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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1907
Page
6
Readers learn to knit a white jersey like Norway’s Prince Olaf. The article lists materials ten ounces four ply wool and four long needles, with step by step shaping for back sleeves and neck. It notes warmth comfort washability and suitability for small boys.
The article highlights German housewives turning domestic care into a science. It notes the maintained neatness, use of a dried grass soaking method for cloths, glass-front dressers, a dustless rubbish box, a stove with adjustable iron rings, briquettes for clean heat, a novel window cleaner board with India rubber edge, and a movable platform ladder for safe, adaptable cleaning.
The passage urges waking with the resolve that life calls one to work and virtue. It questions why one would dread duties when existence was forged for action and worthy effort rather than idleness.
A woman cleansed a taffeta suit with alcohol and water on an ironing board. She blots the fabric damp with alcohol then air dries it outdoors, restoring its crispness to near new. She also suggests scrubbing a silk petticoat with velvet after brushing to remove dust.
The home is defined by the love and ethical bonds of the family not by location or chores. A flat, meals out, and external washing can still nurture home sentiment when spouses love each other and raise children with truth and duty.
The article notes new wedding stationery choices and a trend toward parasols for bridesmaids. Half will carry pink parasols with long handles while the other half wear yellow parasols to match their dresses.
The piece contrasts investment with speculation in poultry terms and urges early action and disciplined effort. It warns that banks may invest depositor savings in riskier ventures and emphasizes prudent, proactive wealth-building over passive security.
An Earl dismissed a coachman then wrote a character praising him for three years of sober service and honesty. The man explained the note helped his new master see he could drive well and be trusted, while the charge of cheating was relief with a firm Yorkshireman resolve.
An English actor of prominence dining with friends in this country said he found American plays that could be used in England. He noted negotiations for several works and highlighted one titled Ten Evenings in a Public House as especially appealing.
A playful anecdote about Bobby using fractions learned at school in everyday talk. He quips about a friend with one sister and thwarts a claim of two half sisters, showing his grasp of fractions through humor.
A New England Magazine anecdote uses a boy who eats custard pie and frames a cat with custard as circumstantial evidence. The old man returns to find the cat muddy and tied, while the boy hides in the barn and remarks on another victim of circumstantial evidence.
The popular barber, recently moved from Prospect street to Massachusetts avenue opposite the new bank building in Central square, is well known in K of C circles and regarded as one of the city's best tensorial workers.
George Everett is described as a lifelong undertaker with five years of operation at 202 Hampshire Street near Inman Square. He is noted as a first class embalmer and member of the Massachusetts Embalmers Association, praised for efficient systematic work and a sociable personality.
Henry Farrow and Co at 32 Prospect Street advertise the Groat Auto for sale in Cambridge and Somerville. They offer second hand machines at low figures and invite buyers to ring Cambridge 1514 to arrange a meeting. Farrow promotes himself as the man worth seeing.
The transit table lists Cambridge division routes with frequent minute-timed departures. It covers Arlington Centre to Adams Square via Beacon Street, Harvard Square to various points, City Point, Dudley Street Roxbury, Riverside to Scollay, and multiple night services. February 2, 1907.
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