Word: foundings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lost their watches and money. Two houses on Oxford street were visited, but the thieves were frightened away before anything of value was taken. As none of the doors were forced, it is probable that the thieves went through the entries and only entered the rooms whose doors they found unlocked. The work was boldly and skillfully done, and was evidently performed by experienced men. The affair has been reported to the police, and measures will be taken to discover the offenders...
...promised that under his administration civil service offices should not be the reward of partisan activity: Letter accepting nomination, Aug., 1884; letter to G. W. Curtis, Dec. 25, 1884; inaugural address, March 4, 1884; letter to heads of departments, July 14, 1886. (Extracts from all these can be found in Senator Hale's speech in the Senate, Jan. 12, 1888.) Text in the newspapers...
...well feel proud. The visitors took the lead on the first round, and held it to the finish, but from this it must not be inferred that the match was a one-sided affair, for, when the last bird of the 320 shot at had been broken, it was found that the winners had but six to spare. Palmer's score of 35 led both teams, while Dolan's 34 was an excellent second. As a whole the shooting was extremely good, the averages being higher than have been reached before on the Harvard grounds...
...Santayana in his poem "Two Voices" beautifully expresses the antithesis in the bitter language of the soul that has found nothing but defeat in this world and that looks beyond earth for some sign of hope, and in the resignation of that other soul that finds in every triumph and defeat the fulfilment of its own destiny. The thought is, perhaps, somewhat too deeply hidden by the words, but we do not begrudge the effort to unravel it. Mr. Bates's poem "The Sleeper," develops an original idea. The metre chimes well with the sentiment of the tale; the lines...
...FOUND-A plain oval gold ring. Owner may have it by applying to janitor of Thayer Hall and proving property...