Word: sons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Robert Brough, a son of the late novelist and dramatist of that name, is attracting attention on the English stage...
...son of affluent parents may spend at Harvard from $1,000 to $1,800 without acquiring a reputation for extravagance. While at Oxford, England, a commoner has been known to spend Pound2,000, or even pound3,000 a year without exciting comment...
...Congress to George Washington for his services in expelling the British forces from Boston on the 17th of March, 1776. It is the only gold medal given by Congress to General Washington. It remained in the Washington family a hundred years, becoming the property of George Steptoe Washington, son of Samuel Washington, eldest brother of the General, soon after the latter's death. The next owner was Dr. Samuel Walter Washington, eldest son of George Steptoe Washington. When the Doctor died, at Hasewood, Virginia, in 1831, the medal became the property of his widow, who finally transferred...
Bret Harte's son is fitting himself for the stage...
Funeral services over the body of Prof. Ko Kun Hua were held in Appleton Chapel yesterday noon. The remains were carried up the aisle and placed in front of the pulpit. They were followed by President Eliot with Professor Ko's eldest son, - who was dressed in a white Chinese suit, - a mandarin, Rev. Dr. Holland, and a few friends. The remains were enclosed in a casket, on top of which were placed his mandarin hat and a necklace of beads of a peculiar kind, which was the insignia of his rank in China. The exercises commenced with the singing...