Word: across
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...John the Orangeman was coming through Church street, a horse standing in front of Blake's stable became frightened at the crimson and white cart. Blake, the proprietor of the livery stable, rushed out, put the horse in a place of safety, and then rushed John and his cart across the street, overturning them and injuring John in the leg and chest. John's wrath was up, so he hurried his old legs towards the police station, where he entered a formal complaint of assault and battery against Blake. On Tuesday, Messrs. Merriam and Hobbs of the Law School appeared...
...regard to the new bridge which is to be constructed across the Charles river from West Chester Park in Boston to Front street in Cambridge, General Hazard Stevens has written a letter in which he expresses some very sensible opinions. He says that the plan prescribed by the law, which provides for a low, flat structure without any ornamental features is not worthy of two such growing cities as Boston and Cambridge. The bridge proposed would be unsuitable for the broad river basin which is soon to be surrounded by a series of parks. The bridge should...
Considerable interest has been taken in a device invented by Irving Fisher, '88, for registering the strokes of oarsmen. A roll of paper is slightly unwound at each stroke. A pencil moves across it, and its varying motion corresponds to the varying strength of pull. The result of the paper movement and the pencil movement is a curve which faithfully reproduces the length, strength and peculiarities in each stroke...
...excitement attending the class race, the field sports and the game at New Haven, we wish to urge the college not to forget the lacrosse match with Stevens' this afternoon. The lacrosse management announces that H. A. A. tickets will admit to the game; let the college go across to Jarvis after the sports and encourage the twelve. They deserve it and moreover the game will be well worth seeing...
...races are over at last and the nervous tension that prevaded a large part of the college community for the past week has ceased to be felt. The crews rowed a very close and exciting race and surprised even the best informed by the order in which they pulled across the finish. We wish to congratulate '87 on her well-earned success, as by winning this race she placed the victor's wreath on her head which will be remembered long after the members of the present seniors are scattered in the four corners of the world...