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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present State Department of Health, describes the functions of the department in his book, "State Sanitation: A Review of the Work of the Massachusetts State Board of Health, 1869-1914." The annual reports of the board, issued regularly for more than fifty years, and its many special reports cover almost every phase of sanitation and public-health activity...
...baseball team was defeated by Andover, 4 to 3, at Andover, yesterday afternoon. The Freshmen were in the lead 3 runs to 1 until the eighth inning, when Felton, who had previously pitched almost air-tight ball, weakened at the critical moment, passing one man and hitting another. An error by Sears was just enough to turn the tide in Andover's favor, and the Academy succeeded in putting three men across the plate, and in maintaining the one-run margin until the end of the game...
...Magazine. Of the many paintings which have been added during this time perhaps the most notable are these: a highly important "Annunciation" by the 14th century Siennese painter, Andrea Vanni; three parts of an altar-piece by Spinello Aretino; a superb little picture of "Christ in Limbo" in an almost perfect state of preservation painted by the 15th century artist, Stefano di Giovanni; and, lastly, a very fine portrait of Nicolas Triest, Baron d'Auweghem, painted by Van Dyck in his early manner...
...Cambridge has become urgent. The rifle team has always been forced to use a range in Boston; the Regiment has been permitted the use of the Wakefield range. Here, however, considerable difficulty has been encountered in making satisfactory arrangements for the practice, while, in addition, it has been almost impossible to secure a full attendance, or to give the men adequate training. A range located near at hand would solve these difficulties. Although a regulation range would doubtless be unfeasible here in Cambridge, a sub-calibre one of seventy-five or one hundred feet could easily be constructed, and would...
Picturing the message has become a well-established rule among the big advertisers of the country; picturing the story has become almost an essential to the success of the modern newspaper. Advertisers as well as newspaper editors have been quick to appreciate the value of photographic reproduction and the art department today is one of the most important factors in journalism. The vast majority of newspaper readers wish to see as well as read. Not a little of this change in attitude may be traced directly to the tremendous appeal which the movies have made upon the American public within...