Word: shawsheen
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...word "scofflaw" was invented in 1924 after Delcevare King, an ardent prohibitionist of Quincy, Mass, offered a prize of $200 for the best word to apply to "the lawless drinker to stab awake his conscience." Submitted by both Henry Irving Shaw of Shawsheen Village, Mass, and Miss Kate L. Butler of Dorchester, Mass, "scofflaw" was adjudged the best of more than 25,000 entries...
...body of Charles Edward Starbuck of the class of 1903, who disappeared on May 9, was found yesterday in the Shawsheen river at Andover. Starbuck was born on March 1, 1881, at Claridon, Ohio, and entered Phillips Andover Academy with the class of '99. Since that time he lived at Andover, coming to the University each day to attend his recitations. He was a son of Charles C. Starbuck, a professor in the Andover Theological Seminary. He was a good student, being particularly interested in the study of the Classics. All those who knew him respected him for his conscientious...
...city of Cambridge, by Mayor James A. Fox, has petitioned the legislature for permission to take the water of the Shawsheen river as an additional water supply...
...legislature, yesterday, again refused to allow Cambridge to take water from the Shawsheen river. The Blackstone river and Worcester's interests therein were discussed at length...
...Massachusetts Legislature has refused to let Cambridge draw water from the Shawsheen river...