Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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SOPHOMORE THEMES.Theme IV., due Feb. 23. Subjects : 1, Dryden's Prose and Poetry Compared; 2, The Value of Figurative Language; 3, A Description of Charles River; 4, Objections to the Choice of a Legal Profession...
Theme IV., due. Subjects: 1, "Dryden's Prose and Poetry Compared." 2, "The Value of Figurative Language." 3, "A Description of Charles River." 4, "Objections to the Choice of the Legal Profession...
Immense damage is being caused by freshets in the West. The Ohio river is now higher than it has been since the great flood of 1847. All freight business is practically suspended, and fears are entertained that the track of the Cincinnati and Baltimore Railroad will be seriously injured. There has been great injury to property in Cincinnati and throughout the West...
...petitions of rival horse-railroad companies are now before the citizens of Cambridge: One, that of the Union Railroad Company, stating that its patrons are perfectly satisfied with the existing accommodation; the other, that of the future Charles River Railroad. Company, petitioning the legislature for a location on different streets, and also for the right of way over the tracks of the Union Company from the Lower Port to Boston. The Union Company have furnished every conductor with a copy of the petition, which he is obliged to present to every patron of the road for signature. None...
Practice for the university boat race has begun on the river Cam by the Cambridge crew, and on the Iffley by the Oxford crew, coached by Mr. Kindersley...