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Newspaper

Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1905

Page

5

Cambridge News Briefs Highlight Local Fringe Happenings

Local notes report on Murphy's Wall Papers rivaling on styles and prices and the International School of Music opening at 579 Massachusetts Avenue. Also covered are Cape shooting trip plans, Cambridge post office figures, property chatter, social events, obituaries, political caucuses, and upcoming theatre and club activities in East Cambridge and Cambridge proper.

Murphy Cambridge International School of Music Massachusetts Avenue H. J. Bushway Bushway Cape Cape Way John Collins Collins Richard White Central Square John Rockefeller New York Institute Hall McMenimen East Cambridge Benjamin Copeland Pleasant Street Flora J. Tarbell Sewall Street West Newton Charles River Road Mason, N. H Hiram Tarbell Benjamin F. Wyeth, Jr Arequipa Peru Harvard Observatory Cambridge Relief Hospital Jas. Ryan Cambridge Street Wm. Gordon Bridge Street Thomas H. Rideout Newtonville Avenue Newtonville Osborne Street Ernest Rexford Main Street Henry Schulman Jim’ Murray Maine Edward J. Conroy Mt. Auburn Street Holy Ghost Hospital J. D. Shea Helping Hand Mothers’ Club Frank Smith Putnam Avenue New Hampshire M. A. Taffe Frederick L. Murray Ward Murray Mary A. Doherty Green Street Worcester Helping Hand Mothers' Club Houghton School A. J. Daly May Egan Daniel Barry Anderson Jay Street

The Platypus of Australia and Its Odd Egg Laying Habit

A quirky review of the platypus, a mammal that lays eggs and hatches them like birds. The article notes its beaver like traits, habitat in Australian and New Zealand forests, rarity due to wartime natives’ actions, and local superstition driving natives to kill platypuses near water sources.

Australia New Zealand

The Sea Eagle Powerful Pirate Bird Catches Elder Ducks

The article describes the white tailed sea eagle’s feeding habits in Greenland, noting salmon as summer prey and elder ducks in autumn. It details perch strategy near water with cliff background, the hunting sequence, and the eagle’s keen vision enabling capture, including lifting a full grown elder drake.

Greenland Drake London

Austrian Night Gatekeepers and a 4-Cent Toll

An Austrian custom requires houses to close from 10 PM to 6 AM with a hausbesorger or caretaker in charge. Entering during the hours costs 20 hellers per person, creating a social contrast where early and late arrivals differ in payment and reputations. The system acts as a moral conservator, though its success is debatable.

Hausbesorger Nighthawk Mr. B

English In Switzerland and a Brave Woman Duchess

An old guide by the Association of Hotel Keepers highlights quirky English. Aigle Grand hotel offers invalid phrases like pill rest physic at the estatl while rest and bill create confusion. The Duchess de Gramont earns the label pockmarked and spoke bluntly to revolutionaries before her Paris execution, saying you are right to kill me.

Switzerland Association of Hotel Keepers of Aigle Grand Hotel Algle Duchess de Gramont Revolutionary Committee Paris

Voter instructions and polling sites listed for Middlesex and Suffolk districts

The document details election choices for multiple state offices and district representatives in Massachusetts. It lists polling hours from six in the morning to four thirty in the afternoon, by ward, with specific schoolhouses and public spaces serving as polling venues in Wards Five through Eleven. It is signed by City Clerk Edward J. Brandon and references ward-specific polling locations such as Parker Schoolhouse and City Hall.

Board of Aldermen Institute Hall Cambridge Street Taylor Schoolhoush Charles Street Second Third Otis Schoolhoush Otis Street Thorndike Eeyerawn Parker Broadway Sixth Street Harvard Street Stearns Prospect Street Felton Summer and Amory Streets INMAN Springfield Street City Hall Massachusetts Avenue Ward Six Boardman Corner School Winsor Streets ODD Fellows’ Hall MORSE Allston Brookline Streets WARD Central Square Tarbell Howard, Grigg and Magee Streets River Street Washington Cambridge Felton Streets Grand Army Hall Massachusetts, Avenue Bowghanne

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Helen Connell Castle Square Theatre Mechanics’ Hall Huntington Avenue Boston A. J. Sylvester Knights of the Razor Louis G. Little Daly Little Brookline Street Thayer Mary Casey Garden Street Ireland Newburyport Charles W. Murch Auburn Street Baldwin South Bridgton Cambridge Historical Society Sanders Theatre Commonwealth Harvard University First Church Col. T. W. Higginson Richard H. Dana Stevens Superior Court Henry H Aslaw John Schidlofski Arlington Golf Links P. H. Sullivan Winslow Samuel Whitaker Whitaker Middlesex Overseers of the Henry Huntington Saville Shepard Street John E. Buckley Emerson Hall St. John’s Literary Institute Rose Club College Row College House Harvard Peter Robertson Ella May Barnes Robert W. Barnes Magazine Street George W. Bicknell Marion G. Barnes George N. Parker Charles E. Tucker J. Garfield Stone Thomas Aldham Johnston Norfolk Elm Magoun Square Somerville Mr. Johnston Alice Parson Tremont Street Edwin F. Butters Market Street Foresta Shelburne Nova Scotia Butters R. H. Marshall Third Street Grace J Charles JH. Handly Quebec Canada William Russell Amory Hall Cyprus Hall Tom Edwards Agnes Catherine Long Mis Margaret Long Montreal Charles P. Dawson Berkshire Street Harvard Square Outing Club Iriday James A. O'Donnell South Boston Joe Slocumb Nelse” Erickson Ladder Company No. 2 Truck 2 Portland Street Sea Eagle City of Massachusetts Cam Cillor District Suffolk Second Middlesex First Middlesex General Court of Mid Dlesex Revere Winthrop County of Mid Edward J. Brandon S Street Riverside Hayes Street City Building Brattle Square Lowell Lowell Street Unity Hall Upland Road Booth Huron Avenue Russell Street Cedar Hall Cedar Dudley Streets Main St Mass. Ave Harvard Sq Central Sq Bost LaBreque Mass Ave James J. Shea John T. Shea Shea Bros Pearl Street Fifth Street E. T. Bynner Bynner Cambridge, Mass Brooks & Conley Real Estate and Insurance Charles Linehan Cragie Bridge Bridge St Cambridge St Hampshire St Teins A. R. Henderson Harvard Square Arthur R. Henderson Dana Hill Cunningham Bros Tate and Insurance John A. Cunningham Henry J. Cunningham School Street Monahan Hermitage James Hennessey & Co Jameson's Hunter Baltimore Wilson Ee Miller’s Gamecock Leetee Traverse Street Northern Union Station Friend Street IN the Furniture Estima Austin A. O’toc Telephone LE Br THE STAR Cambridge Commercial School Tra DR. Cox Massachusetts Ave Cor Tte Moat
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