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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1904
Page
5
Monday offerings include Black Henrietta cloth 36 in wide for shirts and suits, priced at 98c and 8c per yard, plus women's fast black seamless hose at 12 1-2c. Also in stock Boys' unlaundered blouses in striped fabrics, women's gingham petticoats, embroidered belts at 10c, and pompadour combs.
A list of city actions includes a minority report urging 2.25 per day to laborers, holidays for Hooker Day 1903 and G A R parade 1904, pay raises for fire call members, memorial and holiday appropriations, street resurfacing funds for Somerville Ave Webster Ave Hampshire St and manege, and a resolve to hire Cambridge citizens for the Hobbs Brook pipe line with no Contract Labor.
Grand Knight Hubert T. Smith and about 60 officers attended Teutonic Council at Castle Square hall in Tremont street Boston last Tuesday evening to confer the second section of the ritual on about fifteen candidates. The Cambridge knighthood choir performed several selections and a German hospitality luncheon followed.
Local Cambridge items include court matters such as Philip M. Kischner’s contempt ruling to 10 days, plus fines for William Smiley on two assault counts. Fire crews contained a roof blaze at Bay State brick yards. The Fr. Scully Memorial finance committee met in City Hall. Cambridge Latin football prep notes, new coal dealer Charles Linehan, and a large social gathering at 16 Winter street with presents for Mr. Murphy. Also reports on East Cambridge police, Lechmere Club plans, and a hospital visit after an accident at B and A tracks.
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A critique shows Mr. Lehan’s campaign claim of “a perfect record in two legislatures” as false. It cites 1903 and 1904 house roll calls, noting numerous absences, paired votes, and excused votes that undermined attendance and voting integrity.
An attack piece from Cambridge against representative Lehan, citing votes on telegraph and telephone regulation, gypsy moth suppression, and the Massachusetts Street Railway bill. It accuses him of siding with private companies, misrepresenting past service, and urges voters to support James T. Barrett. Signed by Fred B. Thyng, local union member.
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