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...Bruce Houghton, whose chemical company is adjacent to the land and uses the railway frequently, said that the railway’s loss would be a major blow to his company and other local businesses, partly because it would mean a greater reliance on more costly freight trucking...
...this is not who owns it, but really what happens to that rail yard, and how does that affect the pricing of all goods, affect the competitiveness in industry,” Houghton said in January. “If there were no rail available it would substantially increase our costs, which I suppose we would pass onto our customers. If that happened to all the freight coming in, the cost of living in New England would increase to some extent...
ALPHABETICS. This exhibit at the Amy Lowell Room in the Houghton Library features various historical artistic representations of different alphabets throughout the world. Works include a medival illustrated Bible, an early 18th century Russian alphabetic book and an early Latin translation of the Qu’ran. Through April 30. Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library...
...time I was 25.” As Lowry’s marriage began to end, however, she realized that she had to support herself. She published a short story in a magazine that she told through the eyes of a child. This caught the eye of Houghton Publishers (with whom she still publishes today), who asked Lowry to write a children’s book. Lowry’s career took off from there, beginning with a book called A Summer to Die, which is about a young girl whose sister is dying of cancer...
American libraries are in a period of serious decline, a retired Harvard librarian told a small group of devoted bibliophiles, librarians and researchers in a talk at Houghton Library yesterday...