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Newspaper

Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1935

Page

4

Minstrels Delight Kiwanis Audience at Rindge School

Large crowd attended the second annual Jornal Kiwanis Club minstrel show at Rindge School last Monday night. Proceeds benefit a child fund. Supt. Steve Mahoney led the performance with a white suit, joined by a chorus and solo acts from Eddie Milten, Dana Squires, Dr. M Leo Gannon, Thomas O’Hara, Chick Dillis, Maurice Corkery, Joe Higgins and Bill Galgay.

Rindge School Jornal Kiwanis Club Ap ER Eddie Milten Dana N. Squires Dr. M Leo Gannon Thos. H. O’hara Chick” Dillis Maurice Corkery Joe” Higgins Bill” Galgay

Kiwanis Curtain Calls Prominent Figures Attend Show

Acting Mayor John W. Lyons enjoyed the Kiwanis show from the rear with a Sentinel scribe. He left early for other duties as the Yearwood Brothers dazzled with specialty dance, while Councillor Ben Wyeth observed the performance nearby.

John W. Lyons Yearwood Brothers Ben Wyeth

Cambridge Singers Shine at Kiwanis Event In Town

The article reviews a Kiwanis gathering featuring the Cambridge Singers with various performers from Joe Conway to Bill Galgay’s Ragtime Band. It notes snowball antics during the show, humor about audience members, and praise for the singers, including performances of Stay As Sweet As You Are and Winter Wonderland. The piece closes with cheers for Kiwanis.

Mandalay Cambridge Singers Joe Conway Doc Cannon

Tommy Mitchell Dies Sudden Death in Boston

Thomas H. Mitchell, 56, of 395 Washington Street Cambridge, collapsed on Washington Street near Essex Street Boston and died later at Haymarket Relief Hospital from a heart attack. He was well known locally.

Thomas H. Mitchell Washington Street Cambridge Haymarket Relief Hospital Boston Essex Street

Geurtin Opens New Cambridge Tavern at River Street

David A. Geurtin launches a modern Cambridge tavern at 269 River Street near Putnam Avenue. The shop offers daily beers and ales except Sundays with two compartments and roomy booths. Geurtin, well known for 30 years in Central Square, invites male friends to visit.

Cambridge David A. Geurtin River Street Guertin Central Square Putnam Avenue

Puritan Restaurant Unveils Renovated Central Square Interior

The Puritan in Central square has renovated its interior including new windows with a grill for a view and aroma to attract patrons. The restaurant promises excellent cooking and a comfortable lunch setting next to the theatre, highlighting its appeal to passersby.

Central Square

Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century at Tremont Temple

Edward Howard Griggs conducts Saturday morning talks at Tremont Temple at 11 o clock. He argues Voltaire was more religious and liberal than common belief, offering an intimate study of his life and writings. The sessions aim to provide a liberal education.

Edward Howard Griggs Tremont Temple Voltaire Professor Griggs Griggs

Cambridge Politicians and Civic Figures Playful in Rhetoric

In Cambridge the locals tease politics with humorous lines about campaigns and public figures. Ex Councilor Sid Murphy visits City Hall, Francis A Countway could be a governor, and Arthur Healey is praised as an operatic singer.

John Cambridge League of Men Voters Sid” Murphy Lever Bros. Co Francis A. Countway Curley Leahy Danno O'Mahoney Ben Wyeth Kiwanian Inman Sq Inman Sq. Droggs& John R. Mactavish State Street Charles E. Gordon Hiram Hrower City Hall River Street Dave Guertin The Sentinel Kendall Sq. Firestone Tire Tony” Schofield Danne” O'Mahoney Atty F. W Bo) McMenimen Arthur D. Healey Cam

Cambridge Tenders Appointed Acting Purchasing Agent

City of Cambridge announces William J. Shea named temporary purchasing agent with service effective February 23 and March 2 events noted in the record.

William J. Shea

The Gilded Lily and Night Is Young At Central Square

Central Square theatre shows three days of films starting Monday with The Gilded Lily featuring Claudette Colbert. Helldorado also plays with an ensemble cast including Richard Arlen and Stepin Fetchit. The Night Is Young co stars Ramon Novarro and Evelyn Laye with a large supporting cast for Wednesday through Friday.

Claudette Colbert Miss Colbert Richard Arlen Madge Evans Ralph Bellemy James Gleason Stepin Fetchit Ramon Novarro Evelyn Laye

Arabs and Opium Trade in Early China Noted

Readable fragments indicate claims that Arabs brought opium to China in the ninth century. The text mentions historical trade routes and foreign involvement but lacks full details or corroborating sources.

