Word: norumbega
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...late years Professor Horsford has taken a great interest in archaeology. At the end of Commonwealth Avenue, he erected a statue of Lief Ericson at the spot where he believed that he landed. Another of his researches resulted in the discovery of the site of the ancient city of Norumbega, at the mouth of Stony Brook in Weston, where he erected a stone tower...
...intelligent and comprehensive account of the statutory provisions for patent protection from the day of the first Congress; and he also makes a strong plea for better facilities and a larger staff than have hitherto existed in this much overburdened department of the government. "Where are Vinland and Norumbega?" by Alice L. Clark is an article that will interest all men who have ever paddled a canoe or rowed a boat on the turning and twisting Charles above Riverside and noticed the lonely stone tower on the left bank of the river. Miss Clark comes to the conclusion that indications...
...authors reading has been arranged by the Alumnae of Wellesley College, in aid of the Norumbega fund of the college. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Mr. Arlo Bates, Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton and others will read selections from their own works and Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer will preside. The reading will take place in the parlors of the Revere House on Monday...