Word: aldermen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...WORD to those who have been assessed, and wish to vote at the coming election: if any one has been refused registration by the city clerk, he may bring his case before the Board of Aldermen, who have the final decision in the matter, on Saturday, Monday, or Tuesday evenings next. The registration list will close at ten o'clock Tuesday evening, the 29th, and it is of course understood that no one can vote unless his name is on the list. The matter is worth some trouble, and we hope that none will fail to present themselves before...
...many amusing things that the reader of the daily papers has found this summer, the most absurd probably are the "resolutions" passed by the Aldermen of New York in honor of the victorious Columbia crew. A great many of the denizens of the metropolis were doubtless enthusiastic over the news, and the city fathers thought they were anticipating the wishes of Columbia graduates and the people at large in offering the victors a public welcome on their return; but the language in which their preamble was couched was such a marked instance of "slopping over" that the most ardent sympathizers...
THOUGH public opinion does not seem to have sustained the New York Aldermen in their assertion that the victory at Henley "redounds to the glory of our common country," still the sentiment among college men is that the Columbia boys have done a big thing. They do not enjoy the advantages for exercise and training that some more favored seats of learning possess, and they have a comparatively small number of rowing-men to choose from; but in the face of these difficulties, with the support of a large number of wealthy and liberal graduates, and with Mr. Jasper Goodwin...
...this time probably all of us are aware of the vote of the Boston Board of Aldermen, which, unless vetoed by the Mayor, will cause the destruction of the Old Granary elms. From consideration of this vote may be drawn some not unprofitable instruction...