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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
6
A tale from Lippincott's recounts General Sherman using a farmer's house as a temporary base during the Atlanta campaign. A boy observes the general’s daily routines, noting a tin basin and towel for ablutions and a toothbrush routine before boldly asking if the general is always that much trouble to himself.
A varied clipping features poems and anecdotes. It laments quarrel and pride as youths, recalls a coast ferry and a sailor misreading a flock, a Richmond hospital scene, a boy in a joke about ribs, and a Wellington Napoleon anecdote.
The duke explains to the Prince of Wales that he never met Napoleon despite orders to keep him in check. He recalls a battle moment when someone cried out Napoleon but smoke from a field gun hid the commander from view.
A speaker recounts fracturing his maiden speech at a club as his thoughts failed him after the opening line about sitting on his seat. The anecdote, relayed with humorous self-deprecation, captures a moment of public embarrassment. The setting is a club event referenced in Lippincott's.
A dinner at Mr. Browns boarding house brings a ten dollar bill through a chain of residents including Ars Brown Mrs Andrews Mr Black and Mr Hadley. The note cycles back with each paying owed sums until Brown pockets the bill remarking it went further than expected.
A man, newly introduced to a woman, tells her she filled a dark day with light. He recalls a street car meeting that lifted his mood and inspired him to try again, saying her face remains a bright, indelible memory.
An Englishman boasted about Cicero's hook and 5000 year old Egyptian remains, while an American quipped that Washington's museum houses Nash’s Ark lead pencil. The exchange highlights pride in national collections and cherished artifacts.
A matron urges young wives to start married life with only essential furniture. Add items gradually as needed to stay comfortable and avoid tying up funds. She warns against overspending on entertainments and risking health by overextending resources.
The piece stands five and three quarters inches high, kept under multiple locks with keys held by several hands. It is rarely shown, and only when the senate approves. When displayed it is suspended by a cord around a priest's neck, and no one may touch it. It is said to be one of Solomon’s gifts from the Queen of Sheba.
The pyramid of Cheops is described as the largest permanent structure. Its base was 74 square feet and its height 488 feet. It covers about four and a quarter acres, with an estimated cost of $150,000,000.
The article notes chestnuts and various nuts as starchy or oily foods and mentions blending with potatoes or rice. It also contains a humorous pair of vignettes about a startled stranger mistaking a traveler for someone else in darkness and a woman mistaken for her sister at a railway station.
A little girl refuses a meal politely saying she already dined. A joke from a classmate echoes, and Grandma’s view on marriages mocks widows as settled old maids while praising old maids for being agreeable.
A column sketches an old wartime brag by Major Stofer who boasted of killing Yankees by indigestion. It mentions the king of Italy’s fall in a Naples ship inspection. The piece closes with a comic miscommunication in a department store as Miss Jones’s telephone confession collides with workplace strictness.
A practical man lists five traits employers seek in boys: punctuality, industry, honesty, good temperament, and modest intelligence. He notes businessmen prefer a learner who listens, not one who teaches new methods, and values dependability over cleverness.
A vase of immense value in Genoa cathedral has been preserved for six centuries. It is carved from a single emerald and measures twelve and a half inches at its principal diameter.
The timetable lists early morning to night services for routes including Arlington Centre to Adams Square via Beacon Street and West Boston Bridge, Harvard Square and Downtown Boston connections, with frequent intervals and Sunday adjustments. It shows night and early morning trains, routes to Dudley Street Roxbury, River Station to Pearl Street, and suburbs including Newton, Watertown, and North Cambridge with specific times and daily variations. June 1 1907.
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