China

Durrell Hall Schedule of Next Week at the Theatre

On Monday and Tuesday She Had To Choose with Sally Blane and Buster Crabbe Tomorrow's Youth with Martha Sleeper and John Miljan Wednesday and Thursday Young and Beautiful with Judith Allen and William Haines The Love Captive with Gloria Stuart and Niles Asther Friday and Saturday Against The Law with Sally Blane and John Mack Brown West of The Pecos with Richard Dix

Sally Blane Buster Crabbe Martha Sleeper John Miljan Judith Allen William Haines Gloria Stuart Niles Asther John Mack Brown West of the Pecos Richard Dix

Cambridge on the Air Pro gram on WMEX Sunday

Cambridge On the Air program airs Sunday night from 7 30 to 8 over WMEX with State Treasurer Charles F Hurley discussing his Home Security Plan. Tenor Thomas A Quinn will sing and Dunbar Quartet directed by Ernest Collins will perform, already earning radio acclaim.

Cambridge WMEX Charles F. Hurley Thomas A.quinn Dunbar Quartet Cambridge Colored Boys Ernest Collins

Cambridge gasoline license hearing set for Sparks Street site

Massachusetts board schedules a recording of a hearing before the License Commission for a lessee to keep and store gasoline at 8 10 Sparks Street Cambridge in an underground tank with total quantity not exceeding five gallons. Chairman John E Quinn orders the proceeding.

License Commission of State Cleansers and Dyers Sparks Street Cambridge Board of License Commissioners

Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Cambridge Massachusetts

Foreclosure of a mortgage dated 1924 in Middlesex County will be exposed to sale March twenty fifth at ten in the forenoon. The property at 105 Chilton Street Corner Field Street Cambridge is described in a plan filed February 17 1911 with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds. Sale conditions include a cash payment of 500 dollars. Further particulars from Harry N Squires Boston. HENRY ELOUS Assignee and present holder of said mortgage. Mel Road Brookline March 29 15

Bridson Greene Harry Wii Dice Rena Swith Middlesex South District Earker Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts Chilton Street Field Street University Park Mass W. A. Mason and Zong Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds Harry N. Squires Washington Boston

Hearing on Garage License for 49 Landsdowne Street Cambridge

Notice to all persons that a hearing will be held in City Hall Room 32 on Monday March 18 at 2 oclock regarding William Crane owner Adley Express Co Inc for a license for a garage of the industrial class and storage of traveline at 49 Landsdowne Street Cambridge limited to 120 gallons and an underground tank garage for 25 cars.

City Hall William Crane Adley Express Co. Inc Lessvet Ind Traveline Landsdowne Street Cambridge Board of License Commissioners

Foreclosure sale of Cambridge property on Rockingham Street

By power of sale in a 1927 mortgage William F Galgay and Mary K Galway to Cambridge Trust Company will sell at public auction on March 9 1935 at ten in the forenoon the property described as 15 Rockingham Street Cambridge part of lots 23 and 24 plan of Cambridgeport with bounds and encumbrances including plans 38 and 4708 page 3. Sale includes fixtures and rights of way subject to taxes liens and record restrictions. Five dollars will be paid cash with balance in ten days to the Cambridge Trust Company treasurer Willard Phee acting treasurer. Cambridge March 29 16 via

William F. Galgay Mary K. Galway Cambridge Trust Company Middlesex South District Eild Cambridge Rockingham Street Cambridgeport C. Warren Brown W. BE. Barbour Southesste Rockingham Taddei Pelak

The Rise of Sap in Trees

The Washington Star notes the exact cause of sap rise in tree stems remains unsolved. Crude sap moves upward through ducts in the woody stem, while elaborated sap travels downward mainly through vessels under the bark.

Saya Washington Star

First Gliders in Mexico Unearthed by Polish Archaeologist

Prof M Tenenbaum presents an engraved stone from nine years of research in ruins of the empire destroyed by Cortez. The artifact, described by a Franciscan missionary, depicts an ingenious winged device made from stork feathers. Aztecs worshiped birds and Einge Netza founded a school of aviation for gliding between mountains and valleys.

Mexico M. Tenenbaum Madrid Spain Cortez Einge Netza

The pokeberry plant description and uses

The pokeberry Phytolacca americana known as Inkberry is a perennial dying to the ground each year. It grows three to eight feet tall with thick poisonous roots and edible young shoots used as a substitute for asparagus. White flowers form long racemes followed by dark purple berries. The plant thrives in clearings and waste areas and can become a troublesome weed.

London Air Raids in the Great War with Bomb Toll

The city endured 25 air raids during the Great War with 922 bombs dropped. Five hundred twenty four people were killed and 1,264 injured. The article notes astigmatism as distorted focus was not identified until 1801.

London Shozether

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