Word: across
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...adopted a new uniform. Instead of the simple monogram on the front of the shirts, the men will wear across the body a broad crimson sash with a white "H" in the centre...
...stern of each shell will be held from a boat attached to a rope stretched across the river. Boats 75 ft. apart. Please take the position assigned you as promptly as possible...
...passing vessel ran into and burst the gas main across the Charles River Monday evening, causing the light to be very much dimmed, and necessitating the closing of many places of entertainment. Leavitt and Pierce were obliged to close at eight o'clock...
...noise while in motion that a bell is placed on the axle of the car to warn teams and pedestrians. The cars can be stopped as easily and as quickly as horsecars. In crossing a railroad or draw bridge a pair of horses are kept to pull the cars across. The cable system has worked well in Chicago, and has been in use for several years in San Francisco. The demand of the railway will probably be complied with by the Boston aldermen...
...armory in New Haven in preparation for the winter games which take place Friday and Saturday of this week. The track will contain sixteen laps to the mile, the finish being in the northeast corner of the building. A fifty-yards track has been laid out diagonally across the floor. A large number of seats have been reserved. It is expected in New Haven that Harvard will send a strong team to compete in these games...