Word: aldermanic
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...Bradlee, the independent candidate for mayor of Boston, has with-drawn in favor of the republican nominee, and the contest now lies between the present Mayor O'Brien and Alderman Hart...
...rush into the political arena in the vain hope of honorably wrestling therefrom a competence sufficient to maintain him in his early years of struggle. Where would he begin? At the bottom of the ladder; in the common council, perhaps. There he would receive no remuneration. Nor as an alderman would he receive pay for his duties, at least, not in honorable fashion...
...Alderman Jaehne has entered the class of '98 at Sing Sing...
...year ago, when Alderman William E. Russell was nominated by the citizens of Cambridge for the office of mayor, and chosen by a strong majority over Mayor Fox, we took the ground that his selection, like that of Mayor Low in Brooklyn, was none the less wise because of his youth. He was only 27 years of age when elected, yet his administration has been so judicious and honest that his renomination on Saturday by the unanimous vote of the citizens' convention was looked for as a foregone conclusion. The disposition of young men of thorough collegiate and professional training...
...stringers of the bridge and the surface of the river at high water, would have been insufficient to afford head-room to a crew passing underneath. Luckily for our crews this fact was noticed by the presidents of the Union and Crescent boat clubs, and also by a Boston alderman of aquatic propensities. The latter gentleman was impressed with the conviction that the Fourth of July regatta was more importance than any mere bridge, and, backed by the two presidents above mentioned, he succeeded in securing such a modification of the plans as rendered the bridge passable by crews...