Word: overeers
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During the summer vacation, the astronomers at the observatory have been by no means idle, but even harder at work than in the winter. The most interesting piece of news from this department is the generous gift of $50,000, by Miss C. W. Bruce, of New York, for a...
The Bicycle club held a short meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss the protest of Mr. Rodemann against the award of the prizes to the winners of last Saturday's road race, on the ground that before the race four prizes had been offered by the clubs while only three were...
The next recorded match occurred four years later, and was the beginning of a series as follows, all over the same course: July 26, 1859. Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass., one-and-a-half miles up the lake and back; Harvard (shell) 19.18; Yale, (shell), 20.18, Harvard, (lapstreak), 21.13, Brown, (lapstreak...
"A Legislative Vision" relates a discussion over "a bill for the elevation of the lower class by means of advisers, for the higher education of the people by early rising, for the improvement of public morals, and for other purposes." Several of the hits are very telling.
The Bicycle Club will hold a meeting this evening to consider a protest by Mr. Rodemann against the award of the prizes which were contested for in the road race held by the club at Chestnut Hill reservoir last Saturday afternoon. It is claimed by the protester that it was...