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Word: rivers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...likely to be present in an effigy in concrete. As a link with the past an artificial tree might be novel but scarcely compelling. If the spot is to be commemorated for the event that happened there, it could be done more directly. The Washington Elm and the Delaware River possess about equally strong traditions in association with the life of Washington, but no one has yet thought of maintaining a permanent supply of ice in the Delaware as a realistic memorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CRACK MEMORIAL | 11/9/1927 | See Source »

...decay. It was opened in 1869 when New York established the first ambulance service in the U. S. Its building, for decades muggy and stuffy, is older. De Witt Clinton, onetime (1803-15) Mayor of New York, laid the cornerstone in 1811. Grass spread about it then; the East River was a pleasant prospect. Now all is grime and noise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: At Bellevue | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

Showing more consistent power than at any other time this fall, the Freshman soccer team defeated Bradford Durfee Textile School of Fall River, 3 to 2, Saturday on Soldiers Field, there-by breaking its losing streak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CARROLL SCORES THREE GOALS AS 1931 SOCCER TEAM WINS | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...inundated regions were graphically described last night by Sproul, who declared that the flooded towns and river valleys were an inspiring sight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLYING CLUB IS PREPARED FOR FLOOD RELIEF FLIGHT | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...flew west to Worcester, leaving the East Boston airport about 1.30 o'clock," he said. "The damage to houses and property was very evident from the air, especially along the railroad tracks up the Concord River valley, which we followed after leaving Worcester...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLYING CLUB IS PREPARED FOR FLOOD RELIEF FLIGHT | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

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