plans its annual summer musical The Green Bird to open Monday July 29 at the Majestic Theatre with Boston capital backing. D K Stevens wrote the piece with John Arnold Bennett supplying the music and Fred Lennox in a leading comedy role alongside George Schiller as a veteran performer.
Review highlights performances by Will H Sloan John P Kennedy Charles P Bowers and John Lorenzia with Elsa Ryan Eleanor Kent and Alice Hosmer in vaudeville and musical comedies. The Green Bird touted as ideal for Old Home Week in Boston.
Transfers recorded through M F Barry Inman Square include three apartment houses and 4000 square feet of land taxed at 5000 dollars. Grantor Jennie A Robertson sells to Edward Kenney of Somerville for investment on Springfield Street. Louis Levy transfers to John J Devine of Somerville for investment. Antrim Street Cambridge lists four percent house and barn with 5000 square feet taxed at 2000. grantor Frank M Thoyle sells to Miarzaret Toomey for a home.
Two duelists ride an early train toward Fontainebleau to duel. One asks for a return ticket, the other requests a single. The first taunts the nonreturner, who then reveals he never returns, saying he takes his return from a dead man’s pocket.
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