Public Playgrounds versus Boulevards Debate in Cambridge
Editorials argue for small, inexpensive playgrounds in East Cambridge despite city finances while criticizing plans for a $200,000 boulevard. The piece contrasts park access with luxury projects and cites community leaders and transit advocates on station placement and urban growth.
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Sacred Heart Review
Cambridge Field
East Cambridge
Howland Cox
Cambridge Park Commissioners
Cambridge Park Board
John O'Brien
Charles River
Harvard Square
Cambridge
East
Industrial Cambridge Promises Spring Business Boom
The Sentinel notes Cambridge enjoys a springled business surge, praising local firms and urging patronage. It highlights Cambridge Commercial College led by W. G. Rosebery and G. B. Heaney, its diplomas and copy-holder inventor, plus a new Harvard Automobile Co. fireproof garage at Quincy Square.
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Commonwealth
The
Sentinel
Cambridge Commercial College
Cambridge
New England
Messrs
W. G. Rosebery
G. B. Heaney
Rosebery
Heaney
Harvard Automobile Co
Quincy Square
Elks Elect Officers At Cambridge Lodge Installation Planned
Cambridge Order of Elks chose its governing board for the next year at an Odd Fellows hall meeting. Charles F. J. McCue was unanimously elected Exalted Ruler. Other officers include Samuel H. Grover Esteemed Leading Knight and Daniel Tobin Esteemed Loyal Knight. The installation banquet is set for April 2.
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Cambridge Order of Elks
Odd Fellows
Squire
Charles F. J. McCue
Henry IV
Hal
Elkhom
Samuel
Grover
Daniel Tobin
Edward E. Clark
Patrick Madden
James Melver
Herman
Hoffman
Grand Loure
G. L
George F. McRkelleger
Tyler
Joseph Donahue
Hermann Hoffman
Daniel EH. Lehan
Boston Lodge
Installing Officer Leads Ceremony With Suite Assistance
The installing officer presided with support from a suite as part of a formal ceremony. Attendants noted coordinated procedures and a ceremonial sequence conducted with orderly precision. The presence of the assisting suite underscored the official protocol and decorum.
Subway Arguments At Cambridge Club Meeting
The Cambridge Club at Young's Hotel debated Cambridge subway options. General Bancroft and Boston Chamber of Commerce President Crocker argued for a raid transit with a single Central Square station, while Morse Hale favored rapid transit with four stations. City Engineer Hastings compared Cambridge to Brooklyn, noting station spacing and Harvard to Park Street travel times under different stop counts.
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Cambridge Club
Young's Hotel
General Bancroft
John F. Crocker
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Central Square
Charles T. Morse
Edwin B. Hale
Hastings
Cambridge
Brooklyn
New York Subway
Mrr
Annstings
Anstings
Harvard
Boston
Harvard Square
Park Street
Morse
Training School
Surface Car Preference Over Short Walk To Pul Wy Station
A fragment notes a preference for taking a surface car instead of walking a short distance to a pul wy station, indicating transportation choice behavior in a street-level context.
Subway Stops Debate Shapes Cambridge Transit Plan
Cambridge residents press for rapid transit from Harvard Square to Park Street with few subway stops. John F. Crocker argues two stations suffice, while five raise travel time to seven to ten minutes. He warns more stops could lessen above ground service and opposes Kendall Square station.
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Boston
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Park Street
John F. Crocker
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Cambridge Rapid Transit Association
Crocker
Charles Street
Kendall Square
New West Boston Bridge
Boston Post
Birthday Party for Miss Dwyer at Family Home
Miss Margaret Dwyer celebrated her sixteenth birthday at her parents 575 Massachusetts avenue home last Saturday night. A lively gathering included many young friends and gifts such as a mahogany music cabinet from her father.
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Margaret Dwver
John E. Dwyer
Massachusetts Avenue
John E. Dwyer, Jr
Elizabeth Feeley
Mary Donovan
Alice Sullivan
Margaret McCarthy
May Couch
Annie Klug
Anna McCafferty
May
Alice
Gertrude Fitszgerald
William Gregory
Edward Donovan
Edward (Athrie
Frei Richorn
James McCafferty
Josep Deuval
St. Patrick's Day
Miss Dwyer
Patrick Donahue
Abie Firesh
The Rise of Jimmie Johnson continues
The article teases an ongoing profile of racing driver Jimmie Johnson, promising further chapters detailing his career, challenges, and rising fame.
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Rise
Jimmie Johnson
Education and Citizenship in the Modern Republic
A firm call for responsible citizenship from educated Americans. The speaker argues that education carries community debt and urges graduates to lead with character, public spirit, and service, warning that ignorance erodes republican government and praising the public school system.
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Washington
Republic
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Brattle
Square Yard
Brattle Street
Cox
Bancroft
Putnam Square
Central Squares
Central
Kendall
Sir Wale
John F. Creeker
H. O. Marcy
River
John Hopewell
Warvard Square
Arlington
Watertown
Edmund A. Whitman
Sergeant
Elevated
John H. Corcoran
Industrial Cambridge
ELKS
Johnny
Jimmie
Jim the Penman
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