Word: towns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...made out from the newspaper accounts, the completely ruined area is the poorer, northern section of Halifax, called Richmond, lying along the Narrows for a mile and a quarter, and extending inland half a mile. But for a half mile further south--toward the centre of the town--and inland, the destruction is only less complete. And still another three-quarters of a mile of wharves and warehouses is badly shattered. The waterfront laid waste is equal in extent to that of Boston from the South Station around to the North Station, and across Charlestown to beyond the Navy Yard...
...murders for which these men were hanged occurred last August in Houston, Texas. About one hundred and fifty troopers raided the town and held complete sway for several hours. During this period they shot a captain and many civilians, and were finally driven out by a posse. Such a riot has not occurred for years, and cannot easily by explained. The negro troops' last misbehavior occurred at Brownsville and resulted in the dismissal of an entire battalion from the service. All of which would seem to lead to the conclusion that our negro soldiers are a disgrace to the service...
Than even Oxford town...
Arrangements for an informal celebration in Phillips Brooks House for those students who are not leaving town over Thanksgiving Day are being completed. A program of entertainment for the guests is being planned between the hours of 7 and 10 o'clock on Thursday evening, and will consist of music given by some undergraduates, stories and a reading, and refreshments will be served afterwards...
...these connections increase and multiply we should come indeed to an end of that traditional antipathy between town and gown, once so keen in a certain New England collegiate community that when one of the dormitories of the college caught fire the citizens sat out on a neighboring hillside and cheered for its burning. Boston Transcript...