Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...both teams and especially that of Harvard, was marred by fumbling. The Brown backs could at no time gain consistently. Pierce and Frothingham for the Freshmen, and Tewksbury and Greenwood for Brown did the best work. The teams played very evenly in the first half, the ball remaining near the middle of the field. Neither team was able to advance the ball any distance, except at one time, when Frothingham and Pierce each made 10 yards on end runs...
...Those registered in Ward 8, Precinct 2, will vote in the booth in Quincy square, those registered in Ward 8, Precinct 3, in the Riverside school house on Putnam avenue, and those registered in Ward 9, Precinct 1, in the police station building near Brattle square...
Students who are registered can vote tomorrow at any time between 6 A. M. and 4.30 P. M. The nearest voting place to the College is the portable booth now located near Beck Hall, on Quincy square, in which the Republican students registered for the parade. Another voting place is at Police Station 1, near Brattle square. No papers or credentials are necessary if the registration formalities have been complied with...
...flow of the Charles River was stopped yesterday by the closing of the dam that has been under construction for several months near the Craigie Bridge. The cutting off of the river channel is to allow the construction of the main section of the permanent dam and roadway. It will be fully a year from now before the completion of the entire work can be observed, for after the dam is finished a roadway 100 feet wide is to be built along its top, serving as a permanent substitute for the old Craigie Bridge. The shutting off of the water...
...excavations were carried on at two sites. The first is near the modern village of Sebastiyeh, and is marked by a cluster of standing columns. These are commonly considered as belonging to a temple erected at Samaria by Herod the Great. There also was found great quantities of pottery, mostly Greek and Roman...