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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1936
Page
2
An editorial urges music education for youth as essential as academics. It urges directing idle time into constructive musical activity through school bands and orchestras and cites Cambridge Conservatory of Music run by E Cushing for tailored courses. call Tro 3238 for free circulars.
REO Radio presents Swing Time at Keith Memorial Theatre for a second week. Astaire and Rogers star in their sixth musical, with a plot of love triangles and comic misunderstandings. Supporting cast includes Victor Moore Helen Broderick Eric Blore and George Metaxa. The Harvard Special and March of Time are also shown along with Pathe News.
The De Silva Sign Co of 24 Province Street Boston promotes sign painting as an art blending design color and clarity. Under H W Cook Jr the firm claims 49 years in business producing eye catching signs for Cambridge and Greater Boston businesses. Call Hub 3150 for office lettering window lettering and sign services.
A century ago factions packed a convention to favor their candidate. In 1835 Baltimore held a Jackson Van Buren gathering with no speeches or platform, where Edward Rucker’s action to swing votes led to the term ruckerize meaning packing a convention.
The piece chronicles Stephen A. Douglas linking his 1860 bid to national stardom while detailing the 1858 Illinois stumping with Lincoln. It notes the Dred Scott ruling and his shift to support union across the South, and ends with Douglas standing beside Lincoln at the inauguration, symbolizing party and nation shifts.
The article discusses early psychology tracing to Plato who distinguished mind and body. It notes Aristotle expanding on mental faculties and exploring how mind relates to the body. The piece frames the emergence of psychology as a field from these ancient inquiries.
Twenty Cambridge residents were selected for jury duty at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Report for service is at the East Cambridge and Lowell courthouses in Middlesex Superior Court. Names include William H. McGuinness, Timothy F. McCarthy, Arthur A. Osborne, Daniel F. O’Keefe, Clifford A. Smith, and others.
Plato, Pliny the Elder and other early authors reference the legendary Atlantis in their works. The tale influences later scholars and writers exploring lost civilizations and myths.
Miss Dorothy Day of New York, head of the Catholic Worker, spoke at a bridge party hosted by Gertrude A. Scott at 12 Tremont Street Cambridge. She outlined her work since last spring when she addressed St Marys Alumni and Alumnae associations.
Warner Bros musical comedy Stage Struck opens Friday with Dirk Powell Joan Brondeil Warren Williams Frank McHugh Jeanne Madden and Yacht Club Boys. New York stage revue Stars Over Broadway features original Broadway company and a full cast.
A promotional piece argues that business education, especially in mathematics and office skills, leads to higher pay and successful careers. It highlights Higgins Commercial Machine School at 234 Boylston Street Boston teaching comptometers typewriters and related tech with 96 percent placement in 1936. It urges youths to seize opportunity and study practical knowledge for a bright future.
A 1 700 year old tale notes a Pharaoh boycott of Perga’s papyrus in Asia Minor and Pergamum’s switch to parchment and vellum. It highlights parchment as durable and permanent, then recounts Helgoland’s changing name and the 19th century trade storm over Zanzibar. The piece ends with a fringe claim about Queen Victoria and Emperor William.
In prehistoric times the tapir of similar form roamed most North Temperate zones with bones found in the United States Europe and Asia. A nearly identical South American type survives in the Malay peninsula illustrating a once global distribution now limited to specialized regions.
The piece argues for personalized hairdressing shaped by head and face, not generic trends. Minerva's Beauty Salon in Cambridge offers individualized service under W. J. Dunn, with expert staff and full beauty treatments available.
The Central Sea Grill on Prospect Street in Cambridge is presented as a premier dining spot in Greater Boston. Owner Basl Ani fantis oversees a $40,000 investment, 16 years in business, and European dining ideas with a high quality bar and a grand chef with long experience.
The article notes Damascus in Syria as possibly the world's oldest city with Jewish historian Josephus tying its foundation to Noah’s great grandson. It cites Genesis evidence for Abrahamic era significance and mentions other ancient sites like Baghdad, Peiping, Ch'i, and Cairo near Memphis as historic urban centers.
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown cautions that self distrust harms judgment. He argues the flaw stems from intimate information and can lead to advising others to withhold trust. The remark frames self doubt as a risky habit with social repercussions.
Col. E. N. Wentworth notes high pressure meat drying in early practices. After slaughter, meat was cut into thin strips and dried in trees, huts, or tepees, or powdered to make pemmican. Pemmican served as a primary nomadic and winter staple across North America.
The first Illinois state house at Vandalia was destroyed by fire on December 9 1823. A new state house was built in the ensuing year.
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