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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1907
Page
7
Four year seven month old Katherine O Connor of 155 Rindge Avenue died after a brief diphtheria illness. Funeral held at Rindge Avenue Cemetery on Sunday with many friends paying tribute through floral memorials.
A Cambridge Hall gathering chaired by John H. Corcoran and secretary Jeremiah F. Donovan explored the desirability of adding three subway stations. Speakers included T. H. Raymond Warren F. Spaulding Clement G. Morgan Councilman Thomas Jones and James H. Donnelley among others.
Miss Rosa Starr of Birmingham Alabama built a thriving newspaper trade by twenty five. She managed buyers, finances, and staff, financed with a $350000 capability, and credited hard work for her rise.
The guide explains using a deep pan and a properly sized wire basket. It details preparing clarified fat from scraps, boiling with water, straining, heating to smoking point, frying in small batches, draining, and re clarifying fat after use to maintain flavor and clarity.
A simple breakfast, easily arranged by a young housekeeper, offers ideal treatment for a bridal party and intimate friends. The plan suggests arranging the table and menu to suit a small gathering with refined, homey touches.
Linoleum is durable and neat though not cheap. With proper care it should last at least five years in a kitchen or dining room if usage is not extreme. Clean by wiping the varnished surface. avoid scrubbing with soap. Use warm water or half milk and water on a cloth. wipe baseboards after mopping to prevent streaks. Apply furniture polish twice a year.
Instructions describe making protective caps for knitting needles using two corks cut to one inch, rounded tops, covered with flannel, secured with elastic, and finished with decorative fabric and beads. The caps grip the needles by the corks with elastic bands at ends.
A method to clean copper kettles is to rub with half a lemon, rinse in clear water, and polish with a woolen cloth. Dry thoroughly to prevent rust, and avoid brass polishes.
A delicate perfume is claimed to be given to linen by placing a lump of orms root in the boiler during washing. The fragrance lasts after ironing and remains subtle. An alternative method suggests placing a Tokay bean in the linen drawer for a lasting odor. Warmth helps release the scent, and a single bean is usually sufficient.
Instructions explain restoring cracked shades by flipping the weight stick, removing the shade from the roller, sewing the weight end to the top, trimming tack holes, and reattaching to the roller. When hung, the shade appears new.
To clean rusty iron use a coal fire until red hot then scrape and wash. Flavored butters for sandwiches include olives anchovy sardines and cheese. Baby moccasins made from old gloves or chamois skin are durable for creeping. Lemon halves in the ice chest keep milk and butter from tasting of vegetables.
A London Truth excerpt extols humor as a rare gift shaping a humane man. It notes humor guards temper, resists flattery, and keeps judgment clear while living with equanimity and independence. It contrasts Hamlet’s lack of humor with the value of a serene, right-minded life.
Public records from Nineveh reveal the banking house of Egidu dating to about 2350 BCE. The firm, rising with wealth and tax collection power, served five generations and helped farm provincial revenues, yielding immense fortunes for the family.
In Hodder’s Recollections Thackeray detests autograph hounding and once read a young lady’s album. He penned a note beneath a verse by Albert Smith criticizing the line by noting Lindley Murray should have written whom rather than who.
Pliny recounts tales of fantastical peoples. He describes backward footed savages, the one legged Monocoli who leap swiftly, and the Sciapodae who rest on their backs to shade themselves with their feet. Nearby lie Trogiodytae and a neckless tribe with eyes on their shoulders.
The Boston Transcript notes Dixon acts quickly to grab a rocking chair before his wife can reach it, cleverly using his wedding trip as cover to avoid suspicion while securing the prize.
A prisoner asks the judge for bond and explains he has nothing but spring chills six acres of land a big family hope of hereafter and old war rheumatism in the wake of his plea.
Macfoozler suffers through a dull scene as Cad Hie is weary of counting while insisting he is not tired of carrying. The exchange captures a comic, repetitive chorus of fatigue.
A historical fragment cites Uncle Peter declaring Harris unready for the kingdom in a Youth's Companion attributed line. The dialectal remark warns against exposing a name to ridicule, framed as a caution about readiness and dignity in a religious context.
Italian proverb quips that quackery meets its match in gullibility, noting the comedy of credulity and the dangers of unearned cures.
Listings show several multiroom houses with varying sizes and rents. Ahern Sixth Street offers 1500 sq ft for 210 yearly rent or 100 cash with 5 down. Others include Highland Avenue Scaun der ville 3200 sq ft 2 baths 2 furnaces, Hunting Street three family 12 rooms 360 yearly, Inman Street two family 12 rooms bath 5334 sq ft, Fayette Street two family 12 rooms 1 5 sq ft land heats 528 yearly, Fourth Street 9 rooms 300 sq ft, Franklin Street 10 rooms furnace and stable 231 yearly, Gore Street three houses six families 0 rooms 551 sq ft rent 300 yearly, Fairfield Street 14 rooms two baths 600 sq ft land 4200 assessed, Fayette Street 53 families 4018 sq ft land rent 000 yearly 5000 assessed 750 price, Fourth Street 5 rooms 1072 sq ft land assessed 1300 buy 1200.
Last Tuesday the Cambridge Commercial College began the Fall term, now occupying the entire top story of the new Savings Bank Building in Central square. Proprietors W G Roseberg and G P Heanery express satisfaction with a large, intelligent student body and a top-notch teaching method. A. B. Knudson is hired as shorthand and typewriting instructor as the fall class becomes the largest in the college’s history.
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