Macleod’s Senate Candidacy Endorsed by City Democrats
An editorial lauds Hon. Fred J. Macleod in the second Middlesex district, noting his unlikely rise, public service two major campaigns, and cross party support from Republicans. It compares him to Charles Sumner, praises his tact, courage, and gratitude, attacks Republican opposition, and urges a united Democratic vote on November 6.
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Fred J. Macleod
Middlesex
Macleod
Second Middlesex
Massachusetts Senate
Charles Sumner
United States Senate
Daniel Webster
Council Board of the Nation
Sumner
Summer
Senate
Shakespeare
Democratic Party
Democratic Rallies for Whit ney and Macleod Plan
A series of Democratic campaign rallies are announced across wards and halls from October 28 to November 4. Speakers include Henry M. Whitney, George Schofield, Charles Hamlin, John A. Sullivan, Senator Macleod and others at Cyprus hall and multiple open air and club venues. Additional meetings list locations in Ward 7 through Ward 11 with dates and venues.
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Whitney
Cyprus Hall
Prospect Street
Henry M. Whitney
George Schofield
Charles §. Hamlin
John A. Sullivan
Macleod
de. Wolfe Street
Cor
Hoster
Sparks Street
Man Square
Sacred Heart Temperance Hall
Mt. Auburn
Baldwin Street
Maple Avenue
Main Street
Windsor Street
Cedar Hall
No. Cambridge
Ward Room
Central Square
Huron Club
Walden Street
Boarding Stable Prices Rise Amid Grain Shortage
Cambridge Sentinel notes stablekeepers have faced eight years of high effort with scarce margins. Current market shows good day hay and grain costs up, carload hay at 22 to 24 dollars a ton, corn 3 cents, straw 17 dollars, implying further advance despite harvest-season abundance.
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Cambridge Sentinel
Trade at Home in Cambridge Merchants Crusade
The Sentinel urges Cambridge residents to shop locally and support city merchants. It argues home merchants stock diverse quality goods at fair prices, and that keeping trade local will boost the city’s prosperity and ensure shared gains for all residents.
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Cambridge
Boston
Sentinel
Whitney Vindicated as Democratic Governor Nominee
The ballot law commission ruled Henry M. Whitney as the regular Democratic nominee for governor, a decision praised across the state. The Sentinel asserts reciprocity and tariff reform are the key issues and urges voters to support Whitney and the party slate on November 5.
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Henry M. Whitney
Riley-Williams
Whitney
the Sentinel
O'Hara Shea Wedding in Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Miss Mary E Shea married Joseph H O Hara of North Cambridge in the Blessed Sacrament chapel. Rev John A Crowe officiated. The couple will honeymoon in New York Philadelphia and Washington. Guests from Somerville North Cambridge and Boston attended the breakfast at 92 Green Street.
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Green Street
Mrs. O'Hara
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Agnes Fitzgerald
Mary Murray
Helen Murray
Nellie Scully
Alice Riordan
Mary Moore
Helen Burke
Sarah Galvin
Ella Johnson
Mollie Johnson
Julia White
Mary MacQuillen
Gertrude Farren
Nellie Haley
Nellie McCarthy
Lucy Hobbs
Nellie Leahy
Fitzgerald
Delehanty
Geo. Thomson
J.C. Murray
Elizabeth Scully
Edward Moore
Jane Patterson
Johnson
Katherine Warren
James Hennessey
Harriet Hobbs
J. W. Tobbs
E. J. Shea
John O'Brien
Eugene Burns
Francis L. Shea
Jeremiah McCarthy
William Shea
Death by Own Action of Cambridge Businessman
David G. Pratt, a formerly prosperous Cambridge wood turner connected with well known families, died by inhaling gas at 33 Norfolk Street. His body was found near a gas radiator with a detached tube in his mouth. Medical Examiner Durrell called it suicide, attributed to six months of despondency after an accident left him unable to work. He was 33 and survived by his ex wife Rowena Gault and three daughters. he was brother-in-law to Mrs. John Sawyer of Austin Street.
