Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...minority of persons still remember that the house Theodore Roosevelt occupied during his four Harvard years from 1876 to 1880 stood until last fall at the corner of Holyoke and Winthrop streets. Many witnessed the sensational moving of the historic Hicks house, which remained for the first 166 years of its existence on the Dunster-Winthrop Street corner of the plot. But these two buildings stood witness to but a small portion of the rich history this remarkable ground has borne upon its surface...
Major Simon Willard, one of the founders was apparently the first to build on the site where the shovels are now digging. He located in 1634 where later the Hick's house was to stand. On the other corner of the area, another more eminent man settled directly opposite Dudley's home, the site of which is marked by a polished granite slab on the corner of Dunster and South. This prominent person was John Bridge, whose statue now stands so commandingly on the Cambridge Common. Bridge was a public man of ability, serving as selectman, school supervisor, deacon...
...rapidly disappearing. A search of the records shows here and there an unusual incident which has occurred over that long period, but it is easy to conjecture how many unrecorded events took place on this restricted but fascinating area. In 1653 John Betts who lived on the Holyoke-Winthrop corner was tried for murdering his servant with a plough-staff. We can imagine the master's feelings when, although not found legally guilty, he was made to stand at the gallows for an hour with a rope about his neck, and then submit to a severe whipping...
...infield will be composed of three veterans and a newcomer. McGrath, who captained last year's Freshman nine, broke into the veteran combination of Prior. Nugent and Donaghey and will in all probability be seen at short. Whitney, at present listed with the outfielders, was seen at the hot corner quite frequently last year so there is a possibility of his being shifted to the infield...
...Carlton Curtis, 43, a rich bachelor, was standing at the corner of 54th Street and Broadway, Manhattan, when he saw an automobile bearing down recklessly upon a 17-year-old Negro girl. He snatched her back to safety, found her lithe and vivacious, befriended her. She said her name was Letitia Ernestine Brown. For her he bought a small house in Freeport, L. I., where, she said, he solemnly took her hand, declared himself her husband and her his wife. On her he settled a secret fund of $250,000. About Freeport the two were known...