Word: beacon
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...roadway 85 feet wide, and on the upper side a park or embankment of 6 3-4 acres. There will also be an esplanade constructed by the City of Boston, extending from Charles Bank park to Charlesgate East, making a drive and walks in the rear of Brimmer and Beacon streets. On the Cambridge side an embankment park, for which the land has already been purchased, will come nearly to the dam. The contracts call for completion of the work by July...
...line of march will be as follows: from Brattle Square to Harvard Square, to Massachusetts avenue, to Harvard street, to Lee street, to Massachusetts avenue, to Columbus avenue, to Park Square to Boylston street, to Washington street, to School street, to Beacon street, to the State Capitol...
...Friday evening there will be a festival and dinner at Horticultural Hall. Professor William James M. '69 will be one of the speakers. Tickets, at two dollars each, may be secured at the office of the Peace Congress Committee, 20 Beacon street, Boston...
...race was started upstream from the Union Boat Club at about 4.25 o'clock, with the crews in the following positions, beginning at the Beacon street wall: second Newell, second Weld, first Newell, first Weld. For the first few hundred yards all four crews kept well together, but gradually the second Newell gained a lead which they slowly but steadily increased, rowing at a stroke of about 30 to the minute. The second Weld, after a spurt at the start, settled down to a 26 stroke and passed the first Newell and first Weld crews before reaching the three-quarter...
...nearly 6.30 o'clock when the race for the class championship was started. The Law School crew held the inside course, by the Beacon street wall, the Seniors came next, then the Juniors, with the Sophomores on the outside. For the first quarter mile the positions of the crews varied little, the Seniors and Sophomores continuing an advantage gained at the start, which grew into a distinct lead by the end of the first half-mile. From this point the Juniors began to raise their stroke and gained on the two leading crews; but here the Seniors, with a stroke...