Word: ghosts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...from West Point in 1876, Colonel Scott entered the cavalry service, and in each of the three succeeding years went with expeditions among the Indians in the far West. For twelve years previous to 1891 he did routine duty among these people, having charge of an investigation of the ghost dance disturbances. At the opening of the Spanish War Colonel Scott had attained the rank of adjutant-general, and in this capacity served in Cuba throughout the disturbance. During the governorship of Major-General Wood, Colonel Scott acted as chief of staff, and in 1903 went to the Philippines...
...Cambridge Institution for the Blind; one case of shoes to the North Bennett Street Industrial School; derby hats to the Salvation Army. A quantity of the best clothing was held for students in need. Of the magazines one box was sent to the Cambridge Hospital, one to the Holy Ghost Hospital, one to the Cambridge jail, and a quantity to the Cambridge City Missionary. The text-books were placed on the shelves of the text-book loan library...
...program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1. Coronation March, Meyerbeer 2. Overture, "Ilka," Doppler 3. "In Cairo," Oriental Patrol, Blon 4. Waltz, "Gold and Silver," Lehar 5. Introduction to "Lohengrin," Act III, Wagner 6. Ballet Music, "Coppelia," Delibes 7. Meditation, Bach-Gounod 8. Czardas, "The Ghost of the Wojiwoda," Grossman 9. Overture, "Orpheus," Offenbach 10. Waltz, "Frau Luna," Lincke 11. Selection, "Mile. Modiste," Herbert 12. Selection, "Hoch Habsburg," Kral
...know Scrooge's ghost when we see it, and the more we see it the better we like it. Scrooge's ghost is not nearly so empty and formal and cold as an ordinary ghost; on the contrary, it is very amiable and warm and merry, and improves on acquaintance. Nor does Scrooge's ghost come slyly down the chimney and pass on like a shadow, for after all it wants to make friends and is always ready to go more than half way in doing so. And it always feels that it has a particular claim on the Yule...
...CRIMSON wishes there were more ghosts like that of Scrooge, although it believes that it could find a good many among its readers. It is not going to preach at all, and while it is going to wish its readers a merry Christmas and happy New Year, it knows of what small worth are mere wishes. It knows further how its readers and all other readers can have both a merry Christmas and a happy New Year,--and that is by listening to the Christmas Carol and so becoming excellent friends with Scrooge's ghost...