The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation
Arthur Gilman, Ed.

The college publications include the ‘Crimson,’ a bright and very prosperous little daily, eagerly sought for by the students each morning, and an acknowledged authority on all undergraduate matters; the ‘Lampoon,’ the ‘Advocate,’ and ‘The Harvard Graduates' Magazine.’

‘The Sacred Heart Review’ is a Roman Catholic religious weekly published by the Rev. John O'Brien, which has a very large circulation throughout the State.

The Cambridge newspapers have used their columns mainly for the discussion of domestic matters. The churches, the university, the schools, the proceedings of the City Council, and the development of local industries, have engaged their attention rather than the consideration of larger national affairs. Three of the four are classed as independent in national politics, but the ‘Press’ is, as has been said, Republican. On the questions of no-license and non-partisan municipal government, the four papers are as a unit in their hearty support of both policies. That they have been right in their general course, and that they fill with a reasonable measure of success a want in the community, is shown by the generous support they have received from our citizens.