Word: westward
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard College has recently conceded to the Metropolitan Park Commission forty-six acres of land lying along the river to the westward of Soldiers Field. The Park Commission has definitely decided to build a speedway on this and the Longfellow Park land, which will run along the river to the Abattoir Bridge. Room will be left between the speedway and the river, on which to build the University boat house. In return for the land given by the college, the Park Commissioners have agreed to improve the ground and make it attractive, and to secure it from intrusion...
...event of a foregin war the United States would have to have such a station in order to sweep the Pacific of her enemies' ships. Yale answered this statement by saying that the annexation of Hawaii would only extend the boundary of the United States 2000 miles further westward, and would necessitate doubling the number of ships in our navy, increasing the army by 15,000 men, and it would cost $30,000,000 to fortify the Hawaiian Islands. All of this would be to only gain a drop in the bucket of our commerce...
...Aramaic, said Professor Moore, is given by modern scholars to one great branch of the Semitic languages. The earlier seats of Aramaic are unknown. It is first recognized in the country stretching north from the Euphrates to the mountains of Armenia. It is probable that Aramaic did not spread westward until...
...property the natives had was taxed. The oppression was intolerable. Such was the condition of affairs when Gordon arrived. He succeeded Sir Samuel Baker as governor of the Equatorial Provinces, which extended from the 23rd degree of north latitude to the equator and from the Red Sea westward. In this great tract of country Gordon had absolute power. This condition was necessary in order that he might bring about the great reforms which he had projected, especially the abolishment of the slave trade. As The influence of the slave dealers was very powerful, Gordon met with the strongest opposition...
TICKETS WEST AND SOUTH. - An opportunity to take a delightful sea trip in connection with your journey westward. For particulars call...