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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1907
Page
2
Nat Somer’s Tog Shop on Massachusetts Avenue Brookline Station is acclaimed as the finest equipped gentlemen's store in the area. The notice highlights its premier fittings and selection for discerning shoppers seeking quality menswear.
Governor Oglesby toured Joliet State Prison and promised a pardon to a prisoner who claimed to have escaped to win a wife. The editor notes a clipped delivery and quotes verses on avoiding talk when pressed, urging restraint over provocation.
A restaurant keeper proclaims his coffee tastes like mother used to make and a diner declines tea. At a Washington dinner, a French delegate extols France while a neighbor deflects with a witty American take on politeness, illustrating national humor.
A fragment from a 19th century column mixes travel talk with humorous anecdotes. It recalls a London view, a doctor from Toston with a bridge-averse horse, Benton's blunt Senate line about never quarreling but rarely avoiding a funeral, and a brief note on George Peck’s legal prowess in a South Dakota case.
A collection of short anecdotes and jokes featuring judges, doctors, a North Carolina girl, and notable figures. stories include a lion tamers warning, Doctor Doane's dramatic remarks, Benton and Calhoun dialogue, a judge and young lawyer exchange, General Jackson’s discipline of Tennessee soldiers, Joseph Jefferson remittance joke, and a railway meeting with the Dukes of Northumberland and Argyll.
Multiple Somerville properties offered for rent or sale. Listings include THORNDIKE STREET 12 rooms plus 3500 sq ft land for 588 yearly rent or 5400 assessed value. VINE STREET 15 rooms 2500 sq ft land at 2000 price. WEBSTER AVENUE 4325 sq ft land 30 cents per foot. WENDELL STREET two family 62 sq ft land at 3500 offered. WILLIAMS STREET 5000 sq ft land with improvements, assessed 5300, price 4000. WINDSOR STREET two houses 11 and 5 rooms, 3324 sq ft land, rent 492. WINTER STREET 7 rooms 2000 sq ft land offer. YORK STREET six family house store and 6666 sq ft land, rent 1548 yearly, price 16000. ALBION STREET Somerville 3692 sq ft land. SIXTH STREET 7 rooms 1500 sq ft land, rent 216 yearly, buy 1500 with 500 down. THIRD STREET two houses 17 rooms 2200 sq ft land, rent 468 yearly, sale 4500.
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