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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
3
In a church scene a clergyman, eager to promote new hymn books, mishears the clerk’s baptism notice after the sermon. He announces hymn book sales while the clerk intended to collect names for baptisms, prompting a humorous mix up about obtaining hymn books and children’s baptisms.
Poem by John Boyle O Reilly expresses fatigue with toil and a longing for rivers and childhood dreams. A second anecdote describes a sleighing party where two men probe a muff, prompting the lady to claim the selfishness of taking her muff when her hands are cold.
A collection of thoughts on laughter and health by O. S. Marden and reflections on aging and falling in love from Washington Irving and R. L. Stevenson. The excerpts discuss laughter as healthful, aging, and the transformative pull of love.
A short account describes Roquefort cheese made in France from sheep milk and thyme. It then details a bizarre sequence of solitary confinement and aging, ending with an unclear fate for the cheese.
A humorous, graphic blurb extols Roquefort cheese comparing it to pestilence and decay. It mocks the cheese’s odor and strength, contrasts it with Limburger, and ends with a cautionary assessment of anyone who would eat it.
A compact portrait of Samuel Cunard the Glasgow craftsman whose clever woodwork and jackknife designs drew the attention of Burns Melver. His steamship model became the model for Cunard Line vessels and helped earn him knighthood and wealth.
An aging missionary returning from Labrador admits failure as his harsh sermon about a fiery hell backfired with the Inuit. A successor visits, learns the cost of scaring natives, and is warned that preaching an even colder hell may force repentance.
A pointed essay on emotion noting that the envious and wicked rarely laugh due to bile and malice. It argues the haughty and vain laugh little to preserve dignity, and cites Spanish people as an example of grave demeanor.
A veteran recalls a long Johnstown flood tale told by a youthful veteran. The emphasis shifts to a quiet man named Noah who repeatedly answers with Oh shucks, highlighting themes of endured suffering and the fading lure of love and beauty.
A man from a club trip, intoxicated with charity, climbs to a porch and top step but slips. He falls to the bottom stair with his arm around the newel post and mutters about sailors at sea in bad weather. The quote is from Mark Twain.
Public auction to satisfy a mortgage by W Stanley Tripp to Central Savings Bank of Lowell. The property lies on Walden Street Cambridge Lot 20 and part of 31 Plan 1870 Plan 17 11, totaling about 402 square feet. sale June 24 1907 at 9 am with $300 due at sale and remainder in ten days. Proceeding tied to probate citation issued in Cambridge Probate Court.
John J. Ahern auctioneer to sell by mortgagee Mary Weeks a Cambridge property described as 35 square feet on Ellery Street. Sale set for Tuesday at 2 PM with $100 deposit, subject to taxes and assessments. Parties include Charles W. Marshall deeded to Mary Weeks. Francis Z. Horgan listed for inquiries.
The City of Cambridge Board of Health will hear Louis Promhain’s application for a permit to construct a Sweden building at a stable for four horses at 10 Lincoln Street Ward 3. The hearing is set for June 4 at 10 o'clock A M in the Board of Health office. Objections must be filed in writing, with the names and addresses of objectors, by the hearing date. Per order Board of Health James T. Soper, Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court issues citation to kin and creditors of Margaret E Wiseman of Cambridge to appear for letters of administration to George T Wiseman. Public notice to be published three successive weeks, last at least one day before the hearing on June 19 at 9 AM. Judge Charles J Melntire presiding.
The Cambridge probate court announces letters testamentary sought for John Horrigan of Cambridge with Elizabeth G Jenness and Ellen A Horrigan as executrices. Ward 9 voters will hold a June 4 1907 election for a Common Council seat. Nomination papers for Non-partisan and Independence League parties may be obtained and filed May 20 22 23 1907 with seals and instructions provided. Edward J Brandon City Clerk.
A probate petition seeks letters of administration for Bridget Horigan of Cambridge Middlesex. Citations call heirs and kin to appear June 17, 1907, at 9:00 AM in Cambridge Probate Court to show cause why administration should not be granted to Elizabeth Jenness or Ellen A. Horigan, or other suitable person. Also notice of building ordinance compliance for an electric meter at 145 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge.
Lillie M McArthur grants property to George Henry Mann dated November 15 1905 filed with Middlesex Deeds Book 3197 page 293. On June 10 1907 at 4 pm the premises including a Cambridge land with 9120 square feet will be sold at public auction for $100 cash and the balance after deed delivery.
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