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David G. Pratt
Cambridge
Norfolk Street
Durrell
John Sawyer
Austin Street
Rowena Gault
Pratts
Horses Board Up as Stable Fees Rise in Boston
Stablekeepers in Boston and vicinity raise horse board from 85 cents to 1 dollar daily due to higher costs for hay grain and straw. Owners understand the strain from broad price increases affecting their businesses.
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Boston
Vicinity
Schul er Sullivan Nuptials
Miss Elizabeth Sullivan and Joseph J Schuler wed at St Pauls rectory last Sunday. A reception followed at 33 Bay Street with large attendance. After their honeymoon they will live at 35 Bay Street. Dora Quill and Patrick Sullivan assisted.
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Elizabeth Sullivan
Joseph J. Schuler
St. Paul’s Rectory
No. 33
Bay Street
Dora Quill
Patrick Sullivan
Schuler
New Paper Box Factory Opens on Austin Street
A new paper box factory has been established on Austin Street near Prospect, in the former Co operative Press plant. Promoter John Murray, a veteran in the trade previously with Charles Place factory on Norfolk Street, will produce only finished products and aims for swift success.
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Austin Street
Prospect Street
Co-operative Press
John Murray
Murray
Charles Place
Norfolk Street
Myrabells Autumn Party At Odd Fellows Hall
The Myrabells held their first annual autumn party and dance in Odd Fellows Hall Cambridgeport on Friday evening. Dixon's orchestra provided music with popular airs. The event lasted until 2 o'clock with attendees enjoying themselves. James M. O'Brien led as president and was aided by an active vice president and a team of officers.
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Odd Fellow’s
Cambridgeport
Dixon
James M. O'Brien
Fred J. McCueaids
Ray Smith
Frank J. Kelley
Richard Sheeley
Alex G. Munroe
Daniel Clifford
Louis Columbus
George Forsyth
Edward Kergey
Neil Buckley
Wm. Burgess
John Coyne
City gym bets on winter bowling and a minstrel show
The report notes theatrical events and a whist party after a meeting. C G A bowling alleys are being upgraded for the Gym players, reputed as city’s best bowlers. A Catholic bowling league is planned for winter prizes. A minstrel show directed by Sean Cadman is in rehearsal with promise of success.
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Sean Cadman
Polite Man Collides and Spares Blame in Hasty Street Encounter
A humorous tale notes a polite man’s refusal to blame the other after a hurried collision. He removes his hat, apologizes for the enforced accident, and speeds off, leaving the incident without official fault. The column also mentions a school salve joke about a dog tail and a new dog growing.
School Lesson Turns to Rat Reveal
A parent asks Benny what he learned at school. Benny replies about a mouse, then confesses it turned out to be a rat. The exchange is noted in Lippincott's.
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Benny
Lippinott’s
Transatlantic Tales Echo Airway Collision Scene
A literary line recalls an airway collision with no injuries reported yet the event is described as painful. It notes that passengers from first to fourth class mingled during the incident, with a fragmentary remark about guards or stewards.
A Scholarly Wit of London’s Chaerhouse School
The late Doctor Haiprown, famed master at Chaerhouse, was quick to turn absurdities to wit. A parent asked him to inter her son at Charterhouse, and he replied in a witty malapropism offering to undertake the task if she is most happy.
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Doctor Haiprown
Chaerhouse School
London
Charterhow
Quote depicts a confident queenly woman in Brooklyn lore
A fragment describes a bold Brooklyn woman, more majestic than a dining room, never afraid to enter her own kitchen, portraying a vivid public persona.
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Brooklyn Ie
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Cyprus
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Sen
Frederick J. Macleod
Chas. S. Hamlin
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Chas. E. McPhee
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