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...degree in 1901, whereupon he entered the legal department of the Old Colony Trust Company. He has been for many years the vice-president of the company, and he is now director in several other large concerns, including the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the Clinchfield Coal Company, the Haverhill Gaslight Company, and the Raymond and Whitcomb Company. He is president of the Dallas Electric Company. During the war he acted for a time as assistant executive manager of the Massachusetts Committee of Public Safety. More recently he served as receiver for the Bay State Railway Company...
Howard Athenaeum-"Under the Gaslight...
Howard Athenaeum-"Under the Gaslight...
Howard Athenaeum-"Under the Gaslight...
...Cambridge Chronicle publishes the following astonishing piece of news: "Now if you will imagine eight strong fellows stepping from seat to seat and taking their places; the captain, cigarette in hand, calling "Ready!" "Row!" and then the steady splash of oars for a long, long time in the flickering gaslight-see this and you see it all. Yale also has a tank which, unfortunately, an inventor claims as his own idea, and a suit is liable...