12 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Massachusetts Cambridge Chronicle
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1874
Page
1
Fragmentary excerpt of a poem describing a tranquil lake setting with imagery of boats water and towers. The speaker questions whether the perfect beauty will fade, invoking a dreamlike summer day by a lakeside. Attributed to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
In the Grubner cottage, Louison returns for the wooden wedding as Hans Steimer hopes to claim her hand. Family gossip, gifts, and a playful deception test their nerved resolves, ending in reconciliation and renewed affection amid village chatter and celebrations.
A newspaper piece warns that allowing children to roam after dark fosters ruin. It describes a barn light guiding a man with a lantern to a boy, then argues nights out corrupt youths, especially girls, turning modest behavior into mischief. It calls for strict parental permission and avoidance of late street activity to protect morals.
A urged editorial exhorts readers to abandon panic and idle living. It urges everyone to return to work and spend money to revive business, pay debts, and keep currency flowing, promising mutual benefit and renewed prosperity. The piece condemns hoarding while urging timely purchases to avert broader ruin.
Dr Henry Southell an elderly Detroit man under a harsh son in law care endures a morphine overdose scare. Eggs mustard and a stomach pump figure in a bizarre rescue as the old pioneer recovers in bed. The excerpt blends odd anecdotes and moralized snippets from the era.
On Tuesday voters named officers for city service in 1875 overturning much of the current government. The tabulated results show ward by ward tallies for wardens clerks inspectors of elections and common council members with several incumbents defeated and new officials elected.
Voters are urged to vote for Ward One officers. The slate includes Henry R. Glover 440, Charles H. Bate 345, Francis L. Pratt 419, John Gorman 370, Joseph Williams 675, J. R. Pettingill 190, Edmund Affles 664, C. V. Braslin 137, Nath. Munroe 606, H. A. Forbes 69, J. T. G. Nichols 749, W. S. Swan 03, Charles Moore 472, J. W. Sanger 289, S. Kempton 489, Warren Ivers 239, John F. O'Brien 246.
The Cambridge election results show Isaac Bradford as mayor. Aldermen elected include Wm L Whi in Ward One Samuel Montague Walter Blanchard Ward Two John H Leight Benjamin F Davis George H Hi Ward Three L M Hannum voce Leaideen Cree in Ward Four J C Wellington Rossel le Assessor Andrew J Green Ward Three asst assessors Bernard J Alvie Ward Four Benj F Nourse Ward Five H Carter Overseers of Poor include 5 M Parsons Ward Three Lewis B Guyer School Committee members include Yen Ward One Jobs John L See Ward Four Albert L Ke Joe Sis R Leavitt Ward Five T G Ward Three for two years J Ofrensn Ward Officers Common Council Ward One John T G Nichols Walter S Swan Lemuel Kempton Charles Moore Warden Henry R Glover Clerk Frank L Pratt Inspectors money makers Edmund Miles Nathanan Mutooe Common Council members Geo H Folger A G Hen Forbes Hibbard P Ross Jellen Warden Chas F Thurston Cle Harry B Winnett Inspectors Chas E Pierce Geo A Lascard Ward Four Common Council chair Edmund Reardon Franklin Sanborn Warden Otto L Russell Clerk B F Hastin H Thomas James Frite Wm H Ackers
A Patterson New Jersey attorney was held in contempt for disrespectful remarks. He proposed adjourning to a vacant lot to settle the point, while a Nevada case cited a judge threatening a brief adjournment. The piece adds a curio about cats eluding a rapid line of objects in a whimsical postscript.
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