Word: san
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...college at the Boston Latin School, but lack of funds prevented him from entering. He established himself as a commission merchant in Boston, and in 1841 was appointed Principal Appraiser of the port of Boston. This position he hied until 1853, when he was appointed Appraiser General at San Francisco, where he was head of the whole Pacific coast department. In 1871 he retired from public life. He was all his life a generous and active philanthrophist. To his native town of Dresden, Me., he gave over $12,000 for the promotion of its religious, educational and charitable interests...
...half-mile swimming record has been broken at San Francisco by Dana Thompson who covered the distance in 14 min. 10 1-2 sec. The previous record...
...Dibblee, San Rafeal...
Leland Stanford, Jr. and the University of California will hold an inter-collegiate athletic meeting on April 22 in San Francisco...
...entertaining account of a two weeks canoe trip. Allen Chamberlain gives us an account of a novel expedition in "Hunting a Tapir." The story of the hunt is not exciting, but it is well written and is pleasant reading. A couple of bicycling articles are "A Wheel to San Gabriel at Easter" by Jess and "Through Erin A-Wheel" by Grace E. Denison. The latter is the better of the two. It is a narrative of the adventures of a man and woman on a summer trip through Ireland. It is well illustrated. "Feathered Dancers" by J. M. Murphy...