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Newspaper
Massachusetts Cambridge Chronicle
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
6
Lake Muscatanapus announces new daily and weekly price rates effective June 1 until further notice. The notice lists terms for 15 pounds per day and weekly quantities with varied pricing, though several OCR fragments are unclear.
The notice lists ice prices by weight per delivery from 25 to 400 Ibs and 100 to 2000 Ibs, with per hundred rates and fractions. It states new prices apply to all deliveries, prohibits deviations by drivers, and forbids contracts beyond the listed terms.
City records note a resolution by Cambridge Massachusetts Board of Aldermen to accept and lay out Lincoln street as a 40 foot wide public street between Webster and Willow, with a defined course and area of 6805.6 square feet. Public notice and public hearing set for June 25 at 8:30 PM in the Aldermanic Chamber.
City of Cambridge orders Munroe Street declared a public street from First to Third street with fifty foot width and defined boundaries. A plan dated May 31 1900 by W A Mason & Son is on file. A public hearing is set for June 26 1900 at 8:30 PM in the Aldermanic Chamber City Hall for objections. approval by Mayor Champlin follows.
The Andover Theological Seminary may relocate to Cambridge amid declining enrollments. Trustees discuss a possible Cambridge site near Harvard, with Norton’s Woods proposed for a building complex and dormitories later. Prof James Hardy Ropes backs removal, citing cost near 100000 dollars and the need to raise funds from alumni if moved.
Arrangements for the silver jubilee of St Marys school progress amid enthusiastic alumni participation. Dr Eugene McCarthy spoke of the 1895 reunion, Rev Charles Donahue recalled the schools early days, and the program committee outlined a solemn high mass and open house in the old and new buildings including the convent school site once home to St Josephs Academy.
The ceremony commemorates the old St Thomas Aquinas College site now renamed and moved toward Essex. Events begin with a gym banquet, followed by speeches, literary exercises in Aquinas hall, a later reception by Scully and Notre Dame sisters, and a grand ball in the gym. Tickets go to past members and spouses, with 5000 to 6000 alumni expected.
The Ellis school held the first grammar school graduation yesterday afternoon. Remaining graduations follow: Roberts Tuesday June 19 at 7:30 p.m. Washington June 21 at 2 p.m. Wellington June 20 at 2 p.m. Russell June 21 at 3 p.m. Peabody June 20 at 3 p.m. Harvard June 2 at 7:30 p.m. Morse June 19 at 3 p.m. Putnam June 20 at 9:45 a.m. Webster June 20 at 7:45 p.m.
Mrs Theresa 8 Phipps of 714 Massa chusetts avenue reports her employment office remodeling with a daily 2 to 4 pm waiting room for girls to avoid calls at the house. Upholstering, furniture repair, steam carpet cleaning, carpet ware and mattress work advertised by D Thomson practical upholsterer at 30 Prospect street telephone 476-4. Warren Cambridge sodas and fruit punch advertised with shaved ice and syrups.
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