Cambridge Parlor Caucus and the Fight for Local Self-Government
An editorial condemns Cambridge's elites known as the Library Hall Association and Brattle Streeters for aloofness from politics. It warns that parlor caucuses manipulate city leaders and charter design to curb suffrage, urging educated men to engage in practical politics and reject bureaucratic aims.
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Roosevelt
Harvard Union
Cambridge
Library Hall Association
Good Government League
Colonial Club
Republican
Temple Hall Party
Democratic Party
Wardwell
McNamee
Harry Houghton
Peabody
Harvard Street
Professor Beal
City of
Longfellow a Nation's Songwriter and National Poet
The article lauds Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as America’s and England’s household poet. It compares his stature to Moore Burns and Shakespeare, praising his graceful verse, ethical thought, clarity for all readers, and beloved status in households despite critics.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Moore
Ireland
Burns
Scotland
Longfellow
America
England
Shakespeare
See
Cavil
New York Success for "My Charming Irish Lady" Song
Bernard H. Smith of New York and Joseph F. Slocomb of this city write the tune. The chorus is whistled all over town in the gay metropolis and the piece is already popular. They have prior work with the Boston Globe and Hearst papers and the Musical Mirror and promise a summer hit. The song runs at Corecoran's this week on sale.
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Bernard H. Smith
New York
Joseph F. Slocomb
Boston Globe
Hearst
Musical Mirror
Corecoran
Central Theatre opens in Cambridge with grand debut
The Central Theatre in Central square opens next Saturday with a grand first showing under manager Simon Alexander. A private opening is planned Friday with city officials invited. The 1 pm to 10:30 pm run features moving pictures, live songs, and a two weekly change of program with 10 cent admission and half-price children matinees.
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Central Theatre
Central Square
Cambridge
Pleasure Palace
Simon Alexander
Theatre Comique
Boston
Wardwell
Alexander
Heerstein
Eternal City to be staged at Castle Square Theatre
Next week Castle Square Theatre will present The Eternal City in five acts and eight tableaux. The Rome inspired design and Vatican consent mark the production as a lavish spectacle with original music by Pietro Mascagni. The cast includes Howel Hansel, Thais Lawton, John Walden, and Ben Johnson.
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Rome
Pietro Mascagni
Howel Hansel
David Rossi
Thais Lawton
Donna Roma
John Walden
Baron Bonelli
Ben Johnson
Pope
Bijou Theatre to Feature Lend Me Your Wife Farce
Next week's Bijou engagement showcases Lend Me Your Wife a riotous farce likely to draw crowds. The stock company performs it first in this city, then Craig plans a two week absence before a long Globa Theatre summer run with multiple big productions.
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Bijou
Roland ’‘Reed
Craig
Globa
Miss Maxine Elliott Returns to Hollis Street Theatre
Beginning Monday evening March 4 Miss Maxine Elliott resumes a two weeks engagement at the Hollis Street Theatre. Her Great Match by Clyde Fitch, a proven success, will be presented again after enthusiastic reception last season.
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Boston
Miss Elliott
England
London
Hertfordshire
Adolph Prince of
Mme
Mathilde Cottrelly
Suzanne Perry
Muriel Wylford
Gladys Morris
Charles Cherry
Felix Edwardes
Leon Quartermaine
W. H. Sams
Guy Cary
Cory Thomas
Maxine Elliott
Hollis Street Theatre
Clyde Fitch
Sacred Concert in Cyprus Hall Presented by YM Catholic Benevolent
A major sacred concert in Cyprus hall under the Young Men's Catholic Benevolent Association will feature a large roster of artists led by Eugene M. Flanagan. Prominent performers include Walter Cowlishaw, Frank Conant, George McKenna, Lizzie Sheridan, Dana orchestral club, and ex-Alderman Stephen Harrington as stage director. Tickets are fifty cents.
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Cyprus Hall
Young Men's Catholic Benevolent Assocation
Eugene M. Flanagan
Walter I. Cowlishaw
Frank FE. Conant
George B. McKenna
Frank Roust
Craigie
Sam Bailey
William Kenny
Lizzie Sheridan
Danny Shea
Katherine Ouen
Dana Orchestral Club
Edward Sorenson
John Keefe
Murphy and Hanna
Joseph P. Hackett
Fred J. Dempsey
James McDonald
Gertrude Webster
Coffin
Grace
Ralph and Gordon
Murphy
Dempsey
Dennis P
North Cambridge Minstrel Show Promises Stronger Act
North Cambridge Council 269 K of C anticipates a premier minstrel show on April 1 2 and 8 with seventy members rehearsed under Dom Keegan. The program features dancers singers and soloists including Helen Cogan Mae Hurley Amanda Varney Mattie Knox John D Arcy Stanley Moriarty and Dennis Kelley and reveals tambos and an octette of minstrel maids improving the act.
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North Cambridge Council
K. of C
Dom” Keegan
Helen M. Cogan
Mae Hurley
Amanda Varney
Mattie Knox
John F. D'Arcy
Stanley Moriarty
Andrew J. Hennessey
Dennis P. Kelleher
Edith M. Moran
Gertrude C. Moriarty
Nellie Kelleher
Alice V. Doran
Genevieve Moriarty
Katherine McCarthy
Mamie O'Connell
Margaret Co
Cambridge county political reunion celebrates Republican gains
The gala event featured guests like Brig Gen Hugh Bancroft and Associate Judge Arthur P. Stone while noting absent figures such as Jeremiah F. Donovan and ex Mayor Augustine Daly. Mayor Wardwell energized the room denying plans to run county boss and praising Republican dominance in Cambridge politics. Freddie Dallinger and Billy Davis boasted of rigging Cambridge politics to favor Republicans in the General Court.
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B. Whoriskey
Globe
Bartholomew M. Young
Hugh Bancroft
District Court
Arthur P. Stone
Cambridge
Frederick W. Dallinger
Walter Co. Wardwell
Jeremiah F. Donovan
Augustine J. Daly
DeWolf St
Richard Henry Dana
Felix McBride
East Cambridge
George Dinan
Alvin F. Sortwell
Water Board
Tribune
Martin Feeley
Fred MacDonald
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Registrar of Voters
Republican Party
E. Wellington Abbott
Club
Professor Beale
Walter
Freddie” Dallinger
Billy” Davis
General Court
Massachusetts
Jerry
Fred
Councilman O Connell OKs 3400 Labor Day Fund Passes
The council approved a 3400 Labor Day celebration appropriation without dissent. Critics argue the new charter concentrates power in paid officials and appointed boards at the expense of the people.
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O'Connell
The Right Kind of Success and National Character
The text argues that true national strength combines practical capacity with devotion to noble aims. It contrasts two paths: wealth pursued without virtue harms society, while disciplined insight and integrity uplift the commonwealth. Victory in life depends on character, not force.
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Rom
The West and the Drive of American Industry
The piece argues that American industrial success rests on individual energy, daring, and responsibility. It stresses that material prosperity enables the higher life, while laws and good legislation shape the environment, but each person must rely on personal effort and steadfastness to achieve success.
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Hardihood
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Bijou Theatre
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