Beware of alum based imitation baking powders
Many low priced imitation baking powders are on the market. These are made with alum, and care should be taken to avoid them, as alum is a poison never to be taken in the food.
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Newspaper
Massachusetts Cambridge Chronicle
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
12
Many low priced imitation baking powders are on the market. These are made with alum, and care should be taken to avoid them, as alum is a poison never to be taken in the food.
The board of health granted stable permits for George B. Gowan and Richard B. Harding Jr. for horses at specified addresses. Petitions were taken under advisement. The fire department tour of city fire houses occurred Thursday. Captain's Island bath house contract went to David F. Burns for 793 dollars. Pearl Street trees to be removed, work begun Thursday. Captain's Island bath house to open next Monday 10 AM to 9 PM with Joseph James in charge. Metropolitan Coal contracts set prices by fuel type. Mayor Champlin to fill a leutenancy vacancy under civil service rules. Police pension hearing held. Ice-water tank added at city hall elevator well. Coal and wood contracts awarded to Metropolitan Coal Company. Dennis Thompson Pierce Co. bid on furnace coal declined for unsatisfactory previous winter. Pie hall closure ordered for June 18 with city employees holiday. Notable attendees at a city council meeting listed. City Electrician Hopewell away. Sunday night police sergeant changes. Bergt Conry and Pike moved. Bergt David Brevens oversees city, changes tied to Chief Cloyes discussions. Sickness among sergeants prompted current street duty pattern.
The July 3 committee drafts plans for observance with a proclamation request to the mayor. Bells to ring before events, with literary exercises and a children's program. Oration likely by Lieut.-Col. Curtis Guild at Sanders theatre or First Congregational church. Invites extend to governor, G. A. R. posts commanders, two military captains, and a legislative representation.
Registrars of voters met with Mayor Champlin last Saturday to discuss proposed changes to voting lists. The law requires one list in alphabetical order but allows street-based lists. After debate, the board voted Monday night to adopt the change, despite mixed opinions among members.
Mr Theron H Lane of T H Lane Co and Wiggin of his Stoughton store return from a week’s fishing trip at Rangeley Kes reporting fine hauls of quare tailed trout for Lake Lockmoose Megantic. One afternoon yielded 16 beauties weighing 1 to 3 1 2 pounds while Lane captured a five pounder. State Senator P O Vickery of Augusta Maine reportedly killed a 9 pound salmon. Dr H B Knowlton of Brookline street joined moonlight fishermen beyond Arlington capturing 16 speckled beauties weighing 1 4 to 3 4 pounds each. D T Dickinson on fishing trip with friends at Lake Onawa.
English High School notes two senior social events: a June 8 gathering at Miss Sara A Warnock s home with violin and piano solos and dancing, and a later Review staff visit to Clifford Walker and Holland Bennett s home for needle threading and games. Also mentions Leitch s 39 10 in shot put at Soldiers Field, and student activities including the Review staff appointments, a whist party for Class of 1901, and closing social with numerous attendees and prizes.
A Cambridge News editor and Alderman Hans L. Carstein clash over press access to alderman meetings. Carstein warns he may resign or eject Buckley and supporters. board ultimately withdraws press privileges while Buckley calls the move foolish. Buckley, at Annisquam, criticizes the action as harmful to public policy.
The class of 1900 at English High School graduated at Sanders Theatre with music by the Cambridge Festival Orchestra. The program included multiple essays ballads and vocal selections. Graduates listed include Adams Balmer Clarke Dillingham Duhig Garfield Holt Kane Leitch McCullar McInnes McSweeney Oakes Roper Shannon Taylor Whelan Wyeth among others. Final papers noted for EB Gregory sale of 14 Otis street Pyane Coburn to Jeremiah McCarth for 3000 feet of land and a house. Republican city committee to hold a meeting at party headquarters on Friday evening June 21.
Harvard authorities weigh a reported bomb found by night watchman Mills in the college yard near Hollis Hall. Professors and police offer cautious statements as one paper calls the device a fake, while others describe a dangerous brass cartridge with a potential cap.
The Cambridge scene centers on Editor Buckley and Alderman Carstein as Buckley defends his recounting of past clashes. Mayor Fox and reaction around town frame the aldermen's action as a poor precedent and a boost to Buckley'sでも newspaper confrontations.
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