Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Railway Company. The substance of this petition is as follows: "We, the undersigned, are entirely satisfied with the accommodations now furnished by the Union Railway Company. "It is, of course, intended to counteract the influence of the petition presented to the Senate a few days ago favoring the Charles River Railway...
...beginning to think about class suppers at this time. The freshmen, this year, take the initiative, having voted to go to Montreal on February 22. The other classes have not yet made up their minds, but all will probably go somewhere, even if it is not farther than White River Junction, and have a good spread...
Henry James, who is now one of the lions of Washington society, has a number of stories told at his expense. Here is the latest: He asked a clever young lady if there was not a river near Washington called the Potomac. "Oh, yes," said she, "and I should think you would know all about it, because there is a place on it called Mount Vernon, where a man named Washington lived. You are sure to have heard of him, you know, because his father was an Englishman...
Sophomore Themes-Mr. Drennan's Section. 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 the Legal Profession...
...special committee appointed to investigate the causes which led to the railroad accident at Spuyten Duyvil held a meeting yesterday afternoon, and commenced their work by examining General Superintendent Toucey, of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad...