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...public-spirited, kind-hearted-- Thomas Jefferson Coolidge stood for all that is best in American ideals and citizenship. Throughout his life he played a leading part in domestic and national affairs, and played it well. It is such men as he who raise the ideals of the age, and blaze the trail for coming generations to follow...
...wall in the kitchen, the flame worked its way up through a closet until it penetrated the floor of the pantry on the first floor. The furniture in the reception room at the right of the main entrance was badly damaged by the chemicals used in putting out the blaze...
There was a small fire in the Rotch Laboratory Building last night shortly after 6 o'clock. The blaze was detected in a corner of the cellar by the janitor of the building, and the engines arrived before much damage had been done...
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in the tailoring shop in the rear of the third floor of the Harvard Co-operative Society, gutting the entire attic and most of the third floor before the Cambridge Fire Department succeeded in getting the blaze in hand. Flames were first discovered by the watchman, who turned in a first alarm at 3.27 o'clock. This failed to work and it was not until the whole roof was ablaze that engines arrived on the scene. Three-quarters of an hour was spent before the flames were controlled, and in that time...
...fire which swept the interior of Dane Hall broke out in the middle of the day on February 4. The cause of the blaze has remained a mystery. Though no great damage was done, owing to the activity of members of the Cadet and Radio Schools, it was not until the fire had had full play for four hours that it was brought under the control of the firemen...